As a wedding pro, I’ve learned one key thing when it comes to image-sharing platforms: there’s a huge difference between sharing images and sharing images strategically. While developing inspiration for a wedding’s aesthetic is crucial, we need a platform that allows for so much more than that. From nailing down venues to talking through seating arrangements, Aisle Planner’s Style Guide feature allow you to share images in a number of ways, in one cohesive place.
So here are my four favorite ways to use our Style Guides strategically:
Recommending Venues
Create Style Guide templates for venues you want to share with your client, and upload photos for each.
When it's time to recommend venues, add the venue templates for those venues that would be the best fit to your project.
Once venue selection is finalized, delete the others from view.
Creating Style Guides for each venue is particularly easy for planners who keep folders with images of local venues on their desktop (it’s a simple drag-and-drop).
Creating Mood Boards
Create a solid foundation for a wedding’s aesthetic by using Style Guides as mood boards.
Our Style Guides differ from other image-sharing platforms (okay, Pinterest) because they allow for intuitive conversation on images: your client gets an email as soon as you comment on a photo and can respond from that very email without ever having to log into Aisle Planner.
As always, it’s a simple drag-and-drop process if you already have inspiration folders created on your computer.
Finalizing Equipment & Decor Options
Create a Style Guide for each design element (escort-card displays, linens, place settings, etc.) and upload top contenders to each guide.
Once final selections have been made, save each to a new Style Guide (which you could name something like, “Final Design Elements”).
Upload a photo of the final tabletop design here as well for your team members and vendors to reference.
Combining Design Concepts & Sketches
Combining photographs, graphics and, yes, even that killer sketch you did on the back of an old receipt in a Style Guide is a powerful way to define a wedding’s aesthetic in one cohesive place that consists of more than just images from the web.
We’ve found that vendors love this feature, as it gives them a solid reference point as they work to bring your client’s ideas to life.
These are just a few of my favorite ways you can make the most of Aisle Planner Style Guides—don’t be afraid to experiment and come up with more.