Color Conundrum

After seven months of planning the wedding full-force, it was time to start tackling the colors I planned to use. Sure, we weren't set with a venue but I couldn't let that stop everything! The color palette was hanging over me, and I felt like I needed to get something decided but it was tough!


When I first envisioned the wedding I saw something romantic, elegant, and simple.  Here's my first inspiration board:

First row:  MarthaStewartWeddings.com / StudioBlush / KahiliCreations
Second Row: Little White Dresser / Jonathan Edwards Winery / Sweet Eventide
Third Row: MarthaStewartWeddings.com / Kristina Marie / BellaFigura.com

Then I added a pop of red to the mix, by way of fresh cherries.

Image via MarthaStewartWeddings.com / Styling by Rebecca Thuss

Then I started thinking about a little "gilded" romance.  

Row 1 via: MarthaStewartWeddings.com / CB-Smith.com / AudreyHepurnComplex
Row 2:  JCrew.com / MarthaStewartWeddings.com / RetroPrint
Row 3: CB-Smith.com / MarthaStewartWeddings.com / MarthaStewartWeddings.Com

So I should have been good to go with our color palette. And I thought I was. 


Colors shouldn't have been an issue, except that I never bothered to take the guys into account.  Call me neurotic, but I was bothered by the way their blues fit into my color palette:

I liked it...it was playful, fresh, and cute.  It was pretty darn perfect for a Summer celebration, especially a celebration held over Independence Day weekend.  But it's not really what I was going for at all.  To me, the blue and gold colors didn't mesh well with my softer palette that originally intended to use.  I knew that there had to be a color combo that would work, I just had to find it.  


So back to the drawing board I went!

Did you have trouble settling on a color palette?  Was there anything about your wedding in particular, that made you think twice?