Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! I am so happy for you! It is such a fun time, filled with so much hope and excitement. There will be times of stress and times of weariness over yet another decision to be made, but oh so much FUN!
Yes, I am a bit of a romantic and I love weddings. I always have. I am old enough I remember when the JC Penney store would send out this HUGE catalog every year. I would always flip to the wedding section first off to look at the dresses, the bridal accessories, cake toppers and the like.
One year, I even took it a step further and with the JC Penney catalog beside me and a notebook and pen in hand, proceeded to select my entire house. From bathroom towels and toothbrush holders to living room furniture and baby’s nursery, my dream house was outfitted. I was a dreamer.
In some ways, I guess I still am. Reality and maturity have encroached or shifted those dreams, but one thing remains – I still love weddings. Now though, I’d loved to hear your dreams and see what I can do to make them a reality.
2020 was a year I doubt any of us will forget. I hope this year didn’t dampen your dreams and if it did, how can we work to shift, pivot, resurrect your dreams and make them a reality in 2021 or 2022?
If you are newly engaged, you are entering this new year with some of the groundwork already laid. Some of the creative work has already been done, so to speak, and we just need to see how or if any of these creative accommodations fit your dream.
Here are some of the creative accommodations that were created or made prevalent in 2020.
The Zoom Wedding – Like an elopement but with invited observers and/or participants. LOL!
Schedule a Zoom meeting up to 30 days in advance, design/order invites and include the meeting ID.
Get yourself a marriage license, officiant and pick your venue (a pretty park with WIFI access, a church, in front of a gorgeous fireplace, on a beach beside the lake. Wherever your favorite spot (as long as it has WIFI.) With this type of wedding the location just has to accommodate three people (in the state of Ohio anyway (state laws vary on requirements.))
Find a gorgeous dress (that one you’ve always wanted) and some snazzy duds (or not) for your beloved.
Now for one, if not THE one, of my favorite parts - the flowers! Flowers for a Zoom wedding can be as minimal as a bouquet and boutonniere for the bridal couple. Or it can be more elaborate and expanded to include a boutonniere for the officiant and ceremony décor (imagine greenery trailing up the chimney from a bed of sweet-smelling peonies and garden roses on the mantle). Perhaps you desire to share a cake? We would be happy to create a small arrangement of flowers to sit atop your wedding cake.
As you can see, even an elopement/Zoom wedding can be as elaborate as you’d like it too be. The same is true for two other “creative accommodations” that have become popular or emerged in 2020.
The Micro Wedding – the micro wedding is a wedding with up to 50 guests. Traditionally the same as a 200-person wedding but smaller. Makes sense, right? If you have planned and budgeted for a 200-person wedding but are now pivoting to a micro wedding, this “pivot” would permit you to go bigger.
“Go bigger” in the terms of accommodations? Perhaps that destination wedding is now within reach.
“Go bigger” in the realm of the food that is served. Maybe the honey-jalapeno jam glazed prawn with grilled asparagus appetizer is now in your budget.
Or, as mentioned before, flowers! Hmm, wonder why I keep coming back to flowers…. With a smaller guest count, garden roses on the moongate arch are now within budget. The bridal bouquet can now include those luscious smelling peonies you remember Grandma growing when you were a kid (sans the ants).
The Macro Wedding – The macro wedding has a guest count of up to 10 guests. This means mom, dad, grandma, grandpa and your BFF can be in attendance, if you have a small family. However you slice it, the macro wedding is the next step-up from the Zoom wedding with your nucleus loved ones beside you in person.
Like the Micro Wedding, the macro wedding be as elaborate, or more so (if you are working with the same budget and fewer guests,) as a 200-guest wedding. The Macro allows for easier social distancing if that is an area mandate. Less people in a larger space and all that.
With both the micro and macro wedding formats, in addition to the ceremony flowers (aisle décor, ceremony focal point), personal flowers (bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres), you may also wish to include centerpieces for your guest tables. And don’t forget your cake – if you like cake that is. (Don’t worry, it’s your wedding day, you can have your cake and eat it too!) We would be happy to decorate your cake with beautiful flowers.
Whichever wedding “style” you choose – whether an intimate celebration in the form of an Elopement, Zoom, or Macro wedding, or if you decide to go a bit larger with a Micro wedding or even a full scale 200+ celebration, this day is about celebrating your love for each other.
I wish you the best, both in planning your special day and in your marriage. I would love to chat with you about your wedding. Let me know how I can help. You can contact me here. I love to make (flower) dreams a reality. (Psst.., I offer evening and select Saturday consultations.)
Photo credits: Stephanie DeMaagd Photography
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