Fun touches to your wedding

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Hi,

I’m only starting to plan our wedding. Kind of have an idea in mind- everyone wearing sunset colour scheme, lemon and orange slices in water in vases for table decoration among some bright flowers

Let’s share some ideas for quirky, pretty and/or fun ideas to make a wedding setting ‘pop’. Having our day in Scotland so it can rain and be bleak, want something Pinterest-worthy to make the wedding colourful and interesting, without spending too much.

As an example, I made artificial flower corsages using online supplies for a relative and all her female guests (very small wedding, no bridesmaids) as keepsakes from the day. That was their wedding favour instead of getting something noone needs like a mini alcohol bottle or a sweetie.

Thanks!

If it’s sunset themed would you considered going outside and doing your toasts/speeches as the sun is setting or doing fireworks or a light show just after sun set?

Instead of a dress code your favours could be sunset themed wraps for the ladies and button hole flowers for the men.

Noeuf, I’m sorry😊 I mentioned the magician but didn’t tag you! It’s a good idea to give the little ones jobs to occupy them, all of them will be under 5!

Limpshade, that’s really reasonable, I thought they cost hundreds!

Here are a few ideas

The way to ensure that you have a great wedding - that people enjoy - is to make it as easy and cheap for your guests to attend as possible. So no dress code.

The best wedding I ever went to had good food, loads to drink, enough seating and great weather. There were no wedding favours, long speeches or hanging around waiting for photos. Basically the key to a memorable wedding (in a positive way) is to make sure your guests are comfortable and well looked after – well fed, well watered, not too cold or too hot and not made to wait and hang around for ages while you have photo taken etc. We left the worst wedding early as we were freezing as the heating in the venue wasn’t on.

It sounds more like you care about how your wedding looks than getting married.

I’m sorry, but I agree with this ^^

Your wedding sounds lovely, but I’m not sure that I would like to be dictated to about what colour to wear, especially if it didn’t suit me. Perhaps you could suggest a colour scheme rather than request it.

We want to get several cakes from Costco or somewhere else

Not Costco please. Their cakes are sickly and artificial tasting.

Citrus fruit in bowls or vases make fab table centrepieces. You could have a bit of a theme going through the menu if you wanted too.

Citronella candles on the terrace would be good for insects at dusk and look pretty.

An old fashioned cargo bike with an icebox of ice creams or icepops on arrival is fun and summery.

Dusty Owl your wedding sounds awesome!

Just throw a lovely relaxed party, do not tell people what to wear, that is bridezilla to the extreme (saying the weather may be gloomy so please wear bright colours is fair enough). Think less about whether it's social media worth and more about having a good time

Buzznbells, could hug you right now, you have hit the nail on the head! No one needs to be dressed head to toe in colour, no one! And thanks for the idea of colourful ties, I could only think of buttonholes for men because the only other choice is summer shirts with pineapples and Hawaiian shorts🙈 Shades of the colours you have mentioned+ blue too. Yes, whole fruit sounds better and we have fairy lights (could also borrow them from our parents).

We aren’t having bridesmaids or groomsmen, our whole group is basically the bridal party😊

Aragog, never thought of that, that’s the reason😊 I might just do that, or ask males to wear colourful ties or shirts, so they aren’t given anything.

JudgeRindersMinder, yes, that’s a nice idea, I just hope the songs aren’t heavy metal or from the 50s, because my DH and I don’t listen to that (and it’s our wedding).

Yes - miserable people! The OP did not ask for opinions on her colour scheme or her choice to ask people to wear a pop of "sunset" colour, she asked for fun, colourful and pretty ideas for her wedding setting. Instead a load of posters have piled on about how they hate those colours and wouldn't come to the wedding! Well you weren't invited so it doesn't matter!
Secondly - I have been to plenty of weddings where the flowers, wedding party, decorations etc have had a colour scheme - it's not that crazy an idea! Just because you state that you have never been to a wedding with a colour scheme does not mean it doesn't happen.
If a close friend was having a small wedding, I would be privileged to be invited not kicking up a fuss or declining the invite because she asked me to wear a pashmina, bag or shoes from a choice of 5 or 6 colours!

I have been to plenty of weddings where the flowers, wedding party, decorations etc have had a colour scheme

Well, yes - colours, wedding party, decorations. That's somewhat different to asking the guests to dress in a theme or colour scheme though isn't it?!

I wouldn't decline and would fit the seem as much as I felt fit. But I wouldn't go overboard and I can guarantee there will be some eye rolling even if people don't actually say anything.

I had pineapples as table name holders - I sprayed them gold.

We ordered lots of paper lanterns and strung them with some garland lights on the ceiling. I ordered online and they did every colour. They looked really pretty

Also you can order m&ms in rainbow colours with your faces on!

It sounds more like you care about how your wedding looks than getting married

This.

I agree with Tapas about Costco cakes, we get them at work sometimes and they really are not very nice, I think this is one area where its worth spending a bit more for higher quality.

I love the idea of different splashes of colour :)

Little bowls of skittles and Starbursts on the tables
Little cocktail umbrellas for peoples drinks
Different coloured ties / bow ties / corsages / button holes
Buy mixed bags of lego off ebay for the younger ones and colouring books with rainbow crayons to keep them amused
Refreshments could be cocktail glasses with different mocktails or cocktails in (a quick google and a trip to costco could be in order for ingredients) that are really colourful
Slush machines (I think you can get more colours of slush than blue?)
Different coloured balloons - like the ones for kids parties but fill them with helium for around the room
Rainbow cookies as favours
Bunting in all the colours you want

I can't think of any more right now and i've not really read the thread so sorry if i've repeated any x

I really really really want to know what would happen if I was invited to your wedding and wore a grey, blue or black trouser suit (so the same as men wear basically) would I be forced to wear a buttonhole or a pashmina?^^ (I'm a woman, just to be clear )

Btw, how this contrasts with the "you can't wear trainers as a wedding guest " thread!

Personally, I think it's very important for a marriage to begin with people being told what to wear. It's the most important part of celebrating your lifetime commitment to each other with your friends and family. A guest wearing a certain unauthorised colour will have a giant impact on your happiness of the day when you get married.

Every so often a poster comes along and I wish I could follow their lives documentary style. This is one I them.

Costco cakes, we get them at work sometimes and they really are not very nice, I think this is one area where its worth spending a bit more for higher quality.

I think it is much better to prioritise good food and drink over the décor. A themed décor is lovely, but good food (and drink) is far, far, far more important, and I think it would be wrong for style to win over substance at this wedding.

I LOVE weddings and am always at how anti-wedding MN is.

But any sort of dress code or 'colour scheme' (argh!) for the guests to adhere to is just cringe and noooooo! I literally couldn't give a fuck what people wore to my wedding, why would you?

And then the fact you were only going to make the women have to wear something and give the men a buttonhole! Glad you have at least seen sense on that.

Totally agree with spending the bulk of the money on decent food and drink. Honestly, the only person who really cares about the 'theme' at any wedding is the bride. That's it.

Lots of food and drink flowing really is the main priority for most people.

People totally overestimate how fun their wedding is.

Nobody really gives a shit. They just want good food and drink and to see you happy. Forced Pinterest fun is dire.

Don't do costco cakes, just get a bakery to supply you with a load of nice cakes in different flavours or styles and add in sweets/fruit yourselves.

Trumpton, what a good idea! That covers the theme and could be part of the guest favours!

Titsywoo, what an unusual idea!

Caramellow and Aragog, that is the whole point- I don’t want ‘the norm’. I want to have a day different from the norm. I have never been to a wedding I enjoyed, and I want mine to be different.

ExpletiveDelighted, sounds fun! Any games more of a hit with people than others?

Foslady, I take it back with regards to you, your wedding doesn’t sound boring😊

Starbonnet123, sounds fun and thoughtful!

DustyOwl, how creative, wow! Where did you and your friends get inspiration from (don’t mention Pinterest on here, or you will be slated. You have been warned😆).