Do's and Don'ts For Your Wedding Decor

I have noticed that a lot of brides are cutting cost and doing a lot of the decorations on their own.  This is great.  If you are creative and a do it your self-er.  As a designer, I would like to advise you on what NOT to do when you are decorating your wedding on your own.
First I would like to give you the steps in creating the perfect design for your table.
1.Choose your color palette.  Pick three colors for the main theme of your design.  Make one color your main color, the secondary color and then your accent color.  You can have more colors than this, but make one of these your main color that you use most of.
2.Pick a theme.  Do you want the classic, modern, or sassy bride theme.  This will help you a lot on choosing the style of flowers and colors that you want for your wedding.
3.Pick your linen colors before your pick your flowers.  If you have a pink linen and then put pink on your table with the flowers, you then have too much pink and everything begins to blend together.  If you choose a pink linen, try a different shade of pink for the flowers and mix it up with greens, whites and even some reds which will make the table hit a new level of elegant.
4. Always know your budget.  Always tell your designer or yourself your budget, so you don't have higher expectations of what you can have verses what you want.

Okay, now to the Don't of designing your wedding.
If you insist on doing everything yourself, here are a few tips in doing it with style.

(The picture on the right, is an example of an arrangement that is not balanced or elegant for a centerpiece at a wedding)
1. Never use silk flowers from Wal-Mart.  Always go to a reputable shop like Michael's or Napa Valley.  Take a floral arranging class.  Taking a bunch of flowers and sticking them into a vase is not necessarily pretty.  You really need to learn how to place them in a balanced way so the table looks pleasant to the eye.

(Courtesy of silkweddingflowersideas.com
these centerpieces are also in silk, but created from nicer silks and put together with balance and texture)








2. I know times are hard, but you should always weigh in the factor that all of your time is going to be spent on creating your centerpieces, creating your favors, creating your invitations, and setting up everything before the wedding.  It is great that you will have family and friends there to help you, but you need to consider
the fact that this is your wedding.  You are suppose to be relaxed, pampered and rested.  Your family is suppose to enjoy the day with you, not be your slave.  Factor in all of your time, all of the materials that you need to create all of the DIY items.  Your time is worth money also.  Look at your budget.  I bet if you calculate everything together, you will find that you can hire someone for the same price to do all of the things that you really don't want to do, but are going to, to save maybe 5%.  All vendors, are willing to work with your budget.  A phone call to these vendors won't hurt, especially if it can save you time and give you a more relaxed and beautiful day spent with family and your future husband.  Check out all of my links at the top of this page for the vendors that I trust to help you create your perfect day and help you save money in the long run.