Our Wedding and Event Color Palette Philosophy
While flowers play a significant role in bringing color to your celebration, they shouldn’t be soley responsible for representing your color palette. Instead, think of them as the starting point, a foundation upon which you can build a more dynamic and multi-dimensional design.
Gathering Inspiration
Photos are the best way to communicate! While we love to see examples of floral arrangements and installations that you like, we also love to see what else you enjoy.
Do you have a gallery wall as décor? We want to see it! Do you like a specific rug? We want to see it! What are the things you take pictures of when you’re just walking around outside or through a new space?
We want to see what catches YOUR eye!! These are things that help us create a design that is curated for you specific tastes. Having non-floral elements as part of your floral inspiration is what allows our creatives to create!
We want your floral design to be unique to you. Our studio does not create the same design twice and we are committed to crafting a unique look for each of our clients! You are one of one, so your floral and event design should be too.
Here’s an Example:
1. Flowers as the Foundation
When it comes to creating a floral design using your chosen colors, your color palette is the starting point! To create a more interesting floral design, we need to utilize tints and hues from your main colors. We also need to be able to add complementing colors. This will allow your main colors to shine extra bright!
Consider how much more interesting your design can look with variation in your color palette! For our clients, we expand on the color palette and ask you to approve pops of complementing colors for use throughout your design.
While they color palette you’ve chosen may be a combination chosen often in this business, we do not have to create the same type of look over and over again.
Check out our Urban Desert Flora Pinterest where we will be posting new mood boards every month!
2. Incorporating Textiles and Fabrics
Consider all of the other finer details in your wedding! Think about your table linens, napkins, stationary, drapery, and signage. These elements can add depth and richness to your color scheme, complementing the flowers and creating a cohesive look.
Using the mood board above, we’d want to capture the softness of the textures represented. Because we can capture the harshness of the desert through line and the plants and flowers chosen, we’d opt for a velvet table linen or something monotone with a subtle pattern!
3. Lighting and Ambiance
Another powerful took to enhance your color palette is lighting. The right lighting can transform a space and highlight colors in your décor. For your tables, candlelight or lamps create an inviting table setting. For the entire space, uplighting, string lights, or more candles create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Colored lighting can also be used to accentuate specific areas to add that extra layer of visual interest.
4. Stationery and Signage
Your wedding stationery and signage are the first interaction your guests have with your celebration. These set the tone for everything there is to come! These are the small elements that tie everything together. From invitations and programs to menus and place cards, these elements may seem small, but together they make a large impact. This is why we ask to see your stationery to assist in our floral design!
