Colour Trends for
2012 – Yellow & Blue
“There
is no blue without yellow and orange.” – Vincent Van Gogh
I love the way the blogging community provide insights into what’s new,
fresh and exciting, and nothing could be more so than two of the latest colour
palettes for this year – blue and yellow.
In their purest saturated forms these primary colours
create a contrast which is eye-catching to say the least and are reminiscent of
the Mediterranean - evoking sunny, clear blue skies and hot yellow suns. Combined, these colours create a fun, exciting scheme suitable for a wonderful
outdoor summer wedding, this theme would certainly make a change from the
vintage-inspired pastels which have been so popular of late. A word of caution though, always avoid using
darker shades of blue in areas that aren’t well lit - it’s not really suitable
for dark churches or panelled rooms.
Blue and purple are the most recessive of all colours on the colour
wheel and can sometimes create visual ‘holes’ from a distance in floral decorations, and might give
the impression that something’s missing from your arrangement!
To give you some ideas of how these colours work together,
I’ve made a variety of Bridal bouquets – some structured and some more open,
loose and romantic either of which would work with a range of different styled
Bridal gowns and overall concepts. In
addition, the buttonholes and wrist corsages should give hopefully
give you some ideas for the bridesmaids and groom. Finally, I put some table and vase designs
together to show how these could compliment each other and work as part of your
overall theme.
I hope these designs give you some ideas and inspiration and
brighten up your day as much as they did mine!
Materials list:
Rosa ‘Wimbledon ’
Eryngium ‘Blue Orion’
Forsythia ‘Yellow sun’
Zantedeschia Lily ‘Giant yellow’
Crespedia
Dried French Lavender
Eucalyptus parvifolia
The colour palette
Grouped hand tied Bride's bouquet using roses, crespedia and calla lily
A close-up shot, showing all the lovely contrasting textures and the vintage ribbon detailing
A table centre design using the flower and foliages in a more 'Boho' interpretation.
A romantic, soft, feminine hand tied design suitable for a Bride or Bridesmaids
A matching buttonhole, picking up the ribbon detail from the above Bridal bouquet
A wrist corsage constructed onto a pearl bracelet with a lemon organza ribbon detail
A traditional vase arrangement, suitable as table centres or a different twist on a top table design
I loved designing this structured bouquet, its contemporary and quirky, but still pretty
Anyway, I'd love to know what you think
Tracey
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