I love pink, I could wear it every day and if I had my way, every marketing piece I do from now until the end of time would be in pink or at least have a pink flare. This is why I’ve held off doing a pink wedding theme, I felt it would make it next to impossible to stop finding cute pink things for weddings. Since I have a few wedding  blog posts under my belt I thought it was safe to venture out and do a pink themed wedding.

When I think pink I naturally gravitate to feminine, floral, and soft things. Like an over-the-top Southern Belle, wearing gloves, carrying a parasol and always has a lace handkerchief. That’s how my brain works when I think of pink weddings. You are a girl’s girl if you are doing pink.

So first thing is first, a girl needs a ring before she can publicly start planning her wedding (thank you Pinterest).  The ring I picked out is actually the ring I want on my hand when the day comes, whether or not I have a pink themed wedding. But I thought it just screamed lady-like and all things feminine:

Next I found this dress on Ian Stuart-bride’s website. I could just faint seeing this veil and the dress. I’m sure it has a price tag that will also make me faint, but I love it.

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 The bouquet has to fit the dress, I think many times bouquet arrangements don’t match the dress itself. I thought this one would be perfect both for it’s color and arrangement:

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The Bridesmaids dresses were easy. Pink, but not any pink raspberry pink, also known as the shade lipstick perfection (side note, what is up with this girl’s expression?):

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Next up invitations! I couldn’t pick just one of course. These will look good with any accent color!

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Centerpieces are so much fun! I couldn’t decide if I wanted tall, short or completely tailored . But I loved how each of them has vibrant green to accent the pink!

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From there I found this image of a room decorated with paper lanterns, white lights and fabric, it reminded me of a carrousel. These lanterns come in any color so of course I’d do raspberry pink and keep the green since my table centerpieces have berry pink and lime.

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Depending on what centerpiece I would pick, I found these chair covers to die for! I have never seen chair covers like this and I just couldn’t stop loving on them. I’d probably plan my wedding around these chair covers. I’m ridiculous.

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Cake and Candy! Since I don’t love cake I had to incorporate a candy station as well, which works great for decoration and a wedding take-away! This cake however I may be enticed to eat, I love how delicate it looks, I either want to eat it or run my hands over the frosting layers.

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And no Bride on the Rocks wedding jam session is complete with out a signature cocktail. It was really the glass container, tall pink straws and of course the pink liquid inside that drew me to this.

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Cheers!

P.S If you want to get me a gift for my berry pink wedding…I want this:

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Who doesn’t like jamming out to music when you’re getting ready to go out? Practically no one, so that’s what got me thinking about the big day and how everyone needs a soundtrack when they’re getting ready.  I’m always pointing out fun trends, wedding day planning tips and of course my non-solicited advice; I thought I’d have one of Complete Music’s DJs make a play list.  He poured over it and reached across all genres of music to create what he considered a great play list.   I of course put some of my songs in there as well. So get your Carlton on!

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• Good Feeling – Flo Rida
• All I do Is win – DJ Khaled
• Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera
• Sexy and I know it – LMFAO
• Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
• Ghosts N Stuff-Deadmau5
• Home-Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
• 40 Day Dream- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
• You and I-Lady Gaga
• Dance Yrself Clean-LCD Soundsystem
• Mind’s Eye-Josh Ritter
• You Make Me Feel –Cobra Starship
• Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
•  Down – Jay Sean
• Without You – David Guetta (ft. Usher)
• Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
• Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
• Forever – Chris Brown
• Marry You – Bruno Mars
• Hey Soul Sister – Train
• Doesn’t Really Matter – Janet Jackson
•  Pump up the Jam – Technotronic
• Jump on It – Sir Mix-a-lot
• White Wedding – Billy Idol
• More Than a Feeling – Boston
• Beautiful Day – U2
•  Faster – Matt Nathanson
• Everything’s Right – Matt Wertz
• I Do – Colbie Caillat
• Bubbly – Colbie Caillat
• If It’s Love – Train
•  When Did You Fall – Chris Rice
•  Once in a Lifetime – Keith Urban
•  The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours – Stevie Wonder
• Ain’t No Montain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
• Oh What A Night – Four Seasons
• Chapel of Love – Dixie Cups
• Better together – Jack Johnson
•  Can See Clearly Now – Otis Redding
• I’m a Believer – Smash Mouth (Originally done by the Monkees)

Cheers!

I just got done reading about a woman who put herself on a feeding tube diet. She literally allowed a feeding tube to be placed in her nose, down her esophagus, and into her stomach to deliver a paltry 800 calories a day.  She isn’t sick; she’s a bride that’s trying to lose weight for her wedding.

Let me tell you what feeding tubes are for:

1.Babies, children, and adults who are sick who cannot get enough nourishment into their bodies to stay alive.

That’s it.

Let me tell you what they are not for:

1.To make sure you lose weight for your wedding.

I’m not judging this woman; clearly she has enough self-esteem problems that she doesn’t need me giving her crap. But what I am going to do is tell each and every one of you beautiful brides that you are indeed beautiful. You do not need to put a feeding tube in your nose to lose weight. If you want to lose weight, which many brides do, please do it as a healthy life change. Nothing wrong with changing your diet and exercising more so you can shed unwanted pounds. Make it a promise to yourself to be a healthy wife for your future husband. Make the promise together, a couple who exercises together and eats healthy together gets to live longer together! I’m not making that up, the more things you can do as a couple the stronger your relationship will be. I’m no Dr.Phil but this a relationship fact.

Oh and if your soon to be spouse thinks this feeding tube diet is a great idea then let’s add that guy to the list of “men you do not date/marry”  (btw that is a hilarious article..but,I’m pretty sure there are no guys left to date after that list, so reader beware!).

Anyway…my dearest brides, you have enough stress placed on you to make your wedding day perfect, to look perfect and to be perfect. But let me remind you, perfect isn’t what he fell in love with. Perfect isn’t what your friends love about you, sh!t if you were actually perfect no one would like you! Remember that.   Your wedding is about being in love and making a commitment to love each other through thick and thin and that is all you need in order to have a perfect wedding day.

Cheers