Wedding Forum - List of Themed Wedding Ideas..No 1...

List of Wedding Themes. If you have any further ideas for any of the themes listed below please add. Some are a little wacky and some are more elegant. Hope you get a few ideas here. xxx

Please note these are only suggestions for anyone stuck for ideas, if you are having any of these themes and doing it in a completely different way please post your Theme and Style.

1 - ALICE IN WONDERLAND - MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY

Spring/summer wedding
Colours pinks/greens/and or yellows
Name tables after characters
Favours with "eat me" tags - Harvey Nichols do a range of Mad Hatter chocs and goodies.
Wine bottles with "drink me" tags (bay of e do the eat me/drink me tags)
Wonky Hat cake
Mini packs of playing cards on tables to keep guests amused.
Centrepieces could be - teapots overflowing with flowers (gerberas wuld be great) or cake stand centrepieces of petit fours or any mini cakes/cupcakes or topiary trees with scattered pink petals.
Favour ideas colourful iced biscuits/petit four or cake shaped candles/mini lindt rabbits
Pink and green candy buffet
Pastel coloured lanterns hanging from the ceiling and fairy lights, assorted teacups with tealights on various tables.
Outdoor croquet and or giant chess game
You could even go all out and ask your guests to wear a hat of sorts.

This one is bookmarked too! I would love to go to the Mad Hatters Tea Party... especially if Johnny Depp was gonna be there ;) x

2 - BEACH WEDDING THEME

Colours brights, possible yellows, oranges pinks or blues or sand colours
Centrepieces - tall vases filled with different coloured sands/or shell arrangement/or clam shells holding votive candles
Personalised seahell place cards/ luggage tag place cards / deckchair place cards and or candle holders (available on the net)
Favours - Chocolate pebbles (available on the net)/flip flop candles/choc seashells/seashell bath bombs/minitures of malibu etc..
Pearl Jewellery for bride/bridesmaid
Tables named after famous beaches /or seashells
Fruit palm tree (available to hire which is decorated with bite size pieces of fruit)
Flowers - star lillies (look like star fish)
Drinks - pina colada/coctails
Food - Crab/lobster/fish dishes
Cake - wave blue and white cake /sandcaslte shaped wedding cake
Music - calypso band
for children possibly a sandbox (outdoors venue permitting) provide buckets and spades.
plus lots more ideas online xxx

that would make mine 3) instead then!

Ive decided that the party for my kids christening will be madhatter/alice in wonderland theme cos i wanted it for my wedding lol!x

4) Country fayre/garden theme
-Marquee venue with bunting to decorate
-Pastel colours
-a coconut shy set up outside
-wooden signposts to direct to the marquee
seasonal flowers for bouquets decorations
-centrepieces of teapots filled woth flowers
-favours, mini seeds packets
-Watering cans and birdcages filled with flowers for decorations

That was what we were originally waning the country garden theme bt the marquee companies n caterers over here were sooooo expensive. 1 place tried charging us £5000 just for the plain marquee with floors! :o(

i so want the alice in wonderland theme!! its amazing but hubby 2 be wont let me lol x

7 - TWILIGHT/GOTHIC
(sorry Goth)

This type could be elegant and luxurious or as wacky as you want.
This is one theme where time period is not a must. You can choose from any style: Victorian, Gothic, ghostly, or, like the Twilight series itself—modern chic with a hint of darkness.
Ideal for autumn/halloween night
Colours - Dark purples/greens/black if gothic/twilight
Centrepieces - Candlebras with long taper candles and crystals hanging down/apples hollowed out to fit tealights into.
Favours - Rose sachets/black gothic mini photo frames/gothic candles/ truffles
Stationery - Red with black gothic wording would look great.
Dress - Depends on your overall theme—a ball gown dress for a Victorian era theme; a figure-hugging fishtail dress for a more contemporary look; or a chiffon Grecian robe for an ethereal, ghostly feel. Black, or any dark colors (deep purple, dark blue) with highlights in bold red should match the theme perfect.
Groom - The groom might also want to choose a suit that matches the bride’s gown or dress—a frock coat for the Victorian style; a smart tux to go with the bride’s chic contemporary look. Or, if you both are fanatic fans of Twilight, get the exact suit and dress that Edward and Bella donned for their wedding !(though custom-made ones might require a budget on tailoring).
Drink - Red wine and red sparkling juice (for guest who do not want alcoholic drinks).
Food - Add a touch of red or crimson—red-colored dipping or sauces (strawberry syrup to go with desserts, chilli/tomato sauce etc), or you may ask the restaurant/caterer for the menu to see which food you can mix and match to suit the theme. Rename your menu items with creative names also add to the mood.
Flowers - Starting with the floral arrangements, red roses are the easiest to get, or you may try other variety of red flowers: Amaryllis (for large blossoms), Heliconia, Tulips etc. Dark green foliage will go well with the red blossoms.
Decoration - Either gothic type candle holders with pillar or church candles/Decorative items (table cloths etc) in shades of red and black (velvet or dark purple will do if black is not available/ not an option) should set the mood. If you wish to, you may even have candle holders for each table—brass ones for the classic look; stylized ones for the more contemporary Twilight look. If you wish for quirky funny, Jack-o-lanterns might be an option!
Entertainment - Maybe buy the Twilight soundrack for backing music or any instrumental classic baroque type cds. /A live band or a DJ is fine for live entertainment, though be sure to tell them in advance regarding the type of songs you want them to play, and their costumes. Or, for a more special, befitting one, get a magician to perform magic tricks on the spot. That should add a mystical touch to the overall events.
Again there are lots more ideas of this type of wedding online - There is also the Halloween themed wedding but as a few brides on here are doing this theme, they may have more ideas than me. xxx

wow your full of ideas dee xx

dee do elegant /simply stunning lol with hubby in uniform pleeease xxx

lol i want mine to be simple but elegant hun and hubby is wearing his uniform . im thinking of having green as colour scheme but what else dee as i dont want too much deco xx please give me ssome ideas for table centers etc dee xx

thanks hun u should become a wedding planner xx

We're having a star trek reception. All the tables are going to be named after captains from star trek so, Picard, Kirk etc and the name cards are going to have the guests name on one side, and a quote from star trek on another, and then there's going to be a little star trek quiz too!!

Lol wackymummy sounds fun! Whos the trekkie? you, h2b or both? xxx

Going back to green......Green food dye in bowl of water with gold floating candles.??

Just thinking Gold and Green appropriate for the army thing??

I loooove the alice in wonderland theme, decided on it yesterday and erica suggested to look at your thread and glad i did, playing cards and the coloured lanterns sound lovely! we are going to get the giant chess game etc. so excited about planning it now! x

told u hun dee is fab at themes lol xx

i am i am i am!!! feel like running around the house screaming, but it would wake my baby girl up, lol. far cry from crying last month, but hopefully it will all work out and i will be lucky! x and yes erica you were right, lol, she should be a wedding planner! x

7 Fun and Games
- tables with games for guest to play
- twister
- parachute games
- board game cake

Another 2 for Alice/Mad Hatter bay of e do Inflatable helium filled Pink flamingos and also pink flamingo lights - will put the link to this one on my wall xxx

Just come across that favour site - they have a huge range for loads of different themes dont they! xx

If you go on bay of e and search for pink flamingos under celebrations and decorative there are quite a few flamingo ideas and also nder decorative there are alice in wonderland window clings which are quite pretty. xx

lost track of the number sorry xx

Take a look at my photos for a Gothic/Halloween/Victorian/Steampunk themed wedding - our colours are purple and black. I like your suggestions onthe Gothic list - but i object to Gothic being linked with Twilight lol

Lol sorry Goff! xxx