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Hello hive. Advice needed!  We chose our venue, fell in love, etc etc.  I decided I wanted a vintage, palue blue, creamy feel to the wedding but one day at dinner my FI blurted out that he thought it would be more venue-appropriate to do a "carnival" feel.

Here's a venue preview sort of article: http://soireespecialevents.blogspot.com/2008/07/venue-spotlight-glen-echo-park.html    The location is awesome - we're getting married in a church with our reception at the Pavilion and we're very excited about it.

But what color scheme to use for a wedding carnival idea?  All the ones I've found seem to be aqua and red which are apparently adult circus colors, but that's a little too trendy for the FI and I.  When I asked him what colors he envisioned he said cotton candy colors - baby blue and pale pink - which I immediately said no to.  No baby colors at my wedding please.

We're waffling back and forth between french provincial and carnival theme which makes it hard to decide on anything.  We have tons of time, but since most of our wedding has to be DIY to make up for our insane catering costs, we need to get started sooner rather than later.

Any ideas? Color schemes for a Carnival wedding?  Thanks everybody!

I would say mustardy yellows, deep dark reds, black, and whites.

What about a robin's egg blue (a little darker than aqua) and coral?  If you look at pictures of the carousel at Glen Echo Park, both are featured.  I think you can create a carnival feel most effectively with paper goods, similar to what Sweet Adeline posted in her third link (the ruffled blog one).

Thanks ladies!  I've looked at the oncewed circus images and it's so soft and pretty - but our amusement park is less country and more "made in the 1960s with neon". 

My only current real inspiration is: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/08/14/GA2009081401929.html (picture 6)

Yellow carnations popping out of popcorn holders... So I loved the yellow/red/orange idea cause it allows me to do that floral centerpiece.  But I'm worried it's too burnt/vintagey and not neon-y.

This is the sign opening up, so you get an idea of what I mean:

ETA: Y'all are so helpful. xoxo

@SweetAdelineXO

I loved that wedding! It has a very 1920's-30's feel to it. Do you know that he is a Magician and she is his assistant. I just think that just makes them all the more cute.