I love Pinterest. I use is almost daily and it has been a tremendous help in finding new recipes to try and various handy tips for cleaning and organizing my home. Plus, who doesn't love looking at pretty pictures and finding inspiration for a beautiful life? However, I'm seeing a disturbing trend of people who use things they see on Pinterest verbatim, with absolutely no regard for uniqueness or personalization whatsoever. This is especially bad with weddings.
Weddings are supposed to be all about the bride and groom as a singular, unique couple with a love story that is theirs alone. When you just use whatever popular ideas you find on Pinterest without changing them to be unique to you, you end up with a wedding that doesn't stand out at all. Using the exact same signs, picture poses, decorations, etc... is not cute and I really believe that in 10 years you will look back and wish you had taken the time and effort to make your wedding more unique and personalized.
I'm not knocking Pinterest, or brides who use Pinterest for inspiration at all, but that's just it; Pinterest should be used for
inspiration, not just to copy and paste some trendy ideas into your wedding plans. Find an idea you like and then change it to make it yours. Use quotes that actually mean something to you and aren't just the popular, cutesy, love-dovey saying du jour. Pick colors and decorations and details that are important to YOU and that really reflect your interests and passions. Your wedding should be about YOUR love story and your history as a couple and it just isn't possible to show all that when you only use the most popular ideas that everyone else is using too.
Here are some of the most popular pins that I absolutely cannot stand and am sick of seeing:
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| "Bridesmaids" is not even cool. Stop. |
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Dumb, dumb, dumb. And way overdone.
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Who even does this? It looks awkward and unnatural. Ewww.
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