Setting the budget aside for now, today I want to talk about themes and colors. Deciding on these things for J- and myself had a lot to do with the season in which we wanted the wedding. And for us summer was the clear choice.
With the colors I had an idea to combine our two favorites: blue and green. To compliment those two I chose neutral colors brown, tan, cream, and gold. Below is a color scheme:
http://colorschemedesigner.com/#2v527iattvyt1
When it came to deciding on a theme (or even if we wanted a particular theme) we looked at what we had in common and what brought us together. The first thing that popped into my mind was Japan. Both of us had studied abroad in Japan and studied Japanese before moving there to teach. If we combined our years there we would have lived in Japan for a total of 8 years! But my best friend from college had a slightly Japanese themed wedding, so I didn't want to go solely Japanese.
We may have started dating in Japan, but what really cemented our relationship was a two-week trip to India. I've had a couple of friends who were already engaged to be married, but when they went on their first trips with their fiances they came to the unfortunate realization that they were not compatible with each other. Both J- and I were worried about taking such a long trip with each other only a couple of months into dating, but we got along so well! Since then travel has been a major part of our relationship.
In the end we chose an "International" theme. And our colors just happen to be the most traditional ones used for maps! Perfect for an international theme.
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