6 Basic Rules For a Modern Wedding

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Ready to start planning your dream day?

Toss out those notions you may have about how things “should” be done—you know, the traditional rules handed down from generations past that require you to invite all of your parents’ friends and serve a fancy sit-down dinner in a hotel ballroom or at a banquet hall.

While it’s true that a wedding with those elements will never go out of style, it’s okay to change the rules a little, or even a lot, to suit your style as a twenty-first-century couple. Check out the new set of guidelines brides and grooms are following today.

Check out the new and improved ways modern couples are creating unique, thoroughly personal events.

Rule- 1 -Express yourselves:-

Simply Design a wedding that’s uniquely yours.

For instance, If you and your future hubby share a love of all things Italian? Have your party at your favorite Italian restaurant, Hire an accordion player to entertain guests as they eat, and ask your baker to design a cake that looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Another very personal idea:-

Incorporate elements of your cultural heritage into the big day.

For instance, Sutherland helped plan the wedding of a bride with Vietnamese roots to a groom whose family originally hailed from Ireland. The reception menu included classic Irish dishes like potato-leek soup and beef Wellington.

Rule-2-Make the day about the people who matter to you:-

“Couples want to celebrate with the people they really care about, those who will still be in their lives 15 years from now,”

Tailor your guest list to reflect the true VIPs in your life, whether that’s 20 people or 200.

Rule-3-Get guests mingling:-

By creating a club-like atmosphere in your reception room, or an open seating to encourage your friends and family to move around freely.

Just be sure to place “reserved” signs on tables where you and your groom, the bridal party and both sets of parents will sit.

Another option if your wedding isn’t too big: Go with “royal banquet seating,” where everyone sits at one long table.

Rule-4- Save time and enjoy your own party!

you absolutely must greet each guest personally and thank him or her for coming to your wedding. But there are clever ways to handle your hosting responsibilities, without leaving even a bite of enjoying your carefully chosen wedding meal.

First, take as many of your “posed” photos as possible before the ceremony, so that you can attend the cocktail party along with everyone else.

Also, consider forgoing a receiving line as mingling with guests at the cocktail hour is much better.

There are some few time-saving moves you can make to enjoy your party fully, like Visiting guest tables between courses so you can eat along with everyone else, or Sneaking in a few twirls on the dance floor.

Rule-5-Get creative with your decor:-

Dazzle the party-goers with sophisticated, even surprising, details.

When you’re planning the color scheme, think beyond basic pastel pink or blue and try one of these chic combos: chocolate brown, beige and sky blue; grass green and white or cream; or apple green and hot pink. For your centerpieces, instead of having bunches of flowers arranged in glass vases, consider placing one or two solid-colored blooms in three small, geometric-shaped, colorful containers on each table—the look is sleek and sophisticated.

Ask your florist to fill bowls with exotic fruit, or arrange to have pillar candles of varying heights placed at the center of each table; you can scatter confetti or jelly beans around those groupings.

Delight and entertain your guests with some unusual, special elements. For instance, ask your planner to arrange for an ice “luge” at the bar—guests will enjoy watching the bartender pour a drink down this ice “slide” in order to chill it.

Rule-6-Take your show on the road:-

A hometown wedding can be beautiful and have a lot of sentimental appeal. But nowadays Brides and Grooms are picking places that have personal significance to them, It might be the spot where they met or got engaged, or a place they’ve always dreamed of visiting together. Some couples dream of exchanging “I dos” barefoot in the sand—on a Hawaiian or Caribbean island.

Whatever destination you choose, think about what the locale has to offer your guests and be sure to factor in how easy it will be for the majority of your guests to travel there, whether by car or airplane.

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