Everyone dreams of having a fairytale wedding. If you’re not one of us you will be after this post. Not all of us have the budget for the wedding of our dreams but this guide to 2019’s most chic wedding trends will save your day. You can do all that you want for your wedding, without having to worry about racketing up your budget. Wondering how? Here are the 2019 wedding trends that will make your day unforgettable.
Afterall, it’s your special day, you deserve to be spoiled!
So, here are the best wedding trends that the wedding industry is swooning over in 2019. Incorporate these into your big day and make it memorable for the two of you and impress the guests. It’s a win-win.
Go Dark and Edgy
Gone are the days of a traditional white wedding. Go for vivid yet elegant hues and incorporate elements into the ceremony to match the décor.
Vibrantcolor palettes are attractive and set a personal and elegant vibe to theceremony.
Select a Theme
It doesn’t have to be retro. Get creative and decide what defines your love story. It can be a ‘Rock-Concert’ themed wedding, a Bohemian Wedding, or a Bold yet Chic Wedding. It’s your day. You can go with whatever theme you’d like, and the guests will have to play along (yay!).
But it is important you stick to the theme. You can’t have an orange themed wedding if the décor is all white and boring – you get the gist.
DIY Chandeliers
Theseare all the rage in the wedding scene this season for one reason, you get to be as crazy you’d want. For a dark-themedwedding, a wedding planner made a chandelier of ‘Bat-shaped’ cutouts for thecouple’s ‘dark’ demands.
Beas bold and as unique as you want!
Neon Signages
Fairylights are cute, but what’s hot? Neon Lights!
Youcan get them to say whatever you want, and they lift up the wedding’s ‘fun’ quotient. A simple ‘Mr. and Mrs.’ Sign with neon lights could also dothe trick.
Butagain, keep in mind the theme of your wedding and choose the color accordingly.
Creative Cakes
Youwant guests to be surprised when they see the wedding cake. Get above the ideaof a traditional and plain wedding cake. Get creative and hire the best weddingcake designer for your big day.
Takea look at these wedding cakes for inspiration:
Match the cake with the theme and your personalities.
Photo Booths
It’s 2019 and people are obsessed with taking beautifulpictures. Give them a spot where they can take Instagram-worthy pictures. A simple backdrop with a floralarrangement or a cool neon sign orsomething more creative, it’s up to you.
Includeall of these simple yet elegant ideas into your wedding ceremony and make itmemorable for everyone.
Whichof these ideas do you think will help you the most? Let us know below.
Food trends come and go. For many years, I’ve seen them stir up a frenzy in people that they just have to have it or have the appliance to make them. It causes so much stress and extra work for you. It’s not helping you become more organised. It’s only hindering your progress and probably costing you a lot of money.
My earliest memories of food trends was the early 1970s. Up until then, all you’d find in my parent’s refrigerator and pantry was simple ingredients (and a lot of European ingredients because of my Latvian father and German mother).
Food was cooked simply and presented in the most simple way. No fuss and, most often, tasty home cooked meals.
That was until the diet craze hit. I can remember seeing cans of TAB in the fridge and wondered what the heck it was. Mum got caught up in the trend but it soon passed. She didn’t lose weight (not that she needed to in my opinion) and it was just an unnecessary expense as far as my Mum was concerned.
Look at what’s happened as a result of the diet craze. The western world has never been so heavy in the history of the world. Back when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s we never knew of anything but home cooked meals, home baking and no takeaways. Everything was cooked from scratch from simple ingredients.
So, why shouldn’t you follow food trends? Here’s why.
Cost
The first reason why you shouldn’t get caught up in new food trends, if you want a more organised, prosperous life, is because of cost.
There is nearly always a high price attached to these new food trends. Whether it’s a cronut, a churros or any other sweet pastry. There’s usually a high price attached to anything new. I could think of a million better ways to spend my time rather than queuing for a cronut. Yes, people actually do that!
Why do people do it? Is it just for the social media photo opportunity, to say they’ve been there or their lives will never be the same unless they try a cronut? I have no desire to queue in line for any food and I won’t be starting soon. Give me a beautifully made, authentic French croissant from my local French bakery and I’m happy. Pure indulgence.
The time factor
No one has any time anymore. I have all the time in the world and you know why? Because I don’t follow food trends (among other things). I’m too busy running my own race, doing my own thing, eating the foods I love to eat. Eating a cronut isn’t going to make my life any better or any worse. Saving money and time not worrying about is in my and my family’s best interests.
When you spend all your time worrying about the fear of missing out, you forget what really makes you happy. Are you making yourself happy by what other people do when you don’t have the time nor the money to indulge? Couldn’t you rather forget about what else everyone else is doing, find what you love to eat and just eat that? That’s what I do. There is real joy in finding your own favourite foods and preparing them easily and quickly.
Let’s also not forget about the new appliance you’ll need to make and prepare these things. People went mad recently by something they saw on social media about making doughnuts in an electric pie maker. Pie makers have been around for absolute ages. If you didn’t need one before, why do you need it now? Just because other people have it? Do you have the room to store it? Are you going to be utilising it all the time? Can you justify the cost? Ask yourselves these things before you jump on the bandwagon.
There is a perfectly good alternative
Using the cronut example above, have you thought about finding a recipe and trying to make one? What about just a doughnut or a croissant?
Same as the pie maker for making doughnuts. You can make doughnuts in the oven in a cupcake pan. There are many ways to make a doughnut. You don’t need the appliance to make a doughnut.
And think about the health factor. Doughnuts aren’t the most healthiest of things to eat. I would rather spend $3 for a dozen doughnuts from my supermarket if ever I felt like a doughnut (even though I have a pie maker, for making pies funnily enough). I just don’t go to the bother because I know I want to spend my time (and money) on more useful things like experiences and keeping on track with the regular household budget.
How ‘super’ are super foods?
I saw a television program recently about super foods. South Americans have been eating quinoa, açaí berries and chia seeds for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. They grown natively in regions of South America but all of a sudden someone heard about how wonderful they are for your health so started packaging them and selling them in the supermarket for ridiculously high prices.
Sure I love an Açaí Bowl if I’m ever treating myself to breakfast or lunch out. I might pay $12 for the pleasure and be done with it. It’s not like I’m going to go and spend $17 for a packet of açaí powder from the supermarket and have these all the time. It’s a lot of preparation let alone storing it and making sure you use it up so you don’t waste your money.
The best super foods are natural, fresh and seasonal fruit and vegetables, wholegrains, lean meats and healthy dairy products and fats. Preparing them in the most simple form is all you need to boost your super powers.
Anything labelled with super food is going to cost a fortune so stick to the basics and save your money.
If you’re really serious about living a more organised life, you really have to stop following trends, especially food trends, and starting living a more simple life. You’ll not only save time, to do more important things that you’d rather be doing, but you’ll save a ton of money to do those things.
Think about your hobbies. Think about what foods your family loves to eat and prepare them in the most simple way you can. You’ll have all the time on your hands to be as organised as you want.
I have a small blackboard on the wall beside my back door and I’ve been leaving subtle messages or ‘words of wisdom’ for my children to read and the last one I wrote was “it’s better to stand out from the crowd than to fit in”. It got me thinking about how I’ve applied that to all aspects of my life, for most of my adult life, and not follow trends or buy things just for the sake of buying or having them or that everyone else has them.
I just recently watched a really interesting documentary about Steve Jobs “The Man in the Machine”, the founder of Apple, and it really hit home about how much “standing out from the crowd” can be applied there for me. You see, I’ve never owned an Apple product nor know much about them but I’m so glad I never jumped on that bandwagon. I was impressed with his vision and determination but how he marketed his products to make people think that they couldn’t live without them just made me mad. Also, how cheaply the products are made at the risk of people’s lives just for the sake of making a dollar. At the end of the day, that’s all that company cares about. Their shareholders.
I only have to look at my own children and how obsessed with their iPads they are. (I didn’t buy them. Their father did as a way to communicate with him when they are here with me.) It really is near an addiction. I do put limits on their use and maybe they weren’t swayed by Steve Jobs’ marketing ploys but the people who queue for days only to be the first to get the new iPhone is beyond craziness.
Fashion
I like to stay up with the latest fashion trends but it doesn’t mean I go out and buy everything new from the fashion outlets. I use what I already have or pick up what I need (and I mean need, if I have enough clothes that will do, I won’t buy anymore clothes). Year after year, season after season, people are convinced that they need the latest fashion styles and spend up big, whether they have the money or not, for what? Just so they can fit in? I’d much rather stand out from the crowd. I love my own individual style. I wear what I feel comfortable in and whether it keeps me cool in summer and warm in winter. Shouldn’t that be enough?
Homewares
Same goes for homewares. With social media being a huge marketing tool for homeware stores, there is this must have mentality from consumers that they just have to go and buy the stuff whether they need it or not. Our home should be our safe place. A safe and secure place where we can eat our food, rest our head and take shelter from the elements. It shouldn’t be filled with cheap Asian imports especially because retailers are telling us we need it. It’s outrageous. In 6 months time there’ll be another lot of stuff just waiting for consumers to buy it and the stuff they already have will end up as land fill.
Environment
I know we need an economy to make the world go around but at this rate, at what price? There is so much harm being done to the environment manufacturing all this stuff. Why not just use what we have? What’s wrong with hand making adornments for your home from fabric scraps or repurposing old furniture with a makeover? How individual would that be? Wouldn’t that be much better than following the crowd? I know that’s what I prefer to do. It does the same job at the end of the day.
Lesson
And as far as the lesson I’m trying to teach my kids, as they approach the teenage years, the message couldn’t be more appropriate. Already we’ve had one incident with my 11 year old daughter wanting to fit in because her friend convinced her to do something she shouldn’t have. I’ve explained that although it may not seem fair now, when she is older it will all make sense and she’ll realise that we were only out to protect her because of the love we have for her. Standing out from the crowd and being an individual will always be a better lesson for my children to learn whether that goes for behaviour, fashion, homewares, the car they drive or anything they do with their life.
We were born an individual. There is no one else like us in the world so why not stand out from the crowd and don’t be a sheep. Don’t be fooled into following trends. It’s harmful on the environment and your wallet. Save your money for an experience and not stuff.
