How To Design Your Dream Wedding Like A Designer

If you are in the process or planning your wedding, or perhaps if you've just begun to plan your wedding, you may have the perfect wedding design already set in your mind. You probably have all the details worked out - lush centerpieces, gorgeous fabrics, even the "right" lighting for your reception. It's great that you have decided upon all the particulars, but how do you convey your wedding vision to your vendors so that they know exactly what you want?

While it is great to know what you want, sometimes trying to place your dream wedding into words can be difficult. Let's take for example your wedding flowers. What if your wedding vision calls for purple orchids and that's exactly what you tell your florist. But did you know there are over 25,000 different types of orchids in the world? What if the florist picks something different than what you envisioned?

The easiest way to communicate your wedding day desires is to not only tell your vendors what you want, but to also show them what you want. Great interior designers plan rooms around what they call "design boards". In case you are not familiar with the term, a design board is a piece of foam board, cardboard, or poster board which contains pictures, swatches, fabrics and materials which will be incorporated into the design.

Design boards are easy to make. Finally you will have a place to put all those wedding magazine clippings you have been saving! Just purchase a few sturdy boards (how large will depend on how many pictures or items you need to place on them) and glue sticks. Make a design board for each vendor who will need to be shown what you are looking for. You should make a design board for your wedding dress, the reception location, the baker, the florist, even one for hairstyles and makeup!

If you show your vendors exactly what you are looking for, they will know exactly what you want; providing you the perfect dream wedding you are envisioning.

Erica Tevis is the owner of Little Things Wedding Favors. Visit them on the web and check out their large supply of wedding favors, themed favors, invitations, and wedding accessories.