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Im leaning towards a jewel toned theme. Our wedding wont be until 2013 (just engaged!) but it will be in late Fall/Winter. I really want to use plums, deep red, evergreen, sapphire, and metallics. So I love the idea! I plan on just using the colors in different areas of the wedding. IE: the sapphire on bridesmaids and plum, red, evergreen in bouquets. I dont want it to be too matchy matchy but I really love the dark jewel tones!
@cgraceh: Hi I saw your post about a Bling Wedding and LOVE it. I'm having a winter wedding and love the idea of jewels being incorporated. I found a great site on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CoutureWeddingHankie if you are looking to incorporate some handkerchief bling into your wedding.
Wow thanks for all the reponse already!!
MissChickpea, you're idea sounds so similar to mine - I'll def have to check out what you decide to do - sounds great so far! We're only have a maid of honor and best man at our wedding and my MOH really wants to wear black so I figure Onyx is a perfect jewel tone addition to the theme!
I do love the idea of a brooch bouquet - My flower budget is really small; I only plan on having real flowers for the bouquet, boutoinnaire and bridal party/family corsages and such; but am definitely hoping to incorporate a brooch or large jewel in a DIY bouquet holder - although now you've got me thinking about an entire bouquet of brooches:) Hmmm....
I am also having a jewel tone wedding with peacock accents, I am having my escort card box filled with fake jewels and might have some candy "jewels" on my cake but other than that im really just using the colours Purple, green, blue, and turquoise :)
@Miss Feather: Sounds awesome! Have you decided how you're going to use the colors in your decor? Like tablecloths/tablescapes, linen, centerpieces or hanging decor?
Yep :) I am having A dark navy blue like (a bit brighter though) with some shimmer in it for table clothes on the main tables and purple table cloths for the quest book , gift and cake tables for half the tables I am having these but with no pink and green, purple and turquoise hydrangea and no branches or apples:
then for the other tables I having these but with the same colors as the above :
I am also having lots of candles in different sizes , I have a few really tall fish bowl like candles holders for each table that i am going to fill with jewel colored sewing pailletes and a ball candle on top , and rose petals along the base (i am having long tables)
Hope this helps! :)
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anyone have any good links, how tos s or ideas for the brooch bouquet? just wondering how I can keep this elegant but keep cost down?
@cgraceh: I wish I did. I'm thinking if you did a google or yahoo search for DIY brooch bouquet something would pop up. Good luck. I think I'm going more traditional.
Glad I found this! I'm also doing a vintage themed jewel tone wedding! I was starting to feel crazy esp when people ask "what are your colors?" lol. Ruby Red, Emerald Green, Sapphire Blue, and Amethyst Purple. I was trying to do a lot on my own but since I've found a very reasonable planner, we will begin collaborating next week. I love the diamond confetti in the different colors, which is something I will be doing to scatter on the tables, as well as line the bottom of the centerpiece vases and birdcage card holders. My dress has a sash and I'll be adding a bejeweled brooch to it to give it a pop of color. Still figuring out ways to make it work for the decor.
@cgraceh: I'm also in the process of making a brooch bouquet and I'm so excited! To keep costs down, I'm asking friends, coworkers and family members to donate any brooches they have that fit my color scheme and theme. It has more sentimental value that way, liek you have a little piece of each of them on your special day 
. I've also ben going to local thrift stores and buying multiples(I can usually get a discount that way) and asking for any single earrings they have, which can also fit nicely in the bouquet. I bought some brooches from Ebay where people sell a lot of 10 or more of them (just type in "vintage brooch lot" and you'll see that people are selling large amounts of them you can buy all at once).
I'm still trying to figure out what to do for bridesmaids dresses though to go along with this theme. Any thoughts?
@jaregis87: So excited to have a Jewel Toned Wedding Sister! I feel like some of my ideas are finally starting to come to fruition just this past weekend. I've decided to focus mostly on Ruby, Amethyst, Platinum and Diamond (Crystal Clear and Silver, really - but I like the jewel names better:)) with pops of Fuchsia, Rosy Pink and Aqua throughout. I got some beautiful candelabras on sale at Michaels in the Xmas section and have some deep jewel toned hydrangeas to make pomanders on top of them.
3I think I am just going to add jeweled clips to the bouquets and flowers scattered in but not an entire brooch bouquet only to keep costs down. There are so many jewel tone colored ornament clips in gliitter butterfly, dragonfly, stars, icicles and other patterns at walmart in their Xmas section that can clip to bouquets and potted and hanging plants at my venue. I'm hoping to get on them on discount soon.
On the bridesmaids dresses, I had it pretty easy because I only have a maid of honor. It's my sister and she really wanted to wear black - and I"m totally fine with it -after all Onyx is a beautiful jewel too:) So she's wearing a knee length black lace dress. Very classy, timeless and perfect for any bridesmaid. If you don't want black, I would pick any one of the four colors you mentioned - do you have a favorite? What does your venue look like for the cermeony or reception? Thinking about those might help too. I think the Sapphire would be beautiful for June!
I'm doing a jewel themed wedding as well (Sapphire, Ruby, and Emerald). I was nervous about making it all work also. My caterer told me about the 60 30 10 rule. Have a base color (mine's sapphire) and keep most of your decor that color, like the table linens. Then your "30" color will be your centerpieces. Mine are going to be ruby with sapphire and emerald accents. Then "10" is your last color, for me it's emerald. I'm sure you can incorporate a fourth or fifth color in there. Good luck!
@cgraceh: I hope I'm not crazy for this but I was considering each bridesmaid (I have 7!) in one of the colors, with some overlap of course since there aren't 7 colors. This isn't set in stone yet because they haven't ordered dresses yet but we are awaiting fabric swatches to come from the dress maker so we'll see. We've opted for the convertible dress since it's a great value because it can be worn a number of different ways, even after the wedding. My ceremony and reception are both outdoors in a beautiful little garden area so we like the feel of them for this setting as well. I think I like ruby and amethyst as my base colors as well so we'll just go from there. I've collecetd enough brooches and I will begin constructing soon! I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the feedback!
@jaregis87: I think that's a fabulous idea! Especially for a garden wedding where there are so many colors in the flowers and plants anyways; I think it will be great. I'm having a really tiny bridal party - i wouldn't even call it a party - just my MOH and my fiance's BM - but when I originally thought we'd do a big crew, I thought it'd be really fun to have all the bridesmaids in their choice of the many colors in the wedding and then the matching groomsmen would wear a matching tie:)
Can't wait to see your brooch bouquet! How fun! I'm still hoping to have a real floral bouquet with just a few brooches mixed in for some added eye candy.
My FSIL had a jewel-toned wedding. The bridesmaids wore little black dresses with purple boquets, and the MOBs & grandmothers wore jewel-toned dresses, like blue, green, copper, etc. The pictures looked so great! The aisle was decorated with peacock feathers for the ceremony.
I would suggest colored votives & peacock feathers for decor. Try to focus on two colors with some complementary accompanying colors. Like perhaps blue and green or green and purple with copper or silver undertones.
@jaregis87: That's what I want to do! I have three bridesmaids, so I am going to do my three colors. To keep it more cohesive, their dresses are going to be the same fabric as my dress (luxe taffeta), and the bottom of their dresses have a similar detail to my dress. I'm so glad I'm not the only one doing this!!
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Hi everyone,
Looking fo ra little help with theme and decor; I am doing a jewel toned theme with emphasis on bling bling and a touch of vintage 50s glam (mostly just by using pearls in the decor) to coordinate with my tea length ballerina dress (Vintage Priscilla Boston 1956!).
I chose 5 colors - sapphire, emerald, claret red, fuchsia and majestic pink; but I"m wondering how I can use all these colors to emphasis that its jewel tone and not just a mish mash of colors everywhere.
I created my own inspriation board and drew inspiration for a centerpiece idea creating differnt colored pomanders to sit on top of medium height hurricane vases, surrounded by votives and candles, petals and diamond confetti and maybe a splash of pearls.
Should I emphasize the colors by using different colored diamond confetti? Colored candles or votive holders? Hanging lanterns? Alternating table runner colors? What do you think?