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St patricks day wedding help!

posted at 3/31/2011 10:45 PM EDT on theknot.com

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We are getting married on st pattys day next year and i am looking for some fun ideas to incorporate that theme into my wedding without it loking like green threw up everywhere. i just want cute accents to aknowledge the day without going overboard. My bridesmaid dresses are going to be hunter green......help!

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posted at 4/1/2011 5:13 PM EDT on theknot.com

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you can always put in horseshoes, or love knots, Im planning my weeding for st pattys weekend in 2013, and i saw an idea of a metal pail with grass in it and i was thinking of adding shamrocks into it, idk just a few ideas

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posted at 4/9/2011 9:27 AM EDT on theknot.com

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I am also doing St Patty's day of 2012!! You can always add a 2nd color to your scheme. We are doing green and purple. There are many colors that go good with green, especially when you factor in the flowers.

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posted at 4/18/2011 9:54 AM EDT on theknot.com

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I am having a St. Patrick's day wedding as well... and so very excited! Like you, I want accents not a field of green. My BM dresses are actually called clover green... lol, but I fell in love with the color and style for my girls... we are using hot pink and vibrant orange flowers with green accents, my bouquet will have some ivory colored flowers as well. Don't forget the horseshoe (very small) in your bouquet.

We are using the Irish wedding blessing as part of our day, and I found a beautiful subtle shamrock that I felt was understated, but added just the right touch on our programs, save the date cards, receptions favors and other printed product. I am going to have bells of Ireland flowers for the ceremony at the alter as well as I have my nephew ringing a bell (Irish tradition) right before I walk down the aisle.

At the reception - we are naming our tables after Irish clans instead of numbering them. I already put that together and found the family crests online. We will surely be using some shamrocks in our floral arrangements. I am attempting to keep most of the day formal, but once dinner is over and we are ready to celebrate - we want to just have fun... Irish beads and other fun stuff... once the dancing starts... :)

Most of all - make it yours, we are having a "traditional" wedding ceremony, but will not be using any of the traditional songs, readings, vows, etc... I am adamant about having a wedding that is special and meaningful to my FH and I… I guess I want it to be “different” without being too different… enjoy your planning – it will be here before you know it! :)

I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance, A church filled with family and friends. I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for, He said one that would make me his wife. ~Author Unknown

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posted at 7/27/2011 2:37 AM EDT on theknot.com

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I am having my wedding next St. Patrick's Day as well! I'm incorporating more Irish symbols like the claddagh and harp to make it more elegant.

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posted at 7/28/2011 1:35 PM EDT on theknot.com

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A friend of mine went to a wedding that was on St. Patricks day and during the reception, as a surprise, they had irish dancers come out and dance around.

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posted at 8/21/2011 5:45 PM EDT on theknot.com

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Seem to be a lot of St. Patty's day weddings next year. My future husband is partly irish. We are doing a few subtle things. We added some Irish items to the menu. Wedding theme is blue, but we are incorporating green as well (both irish colors look up st patricks blue if you get a chance). I am thinking about putting some irish blessings out or including that in the invitation, and we have a local art student painting up some pub signs. If there is alcohol green beer. I am also going to get some St Patricks Day party favors for kids and adults to wear for the reception. Our reception is going to be more like pub party. Believe it or not if you look up irish tradtions there are many already in our normal ceremonies. Some are real cute and some I would't do because I can see some intentional going wrongs. :) My big thing is figuring out my save the dates. Hope this helps and best wishes to all.

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posted at 10/3/2011 4:16 PM EDT on theknot.com

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Wow - I am amazed at all the St. Patty's Day weddings! We are having green beer, I purchased some little cauldrons to put the golden chocolates in, and will be tying a shamrock cutout as a thank you tag on our favors . . . A horseshoe in the bouquet, of course . . . Our colors are pink and silver with a splash of green here & there - mainly in the flowers. White/Pink Cala Lillies with Bells of Ireland. I am thinking of having tall vases with water and a stem of Bells of Ireland in them and a floating candle on top

I grew up on a farm & am having cowbells for the guests to ring instead of dinging on glasses. (We need more cowbell!! lol) I just read that bells are a tradition at Irish weddings to ward off evil spirits. Some brides place them in their bouquets . . .

As for Save The Dates, we did a photo booth mock-up. We made magnets out of them and on the picture that says the date, we put a small clover sticker as a reminder.

Here is a link with some good info

http://www.irishcelticjewels.com/irish-information.htm

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posted at 10/3/2011 7:19 PM EDT on theknot.com

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We booked our venue recently for March 16, 2013--The day before St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!!!!!!! Im so excited i am irish and our favorite color is green :) Originally i picked a certain green for bridesmaids and the color has been discontinued :/ then i changed the color to wine but realized that It just has to be green. Of course i dont wanna do an over kill of green so we will be picking green as the dresses but trying to fid another color that goes well. I know i have time and all i hear is (your wedding is so far away --bla bla bla) but really its only a year and a couple months lol... Good luck all if you have any great ideas for favors let me know. i was thinking of having little pails with clover seeds! and a personalized wedding sticker on it. but im still looking :)

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posted at 10/18/2011 9:46 PM EDT on theknot.com

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Awesome I love your ideas my wedding is in April 28th 2012 and my FH is Irish and I'm Mexican so a lovely combination he wants to add some of my culture, that we are going to do add it in the religious ceremony but I wanted to add something as well, for him in the reception I love your ideas. My colors are purple because I just love it!!!! green (irish) and sylver.Congratulations and thanks for the ideas I want a pipe bag for the church we will see.

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posted at 10/29/2011 8:22 PM EDT on theknot.com

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I'm also getting married on St. Patricks Day, 2012. We are doing a Celtic handfasting ceremony because I love the vows that go with it. Also having a bagpiper walk/pipe guests over to the reception venue about 500 ft. from the Chapel. Our colors are royal blue and spring green and we found some great green and blue plaid ribbon to use for the pew bows/chapel flowers and as a border to white square table cloth overlays over the royal blue cloths. My fiance is a graphic designer so he designed Celtic knot artwork in our invites and other decorations. He's also Scottish so there's a thisle in it too. For dinner we wanted an all Irish menu but not a buffet so we did small plates so we didn't have to pick one or two things. We are having Potato Soup and soda bread, bangers and cheddar plate, an apple and bacon salad, fish and chips and of course corned beef and cabbage. We are having a Guiness chocolate cake with Irish cream mousse and an Irish coffee bar.

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posted at 11/2/2011 4:15 PM EDT on theknot.com

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I'm getting married St.Pattys Day weekend in 2013, Were doing green, yellow, and a splash of pink for the spring flowers.

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posted at 11/3/2011 3:49 PM EDT on theknot.com

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WOW!! Lots of St Paddy's Day wedding! Mine is as well and the bridesmaids are wearing hunter green and the groom and groomsmen are all wearing kilts :) We are having corned beef and cabbage and other traditional irish fare for dinner catered by a local pub! We are also going to be doing the handfasting during the ceremony and a stone tossing for our guests. The stone tossing is the guests all throw a stone in a body of water (our reception site is on a lake) and wish the newlyweds happiness. We are also having bagpipers during our walk out of the church and also while the guests arrive at the cocktail hour. We kept our tables very simple because of the contrast of green and white. We are doing all white tablecloths with silver chargers and a green napkin folded like a shamrock (watch the youtube video) our centerpieces are 5 cylinders filled with water with floating candles the center cylinder will have a bell of ireland in it.
We think St Patricks day is an awesome time for a really FUN wedding. I wish you all the st paddys day brides and grooms much happiness!!!

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posted at 11/21/2011 3:06 PM EST on theknot.com

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I am getting married on St Pattys Day also. My colors are purple and green. One way we are incorporating green is my something old will be a laminated 4 leaf clover that my great grandmother picked and kept in her bible. I will probably have green on my cake. The main color is purple/plum color with green kind of thrown in. If you find a main color and put green somewhere simple that might work.