to think that there's no such thing as an original wedding since Pinterest etc?

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Have finally got round to getting married. Want a low key, low budget affair. Never really been too bothered about weddings, so certainly no bridezilla tendencies. Have found a venue in the seaside town DP is from which is where the annual fete is held so thought, oh could have a bit of a seaside/fete theme going on, then looked on the internet and realised this has been done one million times before. As has the fish and chip van. And bunting. And anything I thought would be a goer. I'm not wanting a full on theme, but would like something with a bit of personality, but it seems like trying to do something 'quirky' or 'personalised' or 'vintage' is actually a bit naff. Have recent weddings you've attended used similar 'original' ideas? Most of our friends were married some time ago.

I echo the other posters - if it's true to you both it won't be naff. We got married in august, I have always bloody loved bunting so we had bunting, but I don't like shabby shit. We had bright colours and it looked lovely. you just want to be able to look back and say "yes, that was our day"

Do what you want, if you want bunting bloody have it :) as long as it reflects your personality and interests as a couple who cares what anyone else has done - also remember most people only go to a wedding every few years so what's on Pinterest is kinda irrelevant :)

This was our wedding...love bunting!

I don't understand why people want their wedding to be 'original'. Thousands of people get married every year, so it's hardly surprising that everything has been done before. Sites like Pinterest just mean there is more photo evidence. Just have the wedding you want. I love the idea of a fish and chip van. It's making me hungry...

I love wedding blogs. The problem is there are some amazingly artistic/original/rich/artistic people out there doing weddings and them people without these talents try to imitate them but it's just not the same.

Everything goes in waves so the vintage signs / striped straws with jam jar cocktails / bunting / flowers in jars / photo booth shite etc etc are all having their 'moment'.

I personally think an overt "theme" is a bit naff.

I love old seaside themed tat so I would love your wedding. Just do whatever you want because it is your day

Pinterest is very useful for ideas - you adapt them to suit. Thinking one flower arrangement is lovely hardly makes a cloned wedding!
I dislike 'themes' anyway.

I had teacups with spring flowers planted in them. And jam jars with tea lights in. I didn't call it 'vintage'...I like antiques and I like collecting china, so it was a genuine interest of mine rather than a theme I picked from a blog. I never even looked at Pinterest!

If you want a few hand made touches with little effort, we also made cones out of newspaper to put confetti in, and had one of the flower girls hand them out.
And we also did a 'who's who' guide to all the guests at the wedding, explaining how they know the bride & groom, adding a few funny facts about each person. This is a really nice idea to act as an icebreaker which is traditional at Scandinavian weddings.

I'm also planning a wedding. I think the one thing to remember that as someone said, weddings are a party with a very particular agenda. Do stuff that makes you happy. If bunting is your bag, go for it. Many people get married and they generally follow the same format, so it's unlikely you're the first to ever chance on an idea. There really isn't anything unique about a wedding - just some that are more fun for guests than others. Fish ad chips sounds fab.

I also think a theme is a bit naff.

Just choose what you like. Our wedding was in a marquee with beach/sea views, so blue is a popular colour scheme there.

But we loved green so we had green bunting/chair covers. Love candles so had floating candles as table centres. Love shells so had big decorative shells on the tables and top tables (original, collected by Dh's mother abroad) and small local shells (collected by us) sewn onto the favour bags.

The green/bunting/shells all pulled together to look lovely, without an actual 'theme'.