Idea #2 Color

Colors are an important part of the wedding planning process. I definitely want red to be in the wedding. I just don't know what other color or colors. I like the color combo of Red & Black because it's kind of simple and classy, or Red, White and Black. Or perhaps those colors with an accent of polka dots as seen below. Spanish flamenco dresses are not only very bright colored - red, orange, red-orange, yellow, perhaps blue, but some of them also have huge polka dots like the dress in my first post. So I thought perhaps integrating polka dots as an accent rather than making them huge and bold, would be another way of adding to the flamenco theme, like the samples below. Perhaps a polka dotted ribbon around the bouquets, polka dotted feathers, etc. But, I also like the idea of Aqua with the red...and so I'm not sure if that's better than the polka dots. The bright blue with the red and black. And then I found the red, yellow and brown which is quite lovely, which isn't as flamencoy as the others, but still pretty. Especially with the sunflowers :)


Aqua, Red, White & Black

Aqua & Red

Red, Brown & Yellow

Polka Dots - Red, Black & White

Polka Dots - Black, White & Green (not interested in green, but I like this for the polka dotted feathers)

Red, Black & White (again cute polka dot feathers)

first three found on the Perfect Palette (color red)
http://blog.finestationery.com/2008/05/wedding-wednesday-spotted-black-white.html
http://www.primadonnabride.co.za/2009/08/black-white-and-red-polka-dot-wedding.html
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2009/03/12/real-wedding-rock-n-roll-with-victoria-and-matthew/

Idea #1

Will set some conditions about what he wants for a wedding - Gothic church or other stone building, rose petals, veil over face, traditional music, and long train. We live in Seattle, where there are a lot of brick and stone buildings, but not really great ones to get married in front of, unless it's a church of some type. And I'm not comfortable getting married in a church (since neither of us attend) just because it's pretty and will make pretty pics.

Will and I both attended the University of Washington, and so I thought perhaps we could do couple photos and wedding party photos at UW. Then we can have the stone buildings he wants, although unfortunately we won't be able to marry in front of them...as far as I can tell. As for the reception, I'm still on the fence. I found this place that has kind of a European look to it on the inside, but that was when we were doing the wedding in the fall. Now that I think we will do the wedding in the summer it might just end up being an outdoor wedding. Perhaps at the UW arboretum. Anyways, I'm still in the planning process when it comes to that. These are just some of my thoughts.

-Catherine

Why a Flamenco Wedding

Why is a blond haired, blue-eyed girl from Seattle wanting to have a flamenco wedding, some people may ask. Well, let me give a brief story about how my fiance, Will, and I met. Although we both attended the same University, we did not meet each other until we did a study abroad program in Spain in January of 2005. In February he asked me to be his Valentine (and gave me a rose), since I said I had never been someone's Valentine's date. And then in March we were dating.

My host mom in Spain thought it would be fun if I dressed up in her flamenco costumes/outfits and Will took some photos. Flamenco is very big in Spain. So since we met in Spain and our love started there, I thought it'd be cool to bring that into the wedding and so did he.

I'm starting this blog to help sort out my ideas as we plan our wedding. We also have a tight budget, tightish, about $10,000 (hopefully). We don't have a wedding date, but it'll most likely be summer of 2012.

-Catherine