With a new year comes a fresh colour of the year to play with from the folks over at Pantone and while some years I’m not completely on board with their choice (cough cough Marsala), I am ALL about Greenery, the 2017 COY. It’s fresh, it’s bright, it’s organic, and it feels absolutely right for this brand new year. I can’t WAIT to see what all my favourite wedding pros come up with in styling this shade over the next few months, but in the meantime, I had a play around and came up with five palettes incorporating Greenery, as well as several of Pantone’s other Spring 2017 shades. The great thing about Greenery is that it combines into classic choices, but can also substitute for the greens in less obvious palettes with a really fresh effect. For example, we normally see blues combining with soft sage, but use Greenery and you have something pretty and new. The key thing is to use Greenery as an accent colour – a whole wedding in it might be overwhelming, but in clever touches (especially those using actual greenery), you’re winning. Which is your fave? Links in bold denote affiliate links. SBB may make a commission on any sales made.
COPPER & FERN
Top row (l-r): Fern hair adornment (Love That Smile Photography/Lily & May/Essex Wedding Beauty)| Invitation (whitekittin on Etsy) | Lanterns (Birds of a Feather Photography)
Row 2: White bouquet with ferns (Rachel Pearlman Photography/Cottage Flowers) | Place setting (Anneli Marinovich Photography/Branco Prata) | Copper bridesmaid dresses (Alicia Pyne Photography)
Row 3: Naked cake with ferns (Heather Roth Fine Art Photography/Rachel’s Cakery/Simply & Forever) | Place setting with copper vases (This Love of Yours Photography/Harvesting Love Events) | Bride with ferns (Courtney Horwood/Make Hey/The Heirloom/Daisychains & Paperplanes)
LEAF & SKY
Top row (l-r): Bride with floral hair adornment (Ryan Ray Photography/Bows and Arrows/Stephanie Nelson Makeup) | White bouquet with blue ribbon (Stefanie Miles/Ryan Ray) | Ring boxes (Sawyer Baird/Sarah Park Events/Kylie Swanson)
Row 2: Blue tablescape (Connie Whitlock Photography/Flora by Nora) | Blue and green escort cards (Justin & Mary Photography/Mstarr Event Design/Julie Song Ink) | Cake with blue ribbon (Sugar Euphoria)
Row 3: Reception decor (Braedon Photography) | Blue two piece wedding dress (Rustic White Photography/BHLDN) | Groom with floral bowtie (The Grovers/LVL Events)
GREENERY & FLAMINGO
Top row (l-r): Couple with flamingos (Hunter Ryan Photo/Kelly McWilliams) | Flamingo cake toppers (Jessica Bordner Photography/Earth and Sugar) | Leaf place cards (Annabella Charles)
Row 2: Tropical tablescape (Beau-Coup) | Flamingo drink stirrers | Flamingo wedding invitation (Mooseberry Paper Co on Etsy)
Row 3: Bridesmaid in pink dress (Lani Elias Fine Art Photography/Soiree Event Planning) | Tropical cocktail bar (Madison Short Photography/Pop the Cork Designs) | Bouquet (Zofia & Co/Unique Nantucket/Soiree Floral)
GREENERY & GOLD
Top row (l-r): Place setting (Rebecca Hansen Weddings) | White bridesmaids’ dresses (Atlas and Campbell) | Gold cake (Your Cloud Parade/Sweet and Saucy Shop)
Row 2: Gold wedding bouquet | Moss monograms | Bride & groom (The Picturess)
Row 3: Mini toffee apples | Invitation suite (EvaPaul Design/Rebecca Hansen Weddings) | Green shoes (Leo Patrone)
GREENERY & BLUSH
Top row (l-r): Bride with rose hair decoration (Lindy Yewen Photography/With Style Weddings & Events/Silk Hair and Makeup) | Bridesmaids in blush (Katelyn James Photography) | Ceremony pavilion (KT Merry Photography/A Savvy Event/Nancy Liu Chin)
Row 2: Blush bouquet (Carmen Santorelli/To La Lune/Plenty of Petals) | Table number (Leigh Elizabeth Photography/Events Held Dear) | Blush wedding cake (katie stoops)
Row 3: Centrepiece (Claire Graham/Vanilla Rose Weddings/Westwood Design) | Cocktail tables (Jessmy on Etsy) | Formal garden wedding (fiona clair photography/elena renzi)
