japanese themed wedding need help/ideas

[miaka_marieabbf]

so far the colors will be red and gold.

the wedding will be held at a church.

the reception will be held at a club house.

if anyone has any idea's i would really apreciate it.
well we had to change the ceremony so im hoping i find a good photographer. plz if anyone else has any good ideas id love to hear them!

[calico4sr]

here is a red theme. it has some asian stuff posted in it

http://forums.weddingsolutions.com/showthread.php?t=12824&highlight=theme

[steelcutter2003eeda]

Here is a really cool site

http://www.japaneseweddingfavors.com/shinto_wedding.htm

[sillybride]

If you can afford it, use orchids as your flowers. This will give you that Asian feeling. The umberellas are just parasols.

Here is a site that as them and they are pretty inexpensive.
http://www.lunabazaar.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=220&gclid=CM_40Li2lIkCFSguNAodXDVKAQ

For favors, you can give out chopsticks, incense, asian pears, fortune cookies, fans.

For table decoration, you can use a zin centerpiece. Maybe use some stones, with an single orchid in a vase. If you can afford it, bonsi trees are very different, but expensive. If you have a local garden shop and see if you can rent some.

[sillybride]

http://www.rjackbalthazar.com/portfolio/weddingscelebrations/spicyzen/gallery1/09.jpg http://www.rjackbalthazar.com/portfolio/weddingscelebrations/spicyzen/gallery1/06.jpg

[sillybride]

http://www.blissweddings.com/brideideas/images/asian1.jpg
Lucky Bamboo Chinese Wedding Decoration Centerpiece
Items needed to create this look:
- Our japanese soup bowls
- Polished black pebbles
- 3 canes of chinese lucky bamboo
http://www.geocities.com/japanese_wedding_favor/images/centerpiece_japanese_small.jpg

[sillybride]

http://www.weddingshowergifts.com/images/graphics/recc_lantern.jpg

[sillybride]

Here is a fun way to entertain your guest. I was going to do this for my wedding, but we changed it to a dw. Forgot to mention, I made a booklet with the Chinese Zodiac.

Here is the one for Japanese, but they are basically the same.

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa100498.htm

If you would like a copy of the one that I made, PM me with your email address and I will send it to you.

[sillybride]

Another thing (just thought of it) we were going to hire a company to do a Dragon Dance.

[sillybride]

Other sites that I saved when I was going to do an Asian wedding theme.

http://www.wedthemes.com/chinese-wedding-theme.shtml

soji miniscreens (I was going to try to make these for centerpieces) http://members.tripod.com/~cwoolse/miniprintables/shoji.html

http://asianideas.com/chnewyechyoy.html

http://asianideas.com/gatewaycandle.html

[The_Mermaid_Bride]

I'm confused...Are you doing a Japanese theme, a Chinese theme, or just pan-asian themes?

[jbrann911dfef]

There are alot of things you can do to keep with your Theme and Colors - You can buy or make chair covers perhaps in a Japanese print fabric instead of a solid color. www.orientaltrading.com is a huge inexpensive resource for wedding stuff of all themes.

Are you both Japanese? Will you be wearing traditional american wedding attire or a Komono?

http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/locations/asian_traditions/japanese_traditions.html
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/marriage_modern.html
http://www.janmstore.com/weddings.html
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2061.html
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/traditionculture/a/japanesewedding.htm

[miaka_marieabbf]

japanese theme.

no he is japanese

thank you so much for the ideas everyone,

i will look more at the links.

traditional american wedding attire thats what we planned on.

[infoaded]

Please check
http://www.weddingstyle.ca/Asian-Wedding.htm

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