The Hydrangea - A Botanical Inspiration

The color wheel - The 1st color wheel was invented by Sir Isaac Newton. In 1666 he discovered that light refracted by a prism created the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. He then arranged these colors in a circle creating a color wheel. This color wheel was the 1st to be used by artists.

About 100 years later Johann Wolfgang von Goethe studied how these colors made us feel. He then divided the color wheel in to 2 halves, a plus and minus side. On the minus side he placed green, violet and blue which we now call cool colors. On the plus side he placed red, orange, and yellow which we now call warm colors.

Sometimes when brides come to us with their wedding color combos, it's easy to visualize colors what will clearly be a great match. And for those who have a clear case of colorblindness, we always use our best judgement and try to guide these couples in the right direction. On the other hand we are sometimes pleasantly surprised. By no means are we boasting our skills, or questioning others for that matter but sometimes we just wonder...what are you thinking???  While we are never afraid of color, let's face it, we downright welcome it and even with our experience and expertise, we too sometimes wonder if too much color is just 

TOO MUCH?

For this particular situation, the answer to this question is definitely not!!! The cool side of the color wheel won the battle on choice of colors in this botanical inspired wedding invitation set.

When planning a wedding typically one chooses a theme to get the ball rolling. This theme slowly becomes an obsession in which you're compulsively seeking any who, what, when, or how it can be incorporated into your wedding décor and planning. Unless you're a themey person who craves that sense of direction, not all weddings have to be a theme. And if you're somewhere in between why not let your color, or colors, be your theme. As you can see in our featured couple's invitation choice...colors and simplicity ruled this battle! Multiple colors being "married" into an invitation set was the quest for this classic yet modern couple. Mariam and Todd came to us wanting single panel cards, but not the typical thin card with a silver embossed border. They wanted color to be their theme...and we quote them asking, "Can our colors be our theme"? Hey, why not?! The colors shown: crystal, light green, lilac purple and bluebell all derived from their choice of flower, the hydrangea. Each card has an obvious purpose, one being the invitation, a reply card, and an information card. They chose the light green shimmer card to showcase their wedding invitations, the lilac purple was designated as the information card and the shimmer blue card took the place of the reply card. We felt their original theme turned into a perfect design, very simple but well executed.

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