From the moment you get engaged, your head begins to spin. You need a venue, a dress, a color palette, a photographer, and also entertainment. Brides to be get lost in the action easily and often overlook the importance of selecting a theme for their big day. Once a theme is selected, the planning process seems to unfold naturally, making decision making easier and allowing your stress level to decrease! With so many themes to choose from, which one is right for you? Read on to learn about some of the most popular wedding themes with modern couples and how you can use one to reflect your personality and help your planning process.

Sunflower Wedding Theme

Perfect for a spring, summer, or even a fall wedding; sunflowers will make your venue bright and cheerful. A perfect theme for fun loving couples who look on the positive side of life; there are many ways you can incorporate these festive flowers into your big day. You can add pops of yellow on place settings, on tables; you can line your aisle with potted plants, and even pose for your photos in a sunflower field. You can serve sunflower embellished cakes and cookies, and even include them into your bouquet and boutonnieres. A sunflower theme is appropriate if you are having a more casual affair and definitely an outdoor ceremony or reception. You can even give sunflowers away as favors for guests to carry off and replant. Some couples even carry their wedding theme into their wedding ring design, as shown above. Whether you incorporate this sunny theme across all areas of your wedding or only in a few parts, you can guarantee pretty pictures and smiling guests.

Beach Wedding Theme

There is something so romantic about hosting a by-the-sea wedding. It’s sensual, peaceful, and magical. You’ll have a soft sea breeze and the mysterious roar of the ocean to tantalize your guests’ eyes and ears during your beachside ceremony and reception. By hosting a beach theme wedding, you’ll be able to really include nature into your décor and color palette. Soft coral, aqua, and sea foam green tones will look amazing against an ocean back drop and you’ll be able to decorate with shells, sand dollars, and star fish. You will also be able to say your “I do’s” by candle light as the sun sets in your tropical setting. Guests will love that they can walk barefoot on the beach as you tie the knot, or they can slip on a pair of colorful flip flops that you can have waiting for them upon arrival.

Vineyard Wedding Theme

Attention, all wine lovers! You can share your love for wine with your friends and family by hosting a vineyard wedding. Rustic barrels, delightful grape aromas, and not to mention bottles full of bubbly; a vineyard wedding is perfect during late summer and early fall months. You can even get your guests involved and active by hosting a wine tasting session after exchanging vows or in place of a traditional cocktail hour. You can also opt to do a wine and food pairing in place of a formal reception dinner and have lots of finger foods available that go well with wine, like cheese, crackers, fruit, and chocolate. Corks can serve as seat cards, grapes can fill your venue, and you can send your guests on their way with their favorite bottle of wine from their tasting session. A vineyard wedding is also perfect for you if you want to use hues of purple and green as your color palette and appreciate the simplicity of nature!

Secret Garden Wedding Theme

If the English based novel, The Secret Garden, has inspired you; you should definitely consider using it as a theme for your outdoor wedding. Perfect for couples who are hosting a backyard affair or a wedding on a plantation-like setting; a garden theme is fun, playful, and whimsical. You can place random keys on tables, bouquets of garden and field flowers around your ceremony and reception site, and place copies of the notorious novel on each table for your guests to acknowledge the theme. Be sure to play up your outdoor alter by stringing up an over the top crystal chandelier and decorate your alter with twine and twigs to create a shabby chic look.

Vintage Wedding Theme

Who doesn’t love the glamor and classiness of the 50’s and 60’s? Vintage weddings have grown in popularity over the past few years and it’s easy to see why! Consider wearing a short and simple A-line silhouette dress and a shoulder length or bird cage veil. Arrive in style in an antique car and keep your color palette neutral and light. You can incorporate pops of pastel pink, golden accents, and even shades of grey; all popular colors among brides of that era. Groomsmen can slip on gloves and top hats, and bridesmaids can carry glamorous vintage bags and wear costume jewelry accessories. Cake can even be served on dainty milk glass plates, scattered among luxurious lace linens.

Country Wedding Theme

Yee-haw! If you are fun loving, spunky, carefree, and no fuss couple; you should definitely consider hosting a country themed wedding. You can host your affair in a big, rustic barn; which can be decorated to the nines with strings of lights, bales of hay, antiquated crates, mason jars, and bundles of natural wild flowers. Serve dinner family style using long wooden tables and benches, and get a country band to play some hit country tunes and line dances for your guests to get up and boogie to. Break out your boots and cowboy hats and truly get into the spirit of all things country.

Choosing your wedding theme should be fun. By exploring each theme above, unique ideas may pop into your mind that you may wish to try and will help you decide which theme best complements your personality and style.