How to choose your Wedding Theme?
Wedding Planning can can easily overwhelm you because there are a number of aspects and angles that need to be considered. And overwhelm is a word which sometimes barely does justice to express how your wedding planning ideas and thoughts start to run at the speed of light in your head the moment you lie down to rest after a day’s work. One moment you would think about the flowers at the entrance, the next moment you would be worried of your dream venue and the budget. A minute later your mind would flutter to the guest lists and then you would think about that one item that certainly needs to be in the menu.
You can feel a lot of pressure while making all the big-small choices for everything that is needed for a wedding and it can easily frustrate you. For good or for bad we live in a world where there are plethora of options even when you step out to buy a needle. And this is exactly why Wedding Planning is of outmost important. But from where to begin? While there are a lot of inter-dependent elements, you can start with a Wedding Theme.
What is a Wedding Theme?
The one big thing that can if not totally eliminate but considerably reduce the pressure of deciding all the choices that you need to make for your wedding is your Wedding Theme.
A theme can help you streamline and help convert your likes and style into tangible products that are meaningful to you. Themes are recurring ideas or subjects that are woven throughout a creative work such as wedding. Motifs are specific elements that help reinforce the theme. So if you want to put your emotions and ideas into underlying messages, you need motifs and eventually a theme that will overall reflect your vision.
Why you should have a Wedding Theme?
A Wedding Theme determines the tone and mood for your wedding. But more than that it will simplify some otherwise challenging decisions such as venue, colors, decor elements etc.
Your Wedding should be a celebration of the love and respect that you and your partner have for each other. It should be reflection of both of your personalities and style and who you are as individuals. And what’s better than a wedding that represents your relationship and the things that you like and the values that you stand for.
How to find your Wedding Theme?
Feels and Feels
Can’t stress more about this! How do you want to feel on your big day? The vibe that you want is traditional, modern, or a mix of both? Do you want to convey romance or is it all about two families coming together? Surely, you want to feel excited and confident, but beyond that how do do you want to feel? And in terms of atmosphere do you want a more slow and relaxed environment or an elegant and gorgeous surroundings or a glitter and glamour vibe?
What you want to feel would come a long way in determining details such as entrance decor, wedding stationery design and even your wedding day outfit and the look.
To channelize these feels into real ideas and items, you and your partner can close your eyes and just let your imagination run wild to find true answers of what you want.What does your Wedding mean to you?
Does your wedding mean a big party where all your friends and family are coming together or do you want your wedding to be more on the romantic side where the ceremony feels magical and fairytale? Is your wedding more about traditions and ceremonies where two families from different cultures are coming together? The one thing that I can certainly tell you is that your wedding would mean a blend of some of these things to you and definitely more as well. That is where planning your theme to represent your core ideas would come in place so that you can put everything on the outside which is in tandem with your feels.How do you want to remember your wedding day in years to come?
When you reminisce about your wedding day in years to come, how do you want to remember it? Couples who previously thought that they wanted a classic ballroom set up might end up taking there ceremony to a hillside or lakeside because the memory of being out in the open on their big day sounds much better. If you are someone who would want to take pride in the details in the years to come, then you might want to pay more attention to what’s on the menu and table decor. But there is one thing that will be certainly remembered is if the vibe was inviting, warm and welcoming. Wedding stationery plays a major role in this.How many people are attending your wedding?
An intimate set up can have more attention to details for each guest and hence a super customized subsequent theme while for a large gathering some themes might not fit at all and you might want to go for a theme that suits well with the venue.Budget
With a limited budget, you would want to focus on the most important aspects that are meaningful to you. For instance, making your guests aware of the ceremonies and rituals might be your highest priority. While for a grand budget, theatricals entertainment elements and grand floral accents ca be considered and themed together.
What factors to consider while choosing a theme
Venue
Most couples first book their venue and leave the decision of everything else to be done later. However, my suggestion is that you finalize the venue when you are sure about your wedding theme. You might want to have a garden wedding, but not have the venue in the right size or with their right aesthetics. And it can make a huge difference as it will set the general tone of the wedding theme. A Palace hotel situated in the Aravallis of Udaipur would radiate a different vibe than a beach side resort at Amalfi. Do you agree?
If you have already booked your venue without choosing a theme, you need to work harder and try to figure out a way of what theme can go along with the aesthetics of the venue.Weather
What would be the weather like on your wedding day? You don’t want your guests to sweat out in the open if you are getting married on a hot summer day, you might not want to consider an outdoor theme.Colors
Colors also play a key role in helping you decide your wedding theme. Ask yourself and your partner about the colors that you like the most and are comfortable in. Are you more into pastels or on the brighter side of the color wheel? If you are more into dark and bright colors you might want wedding outfits, flowers and even table line on the brighter side. Or you might very well choose a theme based on the season. For instance, an autumn season themed wedding would be all about oranges, yellows and browns.Your shared interests and passions
Are you both traditional Indian instrument lovers or you both have an affinity towards jazz? Do you like formal outfits or feel the most comfortable in casual wear?If you both love informal events, you might want to have a modern informal themed reception. The activities and shared interests certainly help in narrowing down on a theme by infusing your personalities.
Have you wondered that your wedding theme can be entirely based on the place where you met for the first time and on your love story! Planning your Wedding Theme is super essential otherwise, trust me, you’d spend nights in a row fighting sleep and not coming to a conclusion about decor, dress, menu and what not.
While there are many of these factors to consider while planning a wedding, don’t forget to have fun while planning your themed wedding. After all, it’s your day!