Autumn Wedding Floral Inspiration

I've gone back and forth over flower colors for our wedding and ultimately decided that if we're buying real flowers, I want color! Our budget for flowers is tiny, but since I'm buying them wholesale and having my florist friend arrange them, I'm hoping we can pull it off. Our color scheme is neutral, so I think bringing in fall colors will help pull things together - at least in my mind. What are you doing for flowers and where did your inspiration come from?

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Romantic Garden Palette

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I'm in LUV with these two inspiration boards. They would also work well with our venue (fingers still crossed that we can book it).

I'm torn between muted, romantic tones of an old-fashioned garden wedding and bold autumn colors. I suppose that is the peril of having an October wedding. How does one chose colors that do not overwhelm or under-whelm the surroundings of the venue and its natural setting?

*Almost* Perfect Palette

I love this palette. Its fall, but its sophisticated and not over done. I will be incorporating a couple of greens (my favorite color), but for the most part, this works for me. I've been struggling with wanting to go with a modern color but also wanting to take advantage of our autumn date without seeming cheesy.

There are tons of gold accents at the venue we are hoping for. I'm a silver person, so its potentially problematic. I've seen wedding photos recently that mix silver and gold quite successfully, so its possible. I'm just apprehensive about that.

Our Wedding Date

We began planning pre-engagement for a number of reasons, but mostly because we both understand how stressful wedding planning can be and we picked a "quirky" date.

With Big Spoon's help, I developed a spreadsheet of dates ranging from April 2010 to August 2011. We each highlighted dates we favored, but nothing seemed to be matching up. Due to Big Spoon's career and scheduling conflicts, it first appeared that we would have to have a summer wedding. I had been seriously considering October 10, 2010 already. When I mentioned how cool 10/10/10 would look typeset on invitations and that it is in fact binary code 101010 ... Big Spoon was sold. We found out several weeks later that his conference is two weeks prior to this date and that was that.

We also realized such a unique date would be popular. Octobers, although an off-season for weddings, are becoming increasingly popular. Our wedding will take place on a Sunday, but mostly because we were set on the date. We're also hoping that it cuts down on some vendor costs.

Big Spoon + Little Spoon 10.10.10