Theme for our yellow and gray wedding?!

crb2013

Hi -

We want our colors to be yellow and gray. Yellow is one of my sorority colors and gray is one of his fraternity colors. Our flowers will mainly be sunflowers with some pink roses. Pink will be used minimally as an accent color.

The only problem is, we can't decide on a "theme" to go with besides just making everything yellow and gray. I've always wanted a more formal / traditional wedding, but I don't know how to create that on our budget.

We're Catholic, so the actual wedding is definitely going to be formal and traditional.

But, the majority of our guests are going to be college students / recent grads. So a formal / traditional reception just doesn't seem to mesh.

How can we blend the reception and the wedding to flow cohesively?

We want the reception to be fun, but still classy.

The other thing is - every idea we have come across for a yellow/gray wedding seems to be too "country" or too "laid back" for us. How can we make our color scheme formal but fun?

Any suggestions?

aragx6

You can definitely do a more modern take on yellow and gray -- a quick google search found this wedding, which is just gorgeous: http://junebugweddings.com/blogs/what_junebug_loves/archive/2011/11/11/yellow-and-gray-art-institute-of-chicago-wedding-lauren-and-stephen.aspx

And I agree; you don't need a theme -- instead go for a "feel"-- think of adjectives you want people to think when they walk into to your reception site.

Maggie0829

Why do you feel that you need a theme?  I personally hate theme weddings because they make me think more of children's birthday parties or themed bridal showers.  Just use the colors you like and don't worry about a theme...they are not necessary.

Getting2Vowels

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_theme-yellow-gray-wedding?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:7393ffbc-4a77-41e0-8c0d-d82498420248Post:c83a0360-d7b1-436d-b9ae-74bc31c8274c">Re: Theme for our yellow and gray wedding?!</a>:
[QUOTE]Y<strong>ou don't need a theme.  I've actually never been to a wedding that had a theme other than "we're getting married".</strong>
Posted by LucyHC[/QUOTE]


This needs to be said everywhere, lol.  IMO, many brides get so worried in thinking they need a theme and forget that there already is one :)

FI and I chose orange and gray for our colors and thats theme-ie enough for us. The orange and gray will be carried throughout the whole event (invites, paper lanterns, decor, my shoes, etc) I think people will get the idea :)