inspiration board

Last night I decided to put together a proper inspiration board with some of the things I already have for the wedding (Chapel, shoes, bridesmaid dresses), some of the ideas I really want to do (tossing lavender, Paloma's Nest ring bearer bowl, bouquet) and some of the things I have found and loved in the last few weeks (lavender place settings, grey groomsmen's suits, etc.). I could probably still add more pictures to this board, but so far this is what I have. I would love to hear what you guys think of it so far, I feel like it's slowly starting to portray the look I want it to. It's starting to get me excited!

What do you think?

colour scheme revisited... (aka how purple crept into our colour scheme!)

With our bridesmaid dresses now officially chosen, and in the process of being purchased, our colour scheme is now officially set. While it doesn't much differ from the original posts, as predicted we ended up adding lavender into the mix. Which in turn seems to be resulting a deeper purple becoming a highlight colour...

I shouldn't really be surprised that purple was going to be added in really...Would you like to see why?


The card the fiance gave me the day we got engaged


The dress I wore for celebration engagement drinks with my girls (Yep, that's me in lavender!)


The dress I wore to our engagement party!


A pic similar to the car that my brother's friend's grandfather is letting us use on the wedding day, if the fiance chooses to need a car (we didn't choose the colour. It's what he has!)


Photos from our venue...

And finally...

The future hubby's favourite colour? You guessed it.


Purple.

So I guess it was just meant to be! All in all, I'm very happy with the colour scheme that has snuck out. As a young girl, lavender was one of my favourite scents, and it still is one of my favourite herbs. I can't wait to we buy our house, to plant some lavender in the garden :)

It has also given me more research material and I've stumbled happily into the word of purple wedding shoes and lavender (the herb!) accents...


...but more on that later.

For now, I leave you with a quick (very quick!) inspiration board I made up tonight. Yep, it's the first one I've actually made and I rather like it. What do you guys think?!


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