Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes
Adopting a theme for your wedding does more than express your personal style. Working with a theme "simplifies decision-making by focusing your choices, and it gives you the maximum bang for your buck because all the eleMents of the wedding will play off each other. To stir your theme-choosing imagination, here are my 100 favorite wedding themes and some of the details that bring them to life.
Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes
Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes
Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes
Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes
WEDDING THEMES FOR ALL SEASONS
Classic Style: Flowers in urn-shaped vases, tightly manicured hedges, monograms. Chocolate: Chocolate liquor, beef with chocolate and chili mole, chocolate mousse. Brunch: Mimosas, savory quiches, a jazz trio. Cocktail Party: Cityscapes, signature drinks, stilettos. Childhood Home: Garlands on the stAirs, rolled up rugs, Dressingfor your wedding in the room where you grew up. Community: Long tables, young and old sharing the dance floor, making a charitable donation in honor of your guests instead of giving favors. Spheres: Spherical vases, bourbon balls pre-sets on the tables, paper lanterns. Champagne and Cake Reception: Clinking glasses, heart-felt toasts, butter cream frosting. Surprise Wedding: Invitations that throw everyone off the scent, informalwear, champagne toast at the wedding ceremony to announce. Afternoon Tea: Lace huppah, herbed tiered serving platters, sandwiches. VinTAGe: Birdcage veil, bias-cut satin, champagne punch. Simple Elegance: huppah canopy, White gown with simple lines, understated floral arrangeMents. Pot-Luck: Gathering around the huppah, overflowing with buffet tableeveryone's best festive dishes, the heart-felt support of family and friends. Nights in Morocco: Hamsa, gold thread embroidery, a bridal crown. Family: Family members holding your huppah poles, a family slideshow, family-style meal service. Dancing: A dance floor, DJ, friends you can count on to get the Party started when the first song hits. Dessert Reception: Tiered serving plates, passed champagne, chocolate. Hors D'oeuvres Reception: Savory hors d'oeuvres, carefully chosen wine, cocktail atTire. Candy colors: Pastel, candy buffet, candy favors. Country Romance: Lace huppah, wooden tables, sweet tea. Lakeside Wedding: Raising the huppah by the lake, the wedding Dress catching the breeze, The sun or moon reflected in the water. Roses: Rose petals strewn in the aisle, roseswater, heaping bouquets of roses. The Big Tree in the Backyard under the Huppah: tree, tree leaf decorating motif, taking turns on the swing. Paper: Wrapping paper table runners, paper lanterns, paper flower centerpieces. Mini: Mini quiches, mini cupcakes, petite roses. Just Close Family and Friends: Handwritten invitations, shared memories, homemade wedding cake. Candles: A hundred borrowed candlesticks, candle favors, an internal glow. Jewish Artisanal Style: Hand calligraphed ketubot (wedding contract), kiddush cup Yaer Emanuel design, klezmer band. Sparkle: Beaded lace, champagne bubbles, a bride's beaming face. Fiesta: Vibrant colors, Mexican peasant Dresses for the bridesmaids, large paper flowers. How We Met: Food and centerpieces based on the place where you met, thenatural conversation starter: "So, how did you two meet?" FAiry Tale Wedding: Pink roses, tiara, silk satin. Passion Romance: Red roses, chocolate covered strawberries, passion fruit sorbet. Bushel baskets, Farm: tall grass, reception in the barn. Italian Feast: appetizer, Italian wines, cannoli, tiramisu, gelato, cassata, macaroons, pizzelles, panna cotta, zabaglione semifreddo, limoncello, mascarpone frosting ...
SPRING WEDDING THEMES
Spring Greens: Spring green satin pumps, spring green orchids, salad of mixed spring greens. Mixed flower bouquets: Pinks, strawberry punch, blushing bride. Gingham: Bouquets wrapped in gingham ribbon, gingham tableCloths, favor boxes topped with gingham bows. Flowering Trees: Huppah by the trees, flowering branchcenterpieces, flower petals dusting the ground. Berries: A mix of purples, raspberry kir, berries on the wedding cake. Tulle: Tulle details on the wedding dress with tulle, ribbon tied bouquets, candy favors tied up in tulle. Victoriana: bridal bouquet, Posy violets, flower arrangeMents sugared filled to overflowing. Sweet Romance: Shoulder length veil, bridal bouquet, stolen kisses. Tulips: Tulip bridal bouquet, tulip, tulip-skirted centerpieces flower girl dresses. Lag b'omer (Jewish holiday Passover and Shavuot between): Flowering branches, laughter, young love. Lilacs: Purples, lilac table bouquets, the sweet heady lilac scent. : Yellow and white Daisies, daisy bouquets, "... she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she lovesme! "
SUMMER WEDDING THEMES
Carnival: Pennant banners, caramel popcorn, ring toss. Garden Party: Layers of stripes and chintz, small full flower arrangeMents, ladies in hats. BBQ: Sweet-smelling smoke, micro-brewed beer, wet naps. Picnic: Gingham tableCloths, fried chicken, potato salad. Tropical: Citrus colors, cool drinks, mango ice cream. Southern Charm: Mint juleps, magnolias, photos on the veranda. CotTAGe garden: Garden tours, leisurely meal, herb garden menu. Stripes: Striped ties, tableCloths, huppah widely striped poles wrapped in ribbon. Hydrangeas: Blues, greens, and purples; linen table cloths; silver flower bowls. Americana: Family photos on the porch, touch football on the lawn, a bonfire. Fourth of July: Stars and stripes,bunting, sparklers. FAiry Garden: Fairy lights reflected in the birdbath, pinks and blues, butterfly wings in the flower arrangements. Lavender: Lavender bouquets, lavender ice cream, lavender sachet favors. Chintz: Rose-themed invitations, chintz overlays on striped tablecloths, overflowing rose bouquets. Lawn Games: Croquet, horse shoes, lemonade. Evening Romance: Raising the huppah at twilight, cello, dinner and dancing under the stars. Calla Lilies calla lilies: Dramatic large, elegant small calla lilies, echoes of Katherine Hepburn's "The calla lilies ahre in bloohm ..." Forest: Moss, tree-branch huppah poles, pinecone place cards. Leis, Luau: piña coladas, hibiscus. Evening in the Garden: Lots of white, lightly sparkling huppah with beaded lace, heaps of candles. FrenchCountryside: Toile, topiaries, garden benches. Beach: Sand, surf, ocean breezes. Midsummer Night's Dream: Twinkly lights, flower garlands, moonlight. Sunset Ceremony: Tiki torches, tiki torches, tiki torches.
AUTUMN WEDDING THEMES
Pomegranates: Pomegranate themed invitations, table setting, deep red pomegranate tablescapes. Apples: Huppah under the apple boughs, sparkling cider, apple centerpieces. Rustic Wooden tables: table runner, hemp, home-made wedding cake. Velvet: Velvet huppah, velvet table runners, red velvet cake. Country Store: Mason jar vases, natural fabric tablecloths, home-made pies. Autumn Harvest: Pumpkins, natural tablescape, a pretty cardigan. Wine Tasting: A knowledgeable sommelier, dark wood, savory hors d'oeuvres. Fruits ofIsrael: the upstairs Marzipan-stuffed dates hors d'oeuvres; broiled figs; centerpieces of pomegranates, figs, grapes, dates, and sheaves of wheat and barley.
WINTER WEDDING THEMES
Hearth and Home: Glowing fire in the Fireplace, family and friends gathered from far and near, warm hugs. New Year's Eve: Champagne, cocktail atTire, glittery golds. Snowflakes: White and blue crystals in the centerpieces, sugar Snowflakes decorating the wedding cake. Glimpses of the Garden: Snow covered trees, red cardinals, cardinal red. Desert Landscape: Long horizons, succulent centerpieces, desert sunset. Greenery: Ruscus green garlands, white flower accents, decorative garland draped on the wedding cake tiers. Hanukkah: Evening ceremony, lighting the Hanukkah, gold-wrapped chocolatecoins scattered on the tables.
WEDDING COLOR THEMES-By Time of Day
DAYTIME WEDDING COLOR THEMES
Orange and Fuchsia bridesmaids ' dresses: Fuchsia, orange and fuchsia bouquets, white table linens. Brown and Green: Moss, pinecones, tree branch huppah poles. French Blue and White tablecloths, French blue white porcelain urn flower containers, touches of brown. Turquoise: Turquoise and Orange, orange flower centerpieces tablecloths, lots of energy. Lavender: Lavender bridesmaids ' dresses, lilac bouquet centerpieces, touches of light grey. White and Navy: Navy suit jackets, Khaki Pants, touches of yellow. White, Ivory, and Creamy Pink: White gown, pink tablecloths, ivory ribbons. Silver Grey, Gold and White: Silver table service,gold brocade table runners, crisp white linens.
EVENING & NIGHT WEDDING COLOR THEMES
Black and White Formal wear, baroque patterns, a touch of bling. Ivory and Gold: Duchess satin fabrics, double-sided satin ribbons, Chiavari chairs. White: Layers of white in a mix of textures, tapers, vanilla bean wedding cake. Fig, Where Grey, White Fig centerpieces, where grey tablecloths, white votive candles. Silver Pewter: pewter Silver bridesmaids ' dresses, organza chair sashes deep grey, pewter goblets. Charcoal Grey: Charcoal grey suit, white rose boutonniere, silver kiddush cup.
Wedding Themes Simplify Planning and Get You Bang for Your Buck: 100 Favorite Wedding Themes