Wedding Trend # 1. Going Green for your wedding and reception.
Brides are incorporating earth friendly favors, like wildflower seeds or donating to eco-friendly charities in place of favors. Some are
having outdoor ceremonies and taking steps to combat their carbon footprints. You can also replace plastic or glass centerpieces with pots of fresh plants and flowers and gift them to your guests.
Wedding Trend #2: Putting your couple stamp on the wedding.
Couples are less about having their parent’s wedding, more
about having it express who they are and their lifestyle.
It can be something like incorporating their dog into the
wedding, having a man of honor or celebrating with a
Barbecue instead of a formal reception.
Wedding Trend # 3: Joint bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Couples are nixing the traditional his and her drunk fest in favor of having a party to celebrate the marriage instead of the end of being single. Some couples are reserving cabins in the mountains, some are going to a casino. Its less about mens and ladies night out and more about the wedding party getting acquainted and having fun.
Wedding Trend #4: The wedding cake is back! Brides are again using the wedding cake is back as the centerpiece of the reception. These cakes are unique works of art and the latest wedding status symbol. No more stacked cakes with a fountain. The cupcake tree is still popular but is being used for wedding showers and the rehearsal dinner.
Wedding Trend #5: The return to elegance.
Brides are choosing to add elegant touches,
such as sprays of orchids on the reception tables,
to having cloth napkins in lieu of paper napkins.
Wedding Trend # 6: Celebrating your family
heritage. Couples are using their family heritage
as a theme that defines their wedding. Popular theme is the Irish wedding with a pub at the reception complete with a singing tenor bartender. Or Jordan almond favors and cookie trays at Italian weddings. Brides and grooms are going back to the family traditions and incorporating elements into their wedding.
Top Wedding Trend # 7: Two wedding dresses, one for the ceremony, one for the reception.
Some brides are choosing a traditional formal wedding dress
for the ceremony and pictures, then changing into a shorter formal
dress or tea length wedding dress for the reception. She leaves her
tiara in her hair and takes off the veil.
Wedding Trend # 8: Adding splashes of color to your wedding.
Weddings have tended to follow a neutral color scheme and solid
ivory or white flowers. Breathtaking, but dull in your wedding pictures. The latest trend is to use a color that pops in your wedding pictures and adding colorful bouquets of mixed flowers for the wedding party and reception tables.
Wedding Trend # 9: Writing your own vows.
This trend still endures. Couples need to say what they feel, instead of reciting vows written by someone else years ago. Writing your own vows gives you a time to reflect on the relationship and the
marriage and not focus on the party planning.
Wedding Trend # 10: Wedding party t shirts. Dress the entire wedding party in fun tee shirts for the prewedding parties. Its a great way to break the ice and a fun gift for your attendants. Very useful at the rehearsal!
