To Spruce Up a Classic Color Palette, Mix Up Your Design

Sure, you could play it completely safe on your wedding day, but for you intrepid brides, what fun would that be? “This is for a client who wants to experiment not only with color, but with shapes as well,” says Laine Palm, owner of Laine Palm Designs. She modernized pastels with unexpected forms and silhouettes, from a cube cake to decidedly un-square stationery to an almost architectural floral arrangement. Palm likes the challenge, because it means she has to think just a little differently about those traditional pieces of a wedding day, she says.

Colorful Courses
(Above) “Dress up your head table with pops of color in your glassware, flatware, plates and linens when you can,” Palm advises. The copper flatware, lavender salad plate and plum linen in this glam place setting, from CB2 and Rudy’s Event Rentals, show that elegance and adventure can go hand-in-hand.

Ultra Violet
“Your color palette can come through in cocktails just as much as it can come through in your floral and stationery,” Palm says of the amethyst-hued Aviation, a mix of Maraschino cherry liqueur, lemon juice and crème de violette. She topped the sweet/tart drink with edible flowers to make it even prettier.