If you are like any of my brides, you are faced with the challenge of juggling the wishes of your family, your future husband, his family, and finally your own ideas. All you want is a cohesive party to celebrate your nuptials and enjoy the process. A good wedding consultant can help you congeal all these elements together and create a flawless event, but keep in mind, their job is to ultimately assist you with what you envision. Use them as a resource to reinforce the plan of action. Here are a few guidelines that will help you along your way. If you know these things, it will help you and your planner in the long run!
- Pick one or two elements from both sides to celebrate equally during the ceremony. This makes the union balanced and respectful.
- Know your limitations. If it’s a long distance wedding, there’s no need in stressing out over details that you could easily delegate to an on-site planner.
- Envision your dream palette, and work the customs around that. Not the other way around.
- Trust your gut. It’s easy to get overwhelmed, especially with various styles. Go with your first instinct, because that’s usually right. For example, I’ve witnessed many melt downs at bridal stores that could have been avoided. Go with your gut and pick the first dress that made you feel beautiful instead of trying on a gazillion.
- Culture and heritage is all about spirit, essence and the culmination of little details. There’s no pressure to go over the top, unless you really want to…and that’s another sexy and bold style, in itself.
Tips adapted from Wedding Nouveau. Thanks for all the great tips.
