Wedding theme

Not sure which wedding theme to pick? Here are some tips on choosing your wedding theme :

1. Pick your favorite color or his or both

2. Pick your favorite flowers, for example Roses.
Then among so many colors that roses come in, combine the most subtle and the most dramatic ones, they will look perfect for decoration and in pictures.

3. Pick colors of the season when the wedding is held or when you or your beloved was born
Winter colors are white, silver, midnight blue, dark green, burgundy, dark red, hunter green
and other christmas colors
Fall colours are burgundy, deep orange, dark brown, sage green, midnight black and ivory
Spring and summer colors are aquamarine, pink, peach, turquoise, celery green, gold, yellow, red, lavender, ocean blue, strawberry, lilac, cinnamon and any pastel colors


4. Pick your favorite activity together

If both of you love travelling to foreign countries, you can pick an exotic theme for your decoration including centrepieces, table or chair decoration and cake toppers among many others.
For example: Moroccan style chair covers and hurricane lamp centrepieces. If you are a big fan of Cinderella movies, you can choose to have a Fairytale wedding complete with fairytale style accesories, glass castle cake topper and glass castle centrepiece.
If you two love to spend time together at the beach, beach wedding theme will be perfect. Seashells favors, seashell candle holders, seashell cake toppers, ocean blue table cloth - you name it!

5. Pick flowers of the month when you or your beloved was born or when the wedding is held

January - Snowdrop, Carnation
February - Primrose, Violet
March - Jonquil, Daffodil
April - Daisy, Sweetpea
May - Hawthorn, Lily of the Valley
June - Honeysuckle, Rose
July - Water Lily, Orchid
August - Poppy, Gladiol
September - Aster, Morning Glory
October - Calendula, Cosmos
November - Narcissus, Crysanthemum
December - Poinsettia, Holly

If your favorite flowers are not flowers of the month it might be difficult to find them unless you are flexible enough to use artificials. Roses are pretty common to use in weddings, so it might be easier to get life roses instead. Feel free to combine your favorite flowers with the flowers of the month whenever they are available.

6. Pick among various wedding theme collection accesories,
whichever you like best, and apply the theme to the overall decoration.
For this you can visit my shop and click on each link to view various collections available.


7. Pick the most suitable theme for the reception hall

If the most dominant colors of the room are navy blue and gold it's not a bad idea
to pick these colors as your theme.
If the hall is dominated with white or ivory, you can pick darker colors as your theme since these colors will look contrast with the pale background in the picture.
If you happen to rent an old house with mostly wooden furnitures and grey stone background, pick white, silvery or bright colors to brighten the way the room looks.
If it's a new house with fireplace and brand new mahony furnitures, it might be a good idea to pick ivory or pastel colors as your theme since it will soften the dark colors just enough.
Garden or outdoor tent will be perfect for spring wedding, it leaves a lot of room for colorful decoration ideas.

8. If all else fails, get plenty of magazines or view wedding pictures online and pick the best that you'd like to make your own theme. You can also visit my shop for more ideas.
Just to save you from doing your own research, here's information about meaning of flowers associated with birth months and wedding:
Aster or the Star - Variety, elegance, daintiness
Calendula - Grief, jealousy
Cosmos - Modesty
Chrysanthemum - Cheerfulness, optimism, rest, truth
Carnation - Fascination, distinction, divine love
Daisy - Innocence, loyal love, I'll never tell, purity
Dandelion - Faithfulness, happiness
Daffodil - Regard, rebirth, new beginnings, unrequited love, you're the only one
Forget me not - True love, hope, remembrance, memories
Fern - Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence
Gladiol - Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation, splendid beauty



Gardenia - lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck
Holly - Foresight, defense, domestic happiness, enchantment
Hawthorn - marriage, childbirth, wedding flowers in ancient Greek
Honeysuckle - Bonds of love
Ivy - Fidelity, wedded love, friendship, affection, marriage
Jonquil - Sympathy , love me, affection returned, desire.
Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness, humility, happiness
Lavender - Devotion
Magnolia - Dignity, love of nature, nobility
Morning Glory - Loves you
Myrtle - Love, marriage symbol in hebrew
Mistletoe - Kiss me, affection
Moss - Maternal love, charity
Narcissus - Egotism, conceit, self love, self admiration, formality, stay as sweet as you are
Orchid - Rare beauty, love, refinement, beautiful lady, mature charm, beauty, long life
Poppy - Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination
Primrose - I can't live without you.
Peony - happy life, happy marriage, good health, prosperity
Poinsettia - Christmas star, hope, celebration
Rose - Love, passion, perfection.
Snowdrop - purity, hope, maid of february, church flowers
Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage, desire to travel
Sweetpea - Lasting pleasure, blissful pleasure, I think of you
Tulip - Perfect lover, happiness in love
Violet - Modesty, faithfulness, innocence, understated beauty
Waterlily - Purity of heart
White Lily - Purity, modesty, virginity

In the end it is your wedding and it is your day to remember. You might end up with romantic, humorous, conbination of the above or just a simple wedding at home - it all depends on how both of you feel and how flexible your budget is. For more flower meanings, click here

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