I just got off the phone with a writer for Northwest Meetings and Events magazine. She was interviewing me for a piece on “wedding trends” for 2008. I had to chuckle a little bit as she asked me questions like, “I’ve heard that square and unusually-shaped cakes are a new trend, have you seen this?” (I saw my first square cake the year I started coordinating, in 1997), and “What new colors are you seeing for weddings in 2008?” (Somebody invented new colors?)
The problem with “trends” in weddings is that,