Shadrack August 22, 2012, 14:14:58

- I’m not even sure where to start here. No wait I do.Where were you ten years ago when the trend was sophisticated, sleek wendgdis with no hair out of place? You know what I say? Hallelujah to hay fields and lavender and mason jars.From the start, one should be asking: what is important in our wedding? Just because the look has become more rural than metroplitan doesn’t change that. The details don’t have to make the meaning and purpose of a wedding any less. But just as much as you clean up the house and arrange food on a plate for people coming over for a dinner party, you decorate and plan for a wedding.Which means, make it you. If you wouldn’t clean up your house or arrange food on a place for a dinner party, they you’re not likely the type to make your wedding so detail-oriented. Despite the trends (which I could really care less about), some of us actually /like/ these things, feel a connection with mason jars and lights and flags. Some of us prefer an atmosphere that is more natural and feels like home.These little details are a part of who my husband and I are, and they contributed so much to our wedding: they helped us feel like we were putting something together that was /us/, where WE felt comfortable showing all of them our love. What you write here shouldn’t be a manifesto against the mason jar trend, but perhaps the adherence to trends that do not resonate with WHO YOU ARE or WHAT YOUR LOVE IS ABOUT. But that would be futile, wouldn’t it? The fashion industry, the photographers, the whole marketing design world is out there to tell us what you love, right?In summary, I think your message gets lost by attacking the details rather than focusing on the meaning and purpose of wendgdis simple or ornate. Ironic, eh?