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If you are anything like me, you tend to shy away from the trendiest things because you just know, in a few years, they will look totally dated and out of style. Plus, hyper-fixating on every trend as it comes along doesn’t give you a chance to establish your own timeless, confident style. Also, keeping up with the trends is expensive and exhausting!

This topic can apply not only to your everyday wardrobe, but your wedding style as well.

I think the key is to find a balance of mixing timeless staples with a few trends thrown in for good measure. But those trends should only serve to enhance your wedding (or wardrobe).

Trendy vs. Being Original

I’ll just say this quickly: the only people who know about what’s popular in the wedding world are brides and wedding professionals. Lucky for you, the large majority of your guests are neither of those and won’t have even heard of any of the trendy elements you do decide to include. You get bonus points for being creative and original even though you may have some of the most popular wedding items around. Nice, huh?

Below are some of the hyper-trendy elements of weddings these days, but as anyone who is familiar with trends knows, some of these are already considered out of date! It’s hard to keep up, I know.

The Candy Buffet

Why we’re having it:

1. The venue offered to include it in our package free of charge (score!).

2. It will act as both our wedding favors (we’ll provide to-go boxes) and an addition to dessert.

3. It will provide entertainment to the children in attendance. (Bored children is when the madness ensues.)

Image via Kay Bella by Aiko / Photography by McLellan Style / Design by Honey Darling Events

Vintage Decor

Why we’re having it:

1. It’s fun to find family treasures and cute antique pieces for the big day with family and friends.

2. It’s easy to find affordable (or free) knick-knacks almost anywhere.

3. There’s lots of opportunity to be creative and inject meaning into the wedding.

Image via Trendee Flowers / Photo by Brandon Kidd Photography

Photo Booth

Why we’re having it:

1. It will act as a fun alternate activity during the reception for our guests if the buffet line is too long or they don’t like to dance.

2. It was offered in our photography package, which was a huge selling point for me since I really wanted to include this.

3. We get to dress up and play with silly props!

Image via Ruffled / Photography by Darla Roze Photography

Are you including any trendy wedding elements? Do you vehemently follow fashion trends in regards to your wardrobe?