Personalize your spring wedding ceremony and reception by adding some creativity without spending a lot of cash!
There are so many clichés and urban legends pertaining to weddings – the shotgun wedding, the drunken uncle, improper Best Man toasts, ugly bridesmaids' dresses, the runaway bride or the jilted bride, the Mother of the Groom wearing beige – to name just a few! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to rewrite the book on weddings with some fantastic, sweet and meaningful ideas to bring new life to all the tired clichés? This article will give you some suggestions to add finesse to your invitations, add panache to your floral displays, elevate your tablescape to a new level of creativity and create a lasting memory for each of your guests.
Innovations for Your Wedding Invitations
- Read this primer first on what not to do with your wedding invitations and how not to invite your guests. You will be amazed at how unbelievably badly some people behave when it comes to anything surrounding a wedding!
- Check out this phenomenally creative wedding invitation. The elegance and simplicity of this invitation initially masks its ingenuity, and only on a second look do you realize how superb this implementation is. Granted, this romantic idea will only work with a select number of bride-and-groom name combinations, but the concept behind it is very interesting!
- How about a totally personalized yet wonderfully fun wedding invitation that incorporates custom cartoons? This article presents some wonderful and thought-provoking concepts that are worthy of investigation for any bride or groom that love to make people laugh!
Creative Floral Displays
- Before any bride or groom starts planning their flower scheme, they both should take a gander at Real Simple’s slide show for weddings. This set of photographs is an exercise in clarity and simplicity that is absolutely elegant!
- Bring tradition to your floral design: consider incorporating family heirlooms such as crystal or silver vessels into the floral design or replicating the flowers that were used for your parents’ wedding, basing the design on photographs and memories.
- Create a design that relies heavily on the use of fruits, berries and natural plant materials, with only a few artfully-placed blooms to accentuate the display. The fruit can all be enjoyed following the wedding, and you will be amazed at the uniqueness and intense color that this type of display can provide.
Creative Wedding Additions
- Consider adding some unique touches to your celebration that will add value to your guests.
- Love Blooms offers beautiful plantable papers that your guests can take home and sow in their perennial beds as a remembrance of your wedding.
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