Using Pinterest to help plan your wedding can be a great tool that gets overwhelming, quick! Pinning like there’s no tomorrow can result in a chaotic wedding board full of unattainable ideas. The following tips will make Pinterest beneficial and not wasteful dilly-dallying or unrealistic to your bottom line.
Download these free wedding planning sheets to help with extra organization!
5 Tips for Pinterest Wedding Planning Success:
1. Create separate boards for each wedding category. (i.e. wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, wedding favors, flowers, color palettes, cake design, etc.)
2. Change descriptions to describe what you like about the image for later reference.
3. Use secret boards rather than public boards to keep your favorite ideas private. These boards can be shared with chosen contributors but eliminates others from copying your ideas. This will become more important as you begin to narrow your choices and convert from joyously “just engaged“ to “holy moly, how are we going to afford all of this?”
4. Search non-wedding photographs for inspiration. Colors, themes, attitude, cultures, environments, shapes, etc. Finding outside sources of inspiration rather than other weddings to imitate will make your wedding unique and beautiful.
5. Create a “secret” final wedding board – perhaps it’s called “My Big Day” or something that inspires you to place your final decisions in this one special place. Once you decide on your colors, they go here. Found your dress? Boom baby! Move it to this special board. This will help you see progress as you plan. In the end, you will have one perfectly uncluttered board guiding you toward “I do!”
Paper Organization
Also, chances are you’re still buying a bridal magazine or two (dozen...) Keep organizing your favorite tear sheets simple by using simple pocket folders. These colored folders make it easy separate pictures by style or features that you like best. Super helpful when you go dress shopping! Clip one of our free project planner printable sheets to a cute clipboard, and get to planning!
Twelve months until your post-worthy day! Keep your marriage mo-jo going by discussing who’s paying for your wedding, finding tips on saving money, learning more about wedding planners, throwing an engagement party and setting up a successful registry. Yay!
Follow our Month-by-Month Wedding Planning Guide for more tips for every phase of your planning process. Feeling crafty? We’ve handpicked our favorite DIY wedding projects too!
Article written by: Melissa Collier
