suggestions

[shaggysbride]

I am getting married dec 2 this year and am trying to come up with a theme. I'm just trying to come up with some type of there, but every website I go to is the same old suggestions. If all else fails I'll probably go with a Christmas theme. HELP!!!

[nle5]

Fall Wedding Ideas
By Joanna Cali

The natural beauty of fall makes a perfect wedding backdrop. If you relish the beauty of fall foliage and the sweet smells of apple cider and crisp hay, you may want to take advantage of nature's bounty and have a fall wedding.

Fall Wedding Colors
You can begin planning your fall wedding theme by choosing your wedding colors from nature's palette. Subdued jewel shades such as burnt orange, muted gold, forest green and rich burgundy are natural choices. Pair these with pale yellow, ivory, celadon and other lighter shades to consider your color theme. You can select one predominant color for your wedding them, and several complimentary shades for accents to use in your stationery, bridesmaids gowns, and wedding d?cor.

Fall Wedding Invitations
You can pick up your fall wedding theme colors in your invitations - perhaps a crisp ivory parchment inked in a deep evergreen with gold seals, or a mahogany stock printed with gold lettering.

Fall Wedding Location Ideas
For early fall weddings, you can use nature as your backdrop for an outdoor wedding. A romantic winery (like North Salem Vineyards) could be wonderful: imagine the brilliant foliage draping the hills around you, with the sweet smell of hay and apples scenting the air.

Romantic inns and B&Bs are also excellent candidates for a fall wedding reception. As the weather grows crisp, you and and your guests can enjoy sipping mulled cider and local wines by a roaring fireplace.

Look for locations that provide comfortable places for your guests to enjoy the scenery outdoors and the first refreshing hints of briskness in the air.

Fall Wedding Attire
Consider a long-sleeved gown, or a sleeveless wedding dress with a cozy cape or jacket so you can enjoy the crisp weather and get plenty of photographs outside to take advantage of the breathtaking foliage.

Bridesmaids could wear dresses in different, coordinated shades of fall: burgundy, dark orange, apple green, forest green, celadon, muted gold. When selecting their dresses, keep in mind that they will also want to enjoy the brisk outdoor weather and sparkling scenery, so jackets or sleeves might be in order.

Fall Wedding Decorations
Here again nature can be your guide. The fragrance of freshly-cut pine boughs woven as garlands is memorable and sweet. Horn of plenty centerpieces can be filled with fresh apples in red, green and yellow. You can add a beautiful array of natural gourds, nuts and small pumpkins to the mix. The jewel tones of fresh mums, cut or live in decorative pots, will add a delicate beauty to your wedding centerpieces or other decor. Larger pumpkins, carved in delicate relief and equipped with candles, make romantic lighting.

Fall Wedding Food
Hot spiced cider and wines from local vineyards can be served with foods traditional to the fall: pumpkin soup, fresh squash, ripe tomatoes with freshly picked basil, colorful berries and other fruits and vegetables of the season are naturals. For desert, serve sweet apple crisps and pumpkin pie.

About the Author
Joanna Cali is the publisher of the Westchester Wedding Guide, an online bridal guide that offers articles, advice and tips on planning a wedding. She also owns a web development and search engine optimization firm Calico Systems in Westchester, NY.

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How To Have a Fabulous Fall Wedding
By Jennifer Baumann

The frost is on the pumpkin, and you're getting married. According to wedding theme queen Kari White, you couldn't have picked a better season. Check out what she has to say about making your fall wedding absolutely fabulous.

"Fall is such an exciting time to have a wedding," says Kari White, creator of Unique Theme Weddings. "The air is crisp, clean, and everything feels so fresh and new!" With its wealth of outdoor beauty, autumn lends itself perfectly to a celebration made all the more elegant for its natural style and simplicity. Here are Kari's suggestions on how to make the season work for your wedding:

Location
When it comes to autumn, let the outdoors be your backdrop. Think about having your wedding reception in an apple orchard, at a vineyard, a country inn, a ranch, a bed-and-breakfast, or on a rustic farm. Even some of our national and state parks are opening their gates for the wedding trade. No matter where you go, be certain that you and your guests have a great view of the season's fiery foliage.

Color Scheme
For fall, it's a no-brainer. Use what Mother Nature offers so abundantly: Rich earth tones (browns, warm rusts, burnt oranges, deep reds, golden yellows, and greens). Cozy up table utensils and accessories by using copper and gold tones as opposed to classic silvers and pewters.

Autumn Leaves
There's something about the season that begs for brides to go hands-on and get creative. Perhaps it's because the possibilities are endless and easy. Making your own invitations is one way to cut corners. If you start early enough, you can press your own leaves. From there, it's as simple as backing them on a sturdy grain of paper and then attaching this to a better quality paper to construct the invitation. An easier method would be simply to buy good paper, several leaf motif rubber stamps, inks and go from there.

Décor
When it comes to wedding flowers, the trend is to go natural. Think wildflower and herbal bouquets, especially if there is an herb farm in your area. Besides being a great place to visit, herb farms offer an incredible variety of plants perfect for centerpieces and bouquets. And the better farms will offer classes on how to create with them as well as their own professionals who can help turn your wedding flowers into something very special.

For centerpieces and place cards think quirky. Pick up copper or silver toned buckets (Kari suggests Ikea for this) and fill them with apples and pears or acorns, pinecones and gourds. Place cards could be simple green apples with a guest's name pinned to it. Another table idea might be to fill mason jars with a grain, like cracked corn, and use them as candleholders. Decorate glass-topped tables by scattering silk leaves underneath the glass to dress up the table linen. And finally, since it is the season, how can we forget the ubiquitous pumpkin? Hollow out large ones and fill them with fruit for centerpieces. Use small ones as candleholders or expand on the jack-o-lantern theme by cutting flower and leaf designs into them. Then light them up to lend some autumn ambiance to your festivities.

Back to the Basics
When you think of the perfect fall dinner does anything other than roast turkey with all trimmings come to mind? How about pumpkin pie, homemade applesauce, and apple cider? Food possibilities for a fall nuptial abound and can be simple: Hearty chowders, roasted root vegetables, pumpkin bread, grilled sausages, autumn salads. And don't forget that grapes are one of the season's big offerings. Put out platters of grapes accompanied by a variety of cheeses and crackers. Finally, treat your guests to the season's best beers and wines.

Parting Gifts
Thank your guests with caramel apple kit favors that are simply delightful and simple to make. It's as easy as throwing an apple, a Popsicle stick, some caramels, and a recipe into a bag (the right bag, of course) all tied up with a pretty ribbon. Or, if you're a cook, who loves to put up nature's bounty, start ahead with your canning. Little gifts from the kitchen (jellies, compotes, mustards, even pickles) are sure to be a hit.

About the Author

Jennifer Baumann is editor of Wedding Gazette, the resource for real-world wedding planning that's packed with info on how to plan your budget, how to avoid killing certain family members, exhaustive theme ideas, plus tons of resources on finding favors, necessary accessories, gifts for your groomsmen, and much more.

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Fall Floral Trends
By Jennifer Baumann

"Fall is summer's last hurrah, a time of transition, when roses turn into rosehips, t-shirts turn into sweaters, and summer twilights turn into brisk dark evenings," says floral design expert Casey Cooper. See what she has to say about fall floral trends.

Casey Cooper, owner of Botanicals Inc. a special event floral design company based in Chicago can certainly wax poetic about fall. But she's not all talk when it comes to floral design. She calls fall her absolute favorite season for design and explains why. "I just cannot get enough of the textural materials available this time of year, plus the colors are phenomenal!" For Cooper, texture is the key to successful autumnal design and here is how she does it:

Grasses
A seemingly endless array of seasonal grasses are available in the fall. They range from delicate and wispy to tall and stately. Cooper loves to incorporate them into everything from bouquets and boutonnieres, to large, focal arrangements. "Imagine how striking a place card table arrangement created exclusively with seasonal grasses would look!" says Cooper.

Berries
Berries are another of Cooper's favorites. She uses them at every available opportunity. Her list of first loves is long: Glossy red and green viburnum berry, deep blue privet berry, rusty rose hips, rustic bittersweet vine, orange cotoneaster, flaming pyrocantha, pale pink or orange pepper berry, and burnt sienna hypericum berry. "Imagine the power of a centerpiece filled solely with a combination of seasonal berries in shades of orange!" says Cooper.

Leaves and Branches
Cooper goes for the gorgeous vine maple branches and liquid amber branches that are filled with small colorful fall leaves. Also, red huckleberry and eggplant smoke bush are available this time of year. She also uses red dogwood branches whenever possible. "They come on crop mid-fall and can be beautiful mixed in with an array of flowers," she says. But the branches can go it alone, too. "We've been known to fill geometric glass vases with just dogwood branch, for a sleek, contemporary look."

Jumbled Joy
"In the fall, flowers are colorful and come in all kinds of different shapes and textures. I love to jumble them together." says Cooper. She suggests rich velvety roses, wavy and unusual coxcomb, viburnum berry, and green wheat.

Chartreuse is Charming
"I think chartreuse is an essential color for the fall. If you look around in nature, chartreuse is everywhere in the fall, from the changing leaves and the wilting tomato vines to the goldenrod just going off crop," says Cooper. She suggests chartreuse orchid sprays and blooms to add contemporary flair to classic fall combinations.

Pomp and Circumstance
Pomps are a novelty type of pompom and are interesting as they offer a variety of flower heads and add a wildflower look to an arrangement. Holland has cultivated an amazing variety of the blooms: Large garnet King pomps, vivid Viking pomps, romantic salmon daisy pomps, micro pomps, and chartreuse Kermit pomps. "I love using them en masse or within a mixed arrangement," says Cooper.

Casey Cooper's work has been featured in InStyle Magazine, Wedding Style Magazine, and Bride's. She was spotlighted in Elle Décor as a young talent. Visit her on the Web at Botanicals Inc.

About the Author

Jennifer Baumann is editor of Wedding Gazette, the resource for real-world wedding planning that's packed with info on how to plan your budget, how to avoid killing certain family members, exhaustive theme ideas, plus tons of resources on finding favors, necessary accessories, gifts for your groomsmen, and much more.

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FALL WEDDING FAVORS & DECORATION IDEAS

Fall is such an exciting time to have the wedding of your dreams. The air is crisp, and everything feels so fresh and new. With its wealth of outdoor beauty, autumn lends itself perfectly to a celebration of love and new beginnings.

The vivid colors of autumn should definitely play a role in your fall themed wedding. Hues of red, yellow, orange and brown echo the changing leaves, and can be incorporated in the table decorations, wedding favors, your bridesmaids' dresses, centerpieces, flowers and invitations. Wow your wedding guests with a creative centerpiece, filled solely with a combination of seasonal berries in shades of orange!

As with any seasonal theme, the key is to use what nature gives us. Scatter turned leaves and acorns on tables. For candlelight, carve floral patterns into small pumpkins and place tea lights inside.

For favors, there are a wide variety of creative options to complement your fall themed wedding. Present each guest with a tea light holder with a fall motif, like the twig votives, or a designer leaf ornament. Your guests will love to take them home and display them year after year.

Other fall inspired party favor ideas include handmade green tea soaps with a beautiful gingko leaf charm, beatifully crafted floral place card holders and candy filled flower topped favor jars.

Our dupioni silk sachets come in an array of warm autumn colors, from vibrant chartreuse to a deep wine color. Display an assortment to celebrate the classic beauty of the fall season. The mini floral sachets is another popular choice for a autumn themed party.

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Fall Wedding Theme
If you're getting married in September, October, or November, a fall wedding theme may be the perfect way to go. There are so many beautiful colors of this season to incorporate into a wedding, you won't be at a loss to find decorations.

When we think of fall, two things come to mind right away: harvest and fall leaves. Center your fall wedding theme on these elements. It can even be metaphorical: love is the harvest shared between two people on your wedding day. For the ceremony, choose colors you'd find along a Maine highway in October: brilliant reds, browns, golds and eggplant. Use dried flower bouquets accented with some fresh flowers of the season. Raffia can be tied around bouquets and other decorations for a natural, harvest look.

A wonderful place to hold a fall wedding theme reception (or the ceremony, too, for that matter) is at an actual farm. A converted barn would be an added bonus room. If you know someone in your family who has a hobby farm, ask if they would be willing to donate it for the occasion. Or, do a little research. Depending on where you live, there may be farms that can be rented for just such an occasion.

If you can't have your reception at a farm, choose a venue with a natural feel. It would be nice if it is surrounded by trees and nature, to remind you and your guests of the harvest and the colorful leaves. A vineyard, a golf course, or an arboretum, would be a nice choice.

Decorations should be kept as natural as possible. For centerpieces, make use of Mother Nature's offerings by creating cornucopias of gourds, squashes, cranberries, dried flowers, herbs and dried leaves. Or, fill a glass hurricane lamp with cranberries, and put a candle on top. Consider filling large glass containers with apples, and scatter them throughout the reception. Or, consider carving small pumpkins in floral patterns and placing tea-lights inside. White Christmas lights may be accented with tulle in fall colors: deep purple, gold, red, etc.

Ceremonial music may include Celtic sounds or classical guitar. Consider a reading or poem that incorporates fall and harvest into the love that is shared between the bride and groom.

For dinner, selections of the season are a natural choice. Potatoes and squash, hearty salads with lots of greens and soups can be incorporated into the meal. Consider salmon or roasted chicken for a main course. The side dishes will likely be hearty, so keeping the main dish lighter is a good idea. Consider serving pumpkin pie, as well as wedding cake, for dessert. If you are having your fall theme wedding at a barn, you may set up bonfires outside for guests to share stories around, or make toasts.

You'll want to send your guests home with a favor to remind them of this special day. Again, think of the bounty of the season. A Ball jar filled with nuts and dried fruits may be a charmer. Wreath ornaments with the wedding details inscribed upon a ribbon would be a delightful favor. Or, a votive holder at each place setting, made of metal or pewter in the shape of a twig or leaf surrounding the candle holder could be taken home. You also might consider small sachets filled with autumn-scented potpourri.

[kg4eoh]

I am getting married dec 2 this year and am trying to come up with a theme. I'm just trying to come up with some type of there, but every website I go to is the same old suggestions. If all else fails I'll probably go with a Christmas theme. HELP!!!

you could do a winter wonderland theme. using maybe blues and whites with sparkles. sort of like an ice castle sort of thing. I think that has some very cool possibilities.

[nle5]

you could do a winter wonderland theme. using maybe blues and whites with sparkles. sort of like an ice castle sort of thing. I think that has some very cool possibilities.

What state is the original poster from? If she is from a state which gets a lot of snow then that would be a wonderful theme. Those are also wonderful ideas. She could then find an invitation with snow flakes, use snow flakes in the decorations, and have the centerpieces for her wedding and reception frosted with the artificial snow in a can.

[nle5]

Winter Wonderland Wedding Theme
© 2000, by Rose Smith
Winter can be a beautiful season around which to plan a wedding. Here is a wedding theme that is sure to delight bridal couples: a sparkling, enchanted Winter Wonderland Theme Wedding.

**Wedding Color Suggestions**

White, Silver and Gold

**Bride's Attire**

White simple gown with white faux fur trim, or gold or silver trim. Gold or silver beading would also look nice. Wear a white, hooded cloak with white faux fur trim and carry a white fur muff, rather than a bouquet. If wearing a gold or silver dress, you could also wear a gold or silver tiara instead of a headpiece/veil.

**Groom and His Attendant's Attire**

A white tuxedo with a gold or silver colored vest and bow tie.

**Maid of Honour and Bridesmaid's Attire**
White, simple gowns with gold or silver trim or beading. A straight cloak with white faux fur trim, gold or silver trim.

**Winter Wedding Theme Invitations**

White invitations with silver snowflakes and/or gold stars.

**Winter Wedding Theme Decorations**

1) Get some large, willow branches if possible (if not, use regular tree branches). Spray paint all the branches white. Then lightly spray paint some branches with a gold glitter paint and some with a silver glitter paint.

Set the branches in buckets filled with sand or gravel. Cover the buckets with gold and silver colored fabric, gather up near the rim and secure with a length of white ribbon and a bow. String small, twinkling lights throughout the branches and place the "trees" throughout the room. You could also purchase pre-lighted trees.

2) Make or buy various sizes of white and silver snowflakes. Hang from the ceiling.

3) Cover tables in a white tablecloth. Add smaller accent cloths of gold and silver. Another thing you can do is leave the white tablecloth as is and sprinkle some gold and silver glitter or confetti around the center of the table.

4) Make balloon bouquets of silver, white and gold balloons. Use white curly ribbon to tie the balloons together, leaving streamers of ribbon hanging down. Secure the bouquets to some sort of weight (such as tying it to bricks sprayed white, gold or silver or covered in cloth).

**Winter Wedding Theme Favors**

1) Purchase white Christmas balls. Using a glitter paint, write your names on the balls with your wedding date. Glue a small silver or gold bow to the top. This will make a nice remembrance for your guests to hang on their own Christmas trees each year.

2) Take two square pieces of gold or silver colored material and sew together, leaving a small opening at the top. Fill with potpourri and sew opening closed. Add lace, ribbon or other trim to decorate the sachet.

3) Cut a circle of white tulle and fill with candies, chocolate kisses, mints or nuts. Gather the tulle up and secure with silver or gold ribbon.

4) Tie two beeswax candles together with twisted gold and silver ribbon. Add a small spray of baby's breath or a flower slipped under the ribbon.

**Winter Wedding Theme Centerpieces**

1) Buy plain wicker baskets and spray paint some baskets in white, some in gold and some in silver. Tie a large bow to the handle or glue a length of ribbon around the basked and glue a bow on one side. Fill with gold, white and silver Christmas balls. You could follow the same basic idea, except use clear glass bowls instead of baskets, so the balls show through.

2) Use a small glass bowl and fill with glass beads (available at craft stores). Set a small votive candle (that is contained in a glass jar) into the bowl nestled within the beads of the bowl.

3) Place white flowers in a simple vase. Tie gold and silver ribbons around the neck allowing the streamers to hang down.

4) Place a mirror in the center of the table and arrange 3 wine glasses of different heights on the mirror. Fill with water and float a white flower on the top or add floating candles. Sprinkle some glitter over the mirror.

**Winter Wedding Theme Pew Markers**

1) Tie a large white bow with streamers. Hang and arrangement of silver and gold balls from the center.

2) Cut a large circle of tulle and slightly gather it near the center of the circle. Make a gold or silver bow and glue to the center of the tulle, so the tulle puffs out around the bow. Add steamers of white, gold and silver ribbon and beads hanging from the center.

**Winter Wedding Theme Wedding Programs**

1) Create winter wedding theme programs from either silver or gold stock with white lettering.

Make your own programs from white stock paper. Secure silver and gold snowflakes around the edges for the program (stickers). If you can write neatly or know someone who can do calligraphy, write your program information on the paper with a gold or silver glitter pen.

**Winter Wedding Theme Wedding Cake**

An all white cake. Place small silver and gold fabric flowers around the cake.

**Winter Wedding Theme Bouquet Ideas**

1) Carry a single white candle with gold and silver ribbon tied around the middle.

2) Use a fur muff.

3) Carry an all white bouquet.

4) Carry a single white rose with gold and silver streamers tied to the stem.

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Wedding Themes: Winter Wonderland
by Rachel Shreckengast, About.com Guide to Weddings

Snow glistening in the sun like tiny diamonds. Warm and cozy flames blazing in the fireplace. Warm cider scenting the air. If these images evoke feelings in you, then you realize that winter can be a truly magical time, and a winter themed wedding may be the perfect choice for you.

Save A Buck

The pun was intended, but it's definitely a valid concern during the holiday season. With careful planning and some forethought, a winter wedding can be planned without breaking the holiday budget. My first suggestion would be to start planning one to two years ahead of time. This will give you a chance to take advantage of sales after the holidays.

It seems that the stores start to sell holiday merchandise earlier and earlier each year. In many cases, they will run special promotions and sales. If you are planning a winter theme wedding this year, you can take advantage of the sales now. If you are planning one next year, I suggest waiting until the after Christmas sales. This will insure that you get the maximum use out of your allocated wedding dollars as merchandise often gets marked down drastically after the holidays.

It's not always possible to take advantage of the sales though. If you are not able to, this year is a great time to wait for the sales that will occur after New Year's is over. If your winter wedding happens to fall in the year 2003, you have a great opportunity to give out memorable favors or create memorable centerpieces. Take advantage of it, and save some cash!

All Dressed Up

Though it's certainly not true everywhere, the most common association with wintertime is snow. With its white color and sparkling essence, white and silver would be a perfect color choice for a winter wedding. This can be reflected in the attire of the wedding party as well. Many brides opt for a white gown, but a groom can also choose to wear white. The bridesmaids can be dressed in silver gowns and the groomsmen in white tuxes with silver (or gray) bowties and vests.

Of course, there are other options as well. Platinum is a very similar color to silver, and has become a popular choice. The bride can opt for a gown with platinum or silver threads throughout. She can also opt for faux fur lined gowns complete with muffs in place of a bouquet. Bridesmaids can wear holiday dresses featuring snowflake or star motifs. As mentioned in the saving money section of this article, this is a great year to be planning a winter wedding as the merchandise is varied and will be available for a longer period of time.

All the trimmings

Perhaps one of the nicest aspects of planning a winter wedding is that many of your vendors (depending on who you use) may already have decorated for the season. Many use the colors of red and green, but silver and white are also common colors for the season. When looking for vendors, search a year in advance if possible to see if their decorating fits your needs. If it does, be sure to ask if they use the same decorating year after year. If so, you may be able to save some money on decorating costs. This advice applies to different vendors and services, but the most common are: hotel rooms (banquet, reception, etc.), churches, halls and restaurants.

If it's not possible to have the decorating already done for you, then this theme is one of the simplest to decorate for. Pew bows can be as simple as white ribbon with an ornament hanging from them. Snowflakes or stars are great and easy to find during the holiday season. Simple flower arrangements can include all white flowers in a silver-tone container. Unity candles can be white in regular silver candlesticks with white flowers (or petals) surrounding the three candles. Instead of throwing just flower petals, the flower girl can throw petals mixed with a small amount of glitter. This adds sparkle to the aisle runner, but I should caution that the flower girl should wear a sparkly dress if you want to do this. Glitter gets everywhere!

After the ceremony is over, it's time for the reception. White tablecloths would be perfect for a winter theme wedding. If you are planning on using your own linens, you can dress them up easily using stamps. I recently purchased a large snowflake stamp and silver ink for under $15.00, and can definitely envision it stamped on a tablecloth! Small amounts of glitter could be tossed on the tables for sparkle. Small Yule logs could be used as centerpieces or you could incorporate inexpensive seasonal merchandise in your centerpieces. One example is wine glasses filled with floating white flowers or silver streamers and Christmas ornaments. Favors could range from wine glasses (depending on the price you can purchase them for during the after New Year's sales) holding tulle wrapped votive candle to ornaments marked with "Happy Holidays" and the year. Traditional favors (such as potpourri sachets or Jordan almonds) could add to theme if wrapped in white tulle and silver ribbons or streamers. Silver ribbons would accent any choice wonderfully.

As for general decorating, there are many choices. One suggestion is to use miniature Christmas trees with snow (faux, of course) laden branches. You can decorate with white and silver ribbons or you could place favors on the branches. One idea takes a bit of planning as it could be rather expensive. It would be absolutely stunning to have a miniature Christmas or holiday village on the cake table or on it's own table. If planning to do this, you might ask for a "mini-house" or "Christmas village" shower, and surprise shower guests with your use of the village at the wedding. Another option is to purchase one house or village piece per month until the wedding to try and keep costs manageable. When the wedding is over, you can use the village every Christmas as decoration. Inexpensive snowflake or star ornaments can be used on walls or hanging from simple white fabric swags. Another option is to place them around the cake table or hanging from tablecloths. Finally, the same suggestion I give for many theme weddings. White Christmas bulbs wrapped in tulle would look wonderful. The same warning as usual too: please make sure to buy "cool-to-the touch" bulbs. I hope that these ideas give you inspiration to create your perfect Winter Wonderland wedding!



Rachel Shreckengast is the About.com Guide to Weddings

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Consider any other materials that enhance an icy/frosty/sparkly effect. For example:

~ wire glass snowflake or icicle ornaments into floral arrangements or hang them from pew bows
~ choose ribbons or fabrics with metallic snowflake prints or embossed snowflake motifs
~ add snowflake window clings or stickers to hurricane lamps or candle bowls
~ rent or buy mirrored tiles to put under centerpieces for sparkle and reflection
~ sprinkle snowflake confetti-- and/or iridescent/pearlescent glitter--around centerpieces
~ or have a flower girl, or even maid of honor, sprinkle it on the aisle runner for you to walk in over (ask the church about this first, because it will need to be vacuumed up later.)
~ use battery-operated short strings of white lights in bouquets or other decorations.
~ use metallic and/or pearlized balloons as part of reception
centerpieces and/or decorations
~ buy clear Christmas ornament balls, use spray fixative and glitter, or pearlescent paint on the inside-- then wire into decorations, pile in bowls as decorations, etc.
~ mix shredded white tissue paper and shredded iridescent or pearlescent cellophane for a snow-like look lining candy bowls or on the table around centerpieces.

[Elaine]

I am getting married dec 2 this year and am trying to come up with a theme. I'm just trying to come up with some type of there, but every website I go to is the same old suggestions. If all else fails I'll probably go with a Christmas theme. HELP!!!

I don't think you need a theme. You can just choose some colors so everything matches.

[Majestic]

why not a winter wonderland theme? That would look amazing.

[kyzmit]

why not a winter wonderland theme? That would look amazing.

If you really want a theme, I vote for this one. I LOVE IT! (and I HATE winter!)

[chiefsgirl]

If you want sparkley, use lots of mirrors...If you want a theme that's not christmas or winter, you could go with stars and twinkely things...you could also go with constellations and horoscopes and stuff like that too

[Majestic]

heres a pix of what Melissa Rivers wedding was like, it had a Russian winter theme

http://www.prestonbailey.com/celebrities/cover.html