Everything we do nowadays revolves around technology so why should wedding planning be any different? Incorporating technology into weddings is something that has grown so much, even over the last ten years. There are so many things now that exist to make wedding planning as easy and fun as possible. With all of the apps that exist, it makes it totally possible for a bride to plan a wedding without the help of a professional planner. I talked more about hiring an event planner here! I also love all the tools that allow you to customize your wedding day so that it completely represents you and your partner. Today I will show you all the ways to incorporate technology into your wedding, from planning to the day of, that will make it as stress-free and amazing as it should be!
Social Media
The day after Andrew and I got engaged, one of the first things I did was go follow Wedding Wire, Style Me Pretty, and The Knot on all social platforms. This ensured that I would be getting wedding inspiration, planning tips, and vendor suggestions around the clock! Doing this got me into full on wedding planning mode before it even began. Filling my Instagram feed with dreamy photos of place settings, florals, and stunning wedding gowns made me feel like I was officially a bride!
Hashtags
If you’ve never heard of a wedding hashtag before, it’s basically a small saying that you place after a “#” on social media to keep track of all the photos that have to do with your wedding. When choosing a wedding hashtag, make sure it represents you as a couple! It doesn’t have to just your names anymore – have fun with it! Consider where you’re getting married, how you met, or even nicknames to come up with your personal slogan! Also, search the hashtag on Instagram to make sure it’s totally unique. You don’t want your wedding photos to be all mixed up with random photos of people you don’t know! There are even professional services that will come up with a creative hashtag for you! Wedding Wire has a super easy tool that creates your hashtag based off of a few simple questions (i.e., your names, wedding location, etc.) My personal favorite is Happily Ever Hashtagged, who is SO busy that there is currently a waitlist for one of these witty hashtags!
Planning on Apps
What is easier than having all of your wedding details in the palm of your hand? The answer is nothing. My favorite planning app so far has been Wedding Wire. It has everything from planning tools to countdowns to wedding deals. You can literally plan every single detail of your big day in this app – it’s so easy. My favorite part is the budget feature because it helps to keep you on track! All you do is input your goal budget and Wedding Wire will let you know how much you have left to spend, based on which expenses you’ve booked already. Having one single app that I can go into and check as often as I want keeps me organized and focused on the fun parts of wedding planning! This is definitely a must for all brides to be!
Get Pinterest Addicted
Even if you’re not a huge fan of Pinterest, you need to make an exception while you’re wedding planning. I already spoke about Pinterest a lot when discussing finding your wedding style but I can’t emphasize this enough. Creating a Pinterest board of your dream wedding inspiration will be a really easy way to keep you focused during planning. This Pinterest board can act as a great point of reference when you’re trying to determine if something will mesh well with your wedding. Once you’ve figured out your wedding style is and start contacting vendors, they are all going to ask you to send over inspiration photos so that they can get a feel for your style. Showing these photos will ensure that you’re on the same page with your vendors about the vision you have! Download the Pinterest app on your phone or tablet so that you can easily pull up inspiration photos anytime you need to.
Customized Filters
This is a totally new feature and I am so glad it came out before our wedding day! For those of you who are not familiar with customized filters, let me explain it to you briefly! Snapchat has a feature where it can track your location and give you filters based on where you are and what you’re doing! Let’s say you’re in Central Park in NYC and you Snapchat a quick picture, you’ll notice that your choices now include cute Central Park themed filters. So cute! But now customized features aren’t just for large cities or nationwide events, you can make your own for your wedding (or any event, for that matter)! Wedding Wire’s new Snapchat Filter tool makes this so easy. All you do is go here and start designing! You can pick your own design, customize the words and name, and choose when and where you want it to be available! For example, for our wedding, I will go here and choose our filter design (right now, I am partial to the gold foil option by Paper Source) and then write our names and wedding date. Finally, I will make the filter active on our wedding day and choose the venue’s location (or miles surrounding the venue) so that all of the wedding guests can use our custom wedding filter at the wedding. How fancy is that?!
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