If you’re trying to do something a little different for your centerpieces, Martha Stewart Weddings just posted these awesome non-flower centerpieces.   And most of them are DIY!

Before you can really start planning your wedding there is one very important detail you have to make a decision about – your wedding colors! For some brides this may be easy, they may have had them picked out before the groom, but for others, choosing your wedding colors can be a stressful process. Well, I found a great tool that can help you select your colors!

Pantone Inc. is the worlds leading authority on color and provides color systems and selection to a range of industries world wide. I recently discovered a portion of their website called mood selector. The mood selector is meant to help pick out paint colors based on your personality traits or moods, but I thought this would also be a great way to select your wedding colors!

The way it works is that you go through a list of verbs and select words that describe how you want your wedding to feel. What words would you like others to use when describing your wedding? Once you are done selecting, click on the tab titled “your custom mood palette”. Here you will see all of the colors that relate to the words that you have chosen. Although you may have a random color here or there, chances are you will see a trend in your colors. For me, it was mostly shades of black, pink and purple, which is accurate because I want a black, white and pink wedding. . .but purple is my favorite color!

Good luck finding your own custom palette!

-Lauryn

Are you trying to decide between color palettes and themes? Do you want to see if all your accessories match? We have the answer! WeddingWire has just introduced an exciting new feature for our users: Inspiration Boards!

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From top left: Images 1, 8, 10, 11, 12 from Martha Stewart Weddings; Images 2, 3 from The Knot; Image 4 from Christian Louboutin; Image 5 from J Crew; Images 6, 9, and center from Leo Patrone Photography; Image 7 from InStyle Weddings

I absolutely love this color combination for spring or summer weddings! These colors are so bold and vivacious, they just make you want to have a good time! Add subtle accents if gold or silver to change the feel of the reception room from elegant to modern. Maybe I should get married again so I can use this combo!

On this, the eve of the presidential inauguration, we invite you to visit WedWeCan.com to experience the new face of wedding planning!

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If you are brave enough to venture into Washington DC this evening (yikes!), join us as we say Wed We Can! at a pre-inaugural party. Click here for details!

Here are a few photos of our supporters on the Mall yesterday!