Ta hun! xx

What about Goff's shoes Dee?! They are my faves! x

Shoes are very Goff...love them all. I think it really shows just how much thought and effort you have put into your wedding hun! xxx

13 - AUTUMN/FALL WEDDING THEME

Colours - Choose from Gold, Orange, Reds, Chocolate brown, hunter green
Dress - Gold/Ivory would go well with most colour schemes. Maybe faux fur wraps, capes, shawls.
Flowergirls/bridesmaids - furry hand muffs, baskets of dried autumn leaves or petals to scatter.
Grooms - Gold, burgundy, hunter green or chocolate brown can be matched to the groom, best-man and ushers waistcoats, cravats and ties.
Favours - Chocolate leaves, Sachets of pot pourri, autumn candles, Miniture bottles of wine or mulled wine. Pumkin seed sachets - Toffee apples for children.
Cake - Decorate with marzipan leaves, acorns, or other autumn themed items or flowers or consider a croquembouche (profiterole tower cake) for a great effect.
Decorations - If you are lucky enough to have a farmers market nearby you could pick up ponds of materials to decorate your venue. Corn stacks, wheat bundles etc..Garlands decorated with berries, mini fruits bows and ribbons or flowers to match your bouquet. Bowls or potpourri scented with apple and cinnamon would smell great but dont overpower it.
Centrepieces - Small tree/branches with small hanging tealight lanterns - Baskets filled with leaves, flowers and berries with a matching bow - Dried flowers in a crystal vase with a raffia bow or matching bow - Hurricane lamp surrounded by a grapevine wreath, decorated with leaves and flowers. - Pillar candles in dark reds/burnt oranges/warm yellows on a simple tray filled with flowers and berries or dried leaves. - Hollow out the top of an apple big enough to fit a tealight into and place these around centrepieces.
Table Names - ie Blackberry, elderflower etc...
Invitations - Maybe think about using dried flowers throughout your stationery. Save the dates in the shap of sycamore leaves maybe.
Flowers - Gerbera daisies in autumn colours, Dahlias, Burgundy Roses Sunflowers, Mimosa, Delphinium, Gladioli, Orchid and Roses are all available at this time of year.
Confetti - Some churches frown on paper confetti would most would be happy to have dried leaves or petals thrown.
Guest book table - On the table that displays your seating cards or guest book, place a basket of dried flowers with cinnamon sticks and crab apples or tiny pumpkins.
Food - Hot filling foods would most likely be very welcome, soup (possibly pumpkin) crusty breads, roast meats, apple and blackberry crumble or Fruit platter cheeses and nuts.
Evening Food - Hot jacket potatoes with choice of fillings - Hog roast
Drink - Mulled wine, fruit punch and spiced apple cider.
Mother of Bride and Groom gifts - Instead of a traditional bouquet why not a hamper of fruits/wine
Transport - Possibly a vintage car in dark green or red.
Entertainment - DJ, Jazz band, possibly fireworks if venue allows.

If you can think of any more ideas for this one or any others please add. xxx

Could you get an ice cream van at the venue??
Or one of those old fashioned theatre ice cream boxes (not sure what they're called - think of a box with a strap round your neck)

Glass vases with 2 different coloured sands - ie White and Pink sand layered in and swirled for raspberry ripple, then corresponding flowers (probably silk ones rather than real)

There is also a pic of a casino type centrepiece in my photo album under themed ideas - although I would have used a martini glass in the middle of the arrangement. xxx

i love this theme, going to ask h2b about willy wonka theme

i've just asked him and guess what he said

I must be boring because the only kind of theme I'm having is the colour scheme (ivory and gold) and I'm having butterflies on the flowers, flower girls dress and the candelabras and cake.

16 - HARRY POTTER THEMED WEDDING

Sorry but I couldnt leave this one out....I love Harry Potter!
This would work great at any time of the year but would work especially well at Halloween time or Christmas.
Colours - You could adopt the colours of your favourites hogwarts house. Deep reds, greens or purples would work best.
Tables - Name tables after characters, spells or Diagon alley shops
Centrepieces - Cauldrons with overflowing flowers in your desired colours. You could add dry ice to this but never touch dry ice with your bare hands as you could get some nasty burns!
Invitations - On parchment scrolls maybe with a owl or hogwarts seal.
Food - A start of term feast would look fantastic with soups, chickens, hams and of course Harry Potters favourite treacle tart.
Drink - Butterbeer, pumpkin juice or make your own potion (cocktail)
Favours - There are sites on the internet that sell Harry Potters chocolates and sweets, one that would be good for a wedding are tubes of Powdered Veritaserum (looks like silver and white sparkly sweets)
Cake - Possibly a castle cake of use spellbooks for each tier.
Toastmaster - You could ask your toastmaster to dress as Dumbledore, well its worth a try.
Ring Bearer - Its possible to hire an owl to be your ring bearer....obviously you do have to book thru their human handlers, owls arent great with phones or email.
Entertainment - You could buy the Harry Potter soundtracks to play during the meal - You can hire lookalikes which include Snape, Hagrid, Dumbledore, Bellatrix Lestrange and of course Harry. - Mix and mingle wizards which are whacky wizards who are magicians with a flare for the dramatic; who recreate a world where magic is commonplace! They can arrive riding on mystical dragons, create magical effects with coins levitating in mid-air, turn candles into salt, have items disappear in whisps of white light, cause sweets to explode, and create the most sophisticated illusions!. The magicians have Warner approved costumes who have worked on licensed events - Plus many other types of Potteresque entertainers. (if you require the link please ask).
Decoration - There is a company that does the following - Hogwarts themed backdrop (8ft x 16ft)
Smoking Cauldrons, Hanging Flame Lights Hogwarts House banners and pendants Platform 9¾ themed entrance Black starlight stage backdrop
Candelabra and lantern table centres Effective colour changing lighting Real plants & palm trees decorated with fairy lights Black table linens with gold runner and red napkins
Black chair covers with red and gold co-ordinated ties Themed balloon floor bouquets Table party accessories (party poppers, noise makers etc…)
Harry Potter themed Table Plan Harry Potter themed name cards Harry Potter movie background music Pre-event co-ordination
Delivery and installation crew 1am breakdown, clear up and collection - (Please ask for link if interested)

You could go mad with this theme, or you could use some subtle details from the Harry Potter theme to add a bit of magic to your day. Any further ideas on this theme please add. xxx

love love love love love love love the harry potter, i love the music in harry potter

on the first page is a twlight theme number 6 i think

Sorry ladies I completely lost track of numbers and didnt have time to count them again so not sure what number we are up to. xx

18 - VICTORIAN WEDDING THEME

The Victorian era lends itself so well to creating a beautiful wedding. I have based this on the more opulant, lavish side of the victorian era, rather than the humble peasant side.
This would be great any time of the year. If you were using it for a summer wedding you could go for a Victorian Garden Tea Party or to make a christmas wedding even more special by using Victorian touches. If a summer wedding look for grounds to include statues, rose gardens and fountain. If a winter wedding try to find a venue which has a victorian interior, lavish furnishings and possibly a roaring log fire.
Colours - Burgundy, copper and jewel colours.
Venue - If you havent chosen a venue already, look for a victorian hotel, a ornate hall or manor, or a castle. Whatever venue you are having if its a summer wedding, lush landscaped grounds would be a huge bonus.
Dress - Possibly buy or hire a beautiful reproduction Victorian wedding gown complete with glorious bustle and white lace-up ankle boots. Add crocheted wrist-length gloves.
Some brides may choose to wear an antique dress that is genuinely Victorian, or have an antique dress reproduced with modern materials. Others may wish to go for a more subtle and understated look to their attire. But Victorian women often wore huge skirts, with layers of petticoats underneath them, along with corsets, which lacks subtlety. Long veils were also common
Jewellery - Think of a silk ribbon around the neck as a choker, a cameo necklace, a brooch and/or pearl choker.
Accessories - Long lace gloves and a sparkly beaded purse would look great.
Flowers - There are 2 main styles boquet used: Tussy Mussy a tightly arranged, hand-tied blooms slipped into a decorative cone. The Cascade bouquet, which we still see today, although for us they look slightly vintage.
Typical Victorian brides carried a bouquet called the posy. It contained flowers of pale colors such as pink, blue and lilac, and was circle-shaped to represent everlasting love, with a rose in the center. The most common flower for a bride to wear was an orange blossom, which was a symbol for purity, while her attendants typically carried roses. Incorporating some of these colors into a Victorian wedding will add strength to the theme.
Victorians placed great emphasis on the meaning of each flower type, you could have a lot of fun with this part. There are lots of sites on the internet which can tell you the meanings of flowers. Ferns also played a huge part so incorporate them into bouquets, centrepieces etc...
Popular Victorian flowers include orange blossoms, roses, daisies, pansies and hyacinth.
Groom - Victorian men dressed to the nines for formal occasions, wearing white shirts, white vests and white bowties. All this was topped off with a black tailcoat, sometimes referred to as a traditional style tuxedo, a top hat and white gloves.
Transport - The best transport would be a horse drawn carriage, complete with a driver dressed in victorian costume.
Cake - Generally fruit cake with white icing, fancy ornate scrolls and adorned with flowers such as orange blossoms, they were also filled with lucky charms attached to ribbons for the bridesmaids to gently pull out, the charms can be kept to only one of the tiers.
Food - Victorian food could be very extravagant think oysters, caviar, beef consomme, rabbit, mutton, duck, pheasant, beef, turkey and sole. Desserts light lemon and apple tarts, plum puddings, scones with fruit and jams and mince pies. For a buffet tuna and cucumber sandwiches are a must.
Drink - Brandy, wine and champagne. Also a selection of teas ie earl grey, darjeeling and english breakfast. Teas can be served with petit fours and chocolate dipped strawberries.
Favours - Crisp white boxes tied up with satin ribbon, small beaded purses, decorative hand fans, tussie mussies, anything floral, anything ornate and pewter. The Victorians adored favours — the more complicated, the better — and used every excuse to hand them out, even at small parties. Paper weights, victorian bookmarks, pewter photo, mini scented lace pillows frames, small morrors for ladies and handkerchiefs. potpourri and sachets boxed and tied with ribbon, homemade shortbread cookies, boxed scones, fresh jams with a personalized wedding label, petit fours or chocolates shaped as doves, hearts, or cupids, and, last but not least, ornate Victorian paper fans featuring images of lovers and love poems, and fashioned with lace, dried rose petals, tiny satin bows, and a tassel.
Thank you gifts - Pocket watches would be lovely for the groom and/or best man. Maybe elaborate pewter photo frames with a sepia picture of you and h2b in for the mums. Or possibly hand carved cameos. Engraved lockets for bridesmaids.
Decoration - Lace tablecloths, fringed lamps, Crystals wherever possible, candlesticks, candelabras. You can get Victorian era newspapers to place on tables in the welcome room as guests arrive.
Invitations - Add a Victorian touch to your invitations with embossed letters and hearts, cupids or doves. Use calligraphy for the wording.
Hand deliver the invitations, where possible, in keeping with the Victorian tradition.
Entertainment - For the music and entertainment, think strolling violins during the cocktail hour and harps in between courses at dinner. Selections should include anything from Beethoven, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky. For dancing, you could hire a string quartet, to perform the waltz. You and your h2b might wish to take ballroom dance lessons to perform a waltz for your first dance.
Centrepieces - Candelabras would be the most appropriate set with long taper candles, hanging crystals or scatter crystals around base.
Table name - Possibly name tables after jewels or literary artists ie Tennyson, Bronte, Dickens etc...
Tables - If possible have floor length tablecloths. Top with antique lace.
Guest Book - Use a traditional guest book or alternatively scour the internet and car boots for victorian postcards and leave scattered on the guest book table and ask each family to fill out their own postcard to you and your h2b.
Traditions - There are many victorian traditions you want want to incorporate. Don't miss the repopularized Victorian cake-pull custom, where the bride (or in our case, the cake maker) ties ribbons to charms and tucks them between the layers of the cake. Before the cake-cutting, each bridesmaid pulls a charm from the layers, and learns her fortune. An anchor charm meant Stability; a clover, Good Fortune; the flower, Blossoming Love; the cross, Peace; the heart, True Love. And the wedding ring? You can probably guess that one. Hint: it's a lot like the bouquet toss.
Photographer - Ask your photographer to take some sepia photos or better still have some Victorian-themed photos taken of the bride and groom at a costume-friendly photography studio.

There is so much on the internet to help with a victorian wedding. If you are looking for a Victorian Christmas wedding you cant go far wrong by reading or watching Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" You can also add things such as Crackers, christmas carollers and roasting chestnuts.
If you can add more to this theme or any other theme please do so.
We are having a christmas wedding and since writing this my h2b has fallen for the theme and now we are having a "Victorian" Christmas wedding!!! We are even thinking of changing our venue to a Victorian inn that is actually closer to where we live and would lend itself perfectly to this theme. xxx

Oooops sorry do I get a prize for possibly the longest post/ lol will try to keep them shorter. xxx

If anyone is having a traditional Welsh/Irish/Scottish or British wedding theme it would be great if you could post some ideas on here. Thanks girls!!! xxx

Cheeky I know but.......if any new ladies (or the ones who've been round a bit ;-) have any new themes or ideas for themes already mentioned, would love ya to add them for any ladies looking for inspiration on themes. xxx

i like the christmas/winter and twilight and the choc and champers mines kinda christmasy xx

If anyone is going to do the Willy Wonka theme, there are a few places that have started making edible bouquets, buttonholes etc...if you pm me or put a request on my wall I can send you the links. xxx

I am having a country themed wedding, we are having a marquee on a farm with bunting, pastel coloured balloons, vintage tractors... I have not thought through everything entirely so if anyone has any ideas to add to a country wedding then let me know!!!

Oh sounds fantastic Sammy!! Will have a think for ideas hun. Goff thats sounds so much fun!

Cant wait to hear more ideas for your Country themed wedding! xxx

Bumped for Rachel xx

love the victorian theme but h2b wants a country garden or enchanted garden theme

hi i would like dark purple and silver with butterflies struggling to find somthing for centre pieces any ideas???

loz - we have hurricane lamps in purple and they're going to sit on mirror plates - you could do the same and get some butterfly confetti to sprinkle on the plates?