I'm trying to include things that FI and I love/ love to do together in our reception. I want to avoid having either a theme wedding or a hodge podge of things that look thrown together. So far, we're thinking chocolate and champagne/ gold for colors and I'd like to stay fairly consistent there.
FI grew up in NYC and is a subway history fan, and it's one of my favorite things to photograph. For NYC Subway elements I am thinking of a subway map as a seating chart (printed in a sepia tone), table numbers that are pictures of subway stops for places we've been together, maybe with a little blurb about something we did at that place in the city or why it's important to us (this would be on chocolate brown card stock, on picks stuck into the centerpieces). We are considering potted mums (a gorgeous golden yellow color) wrapped with sepia toned subway maps for centerpieces (alternately, I could wrap the pots in brown or gold fabric or paper). For favors, I am considering either monogrammed sugar cookies or black & white cookies (they can be frosted in any color, but that's the type of cookie) in clear bags with a chocolate and gold bow.
Then I'm worried that the non-subway/ NYC elements are going to look silly. Our cake is going to be a Lego cake similar to
this one (Legos were involved in FI's proposal). Our guest book will be a
vintage VW picture like this (we are restoring a '73 VW Fastback together).
Is this all going to look thrown together? Overly theme-y? I know that no one is going to obsess over these details, but I would still like it to look like we've put some thought into it. Thanks!