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By: Janey McKenzie

Thinking about having a wedding theme for your wedding? Well how about having a Valentine’s Day Wedding Theme? Only true romantics dare to theme their wedding around Valentine’s Day. If you aren’t that daring well you can skim and browse this article to see if any facet of these ideas appeal to the particular theme you are planning for in your wedding and so incorporating these small touches into your theme to create a truly memorable day.

Of course with all wedding themes the most important part is in organising the color palette you will use for your foundation to your own special Valentine’s Day Wedding Theme. If you look around to the various artifacts, toys and cards that are on sale on Valentine’s Day you will find many many shades of red and pink and the many textures and pastels in between. You may choose any combination that may appeal to you. You may also consider adding a bit of your own personality into the color choice. If you are wild and outgoing it would be nice to choose contrasting colors in addition to the normal pink and red to add a bit of excitement to the colour. If you are more of the conservative type well a nice free flow of conservative colors will work. From here, you will theme this critical base of foundational colours to your wedding theme: from your wedding attire, to decorations in the ceremony and reception as well as your place settings.

As your planning for your Valentine’s Day wedding theme progresses, perhaps the next step is to look at wedding attire. You may want to look at an old fashioned contemporary look to extend the theme that Valentine’s Day is a truly romantic day. You may want to have a look at weddings from days past, or weddings that are grand from earlier this century such as Jackie Kennedy’s wedding with JFK. Another option is to accent your wedding dress with the colors form your base palette. Perhaps have a shawl again, with the colors you have chosen. Then your roses will also follow this beautiful color scheme. Continuing your theme would have your bridesmaids wearing various shades of the colors you’ve picked designed into their dresses. Groomsmen will also follow this theme wearing the pink and reds from your palette in their boutonnières.

The location you choose for your wedding will also accentuate your Valentine’s Day wedding theme. Of course, don’t forget to book early as Valentine’s Day is a very popular day to get married. When choosing your venue you may want to look for a place where you can decorate your location with many candles to set the mood for an evening ceremony. Look for decoration potentials when shopping around for your ceremony and reception locations.

There are other small additions you may want in your wedding to celebrate your Valentine’s Day wedding theme. As an extension to the romantic Valentine’s Day theme - at the ceremony you may want to ask couples to stand during your wedding to reaffirm their love to each other. Music can also set the romantic scene for you with a string quartet or an Italian opera singer at either your reception or ceremony. Flowers would be roses and your menu may include aphrodisiacs such as oysters, almonds, strawberries dipped in chocolate…

As you can see the options and ideas are vast and you must make a distinction as to what you want for your Valentine’s Day wedding theme.

Janey McKenzie is a staff writer for BetterWeddingIdeas.com, a free wedding planning guide providing couples with wedding hints and tips to enable them to plan every aspect of their wedding effectively. This article can be found in our wedding venues category. You may publish this article on the condition that it is not edited and all html links to our website is kept intact.

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By: Jen Carter

For the last century, thousands of couples rush off each year to say “I do” on Valentine’s Day. There’s something so spectacular and romantic about the month of February. Images of cupid and chocolate filled hearts make our own hearts flutter with the hope of everlasting love.

If you’ve chosen to have your own themed wedding, you can select great wedding decorations, colors, invitations, and wedding favors to accommodate your Valentines Day wedding theme. Set your budget and prepare to make a list of all the items you will need.

Flowers

Think white, pink, and of course–red. White flowers represent purity. Pink flowers represent passion. Red for everlasting love. Put the three colors together and you have a powerful combination that expresses your sweetest sentiments to your spouse and all of your guests. Different flowers to consider are roses and carnations, perhaps even white lilies.

Decorations

You don’t want your wedding to look commercialized like the window display at a card store. Avoid large cupid cut-outs and gigantic teddy bears. Of course it’s a themed wedding, but you still want to capture intimacy and elegance. For theming your centerpieces, you can consider large frosted bowls filled with water, lit floating votives, and red rose petals. The table can be accented with red silky fabric tablecloths, which can be cut from a fabric store. A small table can hold everyone’s place-setting. In the center of all the cards, a large fishbowl can hold two beta fish. The fish are meant to add a relaxing element. Although fish aren’t exactly considered romantic–it represents the idea of a “two” in harmony.

Favors

It’s quite easy to accommodate a Valentine’s Day themed wedding with favors. You can give your guests Hershey kisses in a sachet, personalized sweetheart candies that say “thank you (last name) family,” Jordan almonds in the shape of a heart, sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, or a CD of memorable love songs that played during the night.

Cutting Corners

The Head table should be decorated with exceptional taste. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that you should go out of your budget. If you can not afford fresh-cut flowers for the Head table, make a large arrangement of silk flowers (which can look quite realistic). If you can not arrange your own flowers, have silk arrangements ordered from your local florist.

If you’re not satisfied with the presentation of your chairs/table, get creative and make them work with your theme. Arts and craft stores can become your best friend if you let your imagination run wild. Fabrics, Ribbons, and Pillows can add a tough of love and comfort to anything. It also shows that you put a lot of effort into customizing your wedding.

Jen Carter is owner of My Wedding Blog, a free wedding planner web site. You may find the above article in our theme wedding category.

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