One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways of tying in all the different elements of your wedding and to make it memorable for all is to have a theme. This could be a colour theme, an era, a film or TV programme, sporting activity or event \u2013 anything really.<\/p>\n Image Courtesy of Purple Penguin Weddings\n
The top 5 tips for choosing a wedding theme:<\/p>\n
1. Choose something personal to you both \u2013 it could be that you both really liked the recent Alice in Wonderland film or that you are both keen mountain bikers \u2013 anything goes; just try to find a way of incorporating this activity into your wedding day.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. The simplest things to incorporate into your chosen theme are the table centrepieces, favours, music and food. For example, if your chosen theme was oriental you could have paper lanterns hanging low over the centre of each table instead of a centrepiece, chopsticks or fortune cookies as favours and a traditional Szechuan dish as a main course.<\/p>\n 3. Be as the individual or as traditional as you like \u2013 if you don\u2019t want to be too creative, just theme the wedding around the season. For example, a BBQ and ice creams in the summer and for a fabulous winter wedding fill vases with rock salt and twigs as table centrepieces and hand icicles and snowflakes from the ceiling.<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. Don\u2019t worry if you have completely different ideas about the wedding theme \u2013 fusion weddings of two or more themes are becoming increasingly popular, particularly with multi-cultural couples. For a Scottish\/Malaysian wedding, consider using bright Malaysian flowers such as orchids and birds of paradise as d\u00e9cor and combining with traditional Scottish customs such as having a piper and Ceilidh.<\/p>\n 5. Maybe you don\u2019t have any particular hobbies or interests? Try choosing a combination of colours that you both like or a film that you both enjoyed – Moulin Rouge themed weddings are not for the faint-hearted but can look fabulous even on a tight budget.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n At Purple Penguin,\u00a0they\u00a0pride themselves on keeping ahead of the game-\u00a0they are constantly looking for new trends and styles and always \u2018thinking outside the box\u2019 with new ideas and inspirations. They never plan two weddings the same and aim to ensure that each wedding is better than the last!<\/p>\n They always stay within\u00a0their clients\u2019 budgets and spend time getting to know the couples so that\u00a0they can create a beautiful, personalized wedding every time. Check out http:\/\/www.purplepenguinweddings.com or call 0845 519 2447 for more details.<\/p>\n