Get Personal with Your Wedding Styling

PHOTOGRAPHY Brooklyn Wedding Photo, PLANNER Latisha @ Bluu Ribbon Weddings, VENUE MyMoon, RENTALS Little Vintage Rentals, MODEL Olivia @ Fenton Models, CAKE Chetney’s Cakes, FLORIST A Petal to Peddle, LINENS Bayith, DRESSES Loulette Bride, MAKEUP Melanie Sanniola, HAIR Michelle D NYC for Oribe, ACCESSORIES Hushed Commotion

Planning your wedding is the perfect opportunity to show off your creative side. Whether it’s with DIY, styling, florals or your venue, use this opportunity to put your taste on display.

GET CREATIVE WITH YOUR DRESS Make a statement with your wedding dress. Planning your wedding is the perfect opportunity to stray from traditional gowns and show your creative side. Get creative with patterns, cuts, fabrics, and colors. You have tons of opportunity to get creative with your dress and let your impeccable taste shine through.

STAND OUT WITH HAIR AND MAKEUP Collaborate with your hair stylist and makeup artist to create a look that screams you. Yes, you want to look incredible on your wedding day, but you also want to look like yourself. Sometimes brides face the issue of looking back at their wedding photos and thinking “that doesn’t look like me at all!” That’s why a hair and makeup trial is so important. It gives you time to put in research, then talk to and collaborate with your hair and makeup artists. Share your wedding color palette with them, show them your pinterest boards, and ask them for their professional opinions.

EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH TABLE STYLING You can take your table styling in so many different directions. Seriously, search “wedding table setting” on Pinterest and marvel. Choose elements of your table that speak to you as a couple. Maybe there are specific trinkets or additions that are special to you as a couple.

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS Collaborate with your florist to bring out your love story through flowers. Let them know any special flowers to you two as a couple, and also give your florist your color palette to work with. Flowers can be a major way to express yourselves on your wedding day. Are you a big waterfall bouquet type, or a tight bunch? Bring out your personalities in your floral decor.

ACCESSORIZE, ACCESSORIZE, ACCESSORIZE Accessories can be a subtle and sweet way to personalize your wedding details. Perhaps there’s a necklace or watch that is sentimental to you or your partner, or maybe a set of earrings. Don’t forget to accessorize your wedding look with accessories that have meaning to you.

REMEMBER WHY YOU’RE DOING THIS At the end of the day, planning a wedding is about bringing you and your partner together. It’s okay to take breathers from your planning process and ground yourselves. The most important personal touches on your wedding day are those moments you share with your partner - your first look, your vows, your first dance. Remember why you’re there.

MEGAN BREUKELMAN IS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND EDITOR BASED IN BROOKLYN, NY. SHE CAPTURES WEDDINGS WITH HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, SERVING THE GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA AND NEW JERSEY. SHE ALSO RUNS BETROTHED MAGAZINE.