A bride who hit out at a family member for bringing the wrong coloured confetti to her recent wedding has explained the reason behind her complaint.

She shared her dilemma on Reddit's 'Wedding Shaming' thread.

"When a guest brings their own confetti that not only doesn't match yours but violates your venue contract," she said, explaining that her "aunt-in-law is a super crafty person and we knew she'd want to be involved in some way so we had her make our favour bags, which she finished about four months early".

"Our style and hers don't really match and that felt like something that would be okay," the bride writes.

"They weren't what we would have chosen but they were alright and we used them."

When the aunt asked if they needed her to make any confetti, they told her no as they had already made confetti out of flower petals and leaves, as per their venues strict rules.

"We assumed that would be the end of it but apparently she decided she was going to make some more anyway and not tell anyone.

"She punched hearts out of white tissue paper, brought it with her, positioned herself to be first in the throwing line, handed some to another aunt next to her who didn't know what was going on, and two of them threw it out."

The bride says the "wind caught it and blew it out in front of us so it's in every photo".

"We had almost no white in the wedding at all and our own confetti was all natural colors, nothing stark or bright," the bride explains. "We also hadn't mentioned (because we didn't think we'd need to) that they venue doesn't usually allow confetti outside.

"They only made an exception for us when we told them the confetti we were bringing was 100% natural materials."

The bride had "saved all the flowers my now-wife has given me over the years, we collected and preserved leaves from both of our yards and some vacations we'd gone on together, and then bought some more flower petals to fill it out".

Her brother, brother-in-law and cousin had to go outside between photos and dinner to pick all the little white hearts up so they "wouldn't get in trouble with the venue".

"All-in, hardly a big deal in terms of things that could go wrong on a wedding day, but just annoying enough that we're definitely going to remember it."

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Darcey Allen, General Manager of Easy Weddings, confirms these days "most venues and/or churches who host ceremonies do have strict confetti or what we now know as a 'Flower Shower' of petals rules and sometimes fees for post ceremony.

"A lot of venues specify real white rose petals only (to avoid stains) and for sustainability reasons, however a lot will now also charge a cleaning fee of approximately $200-$250.

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"Rice is normally not allowed these days, as it can be dangerous for birds to ingest when it is left outside on the ground."

Although Darcey isn't sold on rice.

"In all honesty, who wants to have uncooked rice thrown at your face anyways?

"Normally the couple and or florist now provide the petals or confetti to be thrown to their guests so they can control the colour and item chosen."