Everything depends on season. Instead of the typical “flower” or “rings intertwined” themed wedding invitations, a good rule of thumb to follow is to determine what kind of invitations based on the season during which your wedding is being held. The seasons each come with distinct color schemes and objects that create great pictures, and each can provide inspiration for you when picking your font, colors, design, and wording.
When spring has sprung
Okay, so maybe a traditional “flower” theme to your wedding invitation may be appropriate if you are getting married at a time when flowers are blooming! But if you are looking for something special and non-traditional, think about what each flower means, a practice that dates back to Victorian times. If you know exactly what you want your wedding to mean, you can draw inspiration from different meanings of flowers. For example, an Apple Blossom stands for “promise”, different colors of Chrysanthemums stand for “excitement”, “truth”, and “sharing”, and a lilac stands for “first love”. Beyond the traditional red rose that means “passionate love”, you can create a bouquet of wedding invitations that says just what you want about your wedding—as long as it matches your theme.
Summertime
Wedding invitations for summer ceremonies may seem particularly cliché just because of all the traditional June weddings. If you care to avoid shells for a beach wedding, try a different color scheme. You don’t necessarily need to use tan or blue in your color scheme—try bolder colors. The pastels of spring may not be appropriate, but you do not have to resort to something that looks like a beach house’s wallpaper. Your wedding order of service may reflect the laid back nature of summer, and your wedding invitations can also reflect this.
As the autumn leaves fall
Autumn provides a particularly beautiful season for landscapes. Even among the death of the beautiful falling leaves, a new love will be born, and that’s why your wedding will be celebrated. When your wedding invitations go out during the hot, dry summertime, a reminder of something to celebrate in the coming autumn will be welcome.
A winter wonderland…
Statistically, the smallest percentage of weddings takes place in the month of January. The other winter months have higher percentages, but still come in far behind the summer months. Because of this, having a wedding in the winter may give you the best chance for originality. Snow covering anything automatically adds a layer of “cozy” and mystique to an image, and reflective ice will make your wedding more beautiful, and this can carry over to the wedding invitations you send out.
Even if you can’t come up with something creative for your season, or none of these ideas seem quite right for your wedding, remember that you can change your medium. Send online wedding invitations, create a website—just do something that reminds people that you and your love are one of a kind, and your wedding will be too.
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