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Planning the details for your wedding day can take up almost every waking minute of your life. However, don’t forget that for your special day you need to prepare yourself, too. You need to decide what jewelry and wedding accessories to wear on your special day. This creates some more decisions, so here are some tips to make it easy to pick out the right jewelry and accessories.
1) Don’t Wear a Watch
This one is simple – don’t wear a watch. It doesn’t matter if you have a lovely watch, and of course you need to be at your ceremony location on time, but – don’t wear your watch. With all of the different things going on at your wedding (ceremony, cocktail hour, cake cutting, toasts . . .), it will be tempting to check your watch to make sure everything is going on time. Instead, relax, and enjoy your wedding day rather than repeatedly looking at the time.
Also, you’ll want your engagement ring (and your wedding ring) to be the star of the show when it comes to your hands. There will be camera close-ups of your hands, and the last thing you want is a watch taking the spotlight. With that in mind, be easy on wearing other rings too. Once again you want your engagement and wedding ring to be the center of attention, and other rings will take away from that.
2) Subtlety Is Key
You should be the focus of your wedding, so you don’t want to wear anything that is going to take away from that. You don’t need to be wearing a necklace, earrings, a tiara, a veil, a sash, and goodness knows what else to look great on your wedding day.
Instead, carefully think about which pieces of your precious jewelry will best compliment what you will be wearing and fit your personal style. The right pieces of jewelry and wedding accessories can add that extra something to your wedding day look, but too much or the wrong jewelry or accessory can ruin it. Instead of going with an ornate necklace, consider something smaller that will accentuate your neckline.
The same is true for earrings. Small studs may be enough. Remember that you don’t want to copy the design of your wedding dress. You want to make sure that you are complimenting it instead. Less is often more in these kinds of situations. Try on a few things and see what looks best, and getting a second or third opinion never hurts either.
3) Just Be Yourself
When it comes to dressing for your wedding, you want to be yourself. Don’t let other people tell you how you should look for your wedding (or what the wedding itself should look like). If that means ignoring all of the advice in this article, then go for it.
Your wedding isn’t about turning yourself into a stereotypical “bride.” Instead it is a reflection of your and your fiancé’s personalities, and for you that reflection is also in the jewelry and wedding accessories you’ll be wearing.
Stick to your own style and if that means you stray outside the “usual” color scheme or typical way of doing things then don’t worry. Sticking to your own style is how you are going to look the most beautiful when you get married. Take a moment to reflect on what you are wearing and if any of it feels like it is only being worn due to pressure from others (you know who you are), then seriously consider ditching it.
* This is a contributed post
I hope you found this information on choosing your wedding accessories useful!
Hearts, Joy, Love!
Jean
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When it comes to wedding Jewelry then it matters so much. Be picky with your wedding jewels as it can add a lot to your beauty and can make it way more special. Thank you for sharing such wonderful content.
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Hi Janet, So glad you liked the post. Choosing the right jewelry completes the outfit, and can make a wonderful keepsake to wear on other occasions well after the wedding.
Thanks for encouraging me to stick to my own preferred style when it comes to choosing jewelry pieces for our wedding. Some of my relatives even suggested wearing the family heirloom but I don’t think it matches well with the overall theme. It would probably be better for me to just have custom pieces made once I have chosen a gown.
Of course! Happy to be of help. The rest of your wedding is reflective of you and your partner. Why should your jewelry be any different? While wearing a family heirloom may sound like a wonderful idea (and ticks off the “Something Old” or “Something Borrowed” items from that popular wedding rhyme), wearing something that just doesn’t coordinate with your style or overall theme will just make it stick out like a sore thumb.