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Our Colorful Wedding: All the Details

  • Writer: Lauren Lindsay
    Lauren Lindsay
  • Jun 6, 2024
  • 8 min read

Updated: Jul 6, 2024

Weddings are officially in full swing for the year and seeing all the pretty florals and photos has me looking back on the best day of 2023🌸🍊🌿☀️🦋🤍 I have been a bit busy since we got married in August and never got around to sharing much content from our wedding, so I’m working on that over the next few weeks!


Our wedding was full of fun colors, summer flowers and a lotta love and joy to top it off, which made for a dream wedding day. I’ve received several messages from wedding planning brides asking for details regarding the color palette of our wedding, where I found my mismatched bridesmaid dresses, and lots of great questions about my colorful wedding flowers. To my surprise, our cute little wedding cake has even been a hot commodity! I’m going to break it all down for those that want the details, provide links to items (like bridesmaid dresses) I used or websites where you can find similar products if they’re no longer available. If you are planning a colorful wedding for 2024 or 2025, keep reading.


Don't care about the full breakdown? Select what you're looking for to skip the rest:

Our Colors & Theme

The theme I selected was "Late Summer Garden Party", drawing inspiration for my flower varieties and color palette from some stunning floral designs by master florist Tulipina.

  • Magenta

  • Deep Blue

  • Lemon

  • Olive Green

  • Summery Orange

Bridesmaids Dresses

From the moment we were engaged I knew who I wanted to stand beside me on my special day. I already had an idea of our color palette thanks to some beautiful inspiration I had seen just weeks earlier, so I assigned bridesmaid dress colors to each of my closest friends based on which color I thought would best flatter their features while reflecting the color-filled vision I had for our special day.


Finding the perfect bridesmaid dresses proved a bit more difficult than I imagined! I wanted satin material, different styles yet cohesive, colorful, but not pastel and not too bright- more deeply saturated to fit the "late summer garden party" vibe I had in mind.  And apparently I'm not the only one that had a hard time nailing down this detail of our day. A few months ago I uploaded some of our wedding photos to Pinterest and have since then received several messages from brides loving our wedding colors that are having the same struggles with bridesmaid dresses. Some have asked how I found fun, colorful bridesmaid dresses because they're looking for something similar to what we had and I'm happy to help. Here's how I did it...

I created a Pinterest board so I could visualize colors, styles and materials next to each other to make sure things didn't clash. At first, I went to a few sites I liked (HelloMolly, Meshki, Lulus, etc.) and searched basic descriptions like "pink satin dress" or "orange midi dress". I pinned a few dresses of each bridesmaid color I was looking for and sorted through them to see which ones looked good together and which shades I preferred. I quickly learned not to search for specific shades on any of the sites I was browsing because every brand calls different colors and shades different names. To double check the color shades I looked at the reviews and searched for real photos to see if the dresses were true to color shown. I found most of them were a touch more saturated in the review photos, which was perfect for what I wanted.


  • I had an extremely difficult time finding the shade of orange I wanted because I wanted a true, summery orange. I didn't want peach, pumpkin, burnt orange or rust. I ended up finding the perfect dress in the perfect color on Poshmark of all places! (The brand was ASOS as mentioned above and the color name was rust, but it was more saturated/orange in person :)


After I found a few options for each bridesmaid, I offered to let them find one they liked. They could choose from the ones I selected, or find their own as long as it was a satin midi dress and closely resembled the shades I narrowed down for them- I didn't care at all what neckline or silhouette they preferred. Most of them chose the ones I selected and one found a dress on her own, which was perfect. I am so happy with how the dresses, styles and colors turned out! It was a mixture of brands, so again, the color names won't be consistent on other sites when searching, but here are the

colors, brands and bridesmaid dresses we used:

Unfortunately, I don't think any of the actual dresses we used are still available, but lots of very similar ones are. In addition to those available on the sites we used, I've also found similar options available here!

Photo & Dress by Abercrombie

And here are some specific dresses I found that also fit the late summer saturated, satin midi/maxi vibe.

As for my favorite part... the flowers. Staying true to our theme of "late summer garden party" I selected an array of locally grown blooms from some flower farming friends and ordered a slew of my tried and true favorites from a wholesaler. It was so much fun to finally get to design with all my favorite flowers, in all my favorite colors, and simply create something for my own enjoyment. I never dreamed that DIYing my own wedding flowers would be so enjoyable, but it's now one of my favorite memories of wedding prep.

My mom, friends Baylee and Brennah, and myself worked hard the week of the wedding to make my floral fantasies come true. We designed lots of centerpieces, decorative arrangements, a silk arbor installation and I took my time crafting the bouquets. All of the floral designs for our day were created using a garden inspired style with minimal greenery, tasteful flowering fillers and lots of large, lush focal flowers. I chose to design the bridesmaid bouquets in a monochromatic color palette matching each friend's dress so I could make each bouquet more intentional, adding in specific flowers I felt my friends might like or that made me think of them. Designing my bridesmaid bouquets this way was a fun (maybe even therapeutic) part of the process that added a little extra joy to my hectic week leading up to the wedding.

I cannot convey the joy these beautiful blooms evoked in not only me, but my guests as well. Everyone raved about the flowers-- they really brought everything together and were a fun way to artistically tie a piece of my heart into every decorative detail of the day. It brings a smile to my face every time I see a flowery photo of our special day. If you loved our wedding flowers, here's an itemized breakdown of the colors and varieties we used!


My Bridal Bouquet

  • Free Spirit Rose

  • Country Blues Rose

  • Bella Donna Blue Delphinium

  • Lavender Scabiosa

  • White Campanula

  • Cafe Au Lait Dahlia

  • Apricot Cosmos

  • Yellow Ranunculus

  • Apricot Ranunculus

  • Salmon Ranunculus

  • Yellow Lisianthus

  • Orange Snapdragon

  • Lavender Snapdragon

  • Magenta Snapdragon

  • Dusty Mauve Stock




Baylee's Bouquet (Blue)

  • Blue Hydrangea

  • White Cosmos

  • Bella Donna Blue Delphenium

  • Lavender Scabiosa

  • Lavender Lisianthus





Anna's Bouquet (Yellow)

  • Candlelight Rose

  • Billy Balls

  • Yellow Lisianthus

  • Cafe Au Lait Dahlia

  • Yellow Marigold

  • Cream Stock

  • Yellow Ranunculus







Allison's Bouquet (Orange)

  • Free Spirit Rose

  • Tequila Sunrise Poms

  • Orange Snapdragon

  • Orange Alstromeria

  • Orange Carnations

  • Orange Marigolds








Taylor's Bouquet (Green/Neutral)

  • Pink Mondial Rose

  • White Campanula

  • Champagne Lisianthus

  • Blush Ranunculus

  • Peach Carnation

  • White Snapdragon







Shanay's Bouquet (Magenta)

  • Country Blues Rose

  • Pink Mondial Rose

  • Magenta Lisianthus

  • Pink Tulips

  • Hot Pink Ranunculus

  • Dusty Mauve Stock

  • Magenta Snapdragon

  • Pink Alstromeria

  • Pink Carnation





Centerpieces & Everything Else

  • Free Spirit Rose

  • Country Blues Rose

  • Pink Mondial Rose

  • Candlelight Rose

  • Bella Donna Blue Delphinium

  • Lavender Scabiosa

  • Raspberry Scabiosa

  • White Campanula

  • Cafe Au Lait Dahlia

  • Apricot Cosmos

  • White Cosmos

  • Yellow Ranunculus

  • Apricot Ranunculus

  • Salmon Ranunculus

  • Hot Pink Ranunculus

  • Blush Ranunculus

  • Orange Ranunculus

  • Yellow Lisianthus

  • Champagne Lisianthus

  • Roseanne Brown Lisianthus

  • Lavender Lisianthus

  • Orange Snapdragon

  • Lavender Snapdragon

  • Magenta Snapdragon

  • White Snapdragon

  • Dusty Mauve Stock

  • Cream Stock

  • Blue Hydrangea

  • Pink Tulips

  • Pink Alstromeria

  • Orange Alstromeria

  • Billy Balls

  • Yellow Marigold

  • Orange Marigolds

  • Peach Carnation

  • Orange Carnations

  • Pink Carnation

  • Tequila Sunrise Poms

  • Pennycress

  • Chamomile




Wedding Cake Flowers

  • Our wedding cake has been a huge hit on Pinterest! Small cakes are becoming more common to save money on an unnecessary expense and to provide a variety of dessert options for guests. We chose to have a cute, minimal cake just for cutting, photos, and a few bites then served cupcakes to our guests.

  • I absolutely loved how the bakery we used incorporated the flowers I provided them, creating a miniature garden on top of the cake and tying it in perfectly with the rest of our beautiful, flower-filled day.

Our Vendors

Additional Items We Used and Loved!


  • Pretty Ring Box for detail shots.

  • My favorite chiffon ribbon for bouquets and detail shots.

  • I designed our wedding invitations from a customizable template I purchased off of Etsy and I was so happy with how they turned out! The creator had several stunning options that were fully customizable and she was so helpful throughout my process as I had questions.


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