Wedding venue? Check. Mood lighting? Check. Flowers? Check. Wedding decorations? Umm, not yet.
This may be the inside of your brain right now as you compile checklist after checklist of things you need to get done before your upcoming wedding. Wedding decorations may very well be one of the last things on your mind. After all, many people view it as an ‘extra.’ If you are in throes of planning your wedding and have not yet thought about wedding décor it’s not too late.
As you will see in this article, wedding decorations can be super simple to arrange. It’s just a matter of knowing what kind of look you’re going for and being proactive about putting small steps in place to achieve it. Here we’ll demonstrate 3 different wedding themes and some of the decor ideas to help bring those themes to life. The themes we’ll be looking at are: the classic wedding, the bohemian wedding, and the modern wedding.
If you are going for a classic and elegant feel for your wedding, try thinking along the lines of neutral colours and plenty of elaborate touches. Start off by arranging silk chair sashes that match your colour scheme. Chair sashes are a good way to create a royal feeling in your venue. Then start thinking about other ways you can create a mood. Centerpieces that tie in with your theme are always effective. Fresh flowers make great centerpieces, but artificial flowers can work just as nicely.
Flowers can be entwined around tea light towers, arranged in small bunches, or in one large central arrangement. Flowers are a great way to add to that feeling of abundance and lavishness. But that’s just the tables. You may also want to think about installing a ceiling or curtain of fairy lights, having a large, elaborate wedding cake and draping large pieces of fabric to add to that feeling of royalty. Whatever you do choose to include in your décor, make sure it ties in nicely with your classic and elegant theme so that the look you choose is unified.
For the Bohemian Themed Wedding, it’s all about including rich, earthy tones and plenty of fun embellishment. Bohemian weddings work nicely with outdoor venues, but they can be just as effective for indoor ones if the decorations are arranged with a bit of thought. Wedding decorations for a bohemian wedding should draw on ethnic influences and should include lots of bold patterns and metallic gold and silver. A good centerpiece idea is to use scented candles and arrange them inside brass lanterns with coloured glass panes.
Mood lighting is also the go-to option. Another décor idea is to use real tree branches decked out in fairy lights and placing them around the venue in pot plants as a way to create that bohemian vibe. The bohemian wedding is just as much about colour as it is about embellishment so don’t be afraid to include both of these when deciding on the décor for your wedding.
While the classic and bohemian themed weddings are all about abundance, the modern wedding centers around clean, sleek lines and a minimalist approach. Colour can be used, but sparingly. If you choose to involve colour, choose just one, or two at the very most. Decorations for the modern wedding should also reflect the minimalist approach. Think modern lighting fixtures, statement centerpieces and clean-cut place cards and table numbers.
Flowers also make great centerpieces for the modern wedding, but instead of them being arranged in a typical way, care should be taken that the arrangements become talking points. The modern wedding is about structure and poise, so choose your decorations carefully so that you don’t veer away from what the values of the modern wedding.
Whichever theme you do decide to run with for your own wedding, the main thing is to follow through with your theme consistently. This will ensure your wedding comes across as authentic. By sticking to your central theme you will also give yourself guidelines to work within, which actually makes planning your wedding decorations easier. Be as creative and resourceful as you can. You’d be surprised how much you’ll be able to achieve without breaking the bank once you add a bit of brain power to the picture.
Enjoy the process. You have hired a personal wedding stylist, (you), so rise to the position and thrive in it. After all, how often do you get the chance to style an entire wedding?
How do you begin to plan a wedding? There are steps for planning a wedding that are easy to follow. The steps below are a combination of what the experts say and based on some experiences with brides.
There are 3 major decisions you must make first:
1. Set the date. Ideally you want to give yourself a 1 year or no less than 9 months to plan. If you are one who is planning a fast wedding in less than 4 to 6 months, you have to get started right away. You also have to be ready to compromise and know there will be a number of things you won't be able to acquire or do for your wedding because of the short period of time. With fast wedding planning, you have to be flexible!
2. Wedding ceremony and reception location. Will it be a religious ceremony or will it take place somewhere else like a grand ball room? Will you have a destination wedding? Will it be outdoors or indoors? Once you figure out where you will have the ceremony and reception this sets the tone for your wedding.
3. Wedding theme and formality. Will your wedding be a very formal or an informal event? Your wedding ceremony and reception site will have a bearing on choosing the formality you should have. Will your wedding and reception have a theme? Some popular themes are the beach wedding theme, hollywood-glam theme, and the Cinderella-fairytale theme. Vintage weddings and Medieval-Renaissance weddings are also popular.
It is a must that you figure out the answers to the questions above before you pick out your wedding dress and anything else dealing with your wedding. Why is this important?
Because if you don't take these steps for planning a wedding, you will find yourself making costly mistakes, like having to buy another wedding dress because you hadn't done the planning first. This happens to brides who pick the dress and then later decide on a theme or change the venue, which now doesn't work with the gown.
Planning a wedding could very well be one of life’s most fabulous things – from the ceremony to the reception, everything must be perfect, including a certain sense of style which reflects the bride and the groom. In order to be successful, it is necessary to plan, structure ideas and then put them into action. But first, you must dream: dream about your dream wedding and then get to it and embrace the challenge it is to plan a wedding according to the style you’ve always dreamed of. Many brides and grooms dream about a vintage wedding, based on the retro style from the 20s, 40s, 60s… a little bit of the past, with a modern touch. Here are some ideas for those couples who want to plan a vintage wedding.
Vintage style
By choosing a vintage style wedding, don’t forget that you must consider all the different details that a wedding encompasses: decoration, wedding invitations, bride’s dress, groom’s suit, ring boy, transportation, favors, photography… If you’ve chosen to go vintage style or simply want to incorporate vintage ideas in your wedding, you should decide if you want the wedding to have some reminders of the past, together with a touch of modernity; or if you want the wedding to be completely theme-oriented, completely vintage style.
Choose an era
Each era has certain details that make it unique: the 20s have that irreverent spirit, associated to the great Hollywood parties and elegant banquets, with guests arriving in Rolls-Royces, the ladies dressed in flirty low-rise dresses and polite gentleman wearing handsome tuxedos. In the 60s, dresses were feminine and perfect, just like Audrey Hepburn in Christian Dior; and the 70s were very extravagant, very disco style. Vintage implies antique and from another era, which means that a vintage wedding should include simple and sporadic details, so as not to make the wedding overbearing or completely out of context.
Photography for a vintage wedding
The type of photography chosen for the wedding can also be inspired by vintage style. For example: the type of photography from the 50s is the happy family portrait, advertising style, very vivid and colorful; the type of photography from the 70s has a certain blur and pastel colors, a lot of sun and life. Therefore, and in agreement with a vintage style wedding, the wedding photographs, or just part of them, can also reflect that era. Speak to your photographer and recreate some scenarios where it is possible to be photographed according to the style of the era that you have chosen as the wedding theme.
Vintage details
When you think about the style of a certain era, you should also decide if you want to add a romantic, special, extravagant or ecological touch to it – in order to guarantee that you are indeed planning the wedding of your dreams. The music that will be the soundtrack of your wedding can also be characteristic of the era, such as Frank Sinatra in the 50s. However, always include some party music, so that your guests can dance and have fun. Relatively to the wedding invitations, you can give them an antique touch, like including a photograph of the bride and groom dressed according to that era or using old postcards from that time if you’re lucky to find them. You can take this type of details one step further and ask your guests to come to the wedding dressed according to the theme that you’ve chosen for your vintage wedding.
Vintage style venueThe venue where the wedding will be held should also reflect the vintage era that you have chosen for your theme. If you’re going with the 50s, a country house with a luxurious green garden, a tuxedo-clad band, cherries and a chic picnic style is ideal. If, for example, you’re gravitating towards the 20s, the perfect location would be a mansion from the 1920s, where a sumptuous dinner is served, decorated in shades of silver and gold, surrounded by tons of pearls and champagne.
The bride’s dress, the groom’s suit
The bride’s dress should also have that vintage touch: a 1950s style dress – full skirt and knee-length – with a birdcage veil and a small bouquet. The groom’s suit should be inspired by the New York business man style: the series Mad Men is a great source of inspiration! Creating a vintage style wedding is a big challenge but could be a completely successful one if both the bride and the groom have great style and decorating instincts.
The wedding theme is normally the foundation of the entire wedding decor: a guideline that should be complemented by a specific color palette. The wedding theme is the inspiration for all ideas and creativity for transforming the wedding day into something truly special. The chosen wedding theme can start with the wedding invitations and be applied to the smallest of details, the sky is truly the limit.
When a wedding theme and its corresponding color palette are chosen, don’t make the mistake of making the theme too literal or too obvious. For example, if you’ve chosen “birds of paradise” as your wedding theme, you shouldn’t add birds to every single wedding detail or décor. Try and leave something to the imagination of the guests… that’s part of the wedding theme magic. We’ve rounded up 4 wedding theme inspirations that are simple, stylish, timeless and always a hit.
1. Flowers
Flowers are always a perfect wedding theme and there are so many ways to use them cleverly: incorporate a floral pattern into the wedding invitations; choose a formal and elegant floral wedding decoration or something more minimalist and casual (depending on the wedding style you’ve chosen); decorate the entrance to the reception exclusively with flowers; serve hors d'oeuvres decorated with edible flowers; present your guests with rosewater ice cream and a wedding cake topped with sugared roses – elegant ideas for a floral wedding theme.
2. Letters
Letters can be a great idea for any wedding theme because they are always chic – there’s some reason why so many designers are passionate about lettering and fonts! Using the first letters of your names to create a monogram that can be incorporated into the wedding invitations, as well as other cards and paper details is very personalized. Hiring a calligrapher to write your invitations by hand is an elegant touch. Printing your initials or monogram on a satin ribbon and using it to tie the wedding favors will add a very personal feel. Other great ideas for using letters as your wedding theme include: having giant stickers made with your initials and taping them to the dance floor for your first dance; naming each table after a letter or font; instead of topping off the wedding cake with a miniature bride and groom, do it with your monogram. Just remember: you should choose a font that speaks to you and that can be coherent throughout all the wedding details and decor.
3. Stripes
Besides being timeless and beautiful, stripes are great for decorating and creating depth and dimension in a space – however, it’s important that you stick to a monochromatic color scheme in order to avoid too much confusion and visual “noise”. Decorating a wedding with a stripes theme is an easy and stylish way to create an equally stylish wedding. Choosing wedding invitations, cards and place cards that incorporate stripes, can be extremely elegant. Cover the wedding reception tables with large striped tablecloths that can be of nautical inspiration, in blue, or something more classical, like green stripes. Complement the striped tablecloths with large flowers such as hydrangeas, peonies or ranunculus to create a classic and sophisticated look. Just remember: you shouldn’t place stripes everywhere! For example, if you go for striped tablecloths, than the menus shouldn’t have any pattern and be of one color only.
4. Vintage ideas
Vintage is back and wedding themes that travel in time are also very popular. Even though they may seem childlike at first glance, wedding themes that incorporate vintage toys can be wonderful and playful. Who doesn’t remember the Rubik’s cube, checkers or old string-pulled wooden toys? Whoever recalls these magical objects will love remembering them all over again and whoever doesn’t, will love to be introduced to them! Adding an old typewriter to the reception where guests can write a note to the newlyweds or setting up an old photo booth are both great vintage ideas that can also be a lot of fun! Another fun way of incorporating vintage ideas into your wedding theme is using old postcards as the wedding invitations or an antique product as a wedding favor. Besides being very original, these are wonderful ways of adding a bit more emotion and nostalgia to the wedding.
Numerous ideas of wedding are available to consider and choose so that everybody can get his or her dream wedding as desire. Method to do it is actually very simple to understand and follow. We only have to look for some recommendations related to the wedding theme from internet, sort them by the condition and then apply them properly. How to sort the bridal theme is also influenced by the current season. For instance in fall season, we have to choose several models of wedding theme including country style wedding ideas. Well, country style bridal seems very attractive to reflect the fall. Let’s check some characteristics and features of the country wedding style below.
In general, country and rustic style is similar. Both themes have equal typical characteristic which is commonly related to village or countryside scenery as main background. No wonder that every wedding in country style usually picks a venue at barn house, countryside area or farming area. Those areas are perfect to bring the scent of autumn season especially with Oak and Maple leaves spreading out around the area. Besides the venue selection, the country style wedding ideas also offer various options of decoration to beautify your wedding venue. Scheme of brown or other natural color looks elegant and warm in this semi winter season. In addition, we can hold the wedding outside as well as inside of building. For fall outdoor wedding concept, at least we have to ensure the condition of climate in order to predictable accident will not happen during the party.
Table guests’ arrangement is imperative in this moment. We may choose some medium or big wooden round tables to arrange randomly in the venue. Don’t forget to place the bride and groom table in a place where all guests can see them no matter what the angle. Ordinary centerpiece seems enough to complete this table arrangement. Small dry branches located in a vase and some stylish orange flowers look warm and relaxing set as a table centerpiece. Well, basically the concept of the country style wedding ideas is easy to handle. The most important thing is we have to ensure your bridal venue is full of wood accent, neutral scheme and nature scenery.
If you’re searching for vintage bridesmaid dresses, there are important things that you need to know. Specialty bridal shops are popular for wedding and bridesmaid dresses, because there are important details, which may be overlooked by department stores or regular clothing shops.
Like a wedding dress, a bridesmaid’s dress will require numerous fittings for the perfect fit. A bridesmaid’s dress also has to match precisely with the other bridesmaids dresses. Bridal shops specialize in dresses which perform exactly that function, as they usually have a seamstress and order from bridesmaid designers. Designers make styles in batches so that colors match exactly and include extra fabric for alterations.
Another important factor, which bridal shops have is that styles and materials are chosen specifically to match wedding. This means that when you shop for a bridesmaid’s dress you can be assured. The material will not clash with the elegance of your wedding. Designers choose specialty polyesters, or silks and chiffon.
While the idea of the vintage bridesmaid dresses may be appealing, there are some factors consider. A vintage dress, purchased at a local vintage shop, will have been used, may not match the other bridesmaids and may not have the extra material for required alterations. However, there are vintage shops which design and make vintage styles.
The good news is there are many websites which specialize in vintage bridal clothing. One such website is unique–vintage.com. It has many unique styles and has even been featured in In Style Magazine, among other magazines. They also have many choices from the 1920s to the 1970s and, best of all, their prices are also reasonable.
When you’re looking for cost saving ideas for your wedding, finding lower cost bridesmaid dresses can be a very big help. Be your own wedding planner, you won’t need to hire one. Another way to save costs is to barter your bridesmaid services by offering to pay for their dresses. A simple $200 dollars tacked onto your budget. Bridesmaids can do a lot of the extra services a professional wedding planner will do, like confirming vendors, searching for the best prices on your dress etc.
Weddings are Special
I’m in love with weddings. I love the idea of getting married and everything it stands for and becomes for a woman. Choosing everything to be perfect is an essential part of planning a wedding. Here are some ideas for the perfect vintage themed wedding. I hope they are helpful on your beautiful day.
This Mindy Weiss event was inspired by the rolling verdant hills and fresh flavors of Tuscany, but we also think it captures the elegance of a bygone era. If you're going the vintage route, lace is a must: Look for a gown with a modern twist, like this bride's matching bolero and sheer sleeves. A muted color palette with ivory, slate grey, rose, and gold is soft and pretty.
Unusually-shaped chandeliers hung from the overhead trellis and billowy fabric was used to create a faux canopy. Wood chairs were mixed with covered chairs with fabric floral detailing. The vintage theme can even extend to food and serving pieces, too: "We placed a French baguette at each place setting for guests, used vintage bottles wrapped with craft paper and twine for fresh lemonade and had a spread with produce like grapes," said Weiss. What's for dessert? A five-tier all-white cake with intricate detailing and a monogram of the couple's initials, accented with a delightfully old-fashioned cake figurine.
