Winter Color Inspiration: Marie Claire 2013 Cover

heels: Jessica Simpson Calie - Lipstick Red; dress: ModCloth's Sincerly Mint Dress; braclets: Oversized Watch Chain Bracelet & Platner Bangle Set in Mint; clutch: Linea Pelle - Alex Quilted Clutch; belt: Pointed Chevron Stretch Belt

Recently, I was at Walgreens buying tape & wrapping paper. I saw this Marie Claire January 2013 cover with Lea Michele on it & I couldn't stop staring at it. I loved the colors.

I loved them so much that I made this mini color inspiration board & virtually shopped for pieces that would make up an outfit with these unique color combos. What do you think? Would you wear apple red, mint green, gold, taupe & black together?

Colored Details

Photos by Erica Lynn

Colors are in the details (for me anyway). For our wedding we opted for red flowers and black accents. We chose a combination of red roses, red gerber daisies and red anemones (special to my bridal bouquet and Chris' boutineer).  Black accents of the tuxedos and girls black shoes tied everything together.

My Wedding Color Palette

This week Chris and I will be celebrating our first year of marriage. [Read: I have blogs scheduled so I can spend some quality time with my husband!]  That being said I thought I'd dedicate this week to how we made our wedding colorful.

As soon as Chris and I got engaged thoughts of the wedding went wild in my head. What time of year? Where? Who would we invite? What would the color scheme be? THE DRESS. THE SHOES. Enough said, I had my work cut out for me.

I started by thinking about colors but couldn't decide.  Then I came across this photo from our first vacation together and as I kept looking at it I realized not only is it one of my favorite photos but  we've got something here - we've got our color palette: red, tiffany's blue & black.

So if your feeling overwhelmed or just clueless about where to start, look back to where it all began. What gave you that warm and fuzzy feeling that got you to actually planning your special day - maybe it was a silly photo or a wine label you saved.  Once you find your warm and fuzzies you'll be on your way.

Tip: I used the eyedropper in photoshop to sample the colors I liked in this photo.  If you don't have photoshop there are some great online sources  here and here for picking your colors out of your photos.  Happy color picking!