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TREND REPORT 2022: STIMULATE YOUR SENSES 2022 will be a reinvigorating year as couples begin or continue to plan their big day. We have all built up mighty appetites for human connection and exciting experiences. The bottom line? You have a unique opportunity to thrill your guests, become the highlight of the year, and create memories to last a lifetime. As an event designer with a decade of experience, I know how to get the party started. You need to engage all five senses: taste, hearing, smell, sight, and—one which is too often forgotten—touch. Many of these senses are easy to activate. For example, taste hinges on carefully curated cocktails that leave your guests with a sweet taste in their mouths. I activate hearing using incredible live bands, DJs, and soulful singers that play to your
audience's preferences. A savoury, scrumptious menu proliferates the room with smells that make your guests' mouths water as they approach their tables. As you say your "I do’s," the guests' eyes will water as though they have never seen anything more beautiful than watching you and your partner commit to each other. All this, and yet none of it addresses the feeling of touch. We don't exactly want wedding guests running their hands across the intricate lattice lace on the bride's dress or picking at the floral centrepiece to see that they are, indeed, real. So, what's my secret? Texture. There is so much we can accomplish with texture. It can be included everywhere on our wedding day. But why tell you when I can show you? Close your eyes (metaphorically, of course) and go on a journey with me:
