Question:
Black and White Wedding Theme Dilemma?
D
2010-08-23 06:14:14 UTC
My boyfriend recently proposed to me and we have decided that we are going to have our wedding next October 2011. (No date set as of yet) We are choosing to do a black and white theme, and here is our dilemma: The church that we want to get married in (the church I grew up in) has a very red interior. Carpets are red and the pews are mostly red too. I really don't want my pictures to be so...red. :( We may do an accent color, but if we do it will be silver or gray. Any ideas on how we can cover this up some so it's more black and white and not so red in the pictures? Also any ideas for black and white themes? I'm so uncreative, but I love the black and white idea! :)) Thanks!
Twelve answers:
sunshine_mel
2010-08-25 06:16:32 UTC
you generally won't take too many pictures within the church (most churches don't allow photographers to get snap-happy while the actual ceremony is taking place)



so there'll be:



- bride walking in

- signing of the register

- couple leaving the church



if you're worried about the red in these shots, ask the photographer to do black and white photos, or even ask if he can photoshop the red carpet into another colour
Mrs.J2012
2010-08-24 09:12:51 UTC
I would say leave it be! The red carpet can be the accent color of the wedding..Have black red roses w/ silver or diamond accents as your bridesmaids' bouquets, and it'll be really pretty trust me! Or an all white bouquet w/ a few red roses added, it'll still look very clean & neat. And you can have a personalized black & white runner for the aisle or either a regular white runner, that'll cover most of the carpet.
LaVada A
2010-08-23 12:58:06 UTC
Do a white aisle runner and some mixture of rose pedals of white and black and a couple of red pedals. Use that red interior of the church but wash some of it out using more white. You can have accents of the red and that would go perfect. Good luck. Have your bouquets with white flowers but a little red not much. And have your bridesmaids in black and white or black and silver. That would look pretty. Good luck and congrats! Have it as a black tie type of wedding.
Marilyn
2016-04-20 07:17:37 UTC
If I'm understanding this, the basic color scheme sounds gorgeous. Can you use rust or a non-toddle shade of pink as the background for the cherry blossom? The red and black sounds like you're morphing into art deco. This may be the strangest advice you've ever gotten, but if you have a Windows Live or Hotmail account, go to your prefs and set it up as cherry blossom color scheme. Then be sure to view this at the home page, not the inbox. The colors are amazing and might give you some good ideas of complementing hues. Brown doesn't work for this but they seem to be incorporating a rust, which can be used with your dark red. I'd even say it's worth it to quickly set up a dummy account just to view it - I fell in love with it!
Annie Joy
2010-08-23 06:35:00 UTC
You could get pew covers( rental places) Cover the first 6-8 pews in front. That should tone down the red

You can put a white runner leading to the alter. For the reception tables have white paper. Get glass vases ( clear) Black marbles. Find immersable lights. Put them in the vases. Cover with the black marbles. When you turn them on its really pretty. You can also put flowers in the vases if you'd like.

For your wedding table put a black runner and put small strands of lights running down . Get white chair covers and put black bows around them. Have the bridesmaids put their bouquets on the table for decoration. You can get little white boxes and put candy kisses in them. Tied with black ribbon for the guests tables or vice versa. Black boxes with white ribbon. Good luck.
Jack Napier
2010-08-23 06:23:46 UTC
Black and white photos is the way to go! Has that nostaligic feel to it and will bring so much more character. I don't think a red back drop is such a bad idea. You just have to remember that everyone will be focused on you and your future husband to even notice the red. Unless you have one of those crazy relatives who like to point out the obvious to everybody.



P.S. Congrats on the engagement!
fizzy stuff
2010-08-23 06:18:17 UTC
I also love black and white for a wedding. Its so easy to make elegant without hardly any effort at all.



For the church: do NOTHING. Seriously, dont touch it. It doesnt matter in the slightest what the interior is, and it will not affect your black and white attire at all. Covering anything up will only draw attention to it. Resist temptation. Leave it alone.
Molly
2010-08-23 10:06:45 UTC
I do photo wedding invitations for a living and I can tell you this: Your photographer can re-touch your photos and change the pew and carpet color to any color you want.



You can edit the photos yourself at www.picnik.com

You can get a photography student to edit them from a local high school or college

There are many services online where they will retouch your photos



Just be sure to get a copy of your pictures on a disk.



I'm sure your photos will be beautiful!



Congratulations! :-)
Toledo Engineer
2010-08-23 06:17:59 UTC
What about black and white film? Sometimes pictures have much more character and emotion when in black and white. And you could always take color photos in places that minimize the red. I would talk to your photographer and see what they can do.
2010-08-23 06:16:39 UTC
Down the aisle you can do a white carpet and that will really stand out against the red carpet!
Danielle
2010-08-23 06:45:40 UTC
have your pics done somewhere else! a friend of mine got married years ago in a church with orange carpet, so we got the heck out of there after the mass and went up into the mountains to have pics done with a view in the background!
Jenny Lynne
2010-08-23 09:38:48 UTC
Red is a good complimentary color to black and white. Usually brides pick out three colors. You can get an aisle runner for aisles or scatter white silk rose petals before ceremony. Have pew markers with a lots of white with just a dot of black, some black ribbon loops or picks and some silver picks or shortened ting ting, or something similar.. For church flowers use something dramatic, like with silver ting ting coming out of , very tall, and just about say three red roses in a large arrangement to tie the red in. You can also cover the pulpit area (at front) with white cloth if you want, either buy commercial or use white king sized sheets, pin down at seams and use 2 or 3 inch wide black ribbon to cover seams and to give a black and white color scheme.



If you do not cover carpet in pulpit/front area use white flower and candle stands as white or gold will draw the eye more than black. You can also use a lots of greenery, lots of palms, shorter ones and they will break up the red, maybe shorter ones in front and taller ones in back. Also, a white arch decorated with pretty different greenery, with white flowers, maybe a bit of black baby's breath/gypsophilia, again a couple or three red roses with the mostly white flowers and greenery to tie in the red color, like this color was planned all along. If you want to use white candles then you will have to go with the black or gold stands, unless and I think this might be pretty, still use white stands,etc. and have florist make a "bed" of greenery and gyp, to sit white candles in. Even white candlelabras can have greenery woven thru them to make a "break" between white stand and white candles. How to bring in black???? Maybe have big white bows at center of each candlelabra or floral arrangement and have florist use smaller black/silver (like prom ribbon, only larger) use the black/silver in the center of the white bow and use smaller ribbon in center of bow. Or is you want a lots of black, have black bows with smaller silver ribbon in center, florist will know how to make or you can experiment, don't know how much you are doing yourself. Do not like black bows by themselves, need some silver to "perk" up. Also, I like the white tulle diamante, looks white and sparkly, this makes pretty tulle bows and can be used alone or with greenery and silver ribbons to make pretty pew markers. Some people stream tulle between each pew with a bow at each or every other pew and have guests enter pews from sides rather than from center aisles, this would also protect a white carpet runner, just so the bridal party only walks on it. If you use a solid white aisle runner, you will have to use a lots of silver ribbon for pew markers and if you stream white tulle between each pew, silver ribbon and a tiny black interwoven loosely around white tulle will add color to the "all white". Streaming black tulle would look too dreary, will have to use white diamante or there may be a pretty grey or silver tulle that you can intertwine silver ribbon with. I like the idea of streaming the tulle from pew to pew and having guests enter from sides, depending on your budget with white flowers, a bit of black and again a couple/three roses to bring in the red at every other pew. Have some silver sparkle in these and maybe a white or black bow with a tiny red ribbon made down the center of the wider white or black ribbon that bow is made of, black with a tiny red would look classy and different, but you would have to be sure to have a lots of greenery between tulle and white flowers and incorperate some silver ribbon loops, picks, ting ting, black ribbon loops or picks, baby's breath, etc. This site has tullle, ting ting and other tall items for flower arrangements, almost everything needed, a very good site. http://www.save-on-crafts.com You could also look around at Michaels or Hobby Lobby or let florist help you and find a black sheer ribbon with silver stripes to use on pew markers and bows for floral arrangements if you want to have bows in your church flowers, some do, some don't. Going to look at black and white weddings on Yahoo and will come back. Hope this helps!!!


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