Selecting a Wedding Theme
by Julie
The process of putting on a wedding requires a great deal of focus and effort from the couple getting married, and the staff that they may have; be it friends, or if they hire a wedding planner. First and foremost, you should decide which wedding theme best suit the personalities and lifestyle of the couple. By picking the wedding theme first, it will be easier to coordinate the decorations, dresses, menu, flowers and all other decisions to be made in planning the wedding. The wedding theme will guide all decisions to be made throughout the whole planning process; invitations, favors, decorations, as well as the location suited to the overall theme of the wedding.
Wedding themes are usually based on the concept the couple wants. Do you want to host a wedding in a wine estate? The tone of that wedding will be decidedly different than a wedding held in a nature reserve, a community garden, a cathedral or on a pristine beach for an ocean-side wedding. The ultimate goal is to be comfortable, to enjoy and to put into reality their dream wedding.
There are unique weddings with themes that can give you ideas that are sure to spark your imagination with possibilities. These themes can be used to think of the right sort of wedding for you. Use them as a launching pad for your own ideas. Examples of unique wedding themes are;
- Romantic or Valentine’s themes
- Fall wedding theme or a theme based on another season; spring, summer or winter
- Formal theme or its opposite, the casual theme
- Hollywood theme
- Christmas wedding themes
- Sports
- Natural
- Victorian wedding with lots of velvet and lace
- Romeo and Juliet inspired medieval wedding
- Asian wedding theme
- Wedding Color themes, like an orange wedding
Or, the wedding themes can center on TV shows, a specific era, or any other theme the couples can come up with. Really, imagination is the limit.
Once you can picture what you want the wedding to be and the tone of the wedding, you can then focus on what you want to buy or make and a better understanding of what arrangements to make on specific facilities or suppliers. Having a well thought out plan will save you time and money.
Organizing your wedding comes with a huge sense of expectation, need for perfection and full range of emotions leading up to the big day. Energies are focused on creating the right environment to give you confidence and peace of mind. Because weddings are intimate and personal gatherings between friends and family, the environment has to be suited to the couples’ personalities.
Despite the many questions and ideas that will spin in and out of the couple’s and wedding planner’s minds over the course of preparing the wedding, the most essential ones will be answered as they get through the fundamental part of organizing the wedding and selecting the supplies and accessories that they will need. It is certain, however, that thousands of ideas on an enormous variety of wedding themes with new creative wedding ideas are available all the time.


