With the wedding season just around the corner, here are a few tips on the hottest trends for 2009 weddings, to give your wedding planning a boost.
1. Minimalism- Simple keepsake favors will share places with donation style favors and tasty edible treats. Make sure you find wedding favors which will fit your style and budget.
2. Green- Eco-friendly is the buzz word of the moment and many couples are trying to incorporate at least some green elements into their wedding planning.
3. Simplicity- Weddings this year are smaller and more intimate than those of recent years.
4. The cut- The global economic crisis is bound to hit everyone at some stage and weddings will be no exception. The trend this year will be to cut costs, choose small destination weddings or simple family weddings at home.
5. Photojournalism- The traditional posed wedding shots are being pushed aside in favor of more stylish ‘of the moment’ shots similar to those found in glossy fashion magazines.
6. Socially responsible- Wedding favors are making way for charitable favors instead, with couples choosing to donate their wedding favor budget to a charity close to their hearts. Other couples are also asking their caterers to donate any left over food to homeless shelters and some brides are giving their wedding flowers away to hospitals to be displayed on the wards.
7. Sophistication- Wedding attire for the bride and her attendants is more elegant and sophisticated this year.
8. Totally about themselves- Typical wedding traditions are being shown the door this year and more couples are taking charge and designing their own weddings by opting out of many of the traditional features of a wedding. This may include cutting out the first dance, no announcements, no receiving line, writing their own vows and having photo booths at the reception. The key it seems is to make the wedding about them and no-one else!
9. Working extra closely with your wedding vendor - This is something repeated time and time again with wedding planning advice, but this year in particular, with the economic crisis, it is more important that couples make sure vendors are adhering to the budget set by them and are keeping in regular contact to make sure everything is happening just as they want.
Georgina Clatworthy is a dedicated full time writer who composes informative articles related to
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