Planning your wedding? Congrats! A few thoughtful styling choices can turn a great ceremony into a genuinely memorable celebration for your guests. Here are a handful of wedding trend ideas that have stuck around. They work because they are practical, not just because they were popular for one season.
Here are some of the top 2019 must-know wedding trends:
Warm Metallics
Copper, rose gold, and other warm metallic tones remain a versatile, popular choice for place settings, invitations, and decor accents. These pinkish gold hues pair well with almost any color palette. They add a modern, elevated feel without looking cold or overly formal. This makes them a natural fit for a relaxed island wedding.
Fluid Color Schemes
Rather than matching exact colors like “emerald green and goldenrod,” many couples now choose a looser palette. They use greens and golds broadly, allowing bridesmaid dresses, florals, and decor to vary naturally within that range.It reads as more organic in photos and gives your vendors more flexibility to work with what’s actually available.
Event Branding
You don’t need a design background to make this wedding trend work. It simply means choosing one common design element. This could be geometric shapes, a custom illustration, or a color-blocking pattern. Carry it across your save-the-dates, invitations, and day-of decor.The repetition is what makes it feel intentional rather than thrown together.
DIY Food Stations
Make dinner or dessert interactive with do it yourself stations like a build your own sundae bar, a taco station, or a s’mores setup. Beyond being fun, these stations give guests something to do during slower parts of the reception, and tend to photograph well too.
Mix and Match Bridal Party Attire
Matching every bridesmaid or groomsman in the exact same outfit is no longer a requirement. Give your bridal party a general color palette and let them choose their own style within it, or offer a handful of approved options. It tends to look more natural in photos and lets your wedding party feel comfortable in what they’re wearing.
A Sense of Place
Beautiful, distinctive locations never go out of style, and Key West offers plenty of ways to build a wedding trend around where you actually are. Local flowers, a Key West inspired color palette pulled from the ocean and sunset, or a menu with real island flavor all give your wedding a sense of place that a generic mainland celebration can’t match.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we need to follow current wedding trends for our ceremony?
No. Trends are meant to be a starting point for ideas, not a requirement. The best weddings usually mix a few current styling ideas with choices that feel personal to the couple.
What’s an easy way to add a wedding trend without overspending?
Small, repeatable touches, like a consistent design element on your invitations and decor, or a warm metallic color accent, add a polished feel without a big budget increase.
Are DIY food stations a good fit for a beach wedding?
Yes. Interactive stations tend to suit a relaxed, casual reception well, and they give guests something to enjoy during the parts of the evening between the ceremony and dancing.
How can we make our wedding feel more like Key West and less generic?
Local flowers, island inspired color palettes, and a menu with real Key West flavor, like conch fritters or key lime dessert, all help your wedding feel distinctly like where you got married.
Conclusion
The best wedding trends are the ones that still feel like you years later, not just the ones that were popular for a season.
Beautiful locations, like Key West, are always in style. If you’re looking to plan the Key West wedding of your dreams, Aaron’s Key West Weddings has you covered, whether you want a simple ceremony on the beach or an all out gala event. Browse our wedding packages and call 305-295-0137 to find out more!
