5 Ways to Make your Micro Wedding Distinctive
2020 is surely the year we never expected and now Micro Weddings are a new way to celebrate. Most of our couples are postponing their big wedding plans for another year but keeping their original date to still celebrate in a new micro way!
The 5 Ideas below are a unique way to keep the designs for your Micro Wedding fresh and fun, while still anticipating your larger celebration in the future.
Choose a Different Color Palette
Your dreams for an all-white wedding have been put on delay, now is the time to add that pop of pink you were secretly crushing! A great way to mix it up for your Micro Wedding is to infuse new colors into the design plan. Have fun and be bold with your color choices. As a much smaller event, a Micro Wedding is the perfect time to be playful with color. A difference in colors between your Micro Wedding and Postponed Wedding will also keep both parties aesthetically separate and allow you to fondly look back on their differences.
2. Celebrate the Season
Maybe your original plans were in July and now you’re looking at December. Have fun with that fact! Go all out with red berries, pine needles, gold ribbon, and twinkle lights. Design-wise, celebrate the things that make each season so unique. Fall gives us a rich color palette with deep reds, oranges, rust tones, moody purples, and peachy pinks. Think about incorporating natural elements like leaves, bark, and moss. For Winter, metallics are a beautiful and sophisticated way to nod to the season without feeling too themed. Go for mercury glass vases in either silver or gold with soft candlelight. Winter also provides a nice outfit change, now is the time to dust off your grandmother’s old mink stole. For Spring, add greenery like frilly ferns and trailing ivy. Springtime flowers like daffodils, tulips, hyacinth, and lily of the valley are a lush choice. For Summer, take advantage of outdoor spaces with a statement flower wall or grand archway. In June, celebrate early summer’s gift of luscious peonies, or fanciful ranunculus all summer through.
3. Choose Different Blossoms
Another great way to mix it up is to choose alternative blossoms from your original design plan. You can keep the same color palette for both events but play with blossom texture for a signature look on both days. In floral design we are always considering texture as a major design element. For example, look how aesthetically different the bouquets below are even though they have the same creme and white color palette.
4. Go with a Theme
Your Micro Wedding is the perfect opportunity to lean into a theme. Talk about fun! Focusing around a theme is a great way to give your vision direction. With a much smaller guest list (if any!) it’s the perfect time to creatively splurge on the little details. Think about elements like special vaseware, signature linens, and custom calligraphy that will bring your Micro Wedding to a whole new level. There are many themes that are fun yet sophisticated. We love Art Deco, Whimsical, Nautical, Bohemian, & Vintage among many.
5. Stick with the Plan (A Taste of What’s to Come)
The alternative choice is not to have an alternative choice. You can always stick to your original design plan and pull in the elements that you need for your Micro Wedding. The fun part of this is that you get a taste of your broader vision. It’s the perfect test run before your big wedding. In keeping the same design plan, both events will be more visually cohesive. If you want a teensy bit of variation between the two events, change up the scale of things. Opt for the same blossoms but maybe a smaller bouquet or on the flip side, make your 2 tables a high centerpiece version of your low centerpiece design plan. Nevertheless, it can be fun to see your favorite design elements play out in two very different settings.
Whatever your vision or decision, remember to have fun. During such a difficult time, it is so important to celebrate love. For the moment our traditional way to celebrate has changed, but we’ve all discovered new ways to keep celebrating love.