Legend has it that keeping a rose quartz stone under your pillow will spark fire in a marriage and make you look younger, too. It’s known as the love stone—love of self and love of others. Why not channel this positive energy and center your wedding around a rosy theme?
Pink comes in many shades—cameo, pale, peony, energetic, opalescent and golden, to name a few. It can be embellished, adorned, glittered and pearled. It can be dressed up or down, and no matter what, you will look pretty in it. Use pink and rose to guide your wedding celebration.
Rose Template
Simple or intricate, a rose graphic on a wedding invitation is a good way to introduce the theme. Add a rose stamp to seal each envelope and a rose petal inside. This graphic can be used on the cocktail napkins at the wedding and on any other paper products throughout the planning.
Bridesmaids
Let your bridesmaids show their unique personality by asking them to choose dresses in different shades of the same color. In the case of pink, have one dress in cotton candy, another in cherry blossom and a third in brick pink. Matching is so old school.
Bouquet
The rose is the quintessential romantic bloom for a bride’s bouquet; however, there are many other flowers to use in your bouquet and your girls’ that capture the exact vibe you’re trying to create. Martha Stewart Weddings suggest:
- For a high-energy, electrifying boutique: Pair “Yves Piaget” roses, andromeda, protea and curcuma
- Try clusters of zinnias, curcuma and astilbe for a subtle, charming bouquet
- Go vintage with a group of dusky protea, isanthius and garden roses tied together with weathered ribbon
The Dress
When it comes to your wedding, there are no rules. Don’t want to wear a white dress? Don’t. Jessica Biel chose to create a dreamy, ethereal effect with a soft, romantic pink hue in a custom-made Giambattista Vallie Haute couture gown when she married Justin Timberlake last year. Go true Hollywood glamour and borrow this idea for your pink-inspired wedding day.
Au Natural Centerpieces
Shades of pink are everywhere in nature. Create a centerpiece using a mix of timber, pale roses, twigs and succulents. These succulents can be replanted and used as a parting gift for guests.
Another way to incorporate elegance with the rose theme: Float roses and candles in a glass bowl of water and use as centerpieces.
Rose Champagne
Add a classy touch to your cocktail hour by offering rose champagne. Mumm makes a tasty variety that isn’t off-the-charts expensive. Rose water and Shirley Temples can substitute as non-alcoholic treats.
What’s Lurking Inside the Cake?
When you think sweet, think pink. Such a sweet, pretty, innocent color to decorate the outside of your cake; but upon cake cutting, deep, dark, mysterious chocolate yumminess is revealed and reveled.
Flower Girls
Dress your little sweeties in head-to-toe pink. The frillier the better. From the posies tucked in their braids to rose-adorned sandals, there’s never too much pink for little girls.
It’s in the Details
A few baby roses tucked into your hair; classic pearl earrings worn by each bridesmaid; a pale pink rose tucked in the groomsmen’s lapels—it’s all in the details.
Does your fiancé feel it’s a tad bit too girly for his wedding? Add masculinity by incorporating hunter green, black or brown into the theme.
