Blue, Blue Wedding

Okay people, in no way am I insinuating that our wedding is going to depressing, anything but! This post is just about how incredibly obsessed I am with the color blue. I am so psyched that my wedding colors are going to be blues, and I'm pretty sure Matt is sighing in relief as well. No flowery, pink patterns for us! Of course, those elegant weddings are gorgeous, just not our style. The dark, vibrant blues that I chose for the wedding compliment both of our tastes.

After scouring the internet for blue wedding inspiration, I've come to the conclusion that the majority, and I mean majority, of blue weddings are either teal or light blue. Although it's hard trying to picture my wedding in my color blue, it's kind of nice because to me, it seems like it's rather unique. Of course our wedding is going to be anything but cookie-cutter. We're a unique couple, living 8,000 miles away in an East Asian country, with no desire to pull off a black tie affair. Because of this, we can be as fun as we want. Living in Korea has given us strong opinions against anything deemed "standard" (I'll write another post about Korean weddings later).

So this is our engagement cake, just in case you never saw it. Isn't it gorgeous? We were engaged in January in the bitter cold of Maine, and our good friend Pam (who is one of my bridesmaids), made this cake for us when we came back to Korea. Actually, she's going to be making our wedding cake as well! She has quite the knack for baked goods. I can't get over how awesome this cake was. And it's blue! The blue icing for the snowflakes and lettering is more along the lines with the wedding color. I can't wait to see what she comes up with for our big day :)

This is one of the only online inspiration boards I found on Google that uses the blues I am interested in. It seems to me like this wedding could have easily been in Maine: blueberries and a lobster motif?? Also, hydrangea! The same picture I used in an earlier post. This inspiration board makes me happy!

It feels really good solidifying a "look" for the wedding so far in advance. It makes things a little easier. When I am searching for reception decor, if something doesn't come in the color I want, I just simply toss it. Hopefully by the time we start purchasing items for the wedding we will have a polished idea of what we want everything to look like. This is the joy of having such a long engagement.