Cadbury Purple Wedding Theme

Congratulations and welcome to Hitched!! No help Im afraid, but lots of girls have had or having the cadbury purple on here so you shouldnt have to wait long!! ?

Hi *waves* (haha that made me laugh)

cant help as we're having a different theme so havent got any ideas, just wanted to say hi

xxx

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Ooh hi girls!!!

Thanks for making me welcome ?

I'll look out for ladies having or had the same theme i'm sure there are some i've been told its uberly popular atm. What du reckon though to the "Diamond White" question if its not quite white and not quite ivory would you go with ivory or white? haha!

Also flowers - silk or real?

Sorry, what a bug I am already ?

xx

Hi and welcome to hitched!

You'll get all the answers you need on here. If u haven't asked it somebody else is bound to have or will ask it.

The flower thing is, I think, a personal preferance but there are a few HIB's on here who could help with either. x

Oh wow thanks Jane! The dressmakers idea is fab, I did think I would like to get the flowergirls dresses from somewhere like BHS as they do lovely flower girl dresses and then just get someone to put the purple sashes on if I find the fabric?!

I'm not having a sit down meal we're having an informal BBQ so do not need favours thank you though! And will look out for any replies from suppliers regarding the butterflies in the hair.

I think I am going to get a few quotes on flowers see what ends up more reasonable and closest match to what I want.

Everyone seems so helpful and friendly on here its lovely. I hope to get lots of inspiration. I'm off to bed now (bad night last night with my little girl) but will log back on tomorrow to see if anyone else has had any tips for me.

Night ladies ? thank you!!!!

xx

Hi & welcome to Hitched. I'm having a lilac coloured wedding & have ordered lilac for the adults and white with a lilac sash for flower girls. I'm also having a diamond white wedding dress & when I tried it on orginally I thought it looked white (never was good at understanding the difference between all the different white looking shades) so I'm going with white for other things rather than ivory. I'm picking up my dress this week so I'll hopefully be able to reasurre myself (with my white shoes) that it looks white!!

Hi Hayley I'm not sure if you are the Hayley that has mailed me but I have replied!

If not I have some ideas in Purple that might help:

There is a whole set of Purple here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aislebeyourscom/sets/72157616091398142/

Hi Hayley and welcome to Hitched. Cadbury (Kraft?) purple has been very popular over the last two/three years. Personally, I think it looks better with white than ivory although pale ivory (without cream undertones) would work well too. Silver is also a good accent colour to use as all these three colours compliment each other being from the "cool" colour palette. If the teen maid is the same height as the adults, then I would put them in the same dress with the flowergirl in white. Regarding silk or fresh flowers, depends really whether you would like to keep them or not? Although there are fresh flowers in purple, the "focal" flowers used for bouquets such as callas, roses, etc don't grow naturally in purple. I'm pretty sure you can get purple butterflies so I will have a look next time I go to the wholesalers and let you know. Here's a few purple weddings I've done which are all artificial. hope that helps.

Hello

It seems you have had lots of help already but thought i would jut add my opinion -

Diamond white is more 'white' than 'ivory' so i would opt for white in the colour scheme.

I make a lot of cakes and i see lots of butterflies usually on a wire for decorationg cakes with they are very cheap - so you could buy some of these and attach them to hair slies or bands?? Just a budget friendly idea for you to look into - google cake decorating suppliers/ or craft suppliers.

I love the flower girl dress ideas too and i would buy them from BHS and use an organza sash - on ebay there is a supplier called sara richards who sells lengths of material very cheap in loads of colours. she has a main website too but her ebay shop is a little cheaper www.sararichards.co.uk

Hope this helps xx

Hi ?, welcome to hitched, gorgeous colour scheme..................

some cadbury purple stationery ideas

There are some great jewellery people on here who can prob help with the butterfly hair clip. Teehee had some gorgeous brooches made into hairclips, so might be worth looking at brooches too.

Em xx

Ooooh wow so much help, thanks girls I'm going to read properly through all your posts and look into each thing you have each suggested, thanks allot!

Sherrie, it was me that emailed you about the artificial flowers, I have just logged onto my yahoo emails that I first emailed you from and I do not have a reply? Strange as you said you have replied, could you perhaps forward it again please? I love these flowers they're gorgeous!

Thanks again girls !! xx

Hiya
I'm having a cadbury purple colour scheme

I made our invites at the weekend ....

We are having a cupcake cake like this

but in this colour

Am still umming & arrrhing about chair covers ....

Men's cravats are cadbury purple, as are napkins (that caterer is providing), long thin dinner candles are purple - in silver candlearbas and the flowers are going to be lots of different purples and i'm planning to have some in my hair like this ......

Hi Claire,

Those dresses are gorgeous I might even steal your idea... ? I had already chosen 2 Dessy dresses because I love the African Violet colour and have found a retailer but I think I prefer those dresses better, they look nicer!!

Would you say the Concord or African Violet was nearer to the Cadburys theme? Have you seen the African Violet?

I am going to have my bridesmaids holding white flowers and then a wand for my flower girls also be nice definately for them to have the purple flower so they are opposite. I'm quite liking the idea of the bridesmaids in the purple with white sash and then the FGs the other way around white with purple sash and a purple flowered wand. Well see though it's all so hard imagining it all.

Du think then silver shoes for the bridesmaids would be OK I'll put the FGs in white ballet pumps with a purple flower on BHS have them and they're gorgeous. Only £11 each. I just hope its all there next year. I really dont think I can chance getting FG bits yet as I dont know what size they'll be in a year. Kids grow so fast!

Your wedding sounds gorgeous.. when is your day?

xx

Hi ?

Im having purple too! I don't have pictures of much, but you'll see everything in a few weeks. I have two adult bridesmaids, no flowergirls. My bridesmaids are in dresses from debenhams -

We have white table and chair covers with purple bows, I got purple ribbon printed with our names and wedding date and have used them on our favours to add a bit more colour on the table and our centrepieces are low glass bowls with little beads in the bottom and purple candles. Im having ivory and purple tulips for our flowers, pretty much half and half for the bridesmaids and Im having more ivory than purple for mine.

Forgot to mention earlier MrsW-tobe - you can win lots of wedding prizes in the Hitched Raffle which is drawn soon..!!! Tickets £1 each to go to charity. You can see all the prizes on offer and how to donate on Page 1 ?

Just resent it, sorry I am on my laptop in bed with a nasty bug so my brain is not functioning today!

Here is a pic of the Bride with those flowers:

THanks hun! I have replied to your email. Is it possible though to have samples sent through (obviously i'd pay) of the rose flower and the purple colour of the ribbon? Just so I can see what they look like in real life before committing to anything? If I decided to go ahead with you would you have payment up front or a deposit?

They're gorgeous, I didn't realise I could get so excited over artificial flowers ? they're just lovely!!

x

I'll email you now. ?

I don't think people realise how much artificial flowers have progressed over the years, the amount of times I have had people in here trying to smell them!

Love the cakes hun they're gorgeous the little cup cake idea with the cake on top is gorgeous, presume that is so you can still "cut the cake" aswell.

Sashes are lovely aswell, I have found somewhere that can do all that for me that wasn't a problem and I have found my invitations already.

I haven't found a cake that I like yet though I think i'm just gonna have a pretty plain ish white one with silver and purple sparkles on it. The cakes are just all so expensive. Does anyone on here do cakes and offer cheaper prices?

xx

Oooh so i'll look forward to seeing everything in a few weeks in then! Good luck for your day!

xx

We are having a personalised bridge&groom cake topper on the 'top' cake. We haven't decided whether to cut this top cake or cut a cupcake yet .....

The cupcakes will be sponge and the top cake will be fruit, so might as well cut top cake and serve both.........

My chef friend is making our cake/cupcakes as wedding pressie. But if she hadn't of offered we would have ordered a bunch of cupcakes from a local baker or something to keep costs down?

Oh thats lovely of your friend, I wish I had a friend who made cakes! I love the cakes on this site http://www.juliescakes.co.uk/ the one on the main page is lovely. These cost like near enough £400 though I don't think I can justify that much on a cake or 4 cakes ? is that extremely tight of me?? ?

xx

MrsW

I'm a 25 year old Southend lady too. Spooky!

Same as you we decided to run off to Chelmsford for our wedding ? but ours is in December.

I'm not doing the Cadbury theme (but I definately love the chocolate), so all I can tell you is my opinion on flowers. Since Rainbow Florist showed me her website I have been in 2 minds, I loved her silk ones!! But my other half reckons we should have real ones... I'm sure I can win him over!

Happy hunting!

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Hello ? ooh another Southend bride-to-be although i'm sure theyre are many ? where abouts in Southend are you? I'm in Westcliff.

Where abouts are you getting married in Chelmsford?

Silk flowers are working out to be allot cheaper, i'm going to get a sample and see what I think, why don't you do that, your OH might change his mind then ?

I live in Southchurch these days, but only moved here from Westcliff last year.

We're getting married at Newland Hall, the northern side of Chelms. We looked at Hyland Hall and loved it - it's so beautifully grand!! But as the amount of people we were inviting didn't look like they would fit in the dining hall. I have far too many aunties!

Samples? For some reason that never even passed my mind. I don't even know if the fella is meant to see the kind of flowers I want? But then he has to have a pinhole... I'll go look for samples now ? thanks

Just contact the supplier of the flowers you like and ask them if they would mind you sending you a sample? I expect to have to pay for it and the P&P but its worth it so you are completely happy before you buy.

I dont think it matters if OH sees the flowers aswell? I thought things like that you decided together because exactly they have to have buttonholes??

xx

Hello, I came across these when looking for something else:

purple butterfly hair clip

Aww thank you thats lovely. I was also looking at the ones that I think are used for cake decorations they're mesh butterflies on a wire and thought that can just be wired into the hair then? I'm gonna definately look around though and have saved that to my favourites. Thank you for thinking of me hun xx

Hi - just got back from the wholesalers and they do have purple butterflies but they are in assorted boxes with other colours and you only get two purple in them so would work out a bit expensive that way They did have some boxes of larger purple ones with glitter on but they didn't look suitable for hair to be honest.

Hi, i remembered this thread from the other day and thought i would show you the dress my sister is currently bidding on ebay for to wear to my wedding.....

shop price £140 (karen millen) ebay price £1.04 - still 3 or 4 days to go though!!