Oh the internet! The internet changed the world of event planning several years ago by making it much easier for brides and grooms to find information about venues, vendors, products as well as advice about planning and etiquette. While it's such an amazing tool that you can use to search for ANYTHING that you want or need for your wedding, there is the issue of too much information.
As soon as the engagement ring is on your finger, most brides are bombarded with information. Instead of a few magazines that you could look at and pull photos from, now there are weddings blogs that are updated on a daily basis with new ideas! new dresses! new designs! It can be quite overwhelming!
Pinterest is an amazing site and can be a great resource for ideas and for the organization of your ideas; gone are the days of bringing your "inspiration binder" to meetings, now you can send a link to your Pinterest board to your planner, designer and friends.
Just beware of Pinterest and wedding blog overload by following my advice below:
1) FIND YOUR STYLE
It's important that you find your style when planning your wedding. There are always options to combine two or more "themes" (I love juxtaposition!) but you don't want your wedding to feel pieced together or scattered, cohesion is important.
Additionally, there are many trends in wedding design, certain colors become popular for a period of time, styles of arrangements, types of venues, etc. If you are not a "vintage chic" bride, don't feel like you need a "vintage chic" wedding because that is what you are viewing online, view a variety of blogs and websites so you can find your personal style.
2) EDIT
After you gather all of the photos that catch your eye, take a good look at them, see what themes and trends seem to jump out at you. As you're doing this, there will definitely be photos that do not seem to "fit", remove those photos or add them to another pin board, they may come in handy later, but you want to avoid idea overload.
3) PERSONALIZING YOUR WEDDING
There are a million of cute ideas out there for personalizing your wedding, you want to make sure that you choose the accents that are personal to you, not just something you viewed online and thought was cute. Also remember that less is often more, if there is too much going on, wedding guests won't notice the accents that you a) spent time selecting and b) most likely spent part of your wedding budget on.
4) PINNING PHOTOGRAPHY IDEAS
Keep this in mind - the best photos are always the spontaneous ones! While there are a million great photos on these blogs, websites and pin boards, keep in mind that most are these photos were spontaneous, not planned. There are some great ideas of cute photos you can take of your bridesmaids getting ready in robes or tshirts or groomsmen and their socks, use these for ideas, but don't become obsessed with re-creating someone else's photos. Be yourself and trust your photographer and you'll have your amazing photos that someone else will want to copy for their wedding!
5) HAVE FUN WITH IT!
Remember this is supposed to be fun, I often hear from brides that are overwhelmed by all of the information out there. Go with your gut feeling and if you need help, send your Pinterest board to your wedding planner and designer and we can help you narrow everything down.
