Have you heard? Ombre is pretty hot this wedding season! We featured a red ombre wedding inspiration board a few weeks ago, and this week I just couldn’t help myself! I had to create a purple one. Oh, how we do love purple around here! It’s also a very popular color according to wedding planners, and from what I can tell in many featured weddings. Purple is one of those colors that works well as a neutral, thus a lot of colors can coordinate with and accent it. Pink, green, blue, orange, yellow, navy and yes, even red, all work and play well with purple. All the shades of purple, no matter how saturated, from the deepest to the lightest, also invoke a certain calm and peacefulness. So ideal for a wedding!
This beautiful shade of purple in the bridesmaid’s dress is what started the inspiration today, and you can see how a small amount of buttery yellow in the gorgeous bouquet plays well with lavender as the background. The oh-so-pretty lilacs in the vintage table setting makes for a beautiful greeting for your guests as does the lavender lemonade. Does anyone know what lavender lemonade even tastes like? Does it have an earthy, herby taste or is the lavender stem only for show and pretty factor? Do tell, anyone that knows! Little homemade lavender sachets are the perfect touch for our purple inspiration. And as far as I’m concerned having an ombre wedding cake, especially in purple, just takes the cake – ha! Lastly, no wedding is complete without a little touch of sparkle. Whether a bit of bling on your finger, on your wedding dress sash or better yet, your pretty shoes, sparkle is a must!
How about you? Are you digging the ombre trend? Take it, leave it, love it? Let us know! And if you do, what’s the next color you’d love to see us ombre up? :)
Happy Wednesday!
xoxo
Row 1: Bridesmaid and Bouquet via Inspired By This | Vintage Place Setting captured by Karma Hill via Wedding Chicks | Lavender Lemonade captured by Karen Mordechai via Santa Barbara Chic
Row 2: Favors captured by Sutherland Kovach via Style Me Pretty | Purple Ombre Cake by Sweet & Saucy Shop via Style Me Pretty | Sparkly Shoes via Inspired By This
Colors: Deep Purple, Lilac, Lavender, Sparkle!
GAAAAAHH. that cake!!!
My thoughts exactly ;)
Love it! I’m totally putting together an ombre shoot for later this year!
LOVE the idea, Lydia!! Cannot wait to see it :)
Love this board (am a real amethyst fan so this is right up my street) but my favorite part has to be the first bouquet, it is has a real touch of wild flower to it, and is so stunning because of it!!
Thank you!! It’s probably one of my favorite boards to date too :)
My two favorites… Purple and ombré. Totally in love with every element in this board. It’s gorgeous!!!
Thank you so much, Brenda! xo
I have tried lavender lemonade and it does have a faint lavender and earthy taste. I tried it a while back and it was so good! I love the ombre look and I cant wait to incorporate it in my wedding!
Mmm! Lavender lemonade doesn’t sound half-bad with the way you described it. I’ve heard people go back and forth. Some people love it, some people hate it. To each his own though :) I am sure your wedding will be GORGEOUS!! Especially with an ombre look :) Thanks so much for reading, Christina! xo