The ONE Way You Should Be Using Pinterest for Wedding Inspiration
When I was planning my own wedding six years ago, Pinterest was still one of those amazing, mysterious websites that you had to be invited to in order to create an account. Remember that? Now everyone in the world is using Pinterest to get more crafty, learn new recipes, and plan the most important events of their lives.
I'm going to be brutally honest here, but most wedding professionals get very nervous when they see an email pop up with an invitation to connect to a board from a current client who is using Pinterest for wedding inspiration. We dread the fact that you may be asking us to recreate something you've seen done a million times before because we want to create something special and unique just for you - not what everyone else has done. By locking yourself into a very specific idea, you're not allowing us to be as creative as we can possibly be for you. You're not giving us the opportunity to create something for you that you never knew existed and would be even better than your wildest dreams!
But there is one very refreshing, inspiring way you can be using Pinterest for wedding inspiration! I'm sure you're wondering what in the world that could be if you shouldn't be using Pinterest to find visuals you love and want to incorporate into your wedding day. How in the world could you use Pinterest any other way?
Pin visuals that set the mood and tell your story when using Pinterest for wedding inspiration.
It's that easy. Stop pinning exact replicas of what you want to include at your wedding, because that automatically boxes in both you and the wedding pro you are working with. Instead, look for images that are not past weddings. Pin images that are not an exact replica of the invitation you want. Pin images that are not the exact bouquet you want.
Instead, look for images that make you feel how you want your wedding day to feel. Do you want a warm, cozy winter celebration? Pin images that inspire that feeling. Do you want a bright, cheerful summertime soiree? Pin bright color palettes and sunny outdoor scenes. Use your captions section effectively by noting why the image inspires you. Is it the color palette? The mood? They style? Don't just pin the image with the previous caption, make it your own by adding new captions and comments!
When you begin to pin this way, your wedding professionals will thank you and will stop dreading the invitations to pin to your secret board! This will get the conversation started in a much deeper way than just what's on the surface. Your wedding pros will be able to capture the feeling and mood for your wedding day that you've always wanted - and probably even come up with new and unique ideas you've never even thought of!
Here's an example of a board I created using Pinterest for wedding inspiration for a Springtime Brunch Wedding. You can also view the entire board and how I used the captions section here.
I promise if you start pinning this way you'll get the most amazing wedding of your dreams! Now, pin away!