This is such an effervescent colour, it’s hard not to be inspired!

Combine with aqua and magnolia

–       With azure blue and sand or taupe

–       With orange and olive green

–       With pewter grey and magnolia

–       With pewter grey and touches of saffron yellow

–       With white, cream, magnolia and ivory and touches of midnight blue

–       With taupe and midnight blue

–       With Tiffany blue, magnolia and touches of milk chocolate

–       Roses, grevillea, waratah, kangaroo paw, poppies, red berries, gum blossom and gum nuts, grey leaved plants, NZ Christmas bush, Australian Christmas bells, dahlias, nemesia, tulips, fern fronds, variegated leaves

–       Toffee apples, cherries, raspberries, jelly candies, lollipops, candy canes, red jelly beans, Turkish delight, French macarons (built into a tower a la Masterchef Australia), red velvet cake

–       With glass candlesticks, poppy red crockery, vintage floral tablecloths incorporating red and spring green, large glass vases holding red poppies or red roses, spring green undercloth or napkins, white furniture all in a garden setting

–       Or keep it fun and casual – a school yard theme – red gingham cloths, lunch pails with your guest’s ‘lunch order’ (menu) tucked inside, vintage furniture, apples in buckets, little blackboards with chalk, a book to write ‘reports’ in – i.e. wishes to the bride and groom for their future, class photographs, toffee apples, popcorn, ice cream bar with a choose your own topping theme, red balloons, old books

–       With lots of white, and touches or hot orange and fern green in berries, flower arrangements, napkins ties, green glassware, trims

–       Consider a poppy red border design, beading or embroidery on white tablecloths, red napkins with the same design scaled down, in white

–       Red polka dots on shoes, ties, cakes, cupcakes, ribbon, crockery

–       Or red candy stripes as the basis for a striped theme – echoed in lollipops, candy canes, fabrics, red bordered plates, striped shirts or ties for the men, striped skirts on the bridesmaids with a little plain cardigan to tone it down, red shoes

–       A nautical theme using any of the above colour combinations

–       Old French linens, dark metal lanterns, moss covered urns, stone walls or floors,  metal chairs and French bistro tables, baskets with berries, red letterpress invitations

–       A bright red wedding dress


Red ball gown from rubypearl on Etsy, , matchbox from Brides, table setting from Martha Stewart Weddings, red chiffon flower hair pins from nomsa on etsy