Today's post has been very kindly provided by the lovely Lucy of Lucinda George Wedding & Event Design who talks about the important things to consider when choosing a theme for your wedding and even includes a gorgeous pistachio mood board - makes me want to get married again!! I hope you enjoy....
Choosing a theme for your wedding
Choosing a theme for your wedding enables you to create a celebration that perfectly suits the desired style and atmosphere of your big day.
Selecting a theme for a wedding can be initially off-putting. For some, the idea conjures up thoughts of fancy dress parties and/or an entire catalogue of Disney films! In reality, deciding on a theme need be no more strenuous than selecting a single colour or few words that inspire the design of your wedding.
A theme influences your venue and supplier selections, as well as your choice of decorative features. It also focuses your attentions more closely on the aspects of your nuptials that are the most important to you and makes you less likely to get distracted by a number of different design options that aren’t cohesive. This is always beneficial for those really needing to stick to their budget throughout the planning process.
Consider the style of your nuptials
Do you want a wedding that appreciates the great outdoors and combines the simplicity of beautiful landscapes? If so, would a wedding on a farm appeal, or even a reception that invites guests to set sail on a boat as part of your celebrations? Would you like a much more casual wedding that resembles more of a family reunion? Or would a formal wedding with lots of adherence to traditional customs be preferable to you? Would you like to inject real drama and glamour and design the theme of your wedding around a particular TV show or film? If this doesn’t appeal, would you prefer a more arty approach to your celebration or possibly an environmentally friendly one? Perhaps you are both sports fans and would like to incorporate that interest into your marriage? Or look at your love of history- do you covet a certain era, which you would like to recreate for your wedding celebrations?
Pictured: The home of cricket, Lord's is now licensed for civil marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.
Identify a common interest that you and your fiancé share.
Write down separately things that define your personalities and interests, for example ‘the colour green, visiting Italy’. These ideas can be combined to create your theme. Your wedding design can be influenced by anything that mattes to you, whether it be a hobby, a favourite holiday destination or a language. This is a vital first step to personalising your wedding.
Produce a mood board sourced from pictures online or in wedding magazines. Cut them out and take time, selecting the ones you ‘love’ and discarding those images that are just a ‘like’. Blue tack them to a neutral background and see how the ‘love’ pile works together. Return to them after a break and review your selections again – so often a few days away really sorts out your preferences!
Creating a mood board is very useful in reviewing whether a desired theme will work, as well as clearly showing if it really wouldn’t! Don’t hesitate to collect images that do work under your ‘theme heading’ but you would not want to feature in your celebrations! For example, your wedding theme could be ‘cinema’ but you might have a real aversion to featuring popcorn in any way during your celebration! These things are useful to know from the outset as it saves a lot of time if you are clear on what you would hate to feature in the design of your wedding. Sometimes a mood board that shows a couple’s ‘dislikes’ is even more useful to the planning process than one which shows ‘loves’. It narrows the search and establishes the things to definitely avoid in the design.
This mood board Pistachio Perfection was created for the couple that simply share a love of the colour green and visiting Italy.
This theme combines stunning pistachio features (starting with the dress!) punctuated by chocolate brown detailing on a cream canvas - with candles, flowers, car and lounge furniture all matching the exquisite marble reception décor. The decoration is simple to complement the venue: understated clear glassware and traditional lanterns combine beautifully with natural light as it floods the venue, showing that spring has definitely sprung!
Photo Credits
Dress - by Lazaro via http://idoinspiration.blogspot.com/
Invitation – designed by Fine Moments for www.weddingpaperdivas.com
Lantern & Flowers – Photography by Abby Ross Event Planning/Design by Atlas and Campbell Event & Floral Design by TFS Studio via www.stylemepretty.com
Favours - unknown via http://idoinspiration.blogspot.com/
Cake & Flowers – unknown via www.marthastewartweddings.com
‘Just Married’ Car – Jessamyn Harris Photography via www.stylemepretty.com
This post has been provided by Lucy of Lucinda George Wedding & Event Planning
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