Here’s the fun thing about weddings these days: anything goes! If you want a very subdued, traditional style, you can certainly have that, but if you want a riot of color and pattern, you can have that too. Discover some of the delightful ways to liven up your wedding with patterns.
Table linens are a natural place to introduce pattern to your event. Printed tablecloths will add a unique flair to your reception and are an easy way to enhance your theme. You could use striped linens in bright orange, lime green, yellow, and fuchsia to give your wedding a fiesta type atmosphere. Solid color plates in one of the stripe colors will add a nice repeating design around the table. Hang colorful paper lanterns over the tables, and you will have a fantastic looking space for your party.
Patterns can also be used to imbue a classic flavor to a wedding. Nautical themes are featured in all of the wedding planning books, and there are some great seaside prints you can use in your ceremony or reception. You could use an old nautical map design on the stationery for your programs and dinner menus. Top the tables with a navy cloth printed with a white sailor’s knot motif. Sunny yellow flowers will pop nicely against the navy and white linens. You can carry this color scheme into your ceremony as well. Picture your bridesmaids in navy knee length dresses with white polka dots. Yellow bouquets and pearl bridesmaid jewelry will complete the picture beautifully.
Prints can convey a feeling of sophisticated elegance to your wedding as well. A brick red and cream damask would be a lovely way to add the “chic” to a rustic chic wedding. The print would look great for a fall wedding at a vineyard or barn. Imagine damask cushions topping bales of hay for ceremony seating or on wooden chairs for an outdoor service overlooking the grapes. The pattern can be used on a smaller scale for the wedding cake design to give it a stylish look. To keep it from getting too formal, mix the damask with rough textures like burlap tablerunners and centerpieces with dried seed pods.
Every preppy bride knows how much pattern can do for a wedding. Pink and green is a lovely color scheme that is often showcased in the wedding planning books. Depending on the particular design that you choose, it can be whimsical, very girly, or a bit more refined. Soft pink and green toile tablecloths would be charming for a garden wedding. Mix them with checked napkins and delicate chiavari chairs. A loose bouquet of pink French tulips is the perfect centerpiece for these linens. You can go more bright and whimsical by basing your wedding around a fun Lilly Pulitzer print. Use it for the bridesmaid dresses, the mens’ ties, and even on the wedding cake. Punch it up more with coordinating stripes or polka dots. Hot pink peonies, gerbera daisies, or Stargazer lilies will be great for the bouquets and centerpieces.
How else can you use patterns in your wedding? There are countless ways! Print your wedding invitations on a faded floral stationery to give them a romantic feeling. Or ask your bridesmaids to choose their own dresses in a small print to create an eclectic spirit. String colorful bunting in a variety of patterns around the space for an outdoor reception. The only limit to how you can dress up your wedding with pattern is your own sense of adventure.
Get more fabulous ideas for your wedding in Bridget Mora’s wedding planning books written especially for Silverland Jewelry.
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