If you follow bridal and style magazines, you are sure to have noticed our 2016 Wedding Look of the Year theme, Romance & Glamour resonating through everything from invitations to décor and styles. As our Alaskan summer and wedding season draws near and 2016 brides are adding finishing touches, we thought the timing perfect to revisit ways you can incorporate elements of this beautiful style on your big day.
Adding a touch of romance and a hint of glamour to your wedding is much easier than you may think and can certainly be done on a budget. Yes, even the brides clinging to “rustic” can up their game by adding in glamorous accents. Need a little inspiration? We can help! Here are a few easy ways to add instant Romance & Glamour to your event décor:
Up the glamour with metallic accents. Try gold or bronze accents to compliment warmer colors and silver for cooler. Add shimmer to table settings and floral arrangements by tucking in mercury glass candle holders or metallic ribbons. Use a metallic charger, add a foil embossed menu card, and tiny metallic picture frames for table numbers to set an elegant table. Continuing your metal of choice to your own bridal accents is a subtle way to keep the glamour going. Try a metallic shoe, beautiful buttons that gleam, and a glamorous hair accessory.
Compliment the romance of your event with crystal accents. Don’t stop at a simple chair cover. Adding a crystal accent is a lovely way to elevate the romance. Try hanging crystals from centerpieces, use them as table and place setting accents, or hang a few crystal beaded curtains as a romantic backdrop for ceremony, reception or photo booth. Add a lovely crystal beaded sash to your dress for instant glamour! An online search will turn up inexpensive crystal look-alikes in various sizes for you to create your perfect vision.
Unless you are a professional designer or event coordinator, you may overlook the importance of lighting. Sure, you may not be able to do much with the overall lighting of an outdoor wedding in Alaska in July (land of the Midnight Sun and all…) but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve it! Think of the softness and romantic quality of a lovely sunset, the joy and warmth of Christmas lights, the quiet of candlelight, and the feeling of expectancy of a morning sunrise. Lighting often plays a key role in setting a mood! Add romance by tucking fairy lights into and around table settings, hang twinkle lights and paper lanterns from trees, and ask your DJ to up-light trees, columns, floral walls, the side of a building, or other taller structures with lights in your theme colors. A little creative lighting can go a long way!
We can’t think of a better day to celebrate looking and feeling your most romantic and glamorous!
Missed the January 2016 launch of Romance & Glamour? Catch up here. We look forward to seeing how you incorporate some of these elements into your wedding day!
Happy Planning!
Sharon and Laura
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