Inspired by last week’s post on the Movie Wedding – Steel Magnolias, this post will be about pink weddings. In the 1989 film, Shelby’s “bashful and blush” wedding was a vision of pink decorations! In this post I will include ideas for creating a lovely pink wedding ceremony and reception decorations. I will also discuss suggestions for bridesmaids and flower girl dresses, bridal accessories including beautiful bridal bouquets and several ideas for wonderful wedding cakes.
So, let’s get started …
Ceremony decorations
Although in the Steel Magnolias movie the wedding ceremony takes place in a beautiful church filled with flowers and draped with pink fabric the following ideas are for an outdoor wedding but could easily be adapted for an indoor ceremony.
Below are photos showing a lovely wedding canopy decorated with an abundance of white and pink flowers accented with pink fabric. This type of canopy would make a very picturesque backdrop for a wedding ceremony.
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Another idea is to use beautiful pink fabric to decorate the guest chairs at a wedding ceremony and shown are two variations with the fabric laced through in two different ways, one plain and the other embellished with flowers.
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Reception decorations
Although the Steel Magnolia movie showed a wedding reception that took place at the home of the bride’s parents, shown below are several ideas for decorations for a sit down dinner/luncheon reception. The first features an elegant table set with pink table linens and a large white and pink floral arrangement. Pink decorations for a wedding can be beautifully mixed with gold or silver china and utensils.
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Below are shown several ideas for incorporating pink into reception tables, of course the first choice could be pink tablecloths and napkins. Another choice could be to use white napkins tied with pink ribbons which would be a beautiful contrast with pink tablecloths.
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Pink napkins could also be accented with either fresh or artificial pink roses artfully tucked inside or perhaps a sparkling rhinestone napkin ring.
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When selecting food items for a wedding reception here are several ideas and suggestions using the color pink. The first ideas are forthe wedding cake and shown below are two examples, one features a traditional white multi-tiered cake with pink flowers and the other is another multi-tiered cake but with pink frosting.
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The color pink can also be used when selecting the cake flavor.
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The color pink can also be used when selecting the type of champagne for the wedding toast at the reception. What could be more delightful that pink champagne!
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Bridal accessories and other wedding items
For a bride’s bouquet, pink flowers could be used and shown below are two variations. The first features pink roses incorporated into a tradtitonal white bouquet and the second features a bouquet created with only pink roses that could be used for a bridal bouquet or in a smaller version for the bridesmaids.
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Another idea for a pink bridal accessory could be shoes and shown below are two very different styles, one is a classic pink pump and the other is a fun and very comfortable pink converse athletic shoe.
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Most often the bride will select a blue garter for her traditional “something blue” but for a pink themed wedding shown below is a beautiful pink and lace garter.
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For the groom and groomsmen, a tie or bowtie could be selected in a pale shade of pink, a pocket square could also be used to coordinate. Another idea would be maybe a white vest for the groom to set him apart from pink vests for the groomsmen. Pink accents would coordinate well with either the tradtional black tuxedo or suit but would also look great with a grey tuxedo or suit for a spring or summer wedding.
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Shown below is a wonderful idea for a bridesmaids dress in a lovely shade of dusty rose. This particular type of bridesmaids dress has been very popular over the last few years because it allows the bridesmaids to twists the upper bodice fabric into a variety of ways that would be most flattering to their individual style or body shape.
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Sometimes included in a wedding party are a flower girl and a ring bearer and the color pink can also be used for their clothing or accessories. Shown below are two different ideas for a flower girl dress, one is a white dress with a pink sash and floral accent and the other is a pink dress with a dotted-swiss net overlay.
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Below is an example of a white ring pillow embellished with a pink satin bow for the ring bearer to carry at the wedding ceremony.
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So, as you can see from the numerous examples given in this post there are is a large variety of items that can be used to create a beautiful pink wedding.