Seasons for Thought

Valerie made a good point... a Fall wedding may clash with people's new life plans... even mine! Where will I be... in med school? If so, where? Or at grad school... or out in the working world? But who is to say that is in Virginia... or even Central Virginia? I am starting to ponder the thought of being a June Bride. Which brings me to a new color combo I have been dreaming up -- Melon and Fig. It's a lot more girlie than the Peacock Theme that Jon liked (although I felt that was limited by one defining image... although the colors were nice). I'm on the apple so I can't crop pics well, an inspiration board is to follow!

Theme

Just when I thought I knew the color and theme I wanted for my wedding, I start getting so many new ideas. I'm going to lay them out, then look at them every once in a while til one stands out more than the others..

THEME 1

• Colors: Mossy Green, Brown, Honey, Copper (um, these blog colors haha)
• Pattern: Honeycomb
• Recurring image: Bumble Bee
• Essence: Meant to "bee"/sweet country

THEME 2

• Colors: Sage Green, Royal Purple, Ivory, Brown
• Pattern: Branches
• Recurring image: birds, pears (one or the other)
• Essence: love bird/country

THEME 3

• Colors: Deep turquoise, Bright Mossy Green, Brown, Black
• Pattern: Peacock
• Recurring image: Peacock feathers
• Essence: Mod nature

THEME 4

• Colors: Red, Black, Gold + Bright Contrast Color (I've seen cyan used...)
• Pattern: Black & White Damask
• Recurring image: Poker (King, Queen of Hearts)/Chess
• Essence: Edgy

Date!!

This is all just me talking with no real breadth, but I am pretty sure the date I want to choose is October 8th, 2011, for a few different reasons:

-Jon and I started dating on the 8th (of January)

-It's in the Fall 

-Mid-October the weather is still pleasant in central VA

-It is the Saturday of Columbus Day Weekend

I feel like picking a Holiday weekend is a good idea, plus if I plan early it shouldn't be too difficult to secure a venue, etc.

I like it. October 8th, 2011. Yes =)

Caroline & Jon First Snow 2009

My Inspiration board!

Maymont Italian Garden

Okay--So Jon has been telling me about this place for ages. Maymont also has a Japanese Garden, which he went to during some promo thing for Nordstroms, and he always wanted to take me on a picnic there. So somehow we got to talking about it being a possible wedding venue and I found out they have an Italian Garden as well (fitting!). This place looks like it has a lot of potential--check out the sweet pics! I am kind of leaning toward this now because then guests won't feel pressured to stay at the pricy hosting hotel (and I have a feeling this is cheaper). Plus the landscape is gorgeous!

wedding inspirations

these are just some every day things that are inspring me.

-bird cages
-rusted keys
-locks
-mason jars
-limes
-postcards
-stamps
-wine labels
-grapes
-pears
-vines
-buttons
-umbrellas
-parisols
-wooden fences
-clothes lines
-suspenders
-potted plants
-wooden plants
-chandeliers
-pine cones
-old fashioned cars
-vintage
-classy
-rustic
-mystic
-etheral
-pearls
-sage
-moss
-aubergine
-plum
-royal purple