Grooms, Technology and Weddings….The UK Alliance of Wedding Planners - The leading industry body for the UK Wedding Planning Market | Promoting professionalism in Wedding Planning | The UK Alliance of Wedding Planners - The leading industry body for the U. We recently undertook a quick survey which looked in brief at two specific trends: Grooms getting more involved in wedding planning and the use of technology amongst couples planning their weddings. Grooms and Wedding Planning Almost 84% of UKAWP Members who responded to the survey have noticed Grooms becoming more involved in wedding planning over the last 2-3 years, with under 10% saying they haven’t noticed much change.
The most likely elements of the wedding for Grooms to become involved in are venue, entertainment, transport, photography/ film, food and drink, some of which may not be a surprise, but 27% of Grooms are very much involved with all parts the planning. Clients using Technology in their Wedding Planning Ninety one percent of UKAWP Members who responded to the survey have noticed their clients using technology to help manage and organise their weddings with the order of popularity as follows. Wedding tech: Ideas for a 21st Century ceremony.
Anyone taking a casual stroll around the average wedding fair could be forgiven for thinking that here is a ceremony whose technology has not been updated since the days of Jane Austen. When you consider that the industry is worth more than £10bn a year in the UK alone, you would think the tech giants would be eager to give it a makeover. Instead it is smaller-scale pioneers who are making the in-roads into a sector where tradition still reigns supreme. The BBC asked bride-to-be Ella Williamson to discover how hi-tech a wedding can become. Image is everything Over the past year, fashion and technology have fused like never before. We've seen the model Dita von Teese step out in the world's first 3D-printed dress and singer Nicole Sherzinger perform in an outfit showing tweets via LED lights threaded into its fabric. So, is it possible to purchase a bridal gown that displays well wishes from loved ones?
The wedding invitation Robotic romance No tech wedding is complete without at least one robot. Unplug Your Marriage | MarriageToday. By Brenton Evans Addiction. It's a fairly off-putting word, isn't it? Combine it with other value-charged words such as alcohol, drugs or sex, and it becomes even more forceful. But have you ever heard the phrases "technology addiction," and "information addiction," or even the more widely used term, "internet addiction"?
These phrases may not sound as offensive, but the words represent conditions that are causing very severe relational hazards within our culture. More importantly, the affects of technology and information overload in our country are becoming more and more evident and they are taking a toll on marriages. The rise of internet use has exposed marriages to a whole new world. The core issues couples face haven't truly changed for many years.
Meeting your spouse through a matchmaking site though isn't what matters. My wife, Stephanie, and I can certainly classify ourselves as a "connected" couple. Notice how everyone is in the same house but in completely different worlds! 5 Wedding Technology Trends -This Beautiful Day. By: Troy Williams It’s not every day that you get the chance to fly up to Sonoma, California and attend a beautiful wedding. Not just any wedding either, but the most teched-out dream wedding planned by The Knot with details voted on by America. Samantha & Taylor were selected from thousands of engaged couples across the country to have their unique story live-streamed for everyone to witness for The Knot’s Dream Wedding.
Twice before this deserving couple’s plans to get married were cancelled due to the bride’s mother falling ill with cancer. By hosting the event with the latest wedding technology on the market, Samantha’s Mom was able to watch her daughter’s dream wedding come to life from her hospital room. Here are 5 of my favorite wedding technology features of Samantha & Taylor’s The Knot Dream Wedding that you can use for your own special event: The 3D printed cake topper for the Groom’s Cake literally made my jaw drop at its exact replica of the adorable couple.
iPAD GUESTBOOK. 10 Wedding Technology Trends Straight From The Future | The Knot. By Rachel Torgerson for TheKnot.com Using some of the most popular trends in technology is just plain practical. Need a way to collect all of your wedding photos from Instagram? Create a custom wedding hashtag. Want to keep guests' phones juiced up so they're taking photos and video all night long? Transform one of your cocktail hour tables into a cute cellphone charging station. Those are the technology mainstays of wedding planning at this point. But we're here to tell you that cutting-edge 3D printers, wearable technology (hello, Apple Watch) and robots (yes, you read that right) are the next big technology trends to hit the wedding scene. 1. JennaBeth Photography What if you could look back on your wedding day and actually be able to see your exact heart rate at the moment you walked down the aisle?
Out There But Awesome: While we realize it isn't for everyone, this projection wedding ring is the ultra version of wearable technology for your wedding day and afterward. 2. 3. Ben Horne. Web Weddings—How technology is changing the wedding planning process - Naperville Magazine. By Justin Goode Appears in the April 2014 issue. View more Featured galleries. Photo illustration includes photo by Fender & Donisch Photography When a bride calls Naperville’s DeEtta’s Bakery and says she’s dreaming of an elegant gold wedding cake, bakery owner and cake designer Kevin Tyschper knows exactly where to start the planning process—Google. After perusing the thousands of photos and examples online, Tyschper can help the bride narrow images down to just a handful that will inspire the bakery’s designers to construct a cohesive and fantastic looking cake. “The Internet helps us get 80 percent of the way there, and the other 20 percent comes from conversation,” Tyschper said.
“They might know what they want but can’t communicate it. Pinterest Bride Photo illustration includes photo submitted by Wes Craft Weddings. The Internet’s increased use in everyday life hasn’t skipped over the traditional and age-old life ritual of marriage. Choosey Chefs Photos of Inspiration inShare11.