Choosing the theme for your wedding day can be one of the most exciting challenges of all the wedding planning, as well as being one of the most stressful! The ideas, the colours, the flowers, the stationery, the dresses, the accessories – where do you start!
The basic theme will of course be a very personal choice, and play a huge part in designing the day. For example, I got married at Christmas and wanted red roses, so my theme was just that – Christmas and red roses!
From then on, my day was completely tailored around everything Christmas and roses – every detail was considered, we had Christmas carols during the service, mince pies with our drinks on arrival, Christmas trees as decorations, miniature stockings as favours – I even named the tables after Santa’s reindeers! It was amazing!
So I thought I’d write a few words about how stationery can help with the theme of your wedding day. Your wedding stationery will of course play a huge part in theming the day and can be a very useful way of displaying your theme. From the outset, the invitations can set the scene, co-ordinated rsvp’s are now commonly available with most invitations. On the day itself, the themed order of service or order of the day can give your guests an elegant start to the day. A co-ordinated or matching welcome sign is a lovely way to continue your theme as your guests move through to your reception. Think about your colours – don’t add too many different colours, maybe keep to just two or three maximum. Match your cake ribbon to your flowers, for example. Think about your table decorations – table names, menus, place cards and favours. If possible, use the same company to provide them all to maintain the theme. If you do go for different suppliers, you may find that different shades, card, textures, fonts, etc will differ and deter from the overall consistency.
It’s also an idea to ask your stationer / florist for some extra flowers for you to use on different things, eg. on the cake, in your hair, by the guest book, etc. We often get asked to provide extra bunches of roses or lilies for the bride to use for other bits and pieces on the day – these small details all help to keep your theme perfect!
Another accessory that is getting more popular is a wedding post box – again co-ordinated to the rest of your stationery. This is a post box for wedding cards and gifts from your guests on the day to help ensure nothing goes missing or gets mislaid.
The list is endless and you could co-ordinate to the last minute detail, but the more you think of, the more your guests – and you – will be astonished by the results on the day.
Small details result in outstanding results! Good luck!! xx
www.debbiejenkins.co.uk
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