Wedding Theme

What ideas do you have for a Southern style wedding in September? My braidsmaid dresses and linens are the color "coral". Do you have tips? Thanks!

There are tons of food ocmbinations available for you. I just depends on how Southern you want to be. You can go traditional Southern or you can do Southern with a twist by presenting Southern favorites as finger foods if you are doing passed hors douvres (sp?)

For example:
Mac-n-cheese or Mac-n-cheese puff pastries
Crabcakes or mini crabcakes
Cornbread, hushpuppies or little cornbread cakes
Fried green tomatoes are pretty
Sweet potatoes, whipped sweet potatoes, sweet potato quiches
Greens or green beans
Fried corn
Black-eyed peas
Smothered chicken with rice and gravy
Country fried steak

Ok, I’m getting hungry. Hope this helps. Congratulations!

Having a wedding in Jamaica, and want to go with the beach wedding theme.

Got my dress already. But plan to make the invitations, order of service etc myself. Also thinking about wedding favours as parasols and fans for the ladies… not sure about the gents?!

Thinking of the colour scheme of the wedding to be white, silver and duck egg blue…?! Party wearing linen, silk, summery clothes…

We are having a BBQ Carnival Party as the reception on the beach.. anything i can add to make it special..?? Thinking of sparklers towards the end of the night… anything else to make it different/special?

We have 43 guest attending and 15children…

Just running my ideas by you… Any other ideas of how i can display the wedding as a beach theme, and not too traditional…

Cheers…
Any ideas for the 3hour reception?? Only got a mento band playing for 1hr.. should i extend it, or would people just mingle with CD music in the background???

First off, I’m SO jealous. It sounds beautiful… and fun!

I love the Carnival Party idea. Are you going to have lots of candy and sweets? Those giant pinwheel lollipops would be so cute stuck in centerpieces or vases. Are you having the traditional dances? Maybe have everyone light up those sparklers and surround the dance floor while you and the groom slow dance. Might make for a really pretty photo moment.
If you’re only going to have live music for part of the reception I’d have it in the last part. Light music while everyone mingles and has some cocktails and gets ready for the dinner… then fun live music while you’re all in the festive party mood.
Congrats and have fun!

and yes my fiance knows, it was partly his idea. snow white theme to be exact. i figure lots of red roses and earthy tones. any other ideas to make my wedding very special and unique.

Center Pieces of Red Apples. Table favors of miniature mirrors with your wedding info inscribed.

If you really want to go over the top, you could have someone in your wedding party walk the isle right before you kiss and give you a "poison apple" causing you to faint and your prince charming would have to save you with true loves first kiss. lol!

Congrats on your wedding day!

Since I chose magenta and gold as my wedding colors I am having a hard time incorporating these to Starry Theme. So I opt for star gazer lilies… any idea how can I make this more lively?

Have you asked if your florist can use Starfighter lillies instead? They are a much darker magenta color. They are gorgeous (They were one of our wedding flowers).
Utilize gold star confetti on the tables spread around perhaps a candle in a hurricane lamp (They sell mosaic glass hurricane lamps or perhaps lanterns that have stars punched into the metal?), so that will add a lot of sparkle to your tables…
and what about using the thin gold wire star ‘garland’ they sell for decorating presents, and using a bit of that to wrap around each napkin at the tables?
You could also incorporate a shooting star as a logo for your wedding-very simple, but if it is quietly placed on your save the dates, programs, invitations, and place cards, it will start to stand out as a symbol for your whole day.
if you did decide to go with a favor, you could use little star-shaped hard candies or little star cookies wrapped in tulle and secured with the star garland too…

Wedding music with a beach theme includes steel drums and ukuleles. Choose beach themed music with tips from an event coordinator in this free wedding planning video.

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When thinking of decorating for a fall wedding theme, you’ll want to think about the colors of orange, rusts, golds and browns. Incorporate nature’s colors into your fall wedding with help from an award-winning wedding planner in this free video on wedding decorations.

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Homemade favors for weddings can be inexpensive without looking cheap. Wedding favors like these are perfect for weddings on a budget. Here are a few suggestions for quick and easy wedding favors.

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I am having a destination wedding in Antigua and looking for inexpensive ideas to decorate my post wedding reception in that theme.
Thanks!
My post wedding reception will be in NH..and in January!! Help!!

We did the same thing this past February. We were married in the Caribbean (just us) and had a "celebration" when we returned.

As for the celebration…
We didn’t do anything traditional. We had all of our guests dress in casual Caribbean attire (linens, bright colors, sandals, etc) and all of the food and drinks were inspired by the Caribbean (jerk chicken, a lot of fruits, etc). We opted to do only appetizers and desserts…because we it to be a social event…not because of money (a meal would have been less). With all of the appetizers…no one went home without a full stomach anyway! There was no first dance, no bouquet toss, no garter toss, no cake cutting…nothing like that. We already had our cake and our first dance. We wanted the party to be low key…very run and still romantic. We decorated with a ton of flowers and palms (all real, of course). There were a lot of baskets and different textures. We only used white Christmas lights and candle light for lighting….that made it "warm" and romantic.

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Ours was in Februrary and there was plenty of snow. We just made sure that the building was very warm. The candles helped with that also.

centerpieces is what I really need.Our budget is 3000.And would BBQ be a good meal to serve.We’re having the wedding at a park.How can decorate the tables?Thanks for all answers.

Tropical/beach – Sea shells, polished stones, fish tanks
You could have a Hawaiian wedding at the beach, followed by the traditional luau for the reception. Or as you have the wedding in a beautiful park you could create decorations with an old-fashioned picnic reception.
The good thing about a Hawaiian or beach-theme wedding is that decorations are very easy to find. You can make your own paper leis, and miniature palm trees are an affordable addition to flowers. 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, remind you of the beach. And you can cut down on the cost of champagne and serve Mai Tai’s or other tropical drinks.

My wedding is this April. It’s being held at an 1850′s antebellum/type home. The ceremony will be around 6pm-ish outside in the back yard garden and then the reception will be in the house as well as the back yard. I want to have some type of them to tie everything together but something more specific than just "garden/spring" theme. My dress is a strapless ballgown of white tulle. I’m leaning towards bridemaids (only 3) dresses in a shade of pink. Or possibly an aqua type color. I want to do something that I can incorporate into the decorations, cake, invitations, etc…. Any ideas would be so appreciated! Thanks!

Themes can be a colour or variations of a colour or two, a flower, a word or like you said a season (spring).. or historical time or common interest of the bride & groom (like skiing).

I know, it’s every girl’s dream to have the best wedding ever… something different and memorable… I’ve noticed that this is achieved by personalizing the ceremony, the location or the traditions you use at the reception.

Just keep it simple and don’t worry so much about it being all ‘matchy’… You’ll end up worrying about little things that will take up too much of your time & energy.

Can you utilize something interesting from the 1850′s home? Like an oil lamp or tree or wall colour or architectural detail that can be woven into your wedding? Something in the garden? Use your surroundings don’t fight it.

Maybe pick your favourite spring flower… like a pink tulip.. your bridesmaids can have different shades of pink (that individually they love & suits them AND can wear the dress again…three different dresses along the same style influence)
(Be careful with aqua… it’s nice as an accent with the right complimentary colour.)
Your cake can have tulips on it.
Your invitations can be neutral with a pink tulip on it.

I got married in April too. We did an earthy/ spring/ garden/ fresh/ ‘joyful’ combination…. we kept it simple and used an muted sage or light olive green and light taupe as an undercurrent to our chosen flowers…
Our guests remarked how comfortable, relaxed and elegant the banquet hall was..
My main objective was to have it "nice", unassuming and comfortable…. I felt we achieved it.

I just thought I’m not Oprah or Martha so why stress out trying?

Good luck and relax!