Picking a Theme?

trigs1126

I am having the hardest time coming up with a theme for our wedding. I'm not rustic, or vintage, or any of the "typical" theme categories you can think of. We're getting married at Cescaphe Ballroom in Philadelphia so I was maybe thinking of a Chateau theme? It has wrough iron gates, brick walls, grand ballroom, beautiful chandeliers, and beautiful balconies. Any other suggestions?

libby2483

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_picking-a-theme?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:5bbdb4c0-04a1-40a0-b495-ed9028c41a35Post:75612391-b713-4482-9413-74e182368b6a">Re: Picking a Theme?</a>:
[QUOTE]The theme of your wedding is marriage. Pick decorations you like and leave it at that.
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

<div>This. I think Pinterest and other similar trends have made brides assume, incorrectly, that their wedding needs a theme.  Just pick decorations and colors that you like or reflect you as a couple.  My H and I are both English teachers, so our centerpieces were composed of our favorite books.  We also had a photobooth and had plastic sleeves with tassels so the photobooth strips could be turned into book marks.  I didn't consciously decide our wedding was going to have a "book theme".  I just picked decor that I enjoyed and was personal to us.</div>

AddieCake

Don't worry about a theme. We used a lot of river rocks in our decor, so that was kind of like a theme, but a lot of people try way too hard to have a theme and their wedding ends up looking like a birthday party, Prom, or is just obnoxious with all the matchy matchy theme stuff. Just choose colors and decorations you like.