P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! I’m currently enjoying a couple days off as my family is in town to celebrate the wedding of my cousin Tanner and his beautiful bride Darlene. Now if the weather would just cooperate with us!
We’re religiously watching The Weather Channel hoping that the reported “60% chance of rain and snow” will miraculously change to “clear and sunny skies”. While I’ll most likely be adding an umbrella and a thick coat to my weekend wardrobe, I’m relieved to know that come rain or shine, two young people will soon begin their happily ever after.
Isn't Darlene's wedding dress just gorgeous? My 75-year-old grandma created this beauty from a picture in a magazine. No pattern!
And even though Darlene is not a paper crafter, I’m already thinking about her wedding album and what paper and embellishments I would use to capture this very special day in her life. Luckily, fate stepped in and made that choice very easy: Imaginisce’s new To Love & Cherish collection!
This week we got to preview Imaginisce’s new lines and this one immediately spoke to me (I’m a sucker for black and white!). Not only is it perfect for wedding, but it can also be used in so many other applications and occasions:
How cute is this altered composition book? And if you look closely, they used their i-top to create a magnetic closure in the center of the flower. Genius!
Wouldn't a set of these notepads make the perfect gift? The flower embellishment was also created with the i-top.
I can tell you right now that I’ll be stealing these ideas for an upcoming card group project. So fun and easy!
In honor of my cousin’s wedding, I’m giving away a WHOLE set of the To Love & Cherish collection! Leave a comment telling me your favorite wedding color combination and ONE person will win this fabulous prize package. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Sunday, Feb. 14.
- One lucky winner will take home Imaginisce’s To Love & Cherish line!
Here’s to happily ever after!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from Betsy’s Happy Umbrella Day post!
1. Angie Tieman (Feb. 10, 6:11 p.m.)
2. Pam Spradlin (Feb. 10, 7:45 a.m.)
3. bonnierose (Feb. 10, 7:22 a.m.)
Congrats, winners! You’ve each won an assortment of goodies from Prima’s new Umbrella collection. I’ll be contacting you next week to get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments!
I loved my own pink and blue combination, it was so fitting for us, since I come from a family with all brothers and my husband comes from a family with all sisters!
I love champagne, black and red!
I actually have always been a white and black color fan. As a matter of fact, whenever I go shopping, I always buy either a white or black top, and sometimes brown or beige. I always think those colors go great with so many color combinations.
Can’t go wrong with black and white!
Black and white and burgandy…..stunning!
Such a classic look!
That wedding collection is amazing! And I’ve never scrapped my wedding memories…I better get going! My wedding was done in yellow with lots of daisies. But I really loved a friend’s evening wedding done in black and red….wow, that was memorable.
I’ll have to go with my colours which I still love. Ivory, pink, burgundy, gold and hubby had a navy tux!
This collection is breathtakingly stunning! My favourite wedding colours? brown and blue together.
I love the classic and classy black and white. You can never go wrong with the basics and you can always add in a wow color too!
Black, white, and red…the colors we used at my wedding! The very fun part for me was wearing my silky white gown, with my jet black hair all in an updo, and then showing off my satin red shoes with the most beautiful rhinestones on them. Simple, classy, and SO SO SO much fun.
My cousin just got married and had dark blue and pink. When I first heard her colors, I cringed, but after seeing it, I really liked it.
As a lover of color, there are SOOOO many color combos that I just LOVE for weddings. That said, my brother got married at the beginning of the year and his bride went with turquoise and white…and it was beautiful!
my favorite would be our wedding color combination – midnight blue and pink.
Very non-tradional, but I loved our wedding colors–pale yellow and a pale aqua
Definitely my favorite!
I love the combination of black and white with splashes of red. As a baker & cake decorator, I work with brides and grooms all year, creating wedding cakes of their dreams. One of my favorite cakes was a black and white cake topped with glorious red roses. Another favorite was a red wedding cake with white snowflakes… and touches of gold. it’s so much fun to work with couples that are using color… while all white is elegant, color adds such fun!
Color scheme of black and white with candy apple red accents. Beautiful!
My imagination is spinning with black and white ideas!
My favorite wedding colors are white with light yellow.
For a wedding album black and white is the best choice for making the wedding colors stand out!
I’m becoming a big fan of black & white. Especially after seeing this wonderful collection.
I love the black and white but lite shades of purple would be my next pic.
I liked our color combo: Black, White, and Red all over! Though I have seen some very beautiful stuff with brown and baby blue.
11 years ago when I got married Pastles were in. My bridesmaids wore Pastel blue(soft florals) from Chadwicks of Boston. My maid of honor wore
Pastel Pink (soft florals) $70 each. They were elegant enough for my wedding but yet they could also be worn to a cocktail party. If I had to do it all over again I think I would pick something with Silver, Purple & black. I love the new Black & white paper combo. Awesome job designers!!!!!
A friend of mine just recently got married & their colors were a darker red & black with touches of white. It was beautiful.
I think gold and white are perfect together.
Thanks a lot for the chance.
I just got done making wedding invitations for a girl at work and when she told me what her colors were, I thought it would be ugly, but chocolate and gold on her invites were totally amazing!! Love it!
My favorites are navy and cream in satin. Such a awesome combination!
First wedding, Black and White and very big…Second wedding a small beautiful ceremony in Vegas, White and Blue (helped make my husbands gorgeous eyes pop)
Went to a wedding last fall that had very pretty colors too…Chocolate and Champagne.
Cream, gold and a bit of brown
Red and white. Simple and beautiful!
Traditional black and white with splashes of kiwi green and coral – beautiful! Lori b
I guess it would be the colours I used at my wedding – sable brown, chocolate, cream, citrine and pale pink!
Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Please Pick Me. Yeah I know begging isnt going to get me anywhere, but I love this kit so it was worth a try. I am hoping when my girls get married one of them will pick a winter wedding with black and white and splashes of red. I think that is gorgeous and perhaps include intricate snowflakes into the flowers and decorations.
I love dark purple and white for wedding colors. I like the elegance of black and white and you still get that effect with a dark purple and the bonus of a color to splash around.
Weddings definitely have to have something BLUE in them… or a shade there of.
BEAUTIFUL collection!
ok – not sure i have a favorite wedding color, but i’ll go with mine. since i was married on valentine’s day, back in 1986, my colors were pink, red & black. i think it was gorgeous!
my wedding is in rose, burgundy and navy blue. it will beautiful. Hope to see more of her dress, the back is absolutely beautiful. The paper and embellishment collection is stunning and could be used for any wedding. My wedding Day is February 14,2010. I’ve made my dress and those of my maid of honor and then the men’s vests. Tomorrow is almost here.
My upcoming wedding will be in black and white. Love that color combo for weddings. So pretty and elegant. And we will throw in some silver to the mix for jewelry.
Your Grandma is very talented!
How about kelly green and creamy pale yellow. Sounds a little different for today but it was nice for my wedding in the mid sixties. The wedding dress is gorgeous- how generous of the Grandmother. I like your combo of white, black with the red accent. The goodies are beautiful. Thanks for offering them.
Krimson (a deep red), off white and silver as the accent color. These were the color for my wedding (8/09) and it looked super beautiful. This collection would really help me finish my album this yr that’s my goal.
P.S- that dress is AMAZING (Go Grandmom). Have a blast at the wedding.
I’m planning my wedding with the color scheme of chocolate brown, orange, and cream. I think your cousin’s wedding will be wonderful no matter what the wedding turns out to be! Enjoy your family time! =)
My favorite wedding colors are the very basic and classic black and white. Any other color should be an accent at best!
I love the dress. What a talented grandma.
I loved my son’s wedding colors of deep blue, silver and white. My other son is getting married in 3 weeks and their colors are black, white with an accent of spring green which is also beautiful.
I love Chocolate Brown & Pink! I also love Black & White & Red!
white and a lavender color
beautiful dress!!!
love the b/w combo because you can add any color to make it pop!
Silver with an aqua-y/turquoise-y blue! These weren’t my colors when I got married, but if I could re-pick them, these are what I would pick!!
I love the black and white combo, and think it looks great with either purple or pink. The dress your grandmother made is gorgeous! Best wishes to the happy couple, hope you enjoy the celebration with your family!
I love amethyst.I think it is such a rich shade of purple and can be accented with many other colors, such as lavender or wisteria. Congrats to the bride and groom and to many happy years. My husband and I will celebrate 19 years in April.