The Big Picture: What's Your Vibe?

This is one of the most fun aspects of planning a wedding. Start by making a Pinterest board, or a collage, using all your pieces of inspiration. You can uses abstract pieces of inspiration or specific visual references, like flowers or colors you know you want to utilize.

If you are more verbal, think of a few key words that will anchor the vibe of your wedding: fun, low key, memorable, unique, small, intimate, grand, unexpected, romantic... whatever the intention is for your wedding.

Use these visual storyboards as anchor point for your wedding planning.

(Photos from Juliana Cole Photo, Kristen Marie Parker, Blue Window Creative. Ring by Fancy. Gloves by Vivienne Westwood. Playlist by me.)

This is also where you would pick a "theme". Personally, a theme has never really rang my bells. People don't live themed lives, why would we have a themed wedding? I like to think about color schemes and general vibe, and I like to pull in interests in ways that aren't totally on the nose. What I mean by this, is if your theme is "travel", you can make paper flowers out of maps, or you can install a cool installation like these that are both visually interesting and imply the theme without beating you over the head with it.

One other thing to consider is that a loose color palette and general vibe is much easier to execute and feels way more elegant and unique. All the elements can feel like they are in conversation with each other without necessarily matching perfectly.

(Matches by ForYourParty.com. Pink vase by Anthropologie. Gold vases by Jamali. Tie by Dazi.)