So this is another post I have been planning out in my head for probably a week now. I guess sometimes life gets the best of me and I run out of time to blog + instead sometimes I choose sleep, which obviously is not a bad thing to do considering lately I have been feeling slightly under the weather. But that's besides the point because I'm sure you don't want to hear about my runny nose + ear wax...
Last night I completed Part 1 of Making Things Happen Goal Setting (you can read that post
here). So the 3rd step in part 1 was writing about what fires you up, and I listed off several things that get me excited but I want to expand on that a little more because I think this is really important in what inspires me to be a wedding & event designer. I can't think of much that makes me more fired up and excited than a wedding or engagement session that is not just pretty but that tells a story. Of course I love the pretty don't get me wrong, but when you can inject a part of your relationship, personalities, what you like to do together into your wedding and make it unique and have it really scream, _____'s & _____'s wedding! I mean that is some awesome stuff. That is what I strive to do while helping bride's and groom's design their perfect wedding. Because that is the wedding that you and your guests are going to remember afterwards.
Now after my blabbing on about what makes me fired up... I want to challenge you future brides and grooms to get creative (or if you hire me then let me get creative for you but you have to help). I challenge you and your fiance to really try to hone in on what makes your relationship special and unique. Here's some questions to get you going...
1. What do you like to do? Together and by yourself?
2. What do you love about your fiance?
3. What things
fire you up? (This can be anything really... gold spray paint? ghost furniture? garden roses? Taylor Swift? anything & everything that makes you smile, makes you happy, makes you excited for life.)
4. How did you meet?
5. Where was your first date?
6. What is one of your favorite memories together?
7. What movie do you love to watch together?
8. When and where did you know you loved each other?
9. What was your best vacation together?
10. How did he propose?
See... the answers to these questions might just reveal how you can make your wedding unique. Say for example your fiance loves to brew beer, so why not have home brewed beer as favors for your guests. Or say your favorite movie you guys watch together is James Bond, so why not have a James Bond themed movie? Or what if you both knew it was true love while camping at Lake Tahoe, insert camping themed wedding at Lake Tahoe. Etc. etc. etc. These are not real examples... But I mean I would be so down if some clients came to me and said okay we want a James Bond themed wedding. Now for picture time of things I love that fire me up!!!
I know, lots of randomness but lots of things that make me happy and inspire me. Including two things we did: our geometric garland for our last
shoot at the
Jepson Center and the antler escort card display I designed for our styled shoot two days at
Whitefield Chapel in Savannah!!! That was a real labor of love... tying up those antlers and making sure they're the perfect height using fishing line and a ladder was not easy. I almost fell off that ladder twice since the ground was uneven and I got that fishing line so tangled up in that tree it isn't even funny. Well it kind of is really funny... But anyway, hope this inspires some of you brides and grooms out there to get personal when coming up with how you want your wedding to look!!! Have a great Wednesday everyone! Part 2 of my goal setting coming tonight.
{Photo Credits} Ghost Chair with Sheepskin Fur via
Style Me Pretty // Cactuses via
Emma Dime //
Southern Weddings Magazine //
Weddings Unveiled Magazine // Flowers via
Snippet and Ink, photography by
Stylish & Hip Weddings // Yarn Wrapped Bottles via
Awesome Craft Pins // Floral Halo + Horse via
Chic Sprinkles // Gold Dinosaurs via
The Glitter Guide, photography by
Sarah Yates // Jennifer Lawrence via
Gioia Magazine May 2012 // Antlers via Styled Shoot by
Simply Savannah Events and
Ever Thine Vintage Rentals, photography by
Lone Pine Photography // Geometric Garland via
Ruffled Blog, photography by
Izzy Hudgins // Ace Hotel wedding via
100 Layer Cake, photography by
Max Wanger
