Wedding Locations
Finding the perfect wedding location can be an exciting process. The entire world is at your fingertips. You could choose a destination wedding in Nepal, or a beachside wedding in Mexico. If you prefer cities, New York, Chicago and Arizona have a multitude of sites that offer views and atmosphere. Your wedding location will be part of the pictures. In fact, the location may play as large a part in how the pictures are taken as who is in them.
There are about as many styles of wedding locations as there are styles of wedding dress. You may choose to go with a period setting, or a beach setting. Think Renaissance or Gothic, indoor or outdoor. To help you narrow down your ideas consider using an idea board.
The way an idea board works is you find images, colors and quotes that appeal to you. Cut them out of magazines or take pictures of them. Once you have a good array, paste them onto a poster board. You can scatter them across randomly or you can place them according to color, style and importance. If you like an image of stained glass, pull that out and put it on your idea board. Once it’s filled with images, it’s time for the next step.
When your image board is filled, put it away for a few days or hours. You want to go back to it with a fresh sense. Now looking at it, are there any colors that seem to repeat themselves? Is there a color pattern of browns, tans and whites? Or are the colors across the idea board richer hues of reds and blues? This could be a great indicator as to what colors you should incorporate into your wedding design. Think about bridal bouquets, flower arrangements, lighting and invitations.
Once you’ve sifted through the colors, move onto style. Did you cut out pictures of buildings, or were all your pictures nature-based. When you let your mind go free without censoring it, you find the things that inspire and calm or excite you. If you love architecture, maybe a skyscraper would be the place to have your wedding. If Europe is a place you’ve dreamt of visiting or a place where you created amazing memories, then consider a European style villa for your wedding location.
If your idea of perfect is bare foot on a beach, or on a hillside covered in flowers, then choose a venue that has a reception area close to the outdoors, or is set on a ranch in Montana or Colorado.
While images are said to speak a thousand words, finding the right words to capture how you feel about your wedding is just as important. If there’s a word you want to use, or if there’s a feeling you want to convey of formality, or the depths of love, do an Internet search – “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery.”
There is a wedding location that suits every individual personality. Idea boards are a great way to narrow down your options. They are also great places to start a conversation with your future husband about his tastes and his ideas. You could each create your own idea board and then share it with each other.
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