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Image credits: Row 1 – Wedding Paper Divas, Martha Stewart Weddings; Row 2 – Etsy seller urbandesign, Etsy seller vivianskitchen, Style Me Pretty; Row 3 – Country Living, Martha Stewart Weddings

I don’t love the way I put this together (in a hurry), but I had a beautiful collection of sweet, daisy-themed yellow and white images and wanted to group them together.  A wedding styled this way would be perfect with checkered tablecloths, fairy lights, and daisies in mason jars.  I would have loved a wedding like this in late summer.

I love grey with nearly any color you can think of.  Grey IS the new black, at least for me!  It has all but replaced black in my wardrobe.  I envision a grey and white wedding with all shades of orange for a little color.  I really like the modern feel of this board, inspired by the sunset image by Susan Stripling.  I could see this wedding taking place in a seaside tent in the summer.

Image Credits (clockwise from left):

• Etsy seller jessgonacha
• Bella Figura
• Susan Stripling
• Elizabeth Anne Designs
• InStyle via Perfect Bound
• Erin Hearts Court via The Knot
• Aaron Lockwood via The Knot

I have been in love with red and turquoise for a couple of years now, but never thought to do an inspiration board featuring it. Then I ran across a photo on Jonathan Canlas’ blog (photo of couple at center) a year or so ago, and wanted to build a wedding around it. Sadly, I have just now gotten around to it! Inspiration boards take me awhile to do, considering i painstakingly search for photos on my crawling dial-up internet. Also, I try not to just take photos from popular wedding inspiration sites and paste them together. I try to create a certain feel, and make you feel like you were at the “wedding” pictured.

I picture this wedding as being heavily stark white, with loud punches of turquoise and red in unexpected places. It is whimsical, light-hearted, and modern. I think this is my favorite board to date!

Image Sources:

• Tags on chairs from Martha Stewart
• Chandelier from Decorexi Ltd
• Invitations from Etsy‘s MichelleBrusegaard
• Dress by Carmen Marc Valvo, via Nordstrom
• Pic of couple by Jonathan Canlas
• Lollipop from Karen Smallbone
• Guestbooks from Martha Stewart
• Dahlia ring pillow from Etsy‘s BrassPaperclip
• Table from the galleries at TheKnot