Wedding Themes

We will have tips on different wedding themes for the next 

few weeks so have a look every week for

the theme that suits you the best

This week our theme is 

Romantic Vintage

Here are some tips for a Vintage Wedding

What comes to mind when using a vintage theme for your wedding

Romantic soft light,  pastel Lace, burlap,  soft natural colours, stacked old books, photo frames and suitcases, assorted glass bottles covered in lace.

Burlap

Use burlap as a runner on your tables for your wedding, wrap it around bottles for your centrepieces or make bunting flags and hang them around at your reception venue. Make burlap bows around your chairs with a flower in

Lace 

You can use the lace that is on your wedding dress to decorate your wedding invitations and stationery, tie it around the gifts for the guests and use the same lace pattern on your wedding cake

 

Books, bottles and frames

 Stack old books on to each other and wrap them in lace with a bow on the side for you centrepiece use old jars to complement the books, take frames as your table seating plan or as your table numbers

 

 Bird cages is also very vintage, any shape and any size. Hang them in a tree near your reception venue or use them on the tables for your centerpiece accompanied by soft pastel vintage flowers

 

Old suitcases and crates stack them anywhere on top of each other. Use an old suitcase for your wedding gifts or use the suitcases for your photos its gives that old vintage look to any photo, you can stack the old crates with a vintage candy buffet

 

Old photographs

Select photographs of you and you’re husband-to-be and photo shop them with vintage filters. Print them out and frame them for your tables at your reception area.

Vintage Bouquet

Vintage flowers are one of the best ways to add the finishing touches to your vintage wedding. A good florist will be able to create bouquets that pull together your colour theme and accentuate the general feel of your vintage wedding. 

Dress your bridesmaids in soft pastel colours with a vintage bow as their head piece

The bride

Accentuate the  wedding dress with lace and pearls- cream colours, smokey eye makeup and soft pink lips, an up style hairdo with a birdcage net as your hair piece 

Use these tips and you will have a romantic vintage wedding 

Please have a look next week for our tips on a Gatsby wedding Theme 

With love The De Haven Family