When it comes to planning your wedding, it is perfectly natural to choose colours and schemes which match who you are as a couple. This is true for all aspects of your wedding stationery from the save the date cards through to your wedding table plans.
If you are going for a traditional approach then you are in luck because the wedding industry tends to be geared to such couples – stationery featuring wedding rings, flowers and hearts are everywhere you look and it makes it easier if this is the type of weeing that you are planning.
For less conventional couples there is less choice certainly, but the wedding industry and cottoning onto the fact that weddings now take many different forms and this brings a variety of colour schemes and themes.
Monochrome colour schemes are becoming more and more popular, as are the more colourful designs incorporating bright gerberas, vivid confectionery and beach-themed weddings which mean the azure blues of the ocean and vibrant oranges of the sunsets.
It makes things much easier if you co-ordinate your wedding stationery – you can buy items in bulk and often get discounts, with the added benefit of everything looking stylish and very ‘put together’. Having your wedding table plans matching your wedding invitations, thank you cards, photo albums and guest books will ensure that there is a certain feel to your wedding which both you and your guests will appreciate.
We’re going to do a little series on wedding symbols and what they mean, which is really useful when deciding on your wedding stationery, for example your save the date magnets. By knowing what symbols mean, you can choose the symbol which best reflects the message you want to get across, and what reflects you as a couple. We begin with flowers…
The most traditional of flowers, the roses, is seen as the flower of love and is a very popular choice when it comes to wedding stationery. The rose is an ideal image to adorn the front of your save the date magnets and you can personalise it according to its colour, as different coloured roses mean different things: red is for love and romance, pink for grace and elegance, yellow for warmth and happiness, white for innocence and purity, orange for desire and enthusiasm, lavender for enchantment and love at first sight (our favourite!)
Of course there are many other flowers which you may want to consider for the design of your save the date magnets – lilies are very popular at the moment, as are gerberas with their vivid colours which seem full of Springtime.
As we move into a more technically-minded age, why not involve it in your wedding plans and create a website for your wedding!
As well as keeping track of everything that you need to be doing, important cut-off dates for ordering items and a general portfolio for your special day, you can also invite guests to visit your website as an online wedding guest book.
The beauty of doing this is that everyone will be able to leave messages for you – both from those who can attend the wedding, and those who can’t. You can then chose to gather your messages together online as an electronic wedding guest book, or print them out to put into a standard wedding guest book that you can use as a keepsake.
Whichever way you choose, a wedding guest book is part of your wedding stationery so make sure that you don’t forget it in your wedding plans!
