If you look at any of the millions of wedding planning checklists out there they usually start with a budget and guest list at twelve months and choosing colors is usually listed at about month 6-8 but in our case this is the first thing that we have decided. The reasoning behind this is that my mom has very thoughtfully offered to do our invitations as she enjoys stamping/card making. She would like to get started on these sooner rather than later as they will probably take A LOT of time. In order for her to start she needs to know what colors to use.
We have decided on navy blue (I would like to let my bridesmaids choose their own dresses and I figured that navy blue would be one of the easier colors to match) and green. The shade of green is still up for debate. I really like the olive green color but Ben is more of a fan of a brighter green. I am thinking that it will probably be a green similar to the two top middle box (of the picture above).
This weekend neither Ben or I had to work and there just so happened to be two wedding shows taking place on Saturday in the area. The first "wedding show" was in Roseville, not far from our apartment. The description online said they would have over 30 vendors and dresses that you could try on. Well, when we got there we found a sign pointing to a "women's expo" which consisted of about 10-15 booths of jewelry, scentsy, and Pampered Chef type products. So we awkwardly made one circle around the booths and then left. I had told Ben that he would enjoy a wedding show as they usually have cake and/or food, I was wrong about that one....
The second wedding show was more of a success. It was at the Plymouth Creek Center in Plymouth. It was nice because it was pretty small (and we were able to sample food, cake etc.). I have gone to a couple bigger wedding shows with Alison and they tend to be a little overwhelming. This one had about 25 booths (a few photography, invites, a couple flowers, cake, food, etc.) and took us about an hour and a half to get through. Since we don't have a venue or really any solid plans yet it was nice to just look around and get ideas. The Plymouth Creek Center is a gorgeous venue and they do have a really nice place for an outdoor wedding but I think we could find something very similar outside the cities for a lot cheaper. We also meet a photographer that we really liked (see her website here), we will definitely keep her in mind when we get to that point in the planning.
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