Themes for Your Wedding

As weddings get more expensive and involved, brides and grooms are looking to find ways to make their wedding stand out in the crowd without breaking the bank. A great way to throw a fun wedding is to design it around a central theme, which often provides creative, inexpensive ideas for centerpieces, decor and catering and provides an entertaining atmosphere for your guests. You want a theme that represents your life together as a couple, and here are some ideas for developing your own theme.

The Honeymoon

Your honeymoon is a great place to start looking at your wedding theme. Designing your wedding around an exotic location can be a lot of fun, just be careful that you don't go too far, a theme is one thing, tacky is another. Here are some examples of honeymoon inspired themes:

The Beach Wedding:
Catering: Surf and turf. If you can find a caterer who can do a luau-style pig roast, these are tons of fun and everyone will remember the food! Ask the bar to stock margarita and pina colada mixes.
Centerpieces: A few tropical flowers and seashells on a mirrored plate or charger with some tea lights is inexpensive and easy to do. Just stay away from using real sand, it can get into the food and ruin your catering.
Decor: It's so easy to go too far with a beach theme! You can do most of your themed decor just in the colors of the linens you choose. Beaches are colorful, and you can pick your colors from a picture of a beach scape or even more romantic, an ocean sunset. Raffia ribbon can add the look of "Tiki" without resorting to setting up grass huts. Tie some raffia bows around your bar and catering table for a beachy feel.
For More Fun: Add a limbo contest to your DJ's dance mix. Make sure your photographer gets tons of pictures!