Wedding Theme??

happe2gether

Hey ladies!  You know reading the other boards too much it will drive you crazy if you let it.  Anyway!  I was just wondering, do you ladies have a wedding theme?  I don't even know where to start.  There's so much we like, don't like, has special meaning, etc.  Your thoughts on how you figured this out are greatly appreciated.

TIA!

raganw

Our theme developed naturally as time went on - our theme is "us".  No gimmicks, just an extension of who we are. 

cincy2011

I don't think having a theme is that important.  We don't necessarily have a theme, but more of a look.  Our look is simple, fresh and modern. 

prettymami2

I actually do have a theme it's "music for the soul".

I had the wedding theme together but wasn’t sure how to incorporate it into the wedding. So the theme is “music for the soul” so let me paint the picture for you now lol. As you can see I am super excited.

 Since most of my friends know me for my love of music and my party life style, I thought it was the perfect  wedding theme for Ibn and I.  He is a straight beast with his music, he knows his stuff you know. So anyway, let me paint the picture for the reception(think of when you see couples that have table themes at their reception): the tables will all have their own song that represents an error of soul music or a song that we both love that represents soulful love. So like one table may be a Stevie wonder song, “signed sealed delivered”, if you are seated at that table you have to go up and dance to the song because that’s what  song your table is assigned too.    Also the menu will be based around soul food so fried chicken, baked chicken, ribs, corn on the cob, corn bread, collard greens etc… The favors for each table will be little bottles of hot sauce and bbq sauce with our labels on them “ibn and maish willard  married June 11, 2011” or something of that nature. (just an example) 

Next we are having an open bar right, so we will have signature drinks focused around our wedding colors (guava and tiffany blue) in addition to the regular standard alcoholic bevarages. These drinks will have cute little names to them.

At the wedding we will honor the "souls of our ancestry and our elders" who are no longer with us.

This is what I have so far but I can picture it all and I am super excited.  I have been to several weddings and receptions that had no theme. It's preference based.

krimson19

we don't have a theme.  we're having a Kemetic wedding which is what we wanted as a couple.  we're wearing African garb and getting family to wear it.  that's was a stretch.  we also have friends who are wearing garb as well, but it wasn't a requirement. 

ufsweetiebear

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[QUOTE]I don't think having a theme is that important.  We don't necessarily have a theme, but more of a look.  Our look is simple, fresh and modern. 
Posted by cincy2011[/QUOTE]

Ditto! We had a look of "modern twist on traditional". We didn't want to go too far out of the box, so we put a modern spin on the usual.

tcwalk2403

I agree that having an actual theme is all about preference and not at all necessary. I wanted a theme because my FI and I really wanted to incorporate our love for one another (generic as that may sound lol..) and our love for music, but weren't sure how to do it w/o the ideas coming off as being thrown together or cheesy. Just yesterday my mom had the idea of "Fall in Love", which FI and I really liked. It goes w/ the color scheme I want, time of year, 'love' is in there--I think we'll have fun with this one. We're working on incorporating music into the actual theme as well, but we have an awesome 80's/90's playlist that we'll give to the DJ. Prettymami, I like your theme and idea of naming the tables after different soul songs, that's going to be fun!!

happe2gether

Thanks Ladies! I am like a few of you, we LOVE music.  In fact FI is known to start the day by playing a snipet of a song in the AM before I head out the door to see if he can stump me! LOL it is too funny because we both know our stuff and it is fun.  I was thinking of doing something like that during the wedding.  I mean FI and I love all genres and I know both sides of our families would have fun too.

MmeSterling

We do have a theme! We agreed on the colors months ago to represent our passion for each other (red and black) but I also wanted to incorporate something that would represent the romantic aspect of our relationship. While browsing one of the Daily Weddings on this board I saw this couple's wedding themed around lovebirds ( http://stephaniewilliamsphotography.com/blog/tag/yellow-and-gray-wedding/) and I realized that this was totally us! FI always asks me if we are going to be so in love with each other like the lovebirds that we are at the moment in 10, 20, 30 years from today.  So it just fits perfectly.
Now we can't agree on the centerpieces yet (the featured wedding had birdcages with flowers in them) but we'll work it out...somehow.

M1ssJ

I am also grappling with a theme. My first thought was "Love in any Language" . We're into traveling, music, and food and we really connect over those things so I wanted to include those.

For the invites I was thinking of having the word love writtien in several langauges and on the inside it says "in any language it opens the heart".
For the aisle runner I saw a really nice one that had love written in french, chinese , and arabic at the bottom. For the reception I wanted the tables to etither have the word love in different languages for names or to incorporate music make a sign saying "music is the sound of love" and have different album names with the album cover on the table. We're trying to do "food is the taste of love" and have international fare but that is tricky with brunch!

Just my ideas which I may change again. I'm obsessed with things tying together but dont think its completely necessary

lalatrina

we have an urban chic theme wedding thats a mix of Chrisette Michelle/Jill Scot meets Kimora Lee/Mariah

Our tables will represent couples like Martin and Gina, Clair and Cliff Huxtable, Whitley and Dwayne  Wayne, George and Louise, Florida and James, Thelma and Reuben,

Wanda and Bernie, Harriette and Carl, and whoever we can think of

prettymami2

Thanks TCWalk, girl I was so proud of my idea because it has finally come together. This planning is a beast. I like alot of you ladies ideas. I say go for a theme if it's real and represents you. I know our theme really does us well.