What would you like your wedding to look like? Your wedding theme doesn’t have to be hugely elaborate, but let’s face it – this is one of the most important days of your life, so you can have whatever theme, style and look you want.

For some couples, choosing a wedding theme is a piece of cake, but if you are still trying to decide, here are some ideas to get you going.

1. Summer Wedding Theme

A summer wedding is traditional and it brings with it all the benefits of great weather. If you are having your wedding in the summer, why not incorporate a summery theme too? Summer is the best time of the year for flowers, so decide on a colour scheme (purple and white, for example) and make sure you have plenty of flowers everywhere to match that scheme. Serve seasonal foods and white or rose wine, and maybe hire a band to play outdoors. If you are planning the wedding yourself, go to a florist to get advice about the best seasonal flowers to include!

2. Spring/Autumn/Winter Wedding Themes

Summer isn’t the only season for weddings! Autumn lends itself well to rich, warm colour schemes involving deep reds, oranges and gold – while spring is excellent for greens, blues and pastels. For a winter wedding, deep burgundies and glistening silvers work really well. And why not decorate the cake with snowmen made from icing and serve hot spiced wine!

3. Musical Wedding Theme

If you enjoy music, you can centre your wedding theme around that. Hire a band, or a number of solo players, and have a variety of music played throughout the day. You can arrange the tables at your reception around a stage, so that gentle music can be played while you eat, or have a choir sing throughout your service.

4. Boat Wedding Theme

A wedding on a boat can be fantastically romantic, so long as the boat isn’t too rocky! You don’t want anyone getting seasick. You could watch the sunset over the water while you exchange vows and then have fireworks as the party gets under way.

5. Other Themes

Whatever your great love is, and however unusual it might be, you can certainly base your wedding around it. As long as both partners are equally keen (remember that it’s a special day for both the bride and the groom!) you can base your wedding on literally any theme. Western weddings with ten gallon hats and horses, weddings in the colours of a sports team, even weddings where the bridal party dresses up as aliens – they have all been done. Base your wedding on something both you and your partner love to create a day that is personalised just for you!

Your wedding theme can be anything that fits within your budget, but try to choose something that you will always be able to look back on and think, “Yes. That was my wedding day. It was just perfect.” If you choose a theme based on something you dig just at the moment, you may find that you regret it like a bad tattoo in the future. So make sure you choose a theme that’s going to seem special forever.

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My wedding will be May 16, 2009. It’ll be a church wedding with the reception in the church gym. I’m stuck between a beach them and a three color theme. The 3 colors would be apple red, gold, and white. There will be about 200 guests. Which one would look better?
It’s be more a tropical theme rather than a beach theme.
I think I am leaning more towards colors.

I like them both! why couldn’t you use them both? for instance I would do the sand ceremony instead of the candle and put your colors in the sand. the favors could have the tropical theme in it. you have two great ideas do both or whatever is in your heart. but i could picture the center pieces with if you do vases you could put sand on the bottom with the ribbons that match your color scheme and if it is indoors you could put the floating candles in it or if you want to alternate do one table with that and the other with Pineapples and get tooth picks and stick them with cherries or cheese.It depends what type of reception you want you could do a lot, most important thing is have fun with it and make it your own and I wish you the best of luck.

for reception only
ceremony will be at a church.

You can use whatever color you like…Pinks/ LT Greens/Peach/Blues and yellow…Or think of the colors the when the sun is setting on the beach and go of those, they would be richer darker colors…

We are having a beach theme wedding in Ocean city Maryland, and I need ideas on the Save the Date wording. I am making the Save the Date magnets myself, and having a picture of a sunset on the beach in the background. I want something thats cute with a beach feel. Save the day for May 8th, 2010. If you have any ideas please let me know!

Thank you!

This may go against your idea since you already have a picture you want to use… but you may want to consider writing "Save the Date" in the sand with your fingers right on the water’s edge with two hearts.

Really, a whole lot of wording isn’t needed on a save the date – just the two of your names and the date. But if you want to, I could recommend something like, "Get ready to feel the sand between your toes on May 8th, 2010." or something like that.

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I am having a beach themed wedding and I would like to give my bridesmaids something along the lines of the theme. I thought about flip flops but they all have enough of them (believe me they do!). Any ideas? something unique?

I think traditionally the bride gives her bridesmaids jewelery, someone told me that recently, maybe some coral or cool shell necklaces.

My friend is getting married and doing a medieval / fairytale theme. Any ideas out there? She’s got a belle-sleeve dress, victorian pew cone decorations and an arch for the front. Give us some GOOD ideas!
Colors are lavender and sage

Celtic music is VERY medieval. Especially the lute and harp music.

And how about lavendar sachets for wedding keepsakes. Make an accompanying card with the date and couples names in celtic lettering. Use lavendar coloured tulle squares, and a pale green or leaf green ribbon to tie them. You should be able to find dried lavendar flowers at a health shop (they are used for herbal tea).

For my nephew’s wedding I made bookmarks with a drawing on one side that represented lavendar and rosemary branches. On the other side the date of the wedding, and names of the bride and groom. One side was pale green, the other lavendar coloured. Then I cut them all the same size, and had them laminated in plastic sheets. Afterwards, I cut a small circle from the top and threaded lavendar coloured cording in them tyeing a small tassel on each end. They turned out quite nice

You could also make ceremony leaflets with all the details of the ceremonial prayers, readings, etc. for the church, putting 3 or 4 per pew. Use a cream or ivory coloured paper for the inner pages. Have them printed in celtic lettering, and glue a lavendar flower with a small bow on the front. (Use parchment or elephant skin heavy paper…it gives them an "old" look). (If you are going to do them yourself, you can find celtic lettering for your computer in www.fontfreak.com download the one you like best, there are several ( I personally like Kelly Ann Gothic, KingdomCome is neat, and King Arthur) There are even several fonts with capitals like the Initials on medieval manuscrot book illustrations (mosaic initials, Pee’s Celtic outline, etc)
Have the bridal and bridesmaids bouquets have ribbons trailing at least of 3 different lengths, with a small knot tied at the bottom of each. This is called a "love knot" and was used long ago on all bridal bouquets.

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I am looking for some creative inexpresive ideas for centrepieces for our beach themed wedding! It is in July and our colours are Espresso and Robin Egg Blue (light blue).

How about a large vase with a large mouth opening (like a hurricane lamp but closed on the bottom) fill1/3 of the way with sand and place a large white candle inside, the sand will keep the candle steady. You can then place sea shells or sea glass in the sand.

I was talking to my BF about our wedding theme for the far future (we decided to hold off on it because we’re both not financially ready) and he said that he didn’t care what theme I chose for the reception as long as the DJ played some of his type of music too. He likes country music while I will only listen to some of the modern (more like pop) stuff. Now to my question …

I have been a Mickey Mouse fan for as long as I can remember and I see that there are many wedding favors listed on eBay so I know it’s not something strange. What do you think of this idea? Can I pull it off? :) )
playwitd – He’s getting some of his music (which I don’t like). Why can’t I get what I like?

Disney themes are actually very popular. You should be able to pull it off easily. Have your colors be red/black, with just a touch of yellow.
As long as you don’t overdo it, it will be fine.

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