If you are a wedding professional and reading this, then you survived the craziest wedding-planning year of all time! And if you are a newly engaged couple just now embarking on your journey, I am so happy for you as the wedding industry resurges fresh and new. This past year was undoubtedly the most strenuous for our wedding industry as it helped our couples get down the aisle. Couples who had set the date experienced multiple postponements, while new couples patiently waited for the end of the pandemic to select their wedding dates. But as with all challenges, there comes the opportunity to reinvent. Now that the wedding industry has been turned upside down, inside out and shaken to its core, we are seeing all kinds of new services, products and venues. Some of my favorite new finds are ideas dreamed up in a time of stillness, such as a modern-day way to preserve your bridal bouquet from Ever After Bouquet. This elegant keepsake is a tangible way to memorialize your big day. And don’t be surprised when you obsess over Ever After’s new wedding-day details, such as its table numbers, shot glasses and champagne flutes. Another favorite to take the industry by storm is KTP Design’s new wedding arches. These brand-new statement pieces offer couples four options to select from. Whether your ceremony is overlooking a mountainous backdrop, ocean views, rolling vineyards, a lush garden, sparse desert or blue skies, you’ll fall madly in love with the sophistication and wow factor each design brings! It’s time to say hello to 2022, a year of wedding-planning happiness, harmony and stability, so please turn with confidence to our trusted California Wedding Day to guide you to exactly what you need and want. Here’s to bright planning days ahead! |
Thea Hargrove |