day 9: colors.

i think it's hilarious that one of the first questions people in the wedding industry always ask is "what are your colors?" ... so, you better be prepared.

having a winter wedding limits your color options just a bit. it just wouldn't feel right to have super bright colors in the middle of january. and you also have to be careful to not let things get too christmas-y (read: steer clear of the red roses!) one of my best friends, brooke, had a beautiful january wedding a few years back, and her colors were brown & green. so as to not duplicate her, i chose to go the winter blue & grey route instead.. with a little bit of light pink accent.

*marisa's marks: pick a couple of dominant colors and then an accent color or two. an awesome website to get inspired (for color palettes for any occasion) is design seeds -- the picture above is from there. i also just discovered there's weddingcolors.net and weddingcolors.org!