wedding bells

a friend of mine is getting married in october.  if i have not mentioned this, i LOVE weddings.  i have kept a folder of tear sheets of wedding ideas since junior high. myself and another young designer, miss blaire andrews, are helping her out.  we got started about two months ago.  and are making some head way.. courtney's dress is freaking gorgeous.  of course i cannot attach that image just in case her future hubby tries to sneak a peek.  but it seriously has a lot of fashion to it and i hope we can carry that through out the wedding.  here are some of the ideas we are working with ...

courtney told me she wanted to use tiffany blue, orange and brown.  so i created this tear sheet that has some ideas with the colors she mentioned.  i hated to do it, but i had to tell courtney ... these colors were not going to work.  every girl dreams of their wedding day so i couldn't change the colors up completely.  when i looked at this color story it reminded me alot of summer.  so we went with the idea of just warming up the hues a little bit and came up with this ....

i hope we can convince her to let go a little and throw some more trend into the mix.  i LOVE the paisley ties,  the strung marigolds, the exquisite fonts, the peacock feathers incorporated, and especially the new warmed up colors!  this definitely says fall wedding.

 above is a sketch sheet for the wedding.  no where near done with it but it's a start.  i will keep you posted on wedding details.  and definitely make sure i get some pics at the florist.  my favorite part!