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We're not really do a "theme" all that much. We're having a beach wedding, but I don't really want to play up on "sand and shells", it will be more like just having tropical flowers, I'm aiming for a laid-back, island-vibe attitude.
For a theme, I wanted the feeling of being in the English country side (like the movie Emma). We're having light and dark blue hydrangea with whites, and clean lines. Our cocktail hour will be outside in the mansions' gardens and our lounge area will also be outside.
I started out wanting a "vintage glam garden party" but by the end of planning, I was just kind of like "eff it, however it comes together is fine, as long as it does come together!" Looking at the wedding, I don't think you ever would guess that it has any kind of theme. But that's okay with me.
We did the ever popular "Bird" theme with a vintage feel. My favorite element was the card box...it was a wooden birdhouse custom built in our colors. It came with two roofs - one with a card slot to use on the wedding day, and one without a slot to display after the wedding.
We're doing a bit of a rustic theme, but we too didn't know it was popular. FI had carved our initials into a tree before we were engaged, and from there I came up with the idea to use a "Lovers Tree" theme. It was when I started looking for brainstorm ideas that i realized how popular it already was, just from all the invitation ideas available out there.
We don't have a theme. We would have done rustic if we had stuck with our original venue, but that wouldn't work well in our new venue and I don't have the gumption to plan around a theme that would go with a 1920s loft.
We are trying to stick to a very "unfussy" look and feel to the wedding, so I guess we are doing a little bit of a modern vibe. In fact, that's one of the reason I LOVE corgitales invites...they are so clean and unfussy, while not being simplistic.
Hmmm, maybe I can start calling our theme "unsimplistically unfussy"...
We're getting married on my FI's grandparent's farm, so it would be easy to do rustic. I am trying not to really a do a "theme" at all, though. I just want things to look pretty and people to have fun. I am kind of with hilsy that at this point, I just want it to all come together. :)
I guess if I had to have a theme it would have been "love at the lake". Our relationship grew at the lake, we got engaged at the lake and we got married at the lake so thats how it was all tied in. The decor style was just summery - we stuck to our colors more than a theme!
We aren't really having a theme, except my florist wrote in her proposal 1940's Hollywood glam...so whatever that means.
I know I'm not aiming for anything specific, except the 'we are getting married!' theme! ;)
We're doing a little Mad Men inspired, so kind of a combination of Hollywood Glam and Vintage, but really I guess it's more mid-century modern. That's the best way I know how to describe it...everything looks sleek and has clean lines. And it's pewter, ivory and pale yellow. I love looking at everyone's theme!
@nmsoonerbride: heh except the "unfussy-ness" of my planning is really just about being cheap! I can't over-do because I don't have a budget for it! Therefore I'm stating its super INTENTIONAL that I'm just doing colors with a "touch" of a theme... haha (its all about spin)
@Miss Olive: love mad men! How cool!
i am using damask everywhere! i had picked this theme before i discovered weddingbee so i had no idea how overyused it really was! but i love it and none of my friends or family has done it so... :) oh and my colors are black and white with hints of green :)
Hmm....it wasn't intentional at first, but as we started gathering items for the wedding we started to develop a very subtle "Wizard of Oz" theme (perfect, since my real name is Dorothy!). My reception shoes are replica ruby slippers, which I will be wearing with a short white dress and blue cardigan. There are also blue birds scattered in various elements (from the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"), the wedding cake is funfetti/confetti (because I love rainbows!), and gingham makes its appearance as well. It'll be subtle, but fun for those who catch on!
We had what I called a "Country Italian" Theme.
We centered alot of our "written" items: invites, programs, escort cards, menus with an abstract looking olive branch stamp, that was printed in different variations on each item. For our table numbers my Husband and I had taken a trip to Italy, so we used pics from our trip and named tables after landmarks we visited in Italy for our table numbers.
For apps we had a cheese station w/ bruchetta. And for dinner we had classic cesar salads and two different hearty pasta entrees.
And one of our cupcake flavors was a Italian creme cupcake w/ raspberry filling!
The venue was "country" like and relaxed. we had horseshoes, country music, and I wore cowboy boots.
Overall for the feel we wanted casual, country, with a touch of Italy :)
Were having a black white and red Polka Dot theme and having balloon centerpieces, and having as many dots as i put into a room without it looking tacky. ........ The hardest thing is my mum hates balloon's and she hates the polka dot flower girl dresses i picked.
My theme was Victorian, which I guess is kinda vintage!
You're missing a popular theme up there .... destination/beach!!!!
I didnt really do one but if i had to choose one...nope..i was going to say vintage but minus the old crystal chandalier pieces hanging from my centerpieces there was nothing else.
I wanted lots of green, greenery, wood and glass...so that was my theme
A woody green glass wedding 
We're doing a photo theme. FI and I both Love photographer and pictures. We are using pictures wherever we can!
It's still not nailed down, but I am hoping to find a venue appropriate for a vintage indie kind of wedding - complete with the popular birds. :) I don't care that it's popular, I love it so much!
I'm going to nicely ask my MOH to consider an Alice in Wonderland themed shower.
Ours was 1950s/retro/vinatge/nerd/Halloween/pinup/vampy/zombie movie/polka dot themed. Haha. It all worked, I promise.
Hopefully, I'll have some pro pics to show pretty soon.
@OP,
I totally feel with you! when i picked peacock theme, i honestly thought i was being so original. i was not on any of the boards yet, and hadn't spent any time parousing wedding websites because i never looked before i was engaged. i thought i was being so creative.....
and then i got on weddingbee and realized that a good percentage of weddings on here are peacock themed. haha. i kinda feel silly now.
oh well, our weddings will still be beautiful!
vintage hollywood glam damask was mine.... I loved all of it!
Our colors are black and white, and damask has totally slipped in. I fear it will overtake my wedding...just because EVERYTHING comes in damask right now so its super easy to just pick up some ribbon rather than search for something else cute in white or black. Ugh laziness.
The funny thing is one of my coworkers is getting married the month before me and her theme is "Vintage Garden Party" and one is getting married the month after me and her theme is "Rustic". So glad we are so original! HAHA.
We are doing peacock too. I had no idea it was popular. Actually I thought I was being 'original'. Seems funny now. But, we aren't doing the more common jewel tones, we are doing the sage green from the color of the tips of the feathers. So, it's basically black, white, sage green and some peacock. I'm going to have the girls carry all white flowers and I am going to carry all green.
Ours isn't a theme, per se, but we are using Alice in Wonderland as inspiration. We have to main colors, brown and ivory, but are incorporating all of the different pastel colors as accents. My BMS will have different dresses, but my FI's daughters will match (Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum), My son will have an ivory tux (white rabbit), we are having mini food stations (slider station, mini mac and cheese, mini chili dogs, shot glasses of tomato soup w/mini grilled cheese, etc). We have also added earthy elements (wood slices in place of traditional mirrors for centerpieces), burlap flowers, etc. It's like a pp said, using it as inspiration, it'll be subtle and fun.
Well, we got married in a garden and had antique tea pots for centrepiece holders... so I guess garden tea party?
Honey & Lavender!
-BM dresses are yellow
-I plan on having bouquets of lavender
-I have 3.75 oz. hexagonal, glass jars that I will fill with the 2.5 gallons of honey I have from a local beekeeper to give as favors with little wooden honey dippers and sprigs of lavender
-groomsmens vests and ties are yellow, with lavender in their bouts
-I have pretty purple shoes, and found a nail polish that matches the shade exactly (for my toes) :)
-We are thinking of having a three-tier hexagonal-shaped cake
And that's pretty much what I have for now. I'd love to have some sort of lavender (flavored) cake/champagne, but I don't know if I can work it out with the caterer or baker or not.
I can't wait! :)
Uh, I guess ours would be best described as "Early Spring Victorian English Garden"...but that's only because that's my style ALL the time...and FI was down with it. We don't have colors anymore.
@Jazziberry: omfg can I be invited to your wedding. Lavender-flavored food/drink is MY FAVORITE.
@Jazziberry: I cater and I use herbs de provence in a couple of different menu options. It's a mix of herbs that include lavender. It's funny that guests always say "it smells so good, what is that?" it's the lavender in the food...they just don't realize it or expect it in food. And BTW, it is delicious with mixed veggies or pasta primavera! I'm sure a good baker could incorporate lavender into your cake!
Agree with srearley, the best dessert I ever had was a lavender white chocolate (vegan) cheese cake--so decadent and rich, but with the lavender made the flavors akin to tiny angels dancing on my tongue or something. It was accompanied by the freshest of blueberries, I think--oh my god. It's been years and I still dream of it. I've also had an absolutely spectacular lavender-scented white cake.
@veganglam and @srearly- haha for real!! I love lavender flavored things. Only thing is that FI thinks it's weird and isn't so keen on having lavender in the cake. :( I will continue to try to work on him. Maybe he can compromise and give me at least one tier.
Also, I had found a recipe for making a lavender "syrup"(?) that you add to champagne...how awesome would that be??
I will ask the baker/caterer if they can work with me.
*crosses fingers*
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I'm doing a peacock theme for my wedding which came somewhat organically to me... I kind of picked jewel tones blue/green/gold and then from there realized that peacock feathers matched that perfectly so I would add a few in (which then became my whole theme). I've been so surprised at how popular it is though! I think that somehow we must all subconsciously be seeing the same things even when we think we're being original :)
So I was curious what theme you're doing, and if you realized it was popular before you picked it?