In this increasingly exciting digital world run by social media, it was only a matter of time before it entered the wedding realm. Specifically hashtags. Hashtags are the perfect way to narrow down searches of content on social media. How can this apply to your wedding? Well, you can customize your own specific hashtag that your guests get to use the night of your wedding. They can post photos, stories, or tweet about that perfect night. There’s no better way to get multiple perspectives from your guest’s point of view than using a wedding hashtag!
The Purpose of the Wedding Hashtag
Hashtags are great for connecting all event content on social media. At your wedding, your guests can share photos and videos and all using the same hashtag. This makes it super easy to see all the posts from your big day! You can also use a hashtag in content leading up to your event to keep all your wedding planning content connected to the big day. If you’re big on frequent content creation, maybe you have a hashtag for wedding prep, the bachelor or bachelorette party, AND the actual wedding day! In short, if you and your guests, along with wedding vendors, (plus those jealous they didn’t get an invite) want to see all the fun content from your memorable day shared on social, a hashtag is great to view it all easily from the various people posting about it!c
Alliteration & Assonance
Find phrases or words that can create alliteration in your hashtag! Alliteration is when there are multiple words that start with the same consonant letter or that have the same sound, used in one statement. (When using repeating vowels, it’s called assonance!) You’ll see this often in titles or headlines. For example, “Man on the Moon”, “Magical Murray”, or “Horton Hears A Who!” In fact, if your names start with the same letter, like Jessica and Jacob, you have a great start! Or perhaps your hometown or wedding location can make your alliteration like “Love in Lincoln” or “Match Made In Minnesota”. Combining both alliteration and wordplay is a hashtag double play! #ItTakesTwotoThompson
Avoid Intricacy with Initials
Using your initials in a hashtag can help keep the hashtag short and easy to remember! It can also be difficult to find something to rhyme with multi-syllable names, but many initials like B, T, and D, all rhyme! You can then keep your hashtag memorable, quick-to-type, and uncomplicated! For example, #RomanticallyPandD or #TplusBequalsMatrimony.
Rhyme Time
What’s more fun than a clever rhyme!? Since there are so many unique names, it’s best to first see what rhymes with you or your partner’s name to identify if anything is usable for your hashtag. Rhymezone helps identify all the words and phrases that rhyme with your name. You can also see what rhymes with your wedding location, last names, or any word or phrase!
Using a rhyme resource can quickly help you identify if a word is even applicable for a rhyming hashtag. For example, there are not too many romantic or wedding-themed words that rhyme with Sara or Tara, (unless you’re getting married at the Riviera or you love marinara?!), but there are more options for Taylor (#JoeplusTaylorisGreater), Britney (#MeetThomasandBritneyinTennesse), and Megan (#NoMoreMaidenMegan).
Sounds About Right
A play-on-words like #FairyTaylorWedding makes for a witty phrase that will impress! Using wordplay with phrases that sound similar to your first or last names is best for those wanting a creative hashtag. There are many popular pair phrases like “Two Peas in a Pod” “It Takes Two to Tango”. There are also romantic sayings like “Lucky in Love”, “Love At First Sight”, and “Happily Ever After”, Other statements common to weddings, like “Getting Hitched”, “Down the Aisle”, “To Have and to Hold” or “Tying the Knot” can be manipulated slightly to make your wedding hashtag.
Complete Weddings + Events in Spokane
Hashtags are a fun way to unite all the content from your big day, but needing hashtag help (or any wedding planning help) is normal! Don’t be afraid to reach out to Washington wedding professionals to help you or connect you to more wedding resources to make sure you’re getting help where it’s needed. Complete Weddings + Events in Spokane is a text or phone call away (509.927.3535) for advice or to set up a consultation to chat through your event! Contact Complete today!