Great Themes for a Wedding

1. Black and White - Very Stylish, and sophisticated. This theme is best for a formal wedding. Use varying kinds of white flowers, and black fabrics to decorate. For foods/favors, you can have tuxedo chocolate covered strawberries, and different decorative cookies (tuxedo and wedding dress shaped cookies are tres chic!). This theme instills images of jazz clubs, sophistication, and old Hollywood. The perfect location would be an old jazz bar, with a band playing. Anything with a vintage feel fits in perfectly. Red, silver, or gold accents can be added sparingly without dropping the mood down any notches. You can use various elegant patterns: toile, checkerboard, etc.

2. Medieval - Either hold outside, or find an older stone looking building. This could be a church, a bed or breakfast, or some other building. Serve simple foods: updated for modern times, such as simple filets of steak and chicken, served with vegetables. Play Celtic music, perhaps harps, or have royal trumpeters. Use rich regal colors such as plum, gold, crimson, and navy blue. Leave Celtic favors, candies in little velvet bags, or wooden boxes. You could also leave favors of a royal them: crown shaped items. Perhaps print your favorite Old English poetry, and have a miniature book made. (You could also paste them into small hardbound books yourself). Incorporate iron or pewter touches for the antique feel. Often, you can find thrones for the bride or groom to sit in. If not, decorate these chairs differently, perhaps with monogrammed chair covers and some flowers. You could also incorporate the ancient rite of handfasting into your vows, where the bride and grooms hands are "bound" with ribbon.