So you’re planning your wedding? The to do list feels endless, let alone trying to make your vision a reality. Luckily, there are wonderful teams that can help with this, like myself, or if you plan to do a DIY wedding, you need to start somewhere and you’ve found the perfect place to start!
Co-ordinating your wedding involves meticulous planning, and eventually focusing on those attention to detail moments, as I have previously touched on, booking those all important vendors must come first. This includes, but is not exclusive to, florists, venues, photographers and the outfits for the day.
Yet, as important as this, is creating that harmonious wedding theme, as the florist, venue, photographer and outfits will all be influenced by this.
A harmonious theme is basically a coordinated wedding, and these steps will help guide you in creating this. Setting a budget is crucial to determine how much you want to send, and this also helps to ensure you allocate your budget to what is most important to you.
Simultaneously, creating a timeline which details important milestones will help ensure you stay on track of the planning, and on track of knowing what needs to be booked/ordered. Why not make it fun, and order a wedding planner journal – decorating it and creating mood boards/collages of your ideas and plans. This will also help your florist, venue, bridal store etc understand your theme and ideas.
Key tip – although Pinterest seems overwhelming with details, images and ideas – you can create mood boards on here. Initially save the ideas you love, then you can start to see a theme building and fine tune details.
Once those themes start to build, you can then focus on the attention to detail.
Obviously, I will focus on dried flowers here, but once a theme starts to build this can guide you in all areas of your wedding –
Some examples
- A rustic/autumnal wedding may fit perfectly in a barn style venue with a more relaxed photographer, and boho style dress and suits.
- A luxurious wedding may fit perfectly in a hotel or castle, with a more refined dress and attire for the day.
So you now know your dried flower theme, as I mentioned, you can start to focus on the details – such as colours, types of flowers and styles for your wedding décor.
Here are some examples of décor to consider –
- Wedding Arch – these can be a beautiful addition on your day, and one which can repurposed throughout the day. Arches can be luscious in foliage such as eucalyptus and types of ferns, and incorporate the brides main flowers as a focal point.
- Aisle décor – again incorporating the main flowers and colours – these can be at each row or alternate rows, and can also be repurposed as table décor. The ways to decorate your aisles are endless such as chair décor, petals and candles, vase arrangements or floor décor.
- Reception table – the way to decorate your reception / registry table is individual to your day, some brides have simply placed their bouquet on the table, or you can have garlands, vase/bud vase arrangements. Ensure you compliment your colour theme here, and varying heights and styles can add to a more visually appealing look.
- Reception décor – this should be an extension on from your ceremony – bringing together you theme, colour and main flowers to create a visually harmonious reception. Floral chandeliers, table décor, garlands can all be considered, just ensure this ties into your venue so as to enhance the area and vision.
- Bride and groom party – from bouquets, poseys to corsages and buttonholes – all these arrangements should match the colour theme and style of the wedding, but with slight differences to add that personal touch. And of course, the brides bouquet should be the focus of them all .
- Personal touches can be added with flower girl crowns, baskets and confetti which reflect the main theme but perhaps with a little difference to add something special.
- Stationary such a invitations and place names/favours should also reflect your theme, and you can incorporate beautiful dried floral pieces to all of these. Such as clay place names with dried flower details to bring the theme and style together harmoniously.
- Cake décor can include your specific dried flowers as a cake topper, cake flower meadow or even as edible flower details.
All of these considerations and ideas should incorporate your chosen colours and dried flowers, and although all dried flowers can be used throughout the year, choosing a colour palette to reflect the season is a beautiful touch. So for spring pastels like blush, lavender and sage green, for summer bright and bold colours such as orange, yellow and pink, for autumn richer tones such as burgundy, red and forest green, and for winter elegant whites, silvers and evergreens.
By incorporating these ideas, your planning can be enjoyable and something to cherish on the build up to your special day. Creating a harmonious theme with colour and style will enchant your guests and make your day unforgettable.