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Just a few lush Coral Charm peonies and hosta leaves create lovely bridesmaid bouquets that packed a lot of pink punch in this formal wedding in Chicago.
Next: Pink Cupcakes
Miniature vanilla cupcakes sit on a pink Depression-glass pedestal that had belonged to bride Melody's great-grandmother. The smaller sweets are ideal for younger guests.
Next: Pink Pom-Poms
A sweets table decorated with striped ribbon and hanging pink tissue-paper pom-poms offers guests taffy and lollipops to take home after Melody and Adam's wedding.
Next: Pink Bridal Bouquet
Bride Jenna's blush-tone bouquet of peonies accented with tea roses and plumes was created by friend and florist Emily Rose Wood.
Next: Pink Wedding Invitations
Each piece of this letterpress wedding stationery for Michelle and Devon's wedding in West Redding, Connecticut, from the save-the-date cards to the menus, is embellished with a fern icon of the couple's initials. The cream-pink paper was backed with green.
Next: Votive Candles
To go with the soft pink decor of this Salt Lake City, Utah wedding, cameos were glued to soft rose ribbon, then wrapped around the candle votives and set at each table.
Next: Pink Cocktails
Pink Cosmopolitans added a pop of color -- and a nod to New York -- to Mieun and Till's city wedding reception.
Next: Marriage Contract
Martha Stewart Weddings Editorial Director Darcy Miller finds inspiration for the design of the ketuba, the Jewish marriage contract, in an unexpected place: a box from Laduree, a Parisian bakery.
Next: Pink Pom-Poms
A tree next to Mimi and Harry's wedding ceremony site is adorned with festive pink tissue-paper pom-poms.
Next: Pink and White Elephant
This elephant, made from pink and white carnations, signifies luck in bride Priya's Indian culture and adds a touch of whimsy to the event.
Next: Pink Signature Cocktail
Village Modern Foods helped couple Giovanna and Schuyler come up with a signature cocktail for their wedding. The result is a pink mixture of gin, lime juice, hibiscus syrup, and prosecco with a floating hibiscus blossom, dubbed the "Adam and Eve."
Next: Rose Seating Cards
A garland of eucalyptus and bay leaves frames rows of seating cards decorated with botanical pink rose prints. The paper table runner evokes vintage wallpaper and includes touches of pink and blue, bride Melissa's color palette.
A cherry blossom motif defines this pink and plum letterpressed stationery, representing groom Steve's Japanese culture. Some pieces, such as seating cards and programs, are presented in pink vellum envelopes. The program is also bound by a band of rice paper.
Next: Rustic Bouquet
Bride Chloe's mother designed this colorful bouquet, which consists of flowers and herbs plucked from Chloe and Matt's property, Pearbrook Farm: blue delphiniums, coral bells, artemisia, Queen Anne's lace, and pink and white roses among them.
Next: Peony Cake
Liezel and Christopher selected a grand four-tier cake by Vosges Haut-Chocolat. A cluster of pink peonies serve as the topper, and the tiers are draped in rolled ivory fondant and detailed with jewel-like swags and dots piped in royal icing. Fresh pink peonies, begonias, and fuchsia decorate the corners. Inside, the cake is a rich medley of flavors: Layers of white Tahitian vanilla-bean cake have rose petals baked right in them; the filling combines strawberries with a ganache made of white chocolate, pink Champagne, and rose water.
Next: Bridal Bouquet
Bride Michelle's bouquet is a lush mix of antique ivory roses, tiny white and pale-pink roses, mint, and scented geranium leaves, all tied with a satin ribbon.
Next: Pink Table Numbers
The bride, Lauren's mother and grandmother embroidered the table numbers onto extra pink fabric from the bridesmaids' skirts. The hoops were affixed to custom stands.
Next: Pink Drink Stand
An adorable drink station decorated with pink streamers offers guests a beverage to cool off before the ceremony. Large pitchers of pink lemonade match the palette of Mimi and Harry's wedding and quench everyone's thirst in the hot early summer.
Next: Pink Signature Drink
Friends of the groom, Jon, concocted the Pink Elephant signature drink, a blend of vodka, fruit juices, and grenadine, capped with a pink plastic elephant.
Next: Pink Bridal Bouquet
Bride, Giovanna's bouquet consists of lush pink peonies, 'Candy Bianca,' 'Champagne,' and 'Majolica' roses, white sweet peas, and variegated ranunculus. The stems are wrapped with blush silk and organza ribbons to correspond with her color palette of pink and white.
Next: Pink Favor Packaging
These favors -- vanilla and chocolate sandwich cookies -- are packed in cellophane and wrapped with a band of Japanese-patterned paper in shades of pink. Each has a sweet sentiment about marriage tucked inside.
Lengths of pink yarn wind around rolled napkins holding printed place cards at Jeanette and Nicholas's reception. The table numbers are printed on pink note cards fastened into a tent with pins.
Next: Pink Boutonnieres
Boutonnieres made of pink nerines are tied with silk ribbon. Each is pinned to a knot of Mizuhiki cord, created using a Japanese knotting technique believed to bring the recipient good luck.
Next: Pink Pillows
Bride and groom, Mimi and Harry's wedding planner and designer added a surprise touch to the lounge area they had set up in the park where they were married: a customized pillow with their names and wedding date embroidered in pink -- the color of the day.
Next: Wedding Invitations
The coral-and-brown letterpress invitations for Liezel and Christopher's May wedding reflect colors woven throughout the event, which also features aqua.
Next: Floral Sendoff
In keeping with the theme of this Belmont, California wedding, which was vintage glamour, newlyweds Melissa and Sam step into a rented 1950s Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud after their reception. Gold ribbon draped across the hood and tied to the hood ornament suspends a wreath of garden roses and their tiny buds in shades of pink, peach, and cream. The bride and groom were surprised to discover that the car's leather interior was aqua blue, a color prominent throughout their wedding.
Next: Seating Cards
Liezel and Christopher used petite handmade coral and aqua quotation books as seating cards. They compiled favorite sayings about life and love and bound them in card-stock covers with thin brown satin ribbon.
Mini ice creams in the form of strawberries and pears are served during Chloe and Matt's reception.
Next: Pink Wedding Cake
The focal point of this candy bar at Darcy and Andy's wedding reception is the nine-tier wedding cake, modeled after a Parisian bakery box.
These DIY centerpieces at Mimi and Harry's reception consist of origami cherry blossoms created by the bride, her sisters, and her closest friends. More than 1,500 blooms are added to branches to grace each table.
Next: Pink Bridesmaid Bouquet
A bridesmaid in this Virginia wedding carries a bouquet in a punchy magenta palette that matches her dress.
Next: Seating Cards
Among these rows of seating cards at Sheila and Steve's wedding in Costa Mesa, pink, white, and plum-colored cymbidium orchids in glass vases rest on a porcelain dish.
Next: Lace Wedding Cake
Cake maker Ron Ben-Israel duplicated the lace from bride, Priya's gown on alternating tiers on this wedding cake. Soft touches of pink flowers were added to go with Priya's color palette.
Next: Peony Centerpiece
Festive votive candles and porcelain Asian bowls, each holding a single peony, decorate the room where this cocktail hour for Liezel and Christopher was held.
Colorful sewing pins affix pink and white seating cards to felt-covered foam board, propped up on an easel. Felt cushions hold the excess pins.
Next: Watermelon Drinks
Watermelon-lime beverages were served at this wedding in Salt Lake City, Utah. The pink color of the signature drinks went perfectly with the color palette of pink and green.
Next: Bouquet
This bouquet of pink, white, and yellow dahlias and astilbe is tied with a satiny ribbon and looks like it has just been picked.
Next: Guest Book Table
Paperweights decoupaged with pink roses anchor a parchment-color paper scroll for family and friends to sign at Melissa and Sam's wedding. A vintage ribbon fastened it closed. Above it, snowberries and pink and white garden roses were arranged in an antique blue-enamel loving cup.
Next: Pink Centerpieces
Hundreds of roses in cream, pink, and coral are arranged in floral-foam cones to form topiaries and set in silver vessels; handcrafted silk flowers are placed among the arrangements at Jessica and Cody's wedding at Tiffany's. The tables shone in pale-pink linens topped with golden runners. Table design by florist Matthew Robbins.
For a guest book, Sheila and Steve followed a Japanese custom by asking guests to tie their sentiments to tree branches with ribbons. Here, branches are adorned with crepe-paper buds and blossoms and placed in a porcelain vase. Expressions like "Prosperity" and "Good Marriage" were written in Korean and Japanese and hung ahead of time to decorate the branches.
Next: Pink Bridesmaid Dresses
Pink bridesmaid dresses from J.Crew carry through the pink and blue color palette of this southern fairytale wedding.
Next: Pink Favor Packages
These wedding favors consist of bright silk bags made by Indian women who work for the Shanthimalai Handicrafts Development Society, a charity bride Anna supports; each holds a candle and a jar of jam.
These parcels full of old-fashioned candies are set at each place setting at Melissa and Sam's wedding reception. The pink and white striped paper liner is sealed with a personalized sticker and the guest's name calligraphed on a menu bound to the favor with gold cord.
At the guest-book table at Liezel and Christopher's wedding, family and friends could express their hopes for the newlyweds as well as receive a written wish from the couple. Guests wrote their notes on coral cards and placed them in apothecary jars. In return they could draw a wish from another jar.
Next: Pink Centerpieces
At Sheila and Steve's Costa Mesa reception, a dramatic 30-foot-long head table is the focal point of the room. It features an eclectic collage of romantic and exotic blooms, reflecting the bride's personality and the color palette, which includes several shades of pink.
Next: Ticket Wedding Cake
Jenna and Jon use ticket rolls, bought on eBay and attached to foam bases, to construct a tiered decoration. The 1940s-style topper is a gift from the maid of honor.
This bouquet of mixed pink blooms and striped navy ribbon fits perfectly into Melody and Adam's color palette. Melody's friend Elaina Trostad used local flowers to create the arrangement.
Next: Pink Wedding Programs
Bride and groom, Mimi and Harry, had a trilingual program, a touching keepsake of their wedding ceremony. Originally written in English, the text is also printed in Vietnamese and Chinese, so that all of the guests present at their wedding can understand and fully participate in the joining of the two families.
Stationer Cheree Berry created all of the blue and pink paper elements for this southern wedding, from the save-the-dates to the signage on the getaway car.
The save-the-date, a square mini book, sets the tone for the joyous wedding of Devon and Dan. Disclosing the story of how the couple met in a whimsical, fairy-tale manner, it begins with "Once upon a time." (The "Happily Ever After" comes with the wedding program.)
A soft-pink letterpressed invitation by Bella Figura introduces Giovanna and Schuyler's "love bird" theme and goes well with the color palette of the wedding day.
Next: Escort Card Table
A wall of satin ribbons made by the bride and groom, Lauren and Michael, was the perfect backdrop for the escort-card trays. Pink, yellow, and green arrangements added to the heigh tof the table while wedding coordinator Heather Vaillet of Amorology filled each tray with vintage jewelry from Lauren's collection and placed them atop custom pink fabric-and-lace-covered boxes to add dimension to the table.
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