The Top Wedding Trends for 2017

As if our love for peonies could be any stronger. This year, peonies, garden roses, ranunculus, and dahlias will be the top blooms requested for bouquets and arrangements.

Invert your arrangements, because nobody likes huge floral centerpieces blocking conversation from across the table. You can make your arrangements as plush as possible with this dreamy decorating trend.

The Knot is declaring the “Gift Lounge” to be 2017’s replacement for welcome bags and gift bags. Instead of individually wrapping gifts for each guest, put out an assortment of a few of your favorite things that your guests can pick and choose from as they leave your reception.

Metallic, bejeweled dresses flooded the Spring 2017 bridal runways. We love this trend for the bride OR the bridesmaids (but maybe not both).

Lush, whimsical, and full greenery is making a huge appearance in 2017. It works as both a neutral backdrop and as a pop of color.

This year, we're moving away from the all-white and neutral-toned wedding parties. While these color schemes still have a place in our hearts, they tend to wash out a venue if you’re not careful. Opt for wedding colors in jewel tones and saturated shades of mustard yellow, bold orange, plum, and deep green

It sounds unconventional, but virtual wedding planner apps like Loverly have received rave reviews. The App collects real wedding photos for Pinterest-style inspiration, and allows you to build a wedding to-do list, select a flat-fee wedding planning package, and then “live happily ever after.”

The good kind! Give guests all-around entertainment with fun games, like this nuptial-themed game of tic-tac-toe, or a kid-friendly game of wedding I Spy.

It’s 2017, and you can decide whether or not you want to serve (and spend on) a wedding cake. Many couples will choose to serve individual cupcakes that taste just as good as a cake in order to cut costs. Or, build a sundae bar just because you like sundaes. Your call.

Here’s a trend that already has our full support! Pups already pop up in wedding ceremonies every now and then; expect couples extending formal invitations to their dog groomsmen to become more and more common.

Thing photojournalism style. Instead of posed portraits, couples want authentic photographs that capture the ceremony, their unfiltered love, and the unique personalities of their guest.

A sophisticated color palette of similar shades yields a refined, timeless wedding tradition that certainly will never go out of style.

Upgrade your escort cards by presenting them in an interesting way, like in a glass of champagne.

Gone are the days of these new-age fruity concoctions. In 2017, the reign will return to traditional cocktails like Moscow Mules, Pimm's Cups, and Sidecars.

They can be too formal, too stuffy, and all too time-consuming. Instead, have a cocktail hour and focus on making your rounds.

Perhaps unexpected but still all the more lovely, small trees are popping up in centerpieces everywhere, particularly delicate-branched trees like olive, citrus cypress, and birch.

Here’s a trend we can get behind – nighttime ceremonies mean bearable wedding temperatures in the heat of the summer dow in the South. They also mean that lighting and candles take the place of elaborate floral arrangements.