Wedding Planning: define your style
I’ve blogged several times in the past about how much I enjoy helping to plan weddings. I even kind of liked planning my own, but it was put together in about a month and a half and I did not have time to savor the experience. It still turned out nice.
Anyway, I have several friends who I am currently helping to plan their weddings. I’ve helped devise themes and then I have pretty much been in charge of pointing them toward venues and details that will fit nicely within the theme. Perhaps someday I will get off my duff and find a way to make a career out of this, but in the meantime I actually just enjoy living vicariously off of my girlfriends.
Of course, when you are planning a wedding you want to first think about the general tone you want to convey. Do you want a small wedding? A large wedding? Indoor or outdoor? Does the season matter? Daytime or evening? Will a particular color help to express your feelings?
My friend Fran is going for Funky in Florida. She is having her wedding on the beach and it’s rather casual. Her guests need to get a feel for the style of her wedding from the get go, so I have been helping her design the perfect wedding invitations. When I say design, I don’t mean 100% from scratch. Although I can do that for her, it’s not in the budget. So, I found some wedding invitations from MyGatsby.com that are perfect for mixing and matching papers and inks. The traditional rectangular greeting card style invitation is not all the rage anymore. People are leaning toward unique and new, so ovals and circles and even pocket folio invites are gaining popularity. I’m actually suggesting that Fran go with an envelopment style invitation. That means there are flaps that open to reveal the invitation inside.
Just remember that invitations are the first glimpse you are going to give your guests about the style of the wedding party you have planned. Choose with care and make sure your invitations speak loudly of who you are and your personal style.
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