This blog was written by a wedding professional I follow -- thought you all would enjoy it, too!
Get ready for some great ideas and inspiration!!
One major way to make your wedding simple, elegant, and fabulous is to have detailed surprises throughout your wedding and wedding-related events to dazzle your guests! I’ve included a few ideas for you to use some beautiful details in your wedding plans.
1. Your Wedding Brand:
You can hire a graphic designer, find beautiful creations on Etsy or choose from a vast number of other businesses to create an incredible design for your wedding. This can be a variety of fantastic designs. For example, a funky pineapple (hospitality), peach or cotton (southern or Georgia wedding), or it can be as simple as incorporating your initial or monogram in a creative way. If you want something very traditional, monograms are always an excellent choice and many stationers offer a beautiful selection so that you do not have to fork out the expense of a graphic designer, if that’s not in the budget.
You can use your wedding brand in so many wonderful ways: Stationery, save-the- dates, invitations, thank-you notes, welcome notes, weekend itineraries, napkins, favors, menus, place cards, your guest book (or other guest sign in), send-off signage, animated lighting (on your dance floor, side of a building, tent), and cake “jewelry.”
Or if your look is like this wedding, you don’t have to have a specific brand. Just stay in keeping with the tone or theme you want to have underlying all events of the big day … or weekend!
2. Stationery:
Making your wedding as personalized and informative as possible can be much easier than you may imagine. Just get organized from the beginning when you have made your selections. All of your stationery should include your theme (color, tone and formality), starting with the very first printed mailing your guests receive (save-the-date or invitation) if you want to have a look that’s polished, pulled together and full of lovely details.
It’s also a nice touch to include a wedding invitation that contains all events of the weekend (if everyone is invited to all events, or specify the packet to only those invited to particular events). This way, your invitation tells more of a story of the weekend. Your guests will be delighted!
3. Welcome Baskets and Bags:
There’s no nicer way to greet your guests as they arrive from travel than to present them with a beautiful basket or bag filled with treats. Also, make sure to include a personalized note and weekend itinerary and/or suggested shops, restaurants, sites and activities to enjoy.
4. Menu, Number Cards and Place Cards:
If you’re hosting a seated dinner or buffet with assigned seats, it’s always a nice touch to include personalized menu cards that also serve as a place card. This way they not only know where to be seated, but also what they’re about to enjoy for dinner festivities.
5. Thank-you Notes:
Always tie your thank-you notes into your overall wedding theme to make sure that the last thing a guest receives from your wedding (usually after the occasion) reminds them of how extraordinary and fabulous it was.
6. Well wishes:
Guests love writing you beautiful notes of wishes or congratulations, so why not offer cards (even slivers of left-over paper from other printings) for your guests to write you personal messages and include in your wedding album or scrapbook later. It will be fun for all involved!
7. Signage:
If your venue has specified parking areas, multiple ballrooms or can be difficult to locate, make sure to provide ample signage that is not only tied into the whole theme (use your brand or even as simple as the same font or wedding colors), but also very useful!
I hope this helps you in your planning process!
Lexi
410-978-2048
lexi@eventsbylexi.com
Athens, Georgia Event Planner & Designer Natalie Bradley publishes the “Soirée Secrets” blog filled with secrets, tips and how-tos for planning your fabulous event. Get your exclusive inspiration, tips and tricks at http://NatalieBradley.com. Soirée by Natalie Bradley Events is an event planning and design company based in Athens, serving Athens, Georgia, Lake Oconee, Northeast Georgia mountains, Central Georgia and select wedding and event destinations.
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