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There’s nothing wrong with receptions overall. However, unless people change up the food drastically, most of them are pretty much the same. These days, there are more wedding planners helping couples set up themed weddings.
Basically, a themed wedding is one that looks at either a period in time or an event of some kind and decorates everything around that theme. For instance, many weddings that take place near holidays might adopt the colors associated with that holiday. Red, white and blue might be theme colors for weddings around the Fourth of July, while orange and black might be used as a theme for weddings near Halloween.
But there are other themes that young people seem to like. These days, a couple is apt to have a horror theme, complete with zombies and vampires, including wedding cakes designed with horror colors and images and a wedding cake topper of the same ilk. There has also been resurgence in science fiction themed receptions, especially Star Trek and Star Wars themes.
One online company based out of Washington state, called Forever Wed, helps couples determine what kind of theme they’d like, and will ship out everything that will be needed to decorate towards that theme. They also have ready made themes such as the 1920′s, Cinderella, Fairy Tale, Irish, Japanese, Romeo and Juliet, and Under The Sea.
What will it take if you decided to do a theme on your own? Truthfully, if you’re going this route it’s probably best to hire a wedding planner to help out. There will be the need for at least a little bit of research. Just because you want zombies doesn’t mean everyone has the same image of what a zombie is. Some people might equate the Mexican images for the Day of the Dead with zombies from many movies, and they’re not quite the same, nor is the significance the same.
There will be the need to determine just how far you’re willing to go. For instance, will the bride and groom dress up as characters, or will just one or the other, or maybe just the wedding party, or maybe no one at all. There was one image I remember viewing where the bride wore a beautiful wedding gown, but the groom and everyone else was dressed up like Klingons. In another, the bride and groom wore wetsuits, as the theme was about being under water snorkeling.
Whatever you decide, make sure that you feel it’s appropriate for all your guests, and plan your invitations accordingly. You might not want kids at your zombie wedding, and you might have to temper some of what you want for other members of the family. Whatever you do, though, have fun with it.
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