Of all the senses, this topic has a lot of different layers! You want to find the ways to engage and delight your sense of sight.
You want your wedding to reflect your relationship and your life together.
It may be a cool and calming white, or it may be a hot and startling red.
But whatever it is, it should be who you are! This is important: Part of what helps wedding ceremonies be effective is their ability to grab hold of emotions and develop tentacles which stretch into your future and continually connect you to that day of magical promises.
So emphasizing the senses, something that connects mind, body and spirit, strengthens the bonds from wedding ceremony to marriage.
The more opportunities you have in your marriage to remember why you married your partner, and what you felt like when you made those promises, the more likely your marriage will keep developing and deepening.
Our minds are built for connections! Why not let them work for you? Here are some ways to rejoice in your eyes' ability to feast! First: color.
The richest weddings in terms of color over which I've presided have had either Korean or Indian partners.
The dresses, flowers and hangings have all been simply saturated with color.
Each has been gorgeous.
I grew up with a mom who painted in oils and used a similar palette around the home, so I love saturated colors.
It's not often that people dare to use brilliant color at their wedding ceremonies or receptions.
Maybe because I'm a Middle-Aged Broad, er Bride, the thing I felt the clearest about were the colors and the depth of them.
There is, it must be said, a fair amount of drama in my make-up...
so even if I had done white, I would have had to contrast it with black! But instead I chose turquoise (the Evans family color -- quite possibly decided upon because that's the color of a summer swimming pool! And every Evans looks good in a pool!), fushsia, black and gold.
But don't get me wrong, white, ivory and cream have a richness all their own.
Layers of that richness call to mind bakery confections...
our minds easily accept the transference from pastry to Wedding Ceremony.
Layers and poufs of white or long sleek elegant lines of ivory can each bring something special to the wedding ceremony.
What's important is that your wedding ceremony reflects your personalities and your styles.
It's also important (as my web guy would say IMHO as if either one of us weren't wildly insistent on our opinions!) that the entire wedding have a sense about it...
a movement through the engagement notice to the wedding invite to the dresses to the wedding ceremony and on into the reception.
You don't need to spend gobs of money doing that...
both restraint and abundance can be gotten to carefully! Light! Light is one more way you can use your sight to enhance the wedding.
If you're outside, is there sunlight, direct or dappled? If you're inside, does it stream through the windows or reflect out from the panes and mirrors? Is it the sun or the moon? Does it flicker on your tables? Use the visuals and underline their metaphorical importance.
The poetry of each aspect of the day is a tool for you to use.
Candles aren't really a summer wedding aid, unless you're doing a night-time wedding ceremony, (and then you need more than just a few votives, especially if you're using une celebrante d'une certaine age...
) but they add something special to the dark! There are so many wonderful metaphors for candles and the brave light in the darkness.
(I will warn you however; all you who are set upon outdoor summer weddings and unity candles...
They melt in direct sunlight.
They blow out in the wind.
They're invisible in the daylight.
So this is not always such a perfect metaphor for your undying love!)
You want your wedding to reflect your relationship and your life together.
It may be a cool and calming white, or it may be a hot and startling red.
But whatever it is, it should be who you are! This is important: Part of what helps wedding ceremonies be effective is their ability to grab hold of emotions and develop tentacles which stretch into your future and continually connect you to that day of magical promises.
So emphasizing the senses, something that connects mind, body and spirit, strengthens the bonds from wedding ceremony to marriage.
The more opportunities you have in your marriage to remember why you married your partner, and what you felt like when you made those promises, the more likely your marriage will keep developing and deepening.
Our minds are built for connections! Why not let them work for you? Here are some ways to rejoice in your eyes' ability to feast! First: color.
The richest weddings in terms of color over which I've presided have had either Korean or Indian partners.
The dresses, flowers and hangings have all been simply saturated with color.
Each has been gorgeous.
I grew up with a mom who painted in oils and used a similar palette around the home, so I love saturated colors.
It's not often that people dare to use brilliant color at their wedding ceremonies or receptions.
Maybe because I'm a Middle-Aged Broad, er Bride, the thing I felt the clearest about were the colors and the depth of them.
There is, it must be said, a fair amount of drama in my make-up...
so even if I had done white, I would have had to contrast it with black! But instead I chose turquoise (the Evans family color -- quite possibly decided upon because that's the color of a summer swimming pool! And every Evans looks good in a pool!), fushsia, black and gold.
But don't get me wrong, white, ivory and cream have a richness all their own.
Layers of that richness call to mind bakery confections...
our minds easily accept the transference from pastry to Wedding Ceremony.
Layers and poufs of white or long sleek elegant lines of ivory can each bring something special to the wedding ceremony.
What's important is that your wedding ceremony reflects your personalities and your styles.
It's also important (as my web guy would say IMHO as if either one of us weren't wildly insistent on our opinions!) that the entire wedding have a sense about it...
a movement through the engagement notice to the wedding invite to the dresses to the wedding ceremony and on into the reception.
You don't need to spend gobs of money doing that...
both restraint and abundance can be gotten to carefully! Light! Light is one more way you can use your sight to enhance the wedding.
If you're outside, is there sunlight, direct or dappled? If you're inside, does it stream through the windows or reflect out from the panes and mirrors? Is it the sun or the moon? Does it flicker on your tables? Use the visuals and underline their metaphorical importance.
The poetry of each aspect of the day is a tool for you to use.
Candles aren't really a summer wedding aid, unless you're doing a night-time wedding ceremony, (and then you need more than just a few votives, especially if you're using une celebrante d'une certaine age...
) but they add something special to the dark! There are so many wonderful metaphors for candles and the brave light in the darkness.
(I will warn you however; all you who are set upon outdoor summer weddings and unity candles...
They melt in direct sunlight.
They blow out in the wind.
They're invisible in the daylight.
So this is not always such a perfect metaphor for your undying love!)
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