While the wedding car has always featured in wedding photographs, retro cars and classics now seem to be the in-thing. If you’re wondering what all the rave about retro wedding cars is, this article is crafted to get you in the know.

 

What Makes Retro Cars Great Wedding Cars?

Great feeling

An elegant retro wedding car will assuredly give you the fairytale feeling. Little wonder it is a fast-rising trend. Retro cars are great to add excitement and spark to the wedding. Plus, you are bound to remember the special day you drove your bride across town in a shimmering retro car.

 

Aesthetics

If you’re looking for a way to bring an aesthetic touch to your wedding, a retro car is a safe way to go. Plus, retro cars look exquisite in pictures.

 

Theme

The show-stopping retro cars are perfect elements to reinforce your wedding theme.

 

They are unique

Having a retro wedding car is one way to stand out on your wedding day. They account for a statement-making entrance. Retro cars bring in color, fun and a nostalgic feel to your wedding. It is a sure way to have your guests focused on you as you arrive at your wedding venue.

 

How Do I Select the Right Retro Wedding Car?

Here are a few points to help you choose the perfect retro wedding car when selecting your wedding car.

 

Couple’s Outfit

As with choosing accessories, it is important that you consider the couple’s outfits and choose a car that suits it.

 

Wedding Color and Theme

Ensure that you select a car that matches the color scheme of your wedding and is in tune with the wedding concept. Your wedding car should reinforce your wedding theme, not look out of place.

 

What Will Be Done Thereafter 

Remember it is first a car. It is always a great choice to choose a car that suits your movement arrangements for the day. Considering the wedding venue and season is also a plus when choosing wedding cars.

 

Choose a well-known, professional leasing company

Where possible, go with a well-known car-leasing company. This way, you get quality information about the car you’re about to rent or purchase.

 

Set out early enough

Setting out early offers you ample time to consider numerous choices and make the best decision. Plus, if you’re renting a car, it affords you enough time to check the car in advance (a must-do when renting wedding cars).

 

Weather

In wet or cold seasons, you should book yourself a car that keeps you comfortably dry and has an effective heater.

 

It is your day and whatever you choose will reflect your style!

 

 

Featured photos: Filiz Mehmed on Unsplash ,Scott Webb on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

Over the centuries, colors have played crucial roles in celebrations and events. Wondering why weddings are now a celebration of colors? It is because of the tremendous effect of these priceless gems. This article is designed as a beginner guide to colorful weddings…

Why should I have a colorful wedding?

A colorful wedding brings together bright vibrant colors and bright colors carry life and fun.

What is the most important factor when planning a colorful wedding?

Color. As with the word “colorful” itself, a colorful wedding feeds on color.

 

How do I Plan a Colorful Wedding?

Here are some points we’ve found helpful with planning a colorful wedding…

 

Choose a color range

While you want to have a colorful wedding, you don’t want your venue to look like World Color War 1. You could choose a few bright colors and go well together. Then, build around these colors, an element per time.

 

Use colorful invitations

A great way to set the tone for a colorful wedding is to send out colorful invites. A colorful invite will not only prepare the guest for the event to come but will also align the chosen color themes from start.

[source: Guestbook Envy]

 

Adopt bright furniture

A colorful wedding is an overall effect of numerous elements, the furniture being a major piece. Using bright-colored furniture is an assured way to splash a bit of color into your event. Plus, colored and comfortable furniture pieces are great for pictures too.

 

Bring in the floral

An easy way to bring life and color to your event is to use flowers.  As with fabrics and home décor, brightly colored flowers bring in life and fun.  Hence, using flowers at your wedding will undoubtedly enhance the colorful outlook.

Small vases with brightly colored flowers are great options for long reception tables. Alternatively, you could simply use a flower wall.

[Source: Texture Florals]

 

Color the table

When planning a colorful wedding, every piece of furniture counts.

Color your tables with brightly colored linens, tablecloths, and napkins. Consider using colorful cups and plates. Have every piece on your tables bring in some color and your venue would be looking like a peaceful home of exciting colors in no time.

 

Serve colored drinks and food items

Again, every element matters. If you’re gunning for a colorful wedding, your wedding cake doesn’t have to be plain. You should have your cake made in fun colors. An alternative way to splash color on a plain cake is to have colorful fruits and flowers around it.

 

With colorful weddings, the little elements we often ignore go a long way. Have the little details bear fun colors and your wedding will be looking like a feast of colors in no time.

 

[Main photo – the amazing We Heart Pictures]

 

The conventional look for weddings in most cities remains the traditional white wedding dress and tuxedo. However, many couples have defiled this norm and established a new trend of denim-themed weddings. This article is designed to answer frequently asked questions on Denim and Weddings…

 

What weddings can denim be worn to?

While jeans are not commonly accepted outfits in most cities, you could make it the wanted outfit for yours. Have a denim-themed wedding and denim can be worn to your wedding.

 

Why wear denim to my wedding

Well, why not? Here are a few reasons why you might consider wearing denim on your big day…

 

Endless options

Denim provides endless options of styles and a wide range of possibilities. Available in different styles and colors, you have numerous options to pick from for your big day.

 

Durability

Denim is a long-lasting fabric. Originally designed as fabrics for work clothes, they could sometimes last for up to a decade. This means that you can wear your dress time and time again after your wedding making it a great investment. It is the only fabric that offers this much durability.

 

Style

From faded to very deep colors, denim is available across different saturations. So, you can select a shade you prefer. Denim can be carefully tailored to include detailed embroidery designs and prints. So whether you want the “simple and classy” look or you aim for the “bold and beautiful” trend, it’s great for both.

 

Comfortable

Not only is denim durable but it is also a comfortable material. With the wide variety of brands, it is easy to find comfortable jeans. You could also have your outfits custom-made for you.

 

Easy to maintain

Unlike other fabrics that require consistent washing and delicate care, denim is much easier to maintain. Denim is the least difficult of clothing materials to maintain though the attention required might vary depending on your dress.

 

Wrinkle resistant

While you want to look great at your wedding, you don’t want to spend ages on laundry and ironing. Not only is the denim durable but it is also wrinkle resistant. So, you don’t have to worry about ironing after every wash.

 

Versatile

Denim is a perfect base for most outfits and pairing them with accessories is not only fun but extremely easy. Take your denim wedding dress a step higher with the right jewelry. Diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires? With denim, all is a perfect match.

 

 

But I want to wear a wedding gown

You could wear a denim wedding gown if you so delight.  Here are a few denim gowns…

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If you want to take this trend in smaller bites…

You can always start with an accessory or two such as this gorgeous denim brooch …

 

 

… or the wedding denim jackets trend!

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It used to be the case that a wedding cake was an absolute essential on the wedding-day-event list, but times have changed and nowadays we see (and LOVE) gorgeous, yummy, surprising wedding cake alternatives. Gluten-free, sugar-free, cake-free… they’re all there, and we’ve picked some of the real surprising ones to share with you:

 

I Love You Brie Much

No sweet tooth? No problem. Wedding cheese cakes (not cheesecakes, cheese cakes!) and cheese boards There are plenty of savory wedding cake options out there. You’d be surprised to know just how much cheese and cheese plates are a huge trend these days – so why not bring this deliciousness to your special day?

[photo: Tomkat Studio]

 

Slice Slice Baby

Someone to love us like we love pizza. And we’re not alone here, you know that. Take this endless, unconditional love (well, pineapple might change that) and turn it into a pizza wedding cake. Your guests will always remember that you both share a pizza of your heart.

[photo: @toddgoodphoto]

 

Rice Krispies Cake

Rice Kripsies treats wedding cake surely brings back childhood favorites into your special day. Your guests’ emotions of nostalgia and memories of childhood delight, will be a wonderful addition to a past-meets-future kind of moment.

[source: Pinterest]

 

Pancakes and Waffles Cakes

Talking about childhood memories in the previous section made us look for other breakfast table wedding cake alternatives, and we’ve found this yummy version of breakfast waffles wedding cake. Perfect for current Brunch Weddings, we kind of want to get married and buried in this cake.

[photo: @WaffleLUV]

 

 

It’s that time of the year again when the Pantone Institute’s color of the year is on everybody’s lips, wish-lists and, why not, wedding decor. If you’re new to this trend, know that each year, we get a new color trend to fuss over, and 2020 is all about ‘Classic Blue’.

In music, a classic is defined as a piece that can’t be changed, permanent and exact. Something that stands through time. This year is about regaining stability and going back to classics. The Classic Blue shade is a symbol of calm, confidence and connection, exactly what future brides need for their engagement party or wedding gala. A color to embrace so as to cross the threshold into the new decade with style. 

“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on. Imbued with a deep resonance, Classic Blue provides an anchoring foundation. A countless blue evocative of vast and infinite evening sky, Classic Blue encourages us to look beyond the obvious to expand our thinking; challenging us to think more deeply, increase our perspective and open the flow of communication.” – Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute. 

 

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, you can use this shade for both fashion and beauty, but also decorations. Discover more about this timeless color in our easy guide below.

 

How to use it in your engagement/wedding

We invite you to bring a lot of honest colors to your engagement and wedding events. This is a time to invest in people and connection, to make everlasting memories and celebrate love. Love for each other and for everything that surrounds you. 

Classic blue in fashion is a symbol of elegance and simplicity. You can add it to your look as something to keep the fun tradition, like an accessory or even a precious piece of jewelry. You can add it to your party with the future groom’s suit, or even with a gown for bridesmaids, or for one of the mothers – the groom’s or the bride’s. A fun touch could be that the bridesmaids all wear blue earrings or nails, while all the groomsmen wear blue socks or pocket squares.

[image source: French Touch Photography]

 

Another way to add the Classic Blue shade to your party is through your wedding invitations or wedding day decor. The napkins could be blue, the menu could also be blue or little accents here and there – chair bows, balloons are some examples.

[image source: Belly1Husband]

 

Know that another big color trend this year is brown, and blue and brown make quite the pair. If brown flowers aren’t on the list, talk with a specialist and they will guide you. Other color harmonies to check out are a mix of warm Pantone shades like Baby Blue, Monument, Stucco, Peach Quartz and Cornhusk. This is perfect if you’re into soft shades, but if you’re into glitz and glamour, discover Silver-plated, Glitteratti, Aluminium Foil, Two Penny and Pixie.

 

[image source: Minted]

 

Last, but definitely not least, blue in jewelry. We want to invite you to check out our blue pieces and to discover how adding blue in your look can be with blue diamonds – nature or man-made, but also with gemstones like Sapphire, Kyanite, Lapis Lazuli and Zircon for dark blue, Topaz and Aquamarine for lighter shades.

 

 

What do you think about Pantone’s classic blue for 2020? And how would you choose to add blue to your special day?

 

 

Winter is the most popular season to get engaged. Summer is the most likely one to actually get hitched. The average length of an engagement is somewhere between 12-18 months. These are a few tidbits you have to know before getting engaged. If you’re looking for more, check out the engagement guide below: the biggest trends for 2020.

The year 2020 has a lovely touch to it. In Chinese culture, it’s the year of the rat. This is a symbol of wealth to which married couples prayed when they wanted to grow their families. But there’s more to 2020 than zodiacs.

Mark 2020 with your personality
The biggest 2020 trend is the couple’s personality. The new generation doesn’t want to abide all the rules. They want to have fun and create memories, not go overboard with trends like the right colors and themes when it comes to weddings. As for the engagement affair, they’re most likely to do it privately or elope sort-to-speak.

There’s nothing wrong with making it easy for yourself and picking from every category what suits you best. 2020 is the year Pantone Institute will likely dedicate to shades of blues and greens or something between, like the ocean if you want a theme for your engagement or wedding party.

 

 

 

Sustainable trends
Modern couples are thinking more and more about our planet. They are more inclined to work with companies that use local goods, from food and drinks to flowers and decor. Millennials might even like to wear second-hand outfits. They want recycled paper for wedding invitations and donating their gifts to a charity. One thing that’s not changing when it comes to the “I DO DAY” is the cake. The trends for this part of the party are getting bigger by the year. Cake artists are turning this dessert into dramatic art from edible flowers to mountains of cupcakes. There’s a slice for every taste out there.

 

 

A natural bride-to-be
When it comes to the bride or the engagement party dress, 2020 brings a mix of classic elegance and glamour. You can pick a retro look, a simple white dress with no embellishments, but with pockets, or you can even go for a suit jacket. The veil is gaining a lot of popularity, as for the hair, specialists recommend leaving it as natural as possible. Add flowers, pearl headbands, ribbons, or hippie braids to enhance your beautiful traits.
To complement the look, the engagement ring trends tend to be as special. Couples want more history, than modern. More yellows, cushion cuts and hand-mined diamonds, than movie-star choices.

 

 

 

2020 is all about jewelry impact with Georgian-inspired models, instead of minimalist ones. Of course, if you don’t want a big stone, you can opt for a band with more petite stones. If you can, reinvent old pieces or invest in vintage rings to be as sustainable as you can. Don’t be afraid to use colors to make your ring stand out, go for purples, pinks, greens, blues, and even blacks. 

Have a wonderful 2020!