If you’re planning a gay wedding, you might assume that many unique ideas have been done to the point of exhaustion. It lies in a bit of creativity in how you fashion these inspirations into special installments in your wedding.
As there are many ways you can express your love for your partner in many ways, it can be overwhelming to choose where you want to let loose and add some magic, whether it be your ceremony or your reception.
Good news, we have compiled a list of ideas that suit most wedding themes and are manageable, which you can find below, and maybe you could find your next best idea.
Whether you’re adding something simple or want to include words that mean a lot to you both, you can do so with this aisle runner that can mark the point where you benign to take your steps down the runner.
You can make it more interesting by using quotes from your favorite TV shows, films, or inside jokes you have to make your guests laugh. This can make any ceremony more lighthearted and intimate, showing you’re not afraid to try something different.
A gay wedding is a highlight for so many people. These ceremonies can go beyond the familiar wedding troupes, be more expressive, and show off flair and personality. You can make your very own wedding photo book with the help of social media.
You can use hashtags to encourage people to get creative and shoot interesting snaps you can cherish forever. You might want to limit phone activity, and that’s fine, as you could provide some disposable cameras to be used at specific times of your wedding.
This can be a fantastic way to make your event even more inclusive, as you can use your own hashtags so you have a folder to look back on with many happy memories. With this feature, you also want to set boundaries if you want a more engaged wedding at certain times.
You might be going for an intimate wedding with little fanfare, and there is a way to use the seating to make the experience more exclusive, so your guests are right there with you as you speak your vows.
You can arrange it however you like, and if you think this sounds too simple, you can use several chairs of different styles to have a backyard-style wedding that is much more simple and doesn’t feel too formulaic when assigning guests to seats.
You can also do something similar at your venue, as you can go beyond the straight or circled table designs and go for a unique style that is only held back by the amount of creativity you put into it.
We had to include these because regular confetti is a bit boring, and you can make your wedding photos pop out with these. You can also use sparklers at the reception or go for bright smoke flares, which can be very expressive and exciting to set off.
Of course, you may not want to go down this route, and if not, you can keep it simple by allocating your guests a handful of confetti, and here you can make the pieces into different shapes, so it’s really down to how much you want to jazz things up.
If you don’t like the idea of pieces of confetti everywhere, you could try using colored wands instead, which you can hand out before your ceremony so they can be waved high as you step out of the reception, which is a great photo opportunity as well.
This is probably one of the easiest ways to make a central point in your wedding photos that can be refined or made loud by using flowers, balloons, decorations, and different locations to really stand out.
There are so many possibilities with this feature, and you can also get family and friends to give their input, so when they pose for photos with you, they can feel more special. It’s your special day, so you want to make it as beautiful and a bit fun to add your unique mark on it.
This might not sound like your thing, and if so, that’s fine as well, as you can use fences, signposts, and structural features at your venue to create the same effect so that you can decorate these to your heart’s content.
We turn now to features that may, on the surface, be quite simple and common but can be made to suit any occasion and any taste. While you could go for premade figures of yourselves, there are almost endless possibilities that you can do for the toppers.
If you have pets in your life, you can add them somewhere on your cake or use them as decorations if you’re serving tiered foods, which can add a lot of cute and funny charm to your decorations. You can also use figurines or ornaments that mean a lot to you and your partner.
These centerpieces make a statement, as you can adorn your reception tables with a splash of the pride flag colors to show your passion and love for each other that knows no bounds. It can also be welcomed if you have guests who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
You can also arrange it how you like, so you can place them in patterns to make your venue look alluring, but it can be done to suit the mood you want to go for, and you could coordinate them with your theme or clothes if you’re detail orientated.
Let’s face it; typical wedding bouquets have been overdone. While having your favorite flowers and assortments can be exceptional, they can lack creativity and individuality sometimes, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
You could go for multicolored bouquets and add ribbons or pompoms to make them eye-catching, so if you’re going for the tradition of throwing the bouquet, many people will be very eager to catch it for its looks alone.
If you’re going for two sets, you can go for alternative colors and even use artificial flowers, which can be highly colorful and be preserved longer, so they can act as lovely keepsakes for a while after the wedding.
While this is an increasingly common feature of wedding receptions, you can still use the concept but make them more personal to you so that you can use titles. You could even use nicknames to make each pair’s seat placement more unique.
You can even use these names in your wedding invites, card holders, signs, or guest favors, so you have even more incentive to use these signs in more ways that can transform the tone of any wedding day massively.
If you or your partner is a theatre fan, you can add your own spin to your wedding invites or program to resemble a playbill that is a fun inclusion for friends and family when they receive them. You can use quotes and lines that can be both funny and beautiful.
This is one of many ways you can make invites or programs, as there are so many more formats and styles that you can use calligraphy and abstract elements to make them commemorate the occasion better and are so good you’ll want to frame one.
You might look at wedding guestbooks or sign-in sheets and find they are slightly lacking. This is another feature you can go all out with, as you could try this thumbprint guest sign-in template where they can decorate the tree branches.
Not only is this special, but it will be a very impressive feature that allows your guests to mark their presence thoughtfully, encouraging creativity. You can give them a palette of colors and use different templates to meet your tastes.
When framed on your wall, it will recall many brilliant moments from your wedding, so if you want something simple yet very effective, this area can evolve into many other exciting ideas.
Closing Thoughts
With these ideas, you have the inspiration to go and make the wedding of your dreams, and with some creativity on your part, you have features that will shine and show off your unique personality.
Of course, you don’t have to go down the route of using pride colors, as only some couples want to use them this way, as there may be more subtle ways to include them if you want to express them in a certain way.
