I meet many brides who become bewildered when they start to explore what they want for their wedding receptions. After being bombarded with so many pictures of flowers, tables and centre pieces, their initial vision becomes lost. Some brides simply cannot find anything which inspires them. Others have a feeling of what they’d like but find it tricky to visualise or communicate it. However you feel, there is a way you can focus and create an event that fulfils your hearts desire. This easy task is enormously beneficial for brides as it helps them encapsulate what wedding décor style to go for.

Every bride ought to choose a wedding motif before they start the planning process. A wedding motif is the visual representation of your style. It is a emblem or an object that will signify what you want your special day to be. An illustration would be a white swan for a bride who wants an elegant day or an orchid for an exotic event. Your motif can be anything an animal, a flower, an object, a landmark, a precious stone, or a fruit.

I always advise starting with a brainstorming session. Say for example you getting married in spring, brainstorm things that remind you of spring; tulips, Easter, birth, rejuvenation, energy etc. If you’ve already chosen a theme such as Victorian, expand on that in your brainstorming session; tea party, pearl, parasol, bird cage. When you have a list of words, let imagery inspire you. Search for images that signify these words, the web is very useful here. Save the pictures that you are drawn to and you deem represent you and your partner. From here you can create your motif.

When you have your symbol be it a grapevine or a bunch of lavender, you can use it to help choose every part of your wedding décor. It makes choosing wedding decor, flowers, invitations and even colours much simplier and easier. Your motif can be used within the decor. You may like it so much it could be used to embellish aspects of your décor. The symbol may be recurring on your napkins, plates, chair covers, the possibilities are endless. You may just end up with an ideas board and you cannot choose between the symbols. This can work to your benefit also - just use the several different symbols to make up the components of your theme.

An different but often more challenging idea to finding your motif is to choose your archetypal bride, Cinderella, Maid Marian etc. You can even use celebs, Katie Price or Princess Diana. Your archetypal brides style will govern the style of the rest of the wedding décor.

Designing your motif is a fun task and it will really help you decide what kind of wedding you’d like. You can also use it in your wedding décor too. To demonstrate, let’s say your symbol is the daisy. This straight away conveys that you would like an informal, personal day, probably outside, pinks, yellows, greens, spring/summer colours, natural, fresh, light and airy wedding decor. There you have it - you’ve just discovered your perfect wedding décor style.