Put Your Look Together...With a Design Board!

When you’re planning a wedding, developing ideas, details and colors, often times it is hard to imagine what your wedding will look like when it is all put together. After suffering through the same dilemma myself, I put together a design board – basically a foam core board with pictures of all your ideas put together in one spot.

My Ceremony Design Board

While it’s not actually seeing your wedding all together, it helps to give you a pretty good idea of how it will all come together; the colors…bridesmaid dresses, groomsmen outfits; the details….flowers, favors, centerpieces, linens, napkin fold….all those little things.

Be sure to include the types and specific colors of the flowers you are hoping to include, a picture of your ceremony and reception location, table signs, place cards, favors, signature cocktails, wedding cake, etc on the design board. You can also do one board for your ceremony and one for your reception as well as any pre-wedding parties you may be hosting.

My Reception Design Board

For a destination bride, this small step can be especially helpful. The design board will help your wedding planer and florist get a better feel for what you are looking for and the feel of your wedding from the design board as well.

Once you’ve put all the puzzle pieces together from the pictures you've compiled off the internet and the early images your florist has sent, send it off to your planner and florist for their thoughts and recommendations to complete the look.

A design board is also a fun way to show your bridal party and parents what they are in for! Send the pictures off to them to get them excited to be a part of your big day!