Why not be a little girly – your wedding is, after all, a girl’s big dream, the day where you’re a princess and all your girlish, childhood fantasies can come true. This color combo is exactly that – a harkening back to those days of bubblegum dreams and yet a little grown up spice thrown in the mix. Done right, it doesn’t have to look like Valentine’s Day, and can be dreamily beautiful, traditionally stunning or modern and edgy. It all depends on how you use both the pale pink and the fuchsia.
First, you have to opt for a baby pink that borders on the super soft, barely there pink. A dash of neutral beige or champagne to the tone, and suddenly you’ve got a much more sophisticated shade to work with. It’s best as a backwash to your entire event – soft, perhaps vintage-minded, and definitely adult, this pale pink is a great color on bridesmaids, in flowers, and with invitations. It’s pearly softness is feminine and natural, and can be used in multiple shades throughout the day to keep things from feeling too cookie cutter.
Fuchsia should be used as an accent only – it overpowers easily and can be offensive if used often in your decor. Use it instead as pops in the centerpieces, a bit here and there in the bouquet or at the church, and with the little accessories and paper products at the reception. Perhaps for late-night dancing, you can create a hot vibe with fuchsia uplighting, or offer divine candy in fuchsia shades as a favor, but definitely choose only a few places to use this dramatic shade.
What is best about this combo is that it can be used year-round and can be distinctly adult without being boring…while at the same time remind you and your family of the little girl you used to be. And if you love pink – why not? This is, after all, your day to do what you want!

Adore the gorgeous bouquet and Martha Stewart’s fuchsia centerpieces. You can’t go wrong with chocolates or heels in fuchsia either. I also have to say the dress has just the right hemline…you wouldn’t need the flower to finish it off if you don’t like it. And again, Martha has it right with pale pink linens and invites in different shades of pale.









