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We have the underlying theme of how sweet marriage is. We're having photos of our married friends and relatives all around the reception area, different homages to love and committment and of course, TONS of sweets :)
We have a loose 1940's - 1950's theme. It's fun as we're both into those eras and we both love dressing up. Our familys all plan on getting in on the action too!
Our theme is vintage modern. My Mom has no clue what this means, which constantly cracks me up. Lots of elements of our wedding are vintage inspired. Our venue is at the beach, but we are not having a beach themed wedding, no seashells, beach grass, ect. However my mom keeps suggesting starfish for everything. Again, this cracks me up.
Our theme is Tommy Bahama meets wedding. We are using neutral colors and textures (ie raffia, sand and rocks). It will be on grass near sand, so we have a lot of flexibility with a beachy, but not to beachy feel. The problem is that I don't want it to look like a luau, so I'm focusing on neutral colors.
Good luck!
We had a winter wedding, so we had an underlying theme of snowflakes...we found subtle ways to incorporate them into everything!
Ours is a crazy bright colored spring wedding, so we're going with daisies and butterflies. And tons of color everywhere! It'll be fun, albeit somewhat dizzying if I don't keep the decorator under control. =D
Ours is kind of an outdoors adventure/rustic/summer theme at a ski resort. We love to mountain bike together, so our arrival at the cocktail hour will be on a tandem cruiser bike and I've been loosely tying in bikes to some of our stationary. We're also planning on some pinwheel details for a fun touch (programs and napkin folds hopefully). Not a very wedding-y theme, but very "us".
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Our wedding had a southwestern theme. It included fetish bears, pottery and native american woven baskets. Good Luck!
We got married at a big lake, but did not want to go too nautical for fear of looking "theme-y". Instead, we just used a lot of navy and white with some green pops, and used a very simple anchor motif on all of our paper goods. We did have an old row boat holding drinks, too.
My colors are black and white with a green pop. So pretty similar! For a theme I am going with kind of a natural feel. We are using a wish tree instead of a guest book. And planning on using lots of fruit with our centerpieces. As our favors we are either going to use small potted herbs, sapplings, or a donation. The first two go along with the theme, but the third is easier... maybe the donation could be to a green cause. And I want to use lots of flower / leaf patterns in my black and white to pull the nature look in. For my bm gifts I might get them something from www.TheRainforestSite.com. All of the proceeds go towards saving the rainforrest 
I also think I'm going to be incorporating the infinity sign into our wedding. The symbol has always seemed so romantic to me. It signifies that our relationship will last forever... *smile*
PrettyKitty my theme is what im calling vintage modern also. Sometimes I also say its elegant chic! Everybody seems to scratch their head when I say vintage/modern though!
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My theme is really more of an inspiration or motif. It's based off of a pysanka Ukrainian easter egg that my fiance gave me when we were engaged in New York last year.
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I guess I'm another "vintage modern" bride, but specifically I'm trying to tie in some Art Nouveau/Art Deco elements while still keeping things feeling streamlined and uncluttered. I found some great free nouveau-inspired fonts to use on our stationery and the graphics have the same vibe. Our venue is a turn-of-the-century manor house with beautiful gardens and I'm hoping to play up some of the natural elements. Also, my colors fit in with the jewel tones that were popular in that era. I don't think I'll do anything too specific, like having Mucha or Toulouse Lautrec prints as table numbers, since I'm mostly going for the feel.
I'm going for a kind of "walk in the woods" theme... basically the elements of our wedding have this really natural, organic feel to them...
I had two themes -- one for decor and one for atmosphere. The decor was Simple Daisy and the atmosphere was Education. For more details you can click on my name and go to my blog.
I suppose I could also be considered vintage modern. lace, champagne pink, deep red, black and white. I found a great ornate black and white graphic off of istockphoto of a bird to move throughout invites, placards, and table numbers. And modern simple floral arrangements.
Vintage seems to be very popular! I want our wedding to have a vintage/rustic/country chic feel to it.
We are doing a morning wedding w a brunch reception-a comfortable mixture of lace table toppers (think Battenburg-not fussy), pretty crystal, silver pieces-developed on it's own into shabby chic. Slightly elegant. We're getting married in October, but I live in SW Georgia, so my flowers are fall cut flowers-roses in warm hues, Astrolomeria (if I spelled that right), some Gerber daisies, & mums worked in there-perfect for a brunch reception. Our rehearsal dinner is being held at a "funky" cafe with a black & white checked floor-more bistro/cafe-we're taking over the entire place with about 50 people by the time you added spouses, children & some close friends from out of town-fun & a bit more comfortable for families who don't know each other well than a formal sit down dinner.
we're having a travel-themed wedding because we met while traveling, done in a vintage parisian style. colors are black & white with red accents.
maybe to find a meaningful theme, you could think about what's special/significant to you and yr husband.
theme = overarching concept
style = the 'feel' of the theme. modern/vintage/eclectic/sweet etc
color scheme --- which you have chosen as white
i guess white + spanish is a little tricky since spanish-inspired weddings tend to have very bold colours like black & red. but hey, surprise us!
We didn't start out with a theme but very quickly our entire wedding became a reflection of our love of travel. It started with the invitations and made it's way into almost every aspect of our wedding. We incorporated vintage postcards everywhere including our invitations, our guest book, and our out of town bags. We used vintage postage stamps on our seating cards (bought off eBay) and displayed a LOVE park sculpture next to our cake as a shout out to Philadelphia, the city we lived in at the time of the wedding. The menu was inspired by many of the places we like to travel or have spent time including a Tennessee BBQ station, Tuscan meat and cheese station, and New York City station (shakes and mini burgers) all during the cocktail hour. One of the best parts was crating the out of town bags which included Philadelphia soft pretzels, beer from a hometown brewery where my husband grew up, a big apple and Italian biscotti. BTW- my family is Italian so there were endless nods towards our love of food! You can even read about the Thank You card challenge that Minted sponsored for us here: They asked designers to create a Thank You card inspired by our honeymoon plans to travel around Italy. http://www.minted.com/vote&id=8&param=all
Ironically, i didn't stick to a particular theme when it came to color! We ended up using a lot of red and purple and the bridesmaids wore J.Crew silk dresses in navy. I find it's too difficult to just use 2 or 3 colors. But that's mostly because I can never make up my mind. Best of luck!
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perfectbound: I LOVE your theme! and the love sculpture next to the cake is so cute!
The look we are going for is vintage garden party. I keep changing my mind about colours - if anyone has any suggestions let me know! And I am SLIGHTY incorporating some bee things in. Several reasons for that: in my wedding research I came across 'Meant to Bee" (I know, not the most original) as a wedding theme and it just seemed to fit for FI and me. We managed to find each other is the most random of circomstancesd and have overcome so much to be together. Also, my new found addiction to Wedding Bee (FI will sneak up behind me when I am on it and make buzzing noises in my ear). And as an animal lover, I love the idea of having 2 'animals' representing us. I plan on keeping the bee thing to a minimum - almost so you don't notice it. And using all vintage looking bees as opposed to cartoony ones. Also, bees belong in gardens don't they?!
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Themes are fun! I wouldn't call my idea a 'theme' necessarily, but I'm choosing elements that tend to fit together and have a lot meaning for us as a couple. We are also going with tapas (we love to cook and I lived in Europe for 3 months) - we just sent out a list of what we wanted to different caterers and got bids back for it. We're going to do a signature drink - sangria! Our reception is at an old 1920's converted theatre, so I'm making my inviations to look like admission tickets and putting a big monogram letter in the center with a wax seal to give it some of the old world European charm. We're going to have movie posters of us up around the building in their sign marquees to tie in with the movie house feel. For the ceremony, I chose colors that remind me of a stormy west texas sky against the wheat fields (slate blue with wheat accent). I'm making the bouquets and including dried wheat as a throw back to where we met, and dried lavender as a nod to Spain, where the stuff grows wild. So I think I have 3 main 'concepts' going on - European/Spanish for the food, 'old movies' for the reception, and 'west texas' for the ceremony. I'm trying to pick elements that will tie them all together so it doesn't feel hodge-podge which seems to be my challenge right now, but its slowly coming together :) Tapas are a great idea if you want everyone to be mingling instead of confined to their chair all night - we'll also be playing spanish dancing music, so after a few glasses of sangria, it should be a good night! :)
My theme isn't so much a theme than an underlying feeling and ambiance! Keywords: sweet, celebratory, charming, romantic, natural, and intimate (even for a reception of almost 200 people!). I think it's coming together really great so far =)!
I had no theme but my colors are white, yellow, and green. But lately I've been thinking about making our theme "lost traditions." We are doing an eclectic mix of things traditional to each of our cultures, and it's kind of fun to play it off as a theme.
Wow ladies, these are all great ideas, I just love hearing about how couples can tie things, places, food that are meaningful to them!
I've went somewhat in a different direction and am going with an Italian theme with a modern & simple feel. My FI & I backpacked through Europe, and Italy was our favorite by far! I plan on naming tables after landmarks we visited with the picture of us at that place as the table number (i.e. The Vatican, Coliseum, San Marcos Square, etc) we will seve two different pasta dishes and will have breads with herbed olive oil at each table. This same olive oil will be put in small bottles and given to them as favors (one of my DIY projects!) and our signature drink will be limoncello. Not only do we love Italy but my FI is Italian so we can tie in his heritage too :) I only hope this isn't theme overload, but since the presentation & decor will be simple, it won't look like a Pizzeria
I just love themes and having everything tie together! Any other themes out there? Keep em coming ladies :)
I guess mine's going to end up being called a fall themed wedding. I hadn't originally wanted a fall theme, but it's more of a motif... but then I figure I'm just splitting hairs because I'm going to be having silk maple leaves scattered everywhere anyways. So yes, mine's a fall theme.
... with a little hidden bit of geek! For those who might understand this (don't worry if you don't), I'm getting married on 10/10/10 => 101010 => in binary, it's 42 => which is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Kinda awesome. I know.
Karii, that's awesome. No really. I wish I had thought of something as clever! I was a Computer Science major and I fully appreciate the date. :)
Our "theme" is stars ... our save the date had a night skyline of Boston with stars all over the sky ... we are doing a lot of "it was written in the stars" is a song we keep playing over and over. Also "our" song is My Wish by Rascal Flatts so we're going to do a wish upon a star (not disney style just more like star light, star bright, first star I see tonight) type of wishes. We also plan to have falling & shooting stars on our initiation suite ... goodness after writing that all out it seems like too much, maybe we'll tone it down a bit! :)
Our theme is passion, with chocolate and roses everywhere! Of course all the flowers will be red red roses, and the desserts will all be chocolate. I'm even having the caterers put a splash of cranberry juice in our champagne glasses! Oh and of course the chocolate fountain with all red fruits and some other yummies! Candles everywhere! Very romantic and passionate
I'm not sure what you'd call our theme, but we decided that most weddings are staid and uptight, so we wanted something fun and unusual. We're going to have pinwheels, candy, and legos on the table (my FI favorite toy to this day- he'll make a great dad :) ), a cupcake wedding tower, and lemonade, sweet tea, and homey-style foods. It'll be inexpensive and fun- just how we like to live! :) I'm still hunting for more ideas to incorporate, so let me know if you think of anything!
Similar to "beesting", I am planning a 1940's themed outdoor wedding at a park that has a lot of great history! (http://www.washco-md.net/public_works/parks/penmar.htm) Not sure of my colors yet.. maybe some green and aqua tones?
Beesting ~ i'd be interested in hearing some of your ideas!
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Well I dont know much about themes... however if one of your colors is grass green, have you thought about doing wheat grass centerpieces?
I think they are quite easy and beautiful
we're getting married at the college we went to so we have a sort of "college-sweethearts" theme using our college colors. That's about all we have set up really but we're hoping to include things like penent flags and other things similar.
Our theme is Halloween! But not in a cheesy, costumy way. We're also incorporating polka dots, which are my favorite! lol
I'm actually thinking of having my small weddding at a Spanish tapas restarant! WAnt to go with a vintage/romantic look, maybe give out bottles of wines as favors
I love themes! Love the Italian thing with Olive Oil... sounds beautiful!
Our subtle theme is PUGS! They were on our save the dates, and will probably be on table #'s, our photo request cards, in our pictures, buttons of their pics on my bouquet, and our cake toppers... but yea we're a little crazy :)
Irishker thanks for bring this post back up.
We're having a pink wedding to honor the women in our families that have survived breast cancer. Our favors are picture frames of which a percentage of our purchase was donated to a breast cancer organization. For every gift bought online from our BB&B registry a % goes to the Komen foundation...and I'm hoping to make a photo book as our guest book with a dedication pg with pictures of our family members and of the Komen races I've done. These women in our lives showed us how precious life is and how we need to celebrate it with the ones we love.
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I have been thinking about some sort of underlying theme that I can incorporate in everything (invitations, programs, reception food, cupcakes and favors.) To give ya'll a background my color is mainly white (white flowers, white paper lanterns, white linens, white icing for cupcakes) however since we are getting married outside, my accent color is grass green (which is what my BM will wear)
Now, I thought I was going to serve tapas which got my mind on a roll, I was going to have a Spanish theme, having my invitations with a Spanish flare, tapas, & sangria inspiried cupcakes, and Spanish almond favors. Love that idea but don't think its going to work out due to catering :(
So just to get my mind going, and since I love hearing about other brides weddings :) Have any of ya'll done weddings with an underlying theme?