Black Pearl Peacock wedding

Since it's Fat Tuesday I thought I'd treat everyone to an inspiration board, and the colors in this one reminded me of Mardi Gras! Oh man am I excited about this one! I've been wanting to do a peacock themed wedding for a while, I think they're so cool. This is, of course, the Maui version of a peacock wedding...

This whole thing was inspired by a suggestion from an Hawaiian Twitter contact @Tahitipearls. who suggested that I do a wedding theme that includes Tahitian pearls. With one look at the website I realized that I had a wealth of inspirational pieces. I found these pearl necklaces and some of them had "peacock" in the name, that's when it hit me that I could do my peacock wedding!!!

Any one of the Tahitian pearl necklaces could work, just choose your favorite. For an incredibly unique take on the wedding band, this would be an awesome choice. Also, I bet you're wondering why Pierce Brosnan is on the board. Aside from being eye candy, he's also wearing a really cool necklace. Just a black cord with one pearl and it looks great with that purple shirt. If only our husbands could just look like HIM on our wedding days, or wear purple shirts willingly.

Anyway... So what I took from the pearls as well was the color choices for the wedding. The deep purples, greens and light blues, which of course echo the colors of peacock feathers. That's why I thought that floral arch made my Dellable's was a great choice for this theme. In fact their entire Mele collection would compliment this wedding nicely. The boutonniere is also from Dellable's and what I like about it is the scroll accent that resembles a peacock feather design. you could tie whatever color ribbon around it and make that a wonderful accessory for the guys.

Those colors of purples and blues are carried over into the bridesmaid dresses that I found from Fighting Eel's Spring '09 collection. I like the idea of using that floor length dress for the MOH and the shorter dress for the other bridesmaids. I also like the idea of buying both of those dresses for myself. :)

I freaked when I found this awesome peacock feather bag from Pink By Nature Maui. Would those not make perfect bridesmaids gifts or even a great clutch for the bride!?

Now the invitation is from Island Paperie and isn't the most perfect wedding invite for this board. I would've loved to have found a peacock feather invite, but I couldn't find one made on Maui. But this one at least has all the colors and has a really cool look to it.

The cool thing about Maui is that you can often find random peacocks wandering around the island. I've almost ran over one before! So I figured that it would be easy to find a location where there are peacocks. And it was! I found two. The first is the Maui Garden of Eden located along the Hana Hwy. There are lots of beautiful colored flowers, trees & wildlife, panoramic scenery, hidden waterfalls, and Keopuka Rock, of "Jurassic Park" fame! The second location that actually has lots more information on having a wedding is Keali'i Nui Botanical Gardens. Keali'i Nui is an 11-acre gated, private estate on Maui’s North Shore, just 25 minutes from the main town of Kahului. It provides an oceanfront setting, panoramic views, waterfall and friendly peacocks for photo opps!!!

But the pièce de résistance, for me anyway, is the wedding dress. It's from Tamara Catz and is a raw silk halter strap dress with a peacock feather motif running the length of the front and down the back. It's also the very same dress I wore for my wedding!!!