While it's true that there are many events in our life that are worth remembering, there is nothing like professing your true love for that worthy someone in front of hundreds, or perhaps, thousands of people.
That said, you and your partner must start preparing for this very special day as early as possible.
There are even couples who prepare two years before their wedding! You don't have to plan everything by yourself if you're too busy with other things.
All you need to focus on is your wedding venue, reception and honeymoon.
You can have a wedding planner and some friends help take care of the nitty-gritty part of the wedding like the flowers, photography or the wedding napkins.
One way to make it more special is by putting a theme into your wedding.
For this, you need a good taste for beauty more than a big budget.
And with a few tips regarding the decorations, menu and some wedding favors ideas, holding your very own themed wedding - whether your theme is Asian or Victorian - will now be a breeze.
- Naturally, you have to start choosing your theme first and foremost - find something that fits your interests and yet is romantic.
You cannot think of good wedding favors ideas or what kind of wedding napkins without working out this tricky task; your florist would almost always ask you this question first! - Create an ambiance based on colors that fit your theme; you may want pink and silver for your fairytale-themed wedding, or white and sky blue for your beach wedding.
Also you may base it on the season which your wedding will be held - bright white and ice blue shades are good winter wedding colors, while colors that combine mid-tone to deep greens, woodland browns, and bright yellows are perfect for summer weddings.
- Choose bouquets and boutonnieres that possess colors or sets of colors - whether dyed or natural - befitting of your chosen theme.
Knowing their traditional meanings might also help you decide which to use .
- Place compatible table linens and customized wedding napkins for some personal touch.
This is also true for other accessories such as candles, drapes, centerpieces, card holders, ribbons, cake toppers and lots more.
- Most of your guests will only be bringing two things home from this very special event - memories and wedding favors.
Hence, you must have fabulous wedding favors ideas up your sleeve lest they will be disappointed.
Although the couple's budget is the main consideration in picking your wedding favor, you don't need to spend much to create equally good wedding favors.
You can simply give a well-designed thank you note or a short poem written in a piece of card.
Or you can give something else that is edible, functional or decorative as long as it is presentable.
- Especially this year, homemade wedding favors are the "in" thing; hence, you are allowed greater flexibility in terms of budget and design.
Nonetheless, your favors must fit your theme.
You could, perhaps, give out homemade chocolate cookies with cream if you have a Black-and-White wedding theme or basketball-shaped candies if you are both an NBA fan.
- If you're eco-conscious or your wedding has a garden theme, you might offer guests seed packets or small plants in adorable pots engraved with a message and encourage guests to bring one home and use colors that are shades of green for your invitations, attire, decorations, and wedding napkins, among others.
Given the countless resources - online and from other peoples' experiences - at your disposal, you will surely not run out of more ideas on themes.
At the end of the day, what really matters is your enduring love for each other and your lifetime commitment to make the marriage work; everything else is just icing on a cake, so to speak!