Dreams and Themes Come to Life – ON BUDGET

Mostly people pick themes for wedding to make their life easier, the to do list more manageable, the final product a fantastic, spectacular whole, from the smallest to the biggest detail. If it is well-thought out, priced and synergized just right, as well as executed well, there will be a beautiful, flawless complete wedding celebration underway, guaranteed and to boot, it will be completely unique and memorable, done for a mere fraction of the cost.

Through the use of a theme you are in the position of communicating with your guests, way before the couple even arrives. It shares with them something about you and things that you love, cherish and prefer. It should showcase a little bit of your personality, what attracted you to each other, tell a story of your love etc. If you both love a certain sport, maybe a sport theme will be OK (watch our girls and boys!) or if you met on an island vacation, on the beach, an island or beach theme for your wedding will be perfect, celebrating the first moments you encountered, met and fell in love. Ahhh, a sunset, sand between your toes, slight breeze – OK, no bikini’s here for wedding-dress OK (unless you are on the beach of course and it is your preference!) All the power to you…Once you have opted for your ultimate personal and overall wedding theme, the backdrop and coordinating, silver thread if you will that will tie in every little detail of your special day, into a spectacular event, all elements can be quite easily and successfully be tied into this one, sole theme with relative ease. There are myriads of products available out there, including the wedding favors and gifts , to make it MORE memorable and coordinated!

Ask and answer for yourself what you would need for your wedding and make the choices according to your theme. Colors, tastes, sounds, music, décor, food and drink, favor, fabric etc. all start to come together nicely in a tidy package, once you put your mind to it. Think about what and how each decision you make , can make your theme come to life and have this personal wedding event of all time, just the way you want and like it to be. If you are having and Asian wedding for example, there are numerous sites online and niche providers that can assist you with Asian designs, favors, fabrics, tastes and extravagances, music and flavors to please, tantalize, invite and spoil your guests and the wedding couple with! For the tables and reception, think fortune cookies, chopsticks and take-out boxes, fortune cookie place-card holder, or metallic / silver take-out box that has the names of the couple engraved on it.

Here are some illustrative ideas and examples from themed weddings that can also save you some money if you are planning and doing things on your own for your dream wedding on a tight budget.

What about a seasonal, wintry, cold-blast type winter, ice wonderland, with snow, blue, silvers and white, cotton for snow, tinsel and icicle lights, snowmen, ice-princesses and sculptures, silver toned glitter and faux flowers like lilies. Similar for Spring, Fall and Summer-type themes. It helps with color-schemes, linens, fabrics, flowers, ribbons, favors, menus, drinks, etc. all brought and tied together with this one unifying aspect – YOUR UNIQUE DREAM WEDDING THEME.

What about beach theme or type wedding. Think elements and components like shells, fish, sand, and water, sea-grass, pearls, treasure, pirates, waves, smells and sounds of the sea, favors, like ships, beach umbrellas, flip-flops and more. All freely and cheaply available, but here not cheesy at all, just coordinated in a creative way to get a message across, set the state, create some atmosphere and become the backdrop to your perfect wedding day.

Elegant, useful, creative, stylish, favors galore, abound for myriads of themes, like silver dolphin-shaped bottle-opener or a shell shaped candle accent. These can all be added to the list and festivities, quite affordably, making the whole event more memorable and enjoyable for you and your guests all-round. Even if budgets are stretched to the limit, there are classy and not too expensive favors available, like shell card holders, or a mini beach pail filled with candies or countless others.

How about flowers being the theme of your wedding – multi-colored, one-colored, two-toned, pastels, reds, pinks, yellow, orange, yellow and green, you name it, there are possibilities!

For favors, tables, décor, decorations, arrangements, even bouquets, candy-holders, place-card holders, candles, tea-lights and candy that are shaped in that particular flower and so on are all doable and requires little effort for maximum impact. Combining themes like winter, holidays and flowers might have you opting for greenery and red and gold colors like bells and holly wreaths or maybe even some birds to add that festive touch beyond the ordinary!

When it comes to themed weddings and party favors, that everyone will adore, love and cherish, useful and elegant you do not have to spend an arm and a leg. Lots of dollar stores, hobby stores and craft centers, even fabric stores will have lots to choose from to add that special touch to your themed wedding. that are elegant and in keeping with your overall theme and yet can still be useful after the wedding. Good ideas and creative inspiration will characterize your personalizing your wedding day. The choice of a theme will set your imagination on flight – make your dream wedding day come true, now , tomorrow and forever!

Many would argue that choosing the theme is the easy part (yeah, right?!) From there onward it becomes easier most believe to pull threads together to make the wedding of a lifetime, orchestrate, gel, come together, synergize, coordinate and fall into place. Everything adding its collective and individual splendor and magic to the overall, holistic event.

Cultural undertones, tradition, language, rites, rituals, Scottish or Irish themes, Celtic heritage, A French wedding, or just something you both enjoy, or places, people, worlds you are fascinated by, visit, want to go, cherish, share, bring together, such as country, western or mediaeval fantasies, all become possible. The sky is the limit!

Processes, place, protocol, details and more need to be confirmed and taken care of one by one, to ensure smooth sailing on the day.

Start by putting your theme into expression with all the things you have to get and do. Set the stage, atmosphere and choose colors, linens, flowers, menus, dresses, drinks, seating plans and charts, wine, snacks, first dance etc. according to your theme. Try and focus with your checklist, to do list and shopping list for your wedding to putting your theme to work, into practice For example, the location – ensure that they are OK with you doing a beach theme wedding there for example, bringing shells and sand for example into a ballroom? If incense can be burned, candles allowed etc. ?

It may have implications for things like:

• special decorations
• strict requirements for food/preparation (raw fish for example) if you are having a Japanese style wedding, special cultural, traditional foods, recipes that have to be custom-made
• dress-codes
• stunts
• special transportations
• permits, permission, agreements etc.
• what extras you are allowed
• exchanging vows
• Scottish piper at end of ceremony for example might be well-received, but an angry mob throwing the couple with rotten tomatoes as a send-off might not be!

MORE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THEME WEDDINGS

• How far will you take the theme
• How much are you willing, can you spend on making it real, building this dream location and staging the perfect event
• What is most, more and least, not important – cut the things you do not need and/or can do without
• Do not overkill or use to much, as it might seem tacky or overcompensating, indulgent etc.
• In all you do, spare a thought for your guests as well
• Be appropriate and considerate, regardless of the theme (would you want to see your grandmother in a hula and a bikini top??) select your dress-code and requirements of/from your guests with the utmost of care – what might sound like a great idea to you, might just terrify your guests to the point of them declining to attend, not show up or not be part of the festivities at all.
• Include as many details of and feel for your theme way in advance, in and through the invitations, pre-parties and related events, to set the stage.
• You can also push the theme you chose to the limit and include it in everything you do. Castles and Scottish weddings, music and food can all be included, favors with a short-bread-flavor, wine and beer from the region etc. can all make for a spectacular Mediaeval or Tudor-style wedding theme. Elements can be present and used in both the reception and ceremony, all aspects, food, cakes, snacks, music, color, dancing and more.
• Transportation other than cars or limos can add that extra touch (horse-carriage, sleigh, vintage car, motorcycle, tractor or an open top bus? )
• Rain-plans, contingency, alternatives are also important for all aspects of your wedding, including themed weddings.
• Simple table decorations
• Special cake
• Find things (favors, décor, flowers, extras, that can accentuate your theme)
• Hand-written notes, scrolls, with ribbon etc. can add a nice personal touch for every guest, without breaking the bank, your budget, theme or pocketbook!
• Also consider cutting certain things out, not having too much that the theme is tacky or overwhelming, ridiculous or indulgent, putting others off, not being or creating the welcoming atmosphere , environment, event and backdrop that you want.

Themed wedding cakes, elaborate baking sensations, samples, reputation, decorations can all be done by an experience chef, baker or niche wedding cake decorator/specialist. Cake topper, icing or piped flowers, jewels , cut wedding cake in little boxes, netting etc. with the couple’s names, date of the wedding can all be a nice touch, without having to spend too much. For a beach theme wedding an ice-cream cake might be a great treat! Sundaes the perfect dessert and beach cocktails/mock-tails for your guests (sans alcohol) the perfect touch. Small sunscreens tubes and/or beach umbrellas, cherries, pine-apple and fresh fruit, sun-hats can all add just the right atmosphere and feel for your wedding.

Miniature versions of the cake, samples and sampling of the menu items, proofs of the prints all cost a little extra, but is worth it, to give you a better idea on how the individual smaller elements will be coming together.

The theme can also be carried right into and throughout the reception, after-parties, table decorations etc.

• the color of the balloons
• seating cards
• menus
• flowers
• snacks, food , drinks/beverages, candy
• appetizers and desserts
• centerpieces (shells, origami , football team color napkin rings for beack, Asian and Sport theme weddings for example)
• colorful linens, ribbons, seat covers etc.

Make and have all individual and collective elements, incorporate and accentuate your theme, expand and underline it at every opportunity that you can find.

Themed menu like surf and turf for beach party theme wedding, curry or a full mediaeval banquet there might be some special food requirements and palettes to whom it does not appeal or taste outlandish – you might have to have alternatives or snacks/nibblies for them too.

Partner with your caterers and food preparation staff to see what they can do with vegetables, plating, buffet stations and more, to underline the theme and carry it further than what people only see, hear also to what they smell, taste and enjoy, eat and drink! Vegetarian and special dietary requirements will still also have to be considered and met.

Past the ceremony, the reception is the richest place for you to expand and have fun with your theme. If music and dancing, buffets do not appeal to you, consider having a casino style wedding, bar-scene, pool-playing type setting, bouncing castles and fun-games for your guests to partake in – some have even had a talent competition with family and friends, concerts or karaoke. IT IS ALL UP TO YOU TO PUT THE WHEELS OF YOUR DREAM WEDDING IDEAS INTO MOTION AND REALITY!

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