SUMMER LOVIN Our summer wedding is fast approaching, and we’d love to incorporate the time of year into our décor. Do you have any ideas on how to style the space? First of all, incorporating your wedding season into your décor is a smart move and one that we always encourage our couples to embrace! We find that the day’s seasonal lighting, weather and overall vibe are hugely affected by the time of year. To complement this, choosing appropriate décor is worth doing! While many couples opt for modern, breezy and light summer décor, we encourage you to consider a more vibrant and deep colour palette. This summer, we’ve seen dark fuchsia, vibrant purples, lime and yellow used against ivory and blush pink, creating a stunning representation of the season. You can pair this palette with rustic oak or wooden accents for a rustic summer wedding or with twinkling glassware and gold for a touch of luxury. To soften the look, consider enhancing the lighting in your venue with string lights, festoon lighting or round hanging paper lanterns that match your colour scheme. One of our favourite décor ideas is filling your tables with freshly cut fruits nestled among foliage and floral arrangements. Fruits like blood oranges, grapefruit, grapes, apples, pomegranates, kumquats and figs add a pop of colour and texture to your tables while serving as unique and interactive favours for your guests. They can enjoy the fruits throughout the evening or in between courses, sparking conversations and adding to the overall ambience of your wedding. Laura and Liz | These Two Only https://thesetwoonly2018.wixsite.com/these-two-only IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME We’re planning a Christmas-themed wedding, but we’re not sure where to start with the planning. Do you have any ideas? A Christmas-themed wedding can be magical, so bring that into your day! Firstly, start with your budget; talk about how much you want to spend on your wedding day, as this is a big factor, and then it’s time to start getting ideas together for the colours, style and how you would like your day to look. Pinterest can help you here. Once you have both decided on that, hunt for a venue within your budget that will fit that vibe; the setting does help bring the theme together. After booking, hunt for a team who’ll bring the theme to life. All suppliers have different styles, so you must choose the ones that fits your vibe. If you find the planning process overwhelming or need help finding suitable suppliers, consider hiring a wedding planner. They have a vast network of recommended companies and can help you find the perfect ones for your day. They’ll keep in touch with the suppliers and can provide you with wonderful ideas for the style of your wedding, making the process much smoother and less stressful. Chloe Kettle | Daffodil Event Planning www.daffodileventplanning.co.uk COSY AUTUMN DAYS We’re having an autumn wedding and want to incorporate our theme into our flowers. Do you have any suggestions? Autumn is a magical time for a wedding with crisp blue skies, warm and rich colours in the leaves changing colour, beautiful soft sunlight and pictureperfect sunsets. If you’d like to capture autumn in your ceremony, consider reds, golds and burnt oranges amongst the colours for your wedding flowers, with lots of texture to reflect the changes in nature at this time of year. These colours can be complemented beautifully with jewel tones for table dressings and bridesmaids’ dresses. The heroes of autumn blooms are dahlias, which flower from early autumn until the first frost and come in a beautiful range of colours and shapes, from the plate-sized Café Au Lait to the small dainty pom-pom varieties perfect for buttonholes or pocket meadows. Other flowers at this time of year, such as sedums, rudbeckia, asters, snapdragons and chrysanthemums, provide a fantastic backdrop for the striking dahlias. Adding texture to autumnal wedding flowers will bring the season inside. Sturdy bronze copper beech leaves, ferns and spiky rich echinacea cones will bring depth in colour and texture. Why not introduce some of these elements as a centrepiece along with tactile moss, shiny fresh apples or pears and a rich velvet fabric? Perhaps use log slices or tree stumps to stand candles in hurricane vases. Another way to add texture is to mix dried flowers with fresh blooms, which may be in each arrangement or include showstopping touches, such as a dried flower cloud, arch, wreaths or a flower wall. With the evenings coming earlier, candles can be a beautiful way to illuminate any space. If real candles aren’t allowed, LED versions are a great option. Natural feathers again add texture and can be a real statement in bouquets; the colours of feathers, such as pheasant, again reflect warm autumnal hues and add a boho feel to arrangements. If the weather is good, why not get married outside to embrace the season? What could be a better backdrop for saying your vows than nature’s rich colour palette? Allyson Martin | Bloomery | www.bloomery.co.uk SEASONAL SPLENDOUR www.dcphotographic.co.uk www.amandaforman.co.uk EXPERT ADVICE 69
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