copper-text

A rosy orange metallic found in copper coins, copper pots and copper cookware.

Combine with warmer whites and

–       dull teal and taupe

–       duck egg blue, pale grey

–       apricot, rust and chocolate brown

–       peach pink,  milk chocolate

–       deep yellow cream (like really old vintage lace) and milk chocolate

–       teal green, touches of mint green and pearl grey

–       pea (yellow-y) green and dark green

–       slate blue and milk chocolate

–       Champagne, olive green and copper

–       For a rosy copper, add touches of dark red, olive green or coppery pale pink

–       tea dyed fabrics, old French linen, old lace, metallic/shiny fabrics in rich colours, brown stained pages of (non precious) old books or music manuscripts fashioned into flowers set in copper vessels, or used as garlands

–       copper wire baskets, old washing coppers, old coal skuttles, old copper serving dishes to use as containers from anything from sweets to flowers

–       blue, chocolate brown and white speckled eggs and feathers scattered in a copper chafing dish

–       vintage style gowns in taupes and old creams, copper beaded belts, copper edged lace or beading

–       Magnolia or taupe coloured under cloths embroidered or printed in a simple design in slate blue, copper metallic fabric table runners, copper coloured glassware, slate blue napkins tied with a copper tassel, chocolate speckled eggs in twig nests or copper wire baskets, crockery in taupe or magnolia

–       Lantern style lights covered in a tulle like fabric embellished in copper beading with copper tassels, hung above the tables, rich coloured fabrics, some metallic, some textured – think Arabian nights

–       Copper coloured roses, autumn leaves, berries and pods, sedums, copper coloured orchids

–       Copper touches on the wedding invitations, copper ribbons – around the cake, around bouquets, around napkins

–       Bridesmaids in copper dresses, perhaps with a contrasting lining, perhaps patterned in a lustrous copper pattern for added sparkle, copper shoes, dull green bouquets

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Williams Sonoma Ice Bucket from Brides, Elizabeth bracelet in Copper Pearl from BonitaJ, Favors from Martha Stewart Weddings, Ivy Vine napkin ring from Paper Orchid Stationery.