How to Create Your Own Dream Wedding

How to Create Your Own Dream Wedding
By January Mae Tan
Wedding Planner - Cebu, Bohol, Manila

Create a Dream Journal

Capture your dreams for your wedding via a dream journal or a mood board. This could be a corkboard on your room that you tack up pictures to, a clearbook file of pictures that appeal to you, a private photo album in Multiply, or even a blog that you share with your friends.

Add in photos, textiles, samples of anything that appeal to you, like feathers, old lace, sinamay, colored sand or coconut bark. Also add in old invitations that you like, pictures of cakes, bouquets and centerpieces.

Your guiding principle is to: collect, then select. Capture anything that appeals to you. Don’t edit yourself, don’t limit yourself to your budget.

This is a dream journal, not a planner. Allow your creativity, imagination and impulses to have free rein.

Choose a Theme

Now that you have a wide range of pictures and materials to work with, find a running thread to all the items that you have picked out. Your theme is something that you can use to guide you in designing your cake, invitations, decors, giveaways, makeup, and gown designs among others.

Remember to choose a theme that reflects your personalities.

One of my couples met and fell in love in a Japanese company and decided to have a Japanese-inspired wedding. Sakura blossoms graced the front of their invitations and the sides of their cake. The entourage wore gowns with obi-sashes. The bridal cake was topped by a Japanese couple in bridal ensemble. Authentic chopsticks and tea sets were gifted to the guests.

If you are a fun-loving couple who like to think outside the box, you can choose a whimsical theme and have a pop-up invitation, personalized bubbleheads for your giveaways, miniature caricature dolls for your cake topper and bridal car decors.

Brainstorm

Now, that you have a chosen your theme, bring your working dream journal or mood board with you and show it to your fiancé, parents, wedding planner and friends who are recent brides.

Also show this to your preferred partners such as your florist, baker, invitation maker. Listen closely to their advise. Ask questions to determine which of your ideas is feasible on your budget and applicable to your venue. A beach-themed cake design may not be appropriate for a garden reception.

Throw the Rulebook Out

After brainstorming with family and friends, it is important to remember that this is still your wedding day and not theirs. If you want to have that beach-themed cake at a garden reception, go ahead. If you want to wear sneakers with your bridal gown, go ahead. It is your wedding day, go ahead live it up!


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