Motif, Theme, or Inspiration: Express Yourself Throughout Your Event!
With so many avenues to go down, deciding on a single theme for a wedding to fit a couple’s personality can be tricky.
We’ve brainstormed and come up with 12 general themes that can be tweaked to represent any combination of unique combined personalities as accurately as possible.
We’ll dive into the most theme-appropriate decor choices, best dinner service methods, entertainment options, and more for each!
Formal/Traditional
When asked to picture a wedding, most would visualize something huge, fluffy, with white everywhere.
In reality, the closest to this vision would be a Traditional wedding, but it can be so much more than just clouds of white!
Let’s peek into the lives of the upper class with this “White Wedding” everyone imagines!
Photo by: Lindsey Marie Photography Florals: Breezy Day Florals Venue: Harbor View Loft
Start with a “Black Tie” dress code.
This theme can be the perfect excuse to dress to the nines, and why not look like a red carpet movie star on your big day?
This type of affair is for those couples who want a grandiose and unforgettable night for their guests.
Photo by: Lindsey Marie Photography Florals: Breezy Day Florals Venue: Harbor View Loft
Visualize your dining tables with complete table settings, traditional proper cutlery, and glassware for a full sit-down style meal.
Tables should also feature posh decor with gorgeous flower arrangements.
Finally, a magnificent head table as the focal point of the room is necessary, and don’t forget lots of crystal!
Modern
Photo by: Shane and Lauren Photography Florals: Green Fresh Florals Venue: Harbor View Loft
A step down on the scale of traditional extravagance, with the same formal air, a Modern event is for the new-age Formal couple.
Always in-the-know with current events, the grand florals are replaced with clean lines in geometric shapes to provoke a minimalist mindset.
Photo by: Aubree Lynn Photography
Your guests should notice how sleek and polished everything is, and a venue can enhance this with exposed structural beams or lighting for an industrial edge.
Photo by: Jessica Schultze Photography Florals and Decor: Organica Flora Designs
Stick with a seated dinner as a nod to the feel of elegance reminiscent of the old traditions, or go with a moving-style dinner service!
Also called a small-plate style, it allows guests to serve themselves from different food stations.
It’s a fabulous combination of the fashionable plated meal with a buffet amount of food.
Our next topic themes will be Vintage and Art Deco in Part Two of this series, so keep an eye out for those on the way!
