A very grand event in my family is being held at the end of the month and since I'm not that part of it, i didn't get a say in things like the designs for invites, themes and things like that, although i really like doing those types of things. So i thought I should help others not make the same mistakes as my family member. Some tips on how to rock at design:
1. Stick to one font. Looking at an invite with Gigi, Times New Roman, Courier New, Earwig Factory, Elephant and Comic Sans is horrific. Find one you like and use sizes and boldness to bring out the more important things, although varying sizes are still edging on being gross.
2. Choose one theme. You can't have a Greek, black and red velvet, white lace, red rose, and blingy wedding. Unless you want to be put on someones hit list. One theme keeps it simple, elegant.
3. Now, wearing white. If this isn't your first wedding, please don't wear white. It's really insulting. We wear whites because we are virgins. If you have three kids, don't wear white (unless of course you can prove to me that they were brought to you by a flying hippo wearing ballet shoes and a Jack Parow hat). Also, don't let anyone else wear white unless you want every single person there to wear white.
4. Dancing into a chapel is fine if you and all your guests are open to it, and still kind of young. Dancing in if you are 50 and forcing your teenage, socially-awkward children to do it is really bad. And if you still want to do that, then don't do these gangster, Rihanna-wannabe type of moves. That is so 2008. Keep it simple and easy to do.
5. If you don't have money, don't pretend that you do.
6. Choose at the most three colours that you do things in and keep them all-over. Having too many colours is okay if they at least go together, but that is a risk that most people shouldn't take.
7. Make sure you give out the invites when they are exactly right. Don't change details later. It's confusing.
8. Make sure the spacing between letters is equal. As well as lines.
Anyway, if you know you are useless at this stuff, get someone else to do it. Please. For the sake of humanity and, more importantly, designers.
