A wedding can be very traditional with the glamorous white ball gown and the black tie tuxedos. However, they can also be given a new twist with these 5 fun themes. Which one would you choose for your wedding?
5. The Bride and Groom of Rock n Roll…
Whether you’re paying tribute to “Grease” or still believe Elvis Presley is alive and well, a Rock n Roll theme wedding is cool without a doubt. Dress up your guests tables with items that remind them of the 50’s and 60’s like a “Pink Ladies” table for all the cute teen girls or a “T-Bird” table for all the bad boys. Have your bridal party dress up in poodle skirts and wingtip shoes to keep the theme rocking and a rolling. And give a request to your band or DJ to only play hits from the era like Elvis’ “Jailhouse Rock” or Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire”.
4. Fun in the Sun for Everyone…
If you like to surf, swim, and tan than a fun and bright beach theme is just the added touch you need for your wedding. Dress your bridesmaids up in fun bright colors like hot pink and sunny yellow while the groomsmen coordinate their ties with the same colors. Invite your guests to wear light colors and white pants with flip-flops to join in on the summer fun. Find bands that use steel drums for a cool Bahaman vibe and don’t forget the mini cocktail umbrellas for those Margaritas! For your centerpieces add a touch of memory from your childhood with watermelons used as containers for your beautiful sunflowers or orchids with little seashells or starfish decorating the table.
3. From Far Away Travels…
Have you and your fiancé been to China or maybe Italy? Bring your guests into travels that may be unknown to them. Decorate your tables with trinkets from China like a little Buddha or small bamboo plants for centerpieces. The Double Happiness symbol is very popular for Chinese cake designs or cake toppers. There are many sources on the internet like China Bridal that sell favors, dresses, and accessories to help you express your theme the way you pictured it. And if Italy has stolen your heart, hold your reception at a winery and use wine corks for your placecard holders. Don’t forget to send your guest home with delicious biscotti favors or a miniature bottle of extra virgin olive oil.
2. Let’s Celebrate the Holidays…
If your wedding date falls around a holiday, whether it be St. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, or Halloween, don’t be afraid of it…embrace it! For Valentine’s Day decorate your wedding cake with fun hearts and give your guests favors of candy hearts that say “I Do”. St. Patrick’s Day can be done in a tasteful manner with cute shamrocks on your invitations and bridesmaids in lime or hunter green dresses. Don’t forget fireworks, apple pie, and a bridal party dressed in red, white, and blue on Independence Day. Halloween can be extreme with guests in costumes or laidback with colors of orange and small accents of brown with a touch of a few fun skulls or pumpkins on cupcakes and bridesmaids hair barrettes. Will there be a holiday incorporated into your wedding day?
1. Movie Tickets Please…
Do you and your fiancé have a favorite movie that you’ve watched over a million times through the years? Or maybe you would like to remember your very first date when you saw “Walk the Line” and dress up like Johnny Cash in cowboy boots and June Carter in a beautiful vintage wedding gown. If you don’t have a movie you want to role play you can dress up in Hollywood glamour and pull out the red carpet as you step out of your rented Rolls Royce. Send out your save the dates on a movie stub and send your guest home with favors of clapboard picture frames.
*Old Hollywood Glam at the High School Musical 3 Paris Premiere
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I love the idea of from far away travels and the movie idea. That should be cute :) Love the pictures!
Thanks Sheila! Yeah I think the 50’s theme is my favorite…I can just picture bridesmaids in poodle skirts and dancing to 50’s music all night! I would love to go to a wedding with all of these…they just sound like a great time! Yeah I found really great photo sources…I love how Snippet & Ink and TheWeddingDecorator puts their photos together. :)
Dear Diana,
I love your holiday concept for the wedding! It’s defenitely great idea for those who is mix couple that need to have less stress with such kind of feeling for the wedding. It’s a great day to have the wedding too.
Cause mine wedding was on St Nicholas day in Dec. It was too cold for me and I am getting a cold on that day of last year. All the best to your 2009!!!:)
neo
Thanks Neo! Holiday themes can be so fun for any wedding…and any holiday can be turned into a theme. St. Nicholas day is a great for a holiday theme with colors of green and red and maybe have someone dress up as St. Nicholas if you have children coming to the wedding! Thanks for the wishes and the comment!
Dear Diana,
I am Karen who will be getn married soon and thought of chocolate brown and turquoise blue wedding colour but i am trying to figure what theme can i set for this .pls help me out .
Thanks ,
Karen
Hi Karen, Congrats on your wedding…when will you be getting married? Chocolate brown and turquoise blue sound like a great color combo. It helps to know what season you are having the wedding to go with a theme. But I found a few sites that show the color combo with polka dots that look very cute. Here is one link I found that shows a lot of brown and turquoise favors…http://www.squidoo.com/blueandbrownweddingideas. Here is another great site that can give you lots of theme ideas…http://www.favorideas.com/wedding-themes/seasonal-themes/. I hope these links have helped you out some. Have you signed up on sites like TheKnot.com or Brides.com? They are both very helpful for brides. http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=AquaBrideBio&MsdVisit=1. And also check out my post on hot wedding colors for tips on blue flowers and such…http://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-wedding-color-ideas/. Cant wait to hear about your wedding! Thanks for stopping by!