How to Style your Dream Wedding!
With so many details going into your wedding day it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Sometimes, it can even be hard to know where to begin. But it’s all worth it in the end. If your thoughtful and organised the process will be much easier to manage.
Where do you begin?
As easy as it is to get stuck right into creating a Pinterest board of wedding inspiration. First, you should take a look inwards. What is your style and taste? Do you like floral, or stripes? Do you have a minimalist style? What colours do you lean towards naturally in your everyday life? Answering these questions will help a lot in the beginning.
Think about you and your partners joining hobbies and traditions. Think of the small details of your love story and what makes it special. Taking inspiration from your personal lives initially will help you create a more meaningful and sentimental idea of what you want for your wedding day.
Finding & Narrowing Down your Inspiration
Options for wedding inspiration used to be much more limited until recently. Couples would tear out images from magazines or take mental notes from events they attended in person. Now, wedding ideas are everywhere, especially on Pinterest and Instagram.
Social media can definitely add to that overwhelming feeling when planning a wedding. It’s easy to fill up Pinterest boards with hundreds of ideas. But what really works for you and your true personal taste? It can help to take a very intentional approach to these apps. Categorise everything into different folders. This makes it easier to look back over what has previously expired you, especially from days you might have gone overboard.
When it comes to meeting your vendors, try to narrow down everything you’ve saved into five or so of the very best. Do this for each category. These images should represent the vision you have for your wedding. Include comments along the images to remind you exactly why you saved it in the first place. This can also help vendors know what the most important parts were for you, so they can make sure to include this in your wedding design.
Tips
Be Smart About your Venue
The venue where you hold your ceremony and reception will have a great influence on your wedding design. Your venue sets the overall vibe — romantic, modern, minimalist, rustic. Certain styles just won’t work in certain venues so keep this in mind when both picking your venue and your wedding style.
Choose a venue within your budget that works for your aesthetic and helps to carry your theme and design. Without having to cover everything in drapes. You should be able to comfortably create your vision. If you don’t have a set style picked out yet, let your venue inspire you. Find a venue that ticks all of your boxes — location, size, budget. Then start to gather inspiration with your venue in mind.
Hire a Stylist
You can choose to do it all on your own. Buying all of your decor, designing every tiny detail. But you might save some money and reduce your stress by hiring a wedding stylist or planner. The professionals spend their lives figuring out all the small details. They have the knowledge of what’s available in your area and what can be done within your budget. Wedding stylists and planners are professionals in bringing wedding dreams to life.
Having a planner also takes away a lot of the stress for yourself. You can really enjoy the process when you don’t have to stress over every tiny detail. Planners have a set structure of what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. After all, this is what they spend most of their time doing. For you, this means you can trust that somewhere is there staying on schedule and getting the work done. This lets you spend your time on the more enjoyable parts of planning your wedding — like cake tasting!
Really think about Colours
“Have you chosen your wedding colours?” is one of the most common questions you will be asked when you announce you’re getting married. Choosing your pallet can be one of the toughest decisions when styling your wedding. Weddings by season usually have quite popular colour pallets. For example, deep reds appear more in winter weddings, while pastel pinks appear more in spring/summer. A good tip is not to pick something so confined. Instead of picking certain set colours, decide on a set of tones.
This allows for a lot more flexibility, as there are so many more choices at your fingertips. If you’re open to a range of shades from the beginning it can be easier to merge more aspects of your style together. It can also help when it comes to sticking within your budget.
Trust your Vendors
Florists, rental companies, stylists…these are all called wedding professionals for a reason. The reason is that they do this full time and have been involved in more weddings than you can imagine. This is taught them how to create unique and special experiences for their clients. Sit down with your vendors show them your inspiration pictures and share your vision. Tell them in detail the specifics of what you have in mind — then trust them to bring this vision to life.
Keep in mind that what they create cant be an exact replica of what you show them in the pictures. But they will bring a version that is unique and special to you. Give your vendors some control over your wedding, trust that they are as invested in creating your dream wedding as you are. You will find they often create something even better than what you had in mind.
Think About the Elements that will Stand Out
Invest your budget wisely in the “wow” elements of your design. These will be the things the guests interact with the most such as the centerpieces or the entrance sign welcoming everyone to your wedding. Remember to make these pieces stand out by adding personal touches. When your guests take one look at them they should be reminded of you and your partner.
Elements that only make brief appearances through the day don’t need to be given as much attention, or as much budget.
Think Like a Professional
A well-designed wedding is one that feels as if all the elements flow into each other from start to finish. This can be done in two ways:
- Repeat special elements — For example, the font you choose for your invitations can match the dinner menu and welcome sign. Or, you have specific meaningful symbols you incorporate through your decor. For a connected look pick a few special elements and weave them into multiple points of your wedding.
- Edit and cut! — When you’re designing your wedding think about the pars you want to stand out the most. Imagine that you only have 20 photos to show off the full day. What elements would you want to appear in these photos to show people your true vision? This way you don’t go crazy trying to fit in too many small details and you can focus on the main ones that are important to you.
Styling your wedding is your opportunity to share your personality and love story with your guests. Remember to have fun and don’t get weighed down by all of the tiny details. It’s your special day, so as long as the little details mean something to you and your partner, that’s all that matters. Let your wedding stylist and your vendors stress over the small stuff and trust in them to bring your vision to life.
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