Salute the Spring with a Cherry Blossom Wedding
Cherry blossoms are beloved: by the Chinese, the Japanese, fashionistas, home decorators, girly-girls and poets. They stand for virtue and new beginnings. Even more, they stand for ephemeral things: our lives, our joys, and those all-too-brief times on cloud nine, like your wedding day.
Chocolate brown and strawberry pink: these two are still going very, very strong for weddings, and look great together. The cherry blossom theme lets you not only draw on those lovely colors (or spin a new set altogether), but bring a sophisticated Asian flair to your reception without having to wade in too deep.
Setting the Scene
People journey from all over the globe, East and West, from Tokyo to Washington, D.C. to see the cherry blossoms peep out in spring. What makes everyone gasp (and return year after year) is the sensation of being surrounded by a snowstorm of flowers: overhead, the "cloud layer" of flowering branches; below, the thickly-laid "snowflakes" of individual petals.
Bring a similar feel to your own wedding by celebrating the outdoors. If your climate and date will play along, marry outdoors with a thick layer of flower petals carpeting the aisle like a mini snowstorm. For centerpieces, use compact flowers that suggest cloudy skies, like hydrangeas or peonies in delicate colors. Group them with crystal-beaded willow for dramatic height, and scatter petals generously down the table runners.
Finally, take a page from celebrity planner Jo Gartin's playbook, and give your venue a scent dimension. Have a helper spray around the room with something slightly Asian, slightly sweet — but not too overpowering — before your guests arrive.
More ways to give your affair that Pan-Asian flair
Hand your bridesmaids pink oil-paper parasols, or sandalwood fans.Instead of the usual flat satin, coordinate all your gowns with beautiful, rich brocade sashes.
Candy's sweet, like spring — and love — so consider a candy buffet, stocked with heaps of pink and chocolate treats. Set out personalized pink take-out boxes for guests with a sweet tooth.
Take advantage of the sumptuous, you-could-frame-this papers designed to celebrate the cherry blossom. Use these to design absolutely one-of-a-kind invitations, save the dates, paper fans or favor tags. Lightly spray your invites with that special signature scent to get guests in the mood.
For jewelry, look to lacy, filigreed silver pieces — or pearls.
Libations are an important part of any blossom-viewing party, so mix up a special drink: champagne with a candied cherry, or a custom cosmopolitan.
To add a bit of glow, hang round paper lanterns from the ceiling, and place shoji-style lanterns on the tables.
I was wondering if anybody could give me their opinion on this…I have a dress already and it is more of a princess dress, strapless and very poofy at the bottom, and I had fallen in love with this dress but I adore the cherry blossom idea…would it look strange if I tried to pull the asian theme in with a more traditional princess theme? Please help!
Julia, i say go with what you love. are youwanting cherry blossoms or blending in some asian accents? why not have simple paper lanterns( say whites and neutrals, lace?), find a very white ribbon with subtle asian print on it. i have seen similar ribbon at craft stores. have centerpieces of flowering cherry blossoms sitting in traditional silver urns.
*THIS IS SOOOO PRETTY!
*part 1 of wedding
would cherry blossom work for a april wedding outside and the colors be off pink and light blue and ivory or champaign?
sarah, yes it can work. i would actually pick the blue and ivory or champagne as my main two colors then bring in centerpieces and decor with cherry blossoms added.
*blue and pink example
*cherry blossom to this would be WOW!
*another board
*project wedding
sarah, here is a board i just put together to give an example of how it could look. Simple champagne linens with blue napkins, runners, etc.. with the pink centering the tables. i wouldnt make them low centerpieces unless protected by a tent, etc.
sarah, i meant i would make them low centerpieces and the blue on the table should be subtle, not to much blue so the pink can shine.
Hello all, I found this site so fantastic when planning my wedding. The theme was cherry blossoms of course, and my colors were pink, and brown, with accents of Tiffany blue. My wedding has passed, and I am left with lots of extras that were really hard for me to find. I will be selling my wedding stuff off on ebay in Feb of 2010, but I thought I would see if anyone is in need on this website first. I know how frustrating it is not to be able to find stuff. Things for sale are 4 tall large brown vases with pink cherry blossom stems in them, cherry blossom garlands (I had 20 of them, a few got cut by the place, but are still use-able- I should have at least 13 whole ones), pew bows (white with cherry blossoms in the center, and sheer brown and pink bows with cherry blossoms in the center, I have cylinders with cherry blossom stems in them for filling with water- 10.5 in, 8.75, and 7.75- I have 12 of each size, and like 10 more of the 7.75, gum paste cherry blossoms for a cake or cupcakes- I made the ones for my cake- tons of hours, but it saved me so much money in comparison to the one site that makes them for the brown floating cherry blossom cake by martha stewart- unfortantly our cake person failed at using the right icing, if it was fondant it would have looked just like the picture of the martha stewart cake. I am willing to make these gum paste flowers again. We made like 550 for that cake, and used around 300, then used the extra for super cute cupcakes later. I need to inventory everything exactly and come up with a price, feel free to ask any questions my email is ( sunset72859 bellsouth net) take out the spaces, add an @ and a . or you could check out our wedding website for more pics and ideas. everettandlaura.ourweddingday. com I only really check my email, please put cherry blossom in the title so I dont delete. My guys wore black tuxes and brown vests with homemade cherry blossom ties, the girls brown dresses with homemade pink cherry blossom sashes, if you want to see pics of any detail just email me I am happy to share. This site didn’t allow me to post my pictures!!! ERRR! So just email me, I am putting some pics on my website but it takes forever to up load. I wish you the best of luck planning your wedding, and a great day!
I may be interested in some of your items, but would like to see pictures. email me.
Michele I would love to email you some pictures, but the site won’t give me your email, and you didn’t include it. Email me sunset72859 bellsouth.net
Im getting married july of 2010 and its so hard to find the theme i have in mind and u seem to match my vision almost perfectly. please email with price details and we will go from there. your wedding sounded beautiful!!!
Cara I need you to email me directly, I can not access your email through this form. I’ll see if I can post some more pictures this time. Please email me directly if you are interested. Thank you!
Laura
Currently (10/28) I only have bows left and my availability to make gum paste cherry blossoms for cakes and cupcakes. I am also considering hand painting a cherry blossom branch onto votive’s if I can find a way to make the hour and 15 minutes a little shorter. If you are interested in any of these please email me sunset72859 @ bellsouth . net Thanks again, I have gotten so many requests from you all I only wish I had more stuff
Laura
Hi, just wanted to ask question that you girls might know. When do you think a cherry blossom wedding would be cheaper may or in september? Thanks!
christina,
they will be much cheaper in spring when they are in season. though, silk you can use anytime, any season and come out great!!
Well i am making my own cherry blossom decorations at my wedding, here is a pic….the only thing is i am having red instead of pink. That was the only paper i had so i tested it out and i love it.
wow that i beautiful…if i wanted to recreate this look what did you use and where did you get the stuff…
I used cherry branches off my cherry tree and then cut out origami paper into blossoms and glue gunned them on, very tall vases i used and sprawling branches. Cost me a whopping $12.00 to make. I still love them very much everyday i look at them and so easy to make.
One of my really close friends plans on using the cherry blossom theme for her September 2009 wedidng…we need help putting together the Bouquet for her to carry. Any suggestions?
nadia,
with the cherry blossom theme i would carry a simple wedding bouquet of roses, in either white or a shade of pink. make sure your roses are in top notch condition and if they are real have a vase of water to set them in before and after the ceremony. google image diy wedidng bouquet
I am planning a late may-june 2010 japanese cherry blossom wedding and I will be wearing a white kimono for my wedding dress. I will also be wearing a “uchikake” or formal robe over the kimono for the ceremony.
I attached a photo, I am trying to find the right color combo’s to go with my 3 ladies/men in the wedding party. The ladies are considering kimono! which I love, but may be too expensive for them to purchase. 
Any thoughts to help pull it all together more? I’ll be having pink and white cherry blossom theme at the reception, thanks to all the beautiful suggestions I have seen here, it is helping tremendously in decision making there!
windy,
why not consider a silvery grey for the girls? the pink your using would stand out against their dresses. the guys could wear darker grey. i love your attire!! it is breathtaking! you could also consider having the girls and guys in brown or black. if they go with standard dresses why not tie in a asian ribbon sash around the dresses? something simple yet would tie it all together. just head to your local fabric store and find a pink asian influenced embroidered fabric to make into simple sashes, not to wide, add to a black or brown dress and voila!!
Stacey,
…but we’re getting there! Thanks again!
Thank you so much for the compliments, ideas. I never considered the silvery-grey/platinum and I was already considering the gents in charcoal~ maybe not pink on them lol
Keep the imagination flowing
I thought you ladies might enjoy this DIY-heavy cherry blossom wedding: great ideas for inexpensive centerpieces, a gorgeous cupcake/cake, and as a third color the bride used gold, which is unexpected and lovely here. Oh and you must see the DIY invites!
* My DIY wedding on a budget
I love that pink and brown together I am goin to use them colors for my wedding thinkings for the idea
Fun new cherry blossom favor gals! Seriously, we love these!
Perfect for you pink & black brides. Clicky-clicky on the pic!
I went to the website whiteaisle.com to buy some pink cherry blossom branches (the $6 ones) and they are back-order until april, MY WEDDING IS IN LATE MARCH!!!! Does anybody know anyother website where i can buy some of these beautiful pink cherry blossom branches??? HELP!!!
Hi Rebecca, esperanza — try ebay, some brides here have used the silk ones and liked them. I just checked and there seems to be a good selection.
Here’s a link: cherry blossom silk flowers
Save-On-Crafts.com We’ve already ordered a sample. They are perfect except…they are listed as peach blossoms. They look like cherry. The branches even look real. We loved them and got them immediately. Hope this helps.
I just bought some at Pier 1. They are beautiful. I believe they are $12 for a bundle of 4-5.
Rebecca - my daughter is having a cherry blossom wedding next month in DC and I found beautiful long branches of silk cherry blossom stems at Michael’s and we are using one in each of the guest welcome bags - they have long pliable stems and are very reasonably priced - they have them in white and pink. I brought a coupon for discount on one item and they wrapped up 50 together with a bough and let me use the coupon the whole lot of them!
http://www.save-on-crafts.com
One more idea for those of you who are insanely crafty. “The Flirty Bride” at The Flirty Guide blog posted a DIY tutorial on origami cherry blossom branches, which if you think about it just about perfect for an Asian-fusion wedding. Plus, they look gorgeous in the pic. Her instructions are here:
http://www.theflirtyguide.com/tfg_everyday/3_origami_cherry_blossoms.html
Check out: http://www.estiloweddings.com …they have “japan flower stems” very, very similar to the ones from white aisle with the beads and everything! I ordered the chocolate brown and pink cherry blossom wedding card box from them and its amazing!!!The blossoms they have only come in red and white or green though and i need the pink ones from white aisle so unfortunately my search is still on. I am freaking out as i get married in May! If anyone knows of any other place to get similar cherry blossoms to white aisle please, please let me know!
hi my wedding is on valentine’s day and i can’t find cherry blossoms anywhere i don’t think whiteaisle has them do you know any other place they might hav them?
I am planning a cherry blossom renewal of vows in June 2010. Going to this web site has helped me a lot in getting prepared. I need help with the men. My colors are brown and pink or black and pink. I like the dresses listed above from bill levkoff. Tuxes and centerpiece ideas.
Hi I am having a july wedding and really want cherry blossoms, is this to tacky???
oh also with the color red???
michelle, no its not tacky, cherry blossoms are great! love the red by the way!
* cherry blossom board in red, gold & burgundy
* Cherry Blossom Shower Theme: The Return
( love the light feel of this one)
* Red Cherry Blossom Wedding Invitations (Sample)
i ove the cherry blossoms i was wondering where you got yours because i can’t find any floral store in nj
I think this is a great idea!!! If you want real flowers try getting some leafy branches and have mini red carnations hot glued to the branches they will look just likc red cherry blossoms! I did this with pink for my june wedding since the season was warm and the real thing was out of bloom already
Here’s a totally sweet cherry blossom/love birds theme wedding, red and chocolate brown, with super-hot florals. Click through for a few more pics: Rhonda & Erik’s Wedding
brides, here is a great website for cherry blossom theme!! many items!! dont miss this site!!
* Aylee: Cherry blossoms
jody, in addition to the post i sent, here is an amazing take on an invite. a oriental fan wedding invite! pricey but absolutely amazing!!
* Oriental Fan Wedding Invitation ( this site has pink ones)
* Printed Asian Fan (scroll way down to bottom)
Sorry the photos did not post last time. Kets try this again…
Beautiful pictures! One question… what did you use for your bouquets?
I used peonies. White with pink center for myself and my girls carried pink one.s They were pretty
is it possible to see a picture of your bouquets? These sound gorgeous. I am having a cherry blossom wedding in may and and throwing around different flower ideas right now.
where did you find the dresses?
bill levkoff
Those gowns are amazing.
Amazing dresses!!
were did you get the dresses?
Hi, I saw the pic that u have up from your brides maits, and i am planning my sisters wedding. I have not been able to find the dresses, I was wondering if you can tell me how or where u got the dresses. They are excately what Im looking for. PLEAS!!!!!!!!!
Thank you.
I had an asian cherry blossom theme wedding in June of 2008. Everything was beautiful. Our cake was done by Ron Ben Israel in NYC. We had cherry blossom centerpieces with hanging tapered votives. My Bridesmaid dresses were black and pink by Bill Lekoff. The pink sash on the dress had cherry blossoms embroidered onto it. Our invitations were by Elizabeth Allis & Co in Chigaco IL. We gave stemless wine glasses with cherry blossoms etched onto the front with our names and chop sticks wth cherry blossoms as our favors. Please e-mail me if you need any help I still have all of my links and photos from my planning. Here are a few pics from my wedding hope this helps! my email is babybeiiaxo@aol.com
Caitlin, thanks so much for posting the pics, I think I would have died if you had just mentioned that Ron Ben Israel did your cake and then not posted pics.
Hi My name is Felisha and I am assisting with a Cherry Blossom (pink and chocolate brown) themed wedding in July and would love to see some pics of your wedding and especially the center pieces as floral arrangements are my weak spot and I have no idea what to put together. All suggestions are welcome.
Sincerley,
Felisha J.
where did you get your cherry blossoms at specifically
i want to download a cherry blossom branch to make my own table decor for my daughter’s wedding…any suggestions? I absolutely love what you had at your wedding.
thank you,
maureen
mother of the bride… (who lives in DC)
i want to do a cherry blossom wedding but need to do the center pieces myself so we can stay on our budget please let me know of silk artificial cherry blossoms thanks
yolanda, if your local craft store doesnt have them. google search silk cherry blossoms they have tons of places.
I needed to do the same and make my own Cherry Blossom Centerpieces….i found a beautiful Cherry blossom stick at… whiteaisle
There about $7.oo a piece but well worth it. Hope that helps
I am having a cherry blossom wedding in May and have been trying to think up some ideas for centerpieces. Do you mind if i ask you what you did? These silk’s from whiteaisle look amazing! Did you just put them in a vase and set that as your centerpiece? We are having an asian themed cherry blossom wedding and I am trying to get ideas for asian type centerpieces, somehow incorporating the cherry blossom. Our colors are chocolate brown, pinks and white. Can anybody suggerst ANYTHING? I am at a loss. Thanks
misa, have you thought about laying branches flat length wise on table and incorporating candles here and there? or cluster candles and within and around base add cherry blossoms. also another idea would be… have your different heights of pink candles in glass containers or glass containers of pebbles at bottom, and floating candles ( i love cylinder vases best) then at on e side of the table(if square or rectangular have an amazing “cherry blossom tree” to one side. this might be expensive, unless you can find branches at a bulk price. every table would have their own cherry tree. how gorgeous woul dthat be? another idea set simple branches in vases and from branches suspend candles or framed pics of you and your fh. it would definitely be a conversation starter.
* Cherry Blossom wedding / cupcake tower
Stacey!! Thank you soooo much for the ideas!!! I may take bits of pieces of all the ideas you suggested and try something out! I have ordered some samples of silk cherry blossoms and when they arrive in the next few weeks i will post the pics here and let you all know how they are. They are not cheap that is for sure! I love this blog, you have all been sooo helpful!
How many cherry blossom sticks did you use per vase?
Are you by any chance done with your white aisle branches and perhaps willing to sell them? I wouldn’t ask this if i could order them from the website but i spoke to Rebecca at White aisle and they are backordered with the distributor until May and my wedding is in May. I am so desperate for these branches. I already ordered a few samples earlier on in the year and my florist is using these in our centerpieces. I went to order the rest and now they are backordered. Let me know if you would be willing to part with them if you are done using them. Thanks Misa
question - is it too weird/tacky to use silk cherry blossoms completely out of season? im planning on getting married in early sept. but i really want cherry blossoms. i know its my day and all….just looking for some confirmation really. thanks!
nichole, absolutely not!! i was doing research and found that some cherry trees actually bloom in fall, though the ones you see in japan are usually in the spring. this is what i would do. pick an autumn colored palette. keep it to cherry blossoms and say… sage or olive green dresses or brown dresses to adapt it better if it makes you more comfy. i love cherry blossoms too, and they do look fallish,rustic but ethereal because of their stems. all people will see is the beauty of your flowers! i just know it!
use what you love!! anything goes now! you can even have a tropical wedding theme in the dead of winter!, so give your wedding guest a time that is about renewal, new beginning, spring. if your still uncomfy then tie it in, in a different way. have a asian inspired wedding. subtle touches of asian here and there. like a monogram of your last intital in asian. use it everywhere. it would look great!! simple chopsticks as favors or ornate paper fans. sky is the limit. it will look so romantic and if you love travel it will look like you incorporated elements of trael into your wedding.
Poll! Yes, I know blue sounds a bit odd but it looks amazing with cherry blossoms! Will post some examples (eventually)
Hi, I am actually using black and white, the only colors that we are having will be the cherry blossoms themselves. i found some beautiful cherry blossom artificial flowers on ebay that we plan on arranging into a boquet with no other flowers.
Silk cherry blossoms are a great idea, whether as a DIY accent or your actual centerpieces or part of a bouquet. Real CBs are extremely fragile, they have a micro-short season, so even a florist will usually wire silk blooms to branches or use a sturdier look-alike flower.
There are some nice artificial CBs on eBay, check out these pink and white silk cherry blossoms sprays or if La’Tasha you can personally recommend a good supplier, let us know! Darn, this makes me want to order some for my office!
These are actually the ones I found I plan on wrapping them in silk ribbon with pins in them and carrying them like roses in a beauty pagent. I am not having a huge wedding party, I mean Its just going to be me and two flower girls my fiance preacher and two ring bearers, there are some interesting things I found and actually somethings I wouldnt mind getting opinions on, here are the wine glass we are using for toasing:
Lenox “Bellina” Stemware at Macy’s
this website also has a cherry blossom label we are using for our wine
Signature Wines Labels
thier prices are really decent too.
here are two of the invitations that i have made, I cant decide if I like the silver bow or the black one better, try not to be too critical of the invitations, as i have hand made them myself.
La’Tasha hi!! oh i love the black and white hands down, those glasses are beautiful!! nicely done!!
thanks, everything was fairly easy i got a few hot glue gun burns from making the bows, But my fiance’ isnt overly fond of the black bow mainly because the frame around that is silver, I may look for the silver bow in the same material as the black
Not to make like difficult for your fiancé but I love the black too!
They are beautifully done.
How did u get the fusia cherry blossom centerpiece?
How did you get the centerpiece of cherry blossom flowers in pink and white? this question is for Blake, i wanted the ones in pink, just like in the pic
Hi C., I searched ebay and I don’t see those exact sprays in the pic anymore, I guess that particular seller stopped selling them. Sorry about that! Maybe someone else knows where to get them now? I would check around ebay for similar items before giving up, though.
OK, I found all these beautiful red cherry blossom pics last night and wanted to give them some air time too!
So here is a sumptuous red-based cherry blossom wedding, the main colors are burgundy, red and gold. Around the edges there are lovely hints of pink and chocolate brown. The colors and fabrics are so rich (damask, brocade) that this feels like a cool-season, fall or winter wedding to me. Also personally I would use more burgundy than red. A lot of red and gold together seems a bit bright to the western eye but burgundy gives it more gravity and softens it up.
To me the heart of this board are two terrific photos: the WONDERFUL silk-screened cherry blossom ties in pic 9 and the burgundy CB cake in pic 11 by cakespace, what could be more beautiful.
Plus, I love that uplighting on the white blossom branches in pic 12. Stunning. I hope this gives someone a starting point!
some credits: 1. Wedding Cake - Japanese Style, 4. My favorite time of year for weddings!!, 5. Red Sakura, 6. Peony Flourish Save the Date Cards, 8. Sakura Season in Japan, 9. cherry burgundy ties, 11. Cherry Blossom Cake close up, 15. Peony wedding cake
Not sure if anybody’s keeping up with this thread or not, but I was curious about this color scheme/theme but with black instead of brown.
Any pics?
Thanks!
natalie,
i hope these pics help!! couldnt find a pink and black cherry blossom wedding. but maybe what i have will show you how unbelievably gorgeous it will be. google image pink and black and white wedding board for lots of pics that show pink against black!! oh i hope you go with these colors!! dont change a thing!!
natalie,
here is the other 2 pics. the reception gives a black and white scheme. you should get the most luck with this one!! have fun!!! and congrats!!
I love the invitation pictures, but am having a hard time finding any to order that come close to looking that elegant. Please help!!
JODY, this FIRST link has so much cherry blossom items, even beaded silk cherry blossom branches!! check it out!!
* Senseless: Cherry Blossoms
* google image and google search cherry blossom wedding invites. also image black and pink cherry blossom wedding invites, then use brown and pink……
* “Sakura” letterpressed invites by Maura Gauthier
* Cherry Blossom Beauty (invites)
* Tastefully Entertaining: Cherry Blossom Wedding
( click on the highlighted letterpress invite set, it will take you to a website the white aisle,) you can always get a simple cherry blossom invite and tie a beautiful satin ribbon around it, will make it super elegant.
Hi Natalie! A few more pics for you (I see I borrowed one of stacey’s in my board
) I am totally on board with her photos, where the pink is very pale and restrained. IMHO this is the way to go for an absolutely elegant pink & black cherry blossom wedding. If you go too “hot” on the pink or use too much black it can look punk instead of timeless and feminine. 
- So, very pale pink
- black used lightly (aka Martha Stewart’s cameo wedding designs)
- little vintage touches here and there … just a slightly old world feel, like that gorgeous pale pink BM gown with the ruffled neck. Maybe a touch of feathers somewhere. There is a slight parisian undertone to a wedding like this (which is great)
- paper art (origami, paper fans, paper parasols, doesn’t have to be CB theme to look great)
Don’t be afraid to use a more modernized stylized version of cherry blossoms like the third cake in this board … so sweet.
Also the cherry blossom theme looks beautiful when you round it out with other flowers (after all you won’t be carrying a bouquet of cherry blossoms most likely!) I love peonies terrifically altho they are only available seasonally. Hydrangea also look great with cherry blossoms.
Use branches for wish trees as shown here, or over escort card display …
There are some gorgeous red cherry blossom weddings too so hope to post a board of that next!
Cherry blossom kit kats! I love it!!
One more: cherry blossom Mary Janes from Beyond Skin (thanks Domino Mag).
I just found this site too and it is great. I am trying to design my whole wedding around a chocolate cherry blossom cake thats in the martha stuart wedding cake book. My wedding is in May in NC. I am kinda stuck on the bridesmaids dresses. I was at first thinking either an aqua color theme or pink color theme. I love the cake so I think I’m going with brown dresses with a pink ribbon, but I also love the aqua dress with a pink ribbion. Do you think this could work, and if so how would I bring more aqua into the theme?
Hi Laura, you don’t have to choose between pink & aqua to go with your brown and cherry blossom theme. They look great together, and the combo is fresh, definitely newer than choc/pink or choc/blue alone.
Check out Jessica’s board and bridesmaid dress pics below if you haven’t already. You can definitely mix colors here, make most of your bridesmaids choc with pink sash, and a MOH or jr bridesmaid aqua or teal with a pink sash. It will look gorgeous together.
Here are some more pink, aqua and brown ideas. The table pics are very light and airy looking with the metallic chivari chairs and white linens. You can ground this much more in your colors with pale teal linens and chocolate brown chair sashes, for example.
Spots that are good options for using all three colors at once might be stationery, the cake (see the cake stand that has both aqua and pink), bouquet wraps (pink and white florals, aqua wrap) and favors, where you can bring in a third color with a lovely satin ribbon or a special hang tag. Also popular is the bright and funky pair of shoes under that demure bridal gown, aqua heels could be your “something blue.”
Thanks so much, actually that brown cake with the cherry blossoms floating down is my cake that I am working around. Do you have bigger pics or the links to those pics? i’m still unsure of the bridesmaids dresses, I only have 4 bridesmaids and two of them are maid of honors. What do you think I should do for the guys? I want them to match my bridesmaids, with out decking them in pink.
I made my invitations, it wasnt that hard at all, I found an awesome picture of a cherry blossom on photobucket printed it out took it to the ups store where I had 2 printed per page on stock card paper, they cut it and it cost me a whopping 24.00 I think I did pretty good!
I also made my cherry blossom invitations. My background picture isn’t as bold as yours but I think I did good doing it all myself. I first found the picture I wanted to use on a google search, saved it to my computer and with the Invitation program I bought, I was able to print 4 per page (I wanted smaller invitations) and I cut them myself ($10 paper cutter on ebay). Then I printed our information on the vellum and did exactly as you did, tied it with a bow. What I need to find now is how to do my cherry blossom bouquets. I bought 4 dozen silk sprays and trying to put them together is kicking my butt. (I’ve never done many craft projects before this.)
can you email me and tell me where you found the cherry blossom sprays and possibly a picture of them? I am trying to find some but I am not liking what I see so far:( thanks so much!
my invitation actually changed slightly and probably will again. I wasnt happy with the bow at all, it just didnt look right so I ended up making another bow. Although I still cant decide if I want silver ribbon or black. I also created save the date cards!
these are my maids dresses except i want all of them to have a pink bow and ribbon.
my flowergirl gress will also have a pink ribbon.
MY RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i keep going around and around with my ideas.
the dresses that i picked out dont come in the colors i want and need so i picked a different dress and want some opinions on it please and thank you!
the blue one is for my moh and the brown is for my maids
will the dresses look ok with the flowers?
let me know!
I think you girls are awesome! I’ve been stressing and trying to find the perfect theme for my May of 2009 wedding. I just decided today on cherry blossoms. Its ironic because my fiance just gave me the idea of using teal/ baby blue last night… so the advice given below is GREAT!!
can you do a cherry blossom theme with the colors brown, pink, blue, silver, and white?
Hi Jessica, take a quick look at this mini-inspiration board, I definitely think you can do it.
I’m seeing people use black to ground color schemes that could otherwise look babyish like pink and blue, and make them more adult. I have no doubt that chocolate brown would work just as well and to my eye it’s more attractive! Especially perfect for cherry blossoms where the brown branch is an important part of the design. As for silver, it goes with everything, just adds a bit of glitz and glamour.
This board is a bit messier than the real thing since it mixes brown and black, but I think it sort of helps picture it. And I think it would look lovely. All the pics are from Brides.com except the cherry blossom cake, which is by Joy the Bakery.
Row two here I think helps convey how to get silver into your scheme, with bowls and vases and votive holders. That beautiful chocolate bridesmaid gown is by Winnie Couture. I think you could also go a lighter brown, more of a caramel or mocha brown and have it look just lovely.
Overall I think it helps to use at least some of the brighter fuchsias and aquas instead of pure pastels, which can quickly look 80s. And of course the cherry blossom pattern is a modern look. What do you think?
I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE IT!!!!!!!!!
i actually have the same dress picked out for my jr maid!!!!
it is so much easier to picture my wedding now!!!!!
i think i will def be able to pull off the cherry blossom theme now!
i am doing brown linens on the table with blue and pink napkins etc. with different shades of pink red white and blue flowers with tons of crystals.
my moh and bm are going to be noticibly different and coordinate while my maids and men are going to coordinate.
my maids are having brown dresses with blue bows and carrying pink and white flowers while my moh is having a blue dress with a brown bow and carrying pink red and white flowers.
what do you think?
Everyone has two choices … they can go to David’s Bridal etc. and have a scheme pre-picked out for them … or they can forge their own path! And to do the second, you just need a way to look at your ideas. Right?
So … this is what I think your bridesmaid scheme would look like, kind of. (Click pic for a larger version. Oh, and please excuse the terrible photoshopped aqua sash in the middle pic.)
Hey, I love it. I personally MUCH prefer the wedding party look where the bridesmaids are not all exactly alike. To me, that looks too regimented. Almost military. I love the idea of the MOH having a dress that’s set apart somehow, in this case, a little more ornate and delicious! Your MOH’s boyfriend is going to freak.
I also just noticed that your Jr. Bridesmaid’s gown is sort of a hybrid between the MOH and the other BM gowns. It sort of bridges them, and the two sweetheart necklines are a lot alike. So that looks very nice.
This looks very coordinated to me without being matchy-matchy. I think it will be adorable and look like your wedding, not a template of somebody else’s.
now i think the moh dress looks better with a pink bow and maybe all of the dresses shoud have a pink bow… unless i change the jr maids to blue…
what do you think i should do?
my pictures are from theknot.com
my jr maids is the brown winnie couture dress
my maids is the jim hjelm dress that is blue and green
PS, sorry, I just realized your MOH dress has a brown bow.
Also, I really hope you’ll post some pics when you bring all your ideas to life. I’d love to see them!
how do you do the collage of the pictures!?
I just found this website and it is fantastic! I have just decided on a cherry blossom wedding theme for my May 2009 wedding and i am now sooo excited!Does any know if you can do a cherry blossom bridal bouquet? I love all the ideas below! Hey Mistty where did you get those invites? They are beautiful!
Misa,
I am also doing cherry blossoms for my wedding. Mine is in August 2009 so unfortunately I cannot incorporate real cherry blossoms but my florist is willing to order me silks and fashion them into my bouquet. I will also be using silks in my centerpieces. You are lucky though, they may still be in bloom for your wedding especially if next year is like this again.
Thank you for the tip Sakura! I will definitely check into that option. Does anyone have any good ideas on where to get Bridesmaids dresses other than bridal stores. I live in Calgary, Alberta but can travel around and am willing to order online as well. Local stores are my first preference though. The color scheme for my girls is pink and brown to go with the cherry blossom color scheme i have picked for my wedding. I am thinking brown dresses with a hint of pink. i am totally open to any suggestions people have as i am new at this whole wedding process! thanks
http://www.usifloral.com carry silk cherry blossoms in several colors and branch lengths.
I am trying to do a cherry blossom theme but with the red and black colors shown above instead of the pink and brown….I am wondering if anyone knows where to get invitations with that color scheme? All I can find is pink and brown ones…..:( Thanks!
Try Stephita
Deb those invites are gorgeous!
Thanks Deb, those are beautiful invitations and I actually found some with red cherry blossoms on Exclusively Weddings. Thanks for tip!!:D
Please help me:? I want to have my ceremony outside in A Cherry Blossom Orchard. Or at least somewhere there are some Cherry Blossoms. Then I would like to have the reception inside preferably next to the ceremony location. I live in Mass and I can’t find what I’m looking for Please help.
I need hhhhhhelp looking for the perfect wedding theme. I really do like the cherry blossom but I don’t want to have to chane the color I picked out to use this theme. My color is royal blue, pewter, and white Do you think this a good theme to go with my wedding and color? :-?
Hi!!
My wedding is in March, 2008 and my theme is cherry blossoms!… Do you have photos of wedding receptions with this theme???
Thanks
I just found this amazing album full of cherry blossom wedding ideas by wickedrice on Flickr. SO inspiring! Check it out (click on the pic to go there) …
Can anyone tell me where I might find cherry blossom designed paper or plastic plates?
I need a cherry blossom money box (big).
Hi, even though Gracie’s wedding is probably looooong over (sorry!
), anyone wanting a groovy cherry blossom card box or money box should definitely check out the card box makers on ebay. Wedding Main St. and For The Modern Bride both make gorgeous boxes … the ones here are by For the Modern Bride. They will customize flowers, ribbon patterns, monograms etc.
Please,Please,PLEASE……….Can someone tell me where I can get Gwen Stefani’s Wedding Dress????? (But with RED on the bottom NOT hot pink!) Thank you!!!!!
Gwen had the dress dyed that fadded pink on the bottum. I love it too. I was going to go all hot pink for my dress, however my mom talked me out of it. You’ll have to get a white dress specially dyed if you want it red fadded on the bottum like that.
Who makes those invitations?
Just was wondering if anyone may have pictures of cherry blossoms centrepieces?
Can anyone tell me where I might find fake cherry blossom branches…
Lyndsy, check out http://www.doltonehouse.com.au pyrmont. They have a wedding theme called “drama”
I am looking for cherry blossom center piece ideas also!!!!!!
I found this cute pic of a cherry blossom reception but don’t remember where now.
Anyway I need lots of ideas … pls help!