From Harry Potter to Zombie, you can find a variety of wedding themes that are inspired by the couples’ common interests. However, for some couples, it can be tricky to find the right theme for their wedding.
While you don’t need to pick a theme, having one will greatly help bring everything together on your big day. Without it, your décor, gown, buffet and overall venue might end up clashing against each other. Imagine an orchestra without sheet music. Without guidance, they’re likely to create a piece with a high degree of dissonance.
Without the use of wedding themes, you’re at risk of planning a disharmonious day where nothing goes together.
Thankfully, there are plenty of wedding themes that don’t require you to dress up or source specialized equipment. The simplest of wedding themes is merely based on your chosen color palette, which is a popular thematic choice, for instance.
If you are looking for something more impactful, you can use a color palette that is representative of your lifestyles, such as shades of greens and natural hues for plants if you’re a nature lover. Nature inspired wedding themes can be relatively easy to incorporate into your special day. If you’re wondering how to make plants the center of attention for your big day, you are in luck. Plants make the perfect theme for a nature-friendly wedding.
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The Romantic Look
In classic literature, fairies are often represented wearing garments made out of flowers and leaves. While you won’t be dressing in delicate and fragrant petals, you can certainly add a floral touch to your style by adding flowers to your hair. Be careful not to add unnecessary weight to your bridal hair do. Additionally, avoid delicate blooms that require a lot of moisture to stay fresh so you don’t end up with a wilted look by the end of the day! Take a look at this gallery for inspiration on how to turn yourself into a floral fairy.
Heavy and natural curls look great with an autumnal bohemian floral crown. It will give your hair a glamorous look while enhancing its natural beauty. Avoid this look, however, if you’re not naturally curly, (or have your florist scale down the size of the floral crown) as the weight might transform your style over the duration of the party. Short haircuts, such as a bold pixie cut, look their best with a seasonal and green garland used as a crown. Secure it with hairpins for a youthful and refreshing look.
For long hair, a rustic braid with a field flower crown is an exquisite look, especially paired with a romantic dress. Dark and silky hair shines when paired with deep colored bloom such as a bright purple orchid, which can become an elegant accent.
Driving My Own Garden Around
Flowers are always a beautiful addition to your wedding day. They can accompany you every step of the way, from the arrival at the ceremony to the car décor at your departure.
Your car offers plenty of creative options to celebrate the newlyweds. But even if you’re not keen on the traditional tin cans fastened to the vehicle, there are elegant floral alternatives.
If you’ve hired a car with a long hood, such as a classic vehicle, you can secure a long garland across the hood. However, if you opt for a hood décor you need to drive all the way slowly – in other words, it’s not suitable for highway commute! You can also embellish your vehicle with a simple bouquet secured to the side mirror, which is more likely to survive medium to fast speed. A combination of ribbons and flowers works best on small vehicles, as they can remind the shape of present wrapping.
My Little Greenery Of A Venue
Plants and your venue are a perfect combination, (it’s a rare sight to have a wedding with no fauna at all). You can use potted plants such as using succulents in wedding décor to give a fresh and friendly appearance. You can repurpose your succulents as guest favors at the end of the day, ensuring that everyone has a living memory from your party.
Pick A Venue That Loves Plants Too
Admittedly, if you want your plants to feel like a natural extension of your venue, it helps to select a site that is nature-friendly. For summer, spring, and early autumn weddings, a backyard ceremony can be an appealing solution. You can also find botanical gardens, greenhouses, conservatories, and even farms that serve as wedding venues. Additionally, a hotel with a large garden could be the ideal location, especially if you don’t want your guests to have to drive back at the end of the day.
Can I Have Flowers On My Dress?
You can also maintain your wedding theme with a carefully chosen bridal gown. Steering away from a simple white dress gives you more options to express your plant theme. You can pick a gown in the same hues as your reception flowers, for instance. Similarly, you can also choose an embroidered dress if you don’t want to wear a vibrant color.
You can create a natural rainbow of colors, with your bridesmaids’ dresses as the backdrop, using green dresses as a starting point.
You can select a soft palette that matches your favorite flowers too, such as soft shades of pink and orange for roses. Similarly, your groomsmen can also be part of your flower theme, wearing different shades of the same palette.
Give Your Guests Some Delicious Flowers To Eat
Last, but not least, a plant-friendly menu is always exciting – and unexpected! Many flowers are edible. However, you need to be careful, as not all your guests might be tempted by a plant-inspired buffet. A good compromise is to use your wedding cake as a symbol of your floral theme. Specialist bakeries help their clients to match their vegetal themes by creating beautiful sugar flowers. While roses are a common choice for sugar flowers, you can have just about any type of flower you want including orchids, blue meadow flowers, hydrangea on your wedding cake or colorful cupcakes.
Making plants and flowers the theme of your wedding is an excellent choice to build up a colorful and exciting color palette for your big day. From subtle pastel hues to vibrant greens and purples, you can paint your day in the colors you like!
* This is a contributed post
I hope you found this information on wedding themes useful!
Hearts, Joy, Love!
Jean
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What a lovely post! I’m a sucker for wedding inspiration, and the idea of incorporating plants into wedding themes is just genius! The author does such a great job showcasing the different ways plants can be used, from bouquets and centerpieces to decorations and even favors. I especially love the emphasis on using local and seasonal flowers, it’s such a thoughtful and sustainable approach. And the pictures are just stunning – I’m getting married in a few months and I’m definitely going to bookmark this post for some inspiration!
Thank you for your kind words. As most couples have flowers and greenery for décor at their wedding, it can be fun to take it one step further and incorporate them into the theme for the entire day.