Wedding Wisdom: Rustic Decor
Since 2013 is my year of wedding planning (or I should say
my final year of wedding planning,
because what girl hasn’t been
planning their wedding since they were old enough to walk and hold flowers), I
have determined to dedicate a few of my blog posts this year to that which
consumes my life. My first wedding
reflection: rustic themes and trends.
We see these elements everywhere in the wedding planning
realm – mason jars, twine, chalk boards, mismatched glassware, wild flowers,
bridesmaids in boots, the list goes on!
Here are some examples from Pinterest:
I can’t help but ask myself, what is with this infatuation
with Rustic? Is it an attempt to get away from pompous
formalities and expectations in an effort to display one’s creative side? Is Rustic a movement toward keeping
things simple, perhaps to draw the attention away from the things and toward the people,
which is what a celebration is all about after all? Or is Rustic simply a way of honoring nature and showing
one’s love for the outdoors?
Rustic, by definition, is unsophisticated. But is it possible to establish a
balance? For my wedding I would like to create an elegant,
sophisticated atmosphere with just a touch of rustic, which I think represents
our personalities. Our wedding
will be a formal event, as I believe weddings should be, but the outdoors are
an important foundation of my relationship with Jaycob. (He proposed during a hike, after
all!) Here are some ideas for
incorporating an outdoor feel into an elegant wedding event:
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