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Real Weddings :: Mattie & Nick, Married in May

0 · Dec 2, 2016 ·

Wedding colors seem to come in waves.  And about three years ago we were in the middle of a purple movement.  I got bored of the color really quickly as there seemed to be very little variation in shade, design and I even had two weddings in a row wearing the same bridesmaids dresses.  This royal Grimis hue was not causing my creative juices to thrive.

When Mattie and I began discussing her color scheme, I had a couple of flashbacks with she started talking about shades of amethyst.  But then she added dove grey and moody mauve and I got really excited.  She had this really sultry, in depth vision of pairing dramatic pewter and black accents against a classically soft spring color palette of lavender and lilac.  I certainly shouldn’t be surprised that Mattie had such impeccable tastes, she’s a wedding planner herself and has some gorgeous work in her portfolio (check out Spark & Wildflower).  I made the personal flowers and a topper for the cake and left the rest in Mattie’s very competent hands.  I simply loved how beautiful this wedding turned out.

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Photography: Ashley Slater Photography | Floral Design (personal flowers: bouquets, buttonholes, flower crowns and cake topper): The Day’s Design | Reception Venue: Baker Lofts | Invitation Printing: Crop Marks | Envelope Liners: Greyberry Design | Bride’s Dress: Bianka Bridal | Bride: Mattie Burke of Spark & Wildflower

And reminisce back to their engagement photos last fall here.

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