Theme Ideas

Old Movie:
Renting an old-fashioned popcorn machine or creating a soda and coffee bar help add that extra touch for a red-carpet theme.

Garden:
Wedding favours with a garden theme are seed packets for herbs, flowers, or vegetables.

Country Western:
Plan a shotgun wedding with a country western theme. Decorations are very easy to make or buy. Thrift stores can be perfect places find boot-shaped vases, country hats and shirts, or other western items for decorations. For music you can play country-western CDs or hire a country trio or band.

Wine:
For those of you into wine, a wine-themed wedding can be a great ideas. You can hire a sommelier to put together a flight of wine for a reception tasting, or choose wines that mean something to the both of you. Perhaps the first bottle you ordered at a restaurant. Or a champagne dated the year you met. Decorations can include grapevines, wine bottles, or posters of wine regions. For wedding favours you can give your guests a bottle of wine with a personalized label of the brie an groom.

Sports:
No matter what type of sports you are into, you can turn it into a wedding theme. You could have a theme of a certain sport, such as golf or baseball, and decorate with items from these sports, with weding favours reflecting the sport given to guests. Or, you could celebrate a certain team. If you wanted to go totally casual, the bride and groom can dress in attire from the sport, such as basketball jerseys, with all the guest dressing in costume as well. As for the bouquet that the bride throws? Maybe instead of a bouquet she'll throw a football or toss a baseball.

Las Vegas:
Hire a few poker, roulette an craps tables and a few Vegas-style dealers and you have yourself a Las Vegas-themed wedding. Throw in an Elvis impersonator and you have yourself a wild Vegas-theme wedding. In most large cities there are companies which rent out tables and dealers, as well as any number of Elvis impersonators to choose from. For wedding favours consider a pack of cards with the bride and groom's picture.

Beach:
Whatever time of year, beach-themed weddings are always fun and exciting. They can a a feeling of tropical heat, a winters day, or the charm of a sea of summer wedding path. Decorate your wedding reception with a beach theme is easy and inexpensive, and only some elements can go a long way.

Creating the oceans in miniature masterpiece! Put a little sand and shells, small fish in a bowl and add water. Then, place a floating candle in the bowl for a romantic heart. You can use white or coloured candles, or you can try floating candles shaped shells. If you do not want candles, place flowers or tropical small boats floating on the water instead.

The good thing about a Hawaiian or beach-theme wedding is the amount of decorations you can find. You can make your own paper leis or paper palm trees, or fin Hawaiian-themed items anywhere. Be sure to check the local thrift stores for anything tropical - dishware, shirts, dresses, etc. Just make sure all the decorations, as well as the attire, scream "BEACH". And, you can cut own on the cost of champagne and serve Mai Tai's or other tropical drinks.

Just remember if you're having a beach-theme wedding during the winter to hold it inoors. Those slinky Hawaiian dresses and breezy Hawaiian shirts can get a little cold in the wind and snow!