Color Inspiration - Emerald Green, Gold and Blush

Since beginning my career in events ten years ago - I've often become enamored (a nicer way of saying obsessed) with different color schemes.  First it was black, champagne and deep red, then it was aubergine accented with spring green and ivory flowers - finally when it was time for my wedding, shades of grey with bright pinks, purples and orange.  I LOVE color and I love combining colors into the perfect palate for each of my clients (I consider neutrals color too, where would we be without black, white and metallics?!).

In my last blog, I introduced a "color" scheme of mixed metals, mixing different metallic shades, silvers, golds and champagne.  For this blog - I'm going to hopefully offer some inspiration and introduce what I believe to be the next big color trend.

Emerald Green was Pantone's Color of the Year 2013 - I know it's a year later, but hey, it takes time for the industry to produce dresses, linens, and accessories in the color of the year and most often brides are planning their weddings and often their color schemes a year or more in advance.

Most recently brides have been loving blush, blush bridesmaid dress, blush flowers with navy dresses, while I LOVE this color scheme, using green rather than navy is a small change that feels very fresh.

Now picture these dresses paired with beautiful blush toned flowers.  

If traditional Emerald Green isn't your thing - blush and gold tones would go great with these shades of "green" as well.  I have to admit that I am completely obsessed with the color on the top left from Amsale and I'm a redhead who usually avoids all shades of green :-)

Keep in mind if you can't commit to green bridesmaid dresses (or if you aren't having bridesmaids) - you could opt for neutral dresses and bring in emerald green as an accent in your accessories, linens, napkins, etc.  

Next up.... Color Inspiration - Sunset Tones

Rachel and Anthony - Part II - Mixed Metals as a Color Scheme

Yes, it's been a year, sometimes it takes awhile to collect photos and then, boom, it's busy season again - plus these photos were held hostage at Brides.com for awhile while we waited for their feature to go live.

Anyway - besides featuring this exquisite wedding, I want to use this post as the first in a series on color schemes and color trends.  After discussing food (the MOST important part of this party for Rachel and Anthony, more on that later) - Rachel and I discovered that we both LOVED mixed metals.    Gone are the days of choosing only silver or only gold.  Mixing gold, silver, champagne and rose gold creates an elegant yet neutral palate for a wedding or any event.  I personally love mixing metals in my own jewelry too.

Lewis Miller Design selected this dazzling linens for the event and accented with gold and silver touches, candlesticks, silver and gold rimmed plates.  Bright white peonies and greens were used to keep the palate neutral and fresh feeling.

Regas Studio designed the invitations and paper goods featuring a different metallic beveled edge on each piece of the invite, gold foiled monogram and a deep green chevron envelope lining

Now back to the food - Rachel and Anthony are definitely "foodies" and wanted this event to feature a sit down dinner with some of their favorite menu items from one of their favorite restaurants, Babbo.  When we heard that Mary Guiliani Catering & Events was partnering with Mario Batali, we knew this was the perfect match.  The menu featured arugula salad with pork belly, burrata and heirloom tomatoes, tortilla puzzone with taleggio dolce & black truffle butter, and then a choice of oven poached halibut or NY strip loin with Batali steak sauce.

On to the photos from David Alexander and Roey Yohai.  Event took place at the Bleecker Street Arts Club.

 

Credits:
Planning - Laura Remmert Events
Catering - Mario by Mary - Mary Guiliani Catering & Events
Design - Lewis Miller Design
Photography - Roey Yohai Photography
Stationery - Regas Studio
Cake - Cheryl Kleinman
Venue - Bleecker Street Arts Club

Happy Anniversary - Rachel and Anthony's NYC Wedding Celebrations - Part 1

Hello again!  It's been awhile - I have a lot of events to post, quite a bit behind which means I've been busy coordinating and creating the past few months (with some fun and travel mixed in of course).

This one is a year overdue - although I did post a link to the Weddings.com feature a few months ago.  http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2014/01/new-york-bridal-shower-wedding-bleecker-street-arts-club-roey-yohai.html

Rachel and Anthony wanted to have a private ceremony for their families at Rachel's mother's townhouse in Brooklyn Heights.  The ceremony featured a stunning chuppah designed by Lewis Miller, his team also created the gorgeous floral arrangements and lush bouquets.  Originally we planned on having the ceremony in the backyard, but the rain got in the way (if anyone remembers last June, it rained just about the entire month!).  We all agreed that the dining room ended up being the perfect location for the ceremony and rain made for some beautiful photos by Roey Yohai.

We brought in favorite hors d'oeuvres from KG Fare Catering, as well as salads, caviar and dessert from some of the Bride and Groom's favorite restaurants.

Credits:
Event Planning - Laura Remmert Events
Event Design - Lewis Miller Design
Photography - Roey Yohai
Catering - KG Fare
Trio - Venus Ensembles