Wedding Decor: Is "THEME" a bad word?

When planning your wedding, you envision a day that's beautiful, unique and totally YOU.  The best way to accomplish this is to personalize the day with a "theme."   There it is, yes I sait it...a theme.  I don't mean you need to have an all "butterfly" wedding or an island affair with inflatable palm trees at every table.  A theme can be anything that is subtly woven throughout various elements of your day.  For example, color, can be a theme.  Emotions you want to evoke, such as elegance and sophistication can be themes.  Highlighting the locale where you're marrying or passions you share are themes. 

I am SO excited about an upcoming October wedding that I am planning with an awesome bride.  When we first began discussing her wedding she told me she wante a dramatic, bold, but classy event.  Actually, she told me not to take it too literally, but she wants the decor to look like a "highly stylized vampire movie."  I understood her descripton exactly. 

Yesterday I met with one of my favorite decor specialists and we walked the ceremony and reception space discussing how to best carry out this theme (while staying within budget).  We plan to use tons of dramatic lighting, both candles and uplighting as well as dark, rich linens and elegant china.  We will play up the stone and wrought iron in the architecture, fireplaces and chandaleirs at the venue.  I am so excited about this wedding and can't wait to share the pictures.  In addition to the decor, we are working on carrying the theme throughout various elements of the wedding. 

Here are some pictures of a wedding with the theme being the element of predominant green woven throught the wedding. Please visit our gallery to see images of other themes we've helped brides create for their weddings.