Unique wedding details

When wedding planning, most of the advice I received centered around one theme: “Don’t focus on the details.” No matter how hard I tried, it never sat well with me. Thoughtful details are my love language, I lose my mind over cute sprinkles, and I love stationary more than anything. How could I just breeze over those things when planning my own wedding?

Turns out, I couldn’t. So I went all out, doing the things that sparked the most joy. I don’t regret it a bit. If you’re a bride that DOESN’T care about details, don’t focus on them. But if you are like me and find so much joy in font and frosting choices, by all means sweat the small stuff. It was so fulfilling to see all my dreams and ideas come to life. Things that might not have meant much to others meant everything to me, and that’s okay.

Here are some of my favorite unique wedding details from our wedding day.

(also, I say unique with a grain of salt. There’s nothing new under the sun, and I love that. Everything is inspired by someone, or something, and it connects us all in a beautiful way. The rich history of weddings is a special reminder of that- we’re all in this together.)

1.) Chartreuse Sweetheart Sofa

Second only to my engagement ring, my chartreuse couch (affectionally titled: “The Michelle Obama Coat Couch” ) is one of my most prized possessions. Connor and I were sitting on it when he asked me to be his girlfriend, so it seemed only fitting to sit on it moments after becoming husband and wife. Also, who wouldn’t want to sit close to their husband, instead of in separate chairs? Maybe I’m just the Queen of Cuddles, but a sofa is a no brainer for me.

2.) Color Coordinated Tables

It’s not secret, I love color. So much so, that I couldn’t pick just one for our reception design. I settled on 3, inspired by our brunch wedding. The Orange, Blueberry, and Strawberry family style tables were decorated accordingly, with lots of different shades of it’s namesake color.

3.) NO GREENERY.

Greenery was NOT invited to my wedding. I love flowers, as in actual flowers, not leaves. There was no greenery in our bouquets or tablescape flowers, and I am so so so happy I stuck with that decision. Greenery is often chosen because it’s cheaper, and makes things fuller. We did bud vases and smaller bouquets, and greenery wasn’t missed at all.

4.) Honeymoon Perfume

I’ve always been sensitive, and I don’t see that as a bad thing. I’m heavily impacted by sounds, scents, emotions, and colors. I love how a scents take you back in time, instantly transport you to another place. Connor and I each got Jo Malone scents to use on our wedding and honeymoon. We picked ones that were very “us” (C: Wood Sage and Sea Salt. K: Orange Blossom.) Once we got home from our honeymoon, we packed them away to use on our anniversary. Now, wedded bliss has a scent for us, and it always will.

5.) Unity Sprinkles

One day we joked about doing unity sprinkles during our ceremony, and then we thought wait, why not? It was so silly, not serious at all, and so fun. Personally, I think unity knots/sand/feet washing at weddings is redundant, isn’t being married union enough? Ironically, what started out as a joke became one of my favorite parts of the day. Before we cut the cake, we decorated it with our ceremony sprinkles.

The unity sprinkles mirrors my main advice to brides, you’ve got to do little things that bring you joy…even if they make zero sense to everyone else. Weddings are stressful, getting married is like, a big deal, so find your proverbial unity sprinkles and celebrate accordingly! They’ll be the thing keeps you going when wedding planning feels like too much (it will.) and the thing you’ll back on and think “I’m so glad I did that.”