It is true! Desert Rose Events has been on “Pause” for a couple months. However, there is a fabulous reason: I GOT MARRIED! All my planning & hard work paid off! My wedding was flawless & beautiful. Here are some useful tips for planning your special day.

It is important & special for every bride & groom to incorporate their unique personalities within the wedding. This gives guests a great feel for the bride & grooms exclusiveness & gives the wedding a fun appeal. My favorite colors are red and black & my husband’s favorite color is red, so of course the colors for our wedding were black, white & red. The bridesmaids wore black strapless dresses with bright red heels & the groomsmen wore black shirts with bright red vests & ties. My husband had one request for the wedding & that was to have him & the groomsmen wear red chucks. I had no problem with that because the red on the chucks matched perfectly with the red within the tux. The bridesmaids wore their hair in a messy side bun. The side-bun is elegant yet fun at the same time & I am a fun person so it all worked out! We also showed our personalities in our table numbers for the reception. We took pictures of us holding numbers for each table; however, they weren’t elegant pictures. They were extremely goofy pictures! It was a lot of fun to shoot and tons of fun to make. We got so many compliments on these pictures.

 
For a wedding to flow smoothly & not become over-crowded with floral or color schemes, limit your flowers & colors to three (3). Have three (3) types of flowers (that flow with the colors) & three (3) colors within your color scheme that match & flow well with each other.  I had red & white roses with white tiger lilies within my wedding flowers. Along with red & white babies-breath, these flowers provided by Divine Blooms & Designs created an amazing look.

  Black is back!! Black can be used in basically any color scheme for a wedding or event. It can be used as a prime color or as an accent. The important thing to remember is to not go overboard with the black if there is a tri-color scheme. I used black in small details with the ceremony and much bigger details with the reception. I did this mainly because the reception room at Coco Palm Cuban Restaurant was darkly lit, so I knew the black would not be as noticeable. For the ceremony (disregard the attire of the bridal party) I used black ribbon (along with red & white) on the flower girls dresses along with their baskets, the ring bearer’s pillow and on the seat covers. That was it for the ceremony. For the reception, I used more black to pop the other two colors of the wedding. The black was used for the underlay for the guest tables, the seat covers, favors, and black ribbon on the cake provided by Some Crust Bakery in Claremont, CA. Because my other two colors were red & white, the black made those two colors pop!

Please take a look at the fabulous pictures provided by Megan Siana, Rebeca Irene  & Dan Rarela of my wedding under the “Gallaries” tab “Foster Wedding” on this blogsite. These photographers captured my special day above my expectations! If you have any questions on any aspect of this wedding, please contact me at info@desertroseevents.com or 909-262-1926.

A Spring wedding is one that can be achieved easily. There are many color combinations a bride can choose to achieve this amazing theme. In this spread, I show you a Spring Wedding with pink as the primary color with white & green as the accents. Traditionally, there are at least three colors to use in a wedding. The variation of the use of those colors can change. For example, in this spread there was one primary color (pink) and two accent colors (white and green). This color scheme can also be used as two primary colors (pink and green) and one accent color (white), and so on. Try to find colors that match well with each other. My advice would not to exceed four colors in your wedding. This will reduce clashing of the colors.

If you are having trouble finding the colors that are right for your wedding, start with you or your fiancé’s favorite color(s) and build from that. For example, if your favorite color is yellow, you can have your wedding colors as yellow as your primary color and grey & white as your accents. Or if your fiancé’s favorite color is red, you can have red and gold as your primaries, and white as your accent. The best way to find which colors are right for your wedding is to do some research online. Type in “(color) wedding” and you will be surprised on how many images come up.

Happy Planning!

Holly Foster