Weddings don’t have to be a traditional white wedding ceremony. Your wedding day is your day for yourself and your partner. If you’re not a conventional couple, don’t be afraid to bring your personality into your wedding plans. Your wedding day is also something that you will remember for you the rest of your life. It makes sense that you would want to make it as memorable as possible.
Have A Destination Wedding
One of the easiest ways to make your wedding feel unique is to travel to an exciting destination. Book your wedding somewhere you’ve never been before so it’s even more exciting! If you can’t afford to bring all your friends and family with you, don’t worry. It may work out better for you if it’s just you and your partner who attended the destination ceremony. You could have a small traditional wedding ceremony or party back home so friends and family don’t miss out. The adventure of travelling as a newlywed will make it even more exciting. It also means you can make it part of your honeymoon!
Get Creative With Food
Wedding food doesn’t have to be a boring sit down meal. There are so many ways you can get creative with your menu choices. Choose a catering company that are willing to help you create your dream menu.
For wedding fun, you could think about having cake pops, a barbeque or even a buffet of unusual food. Your wedding guest will enjoy getting to try something different.
Choose A Crazy Cake
Choosing a wedding cake can be difficult. There are so many different types to choose from and who doesn’t love cake?
Make it easier for yourself by choosing flavours that appeal to yourself and your partner. It may be a good idea to pick something fairly neutral so that all your guest can enjoy it.
Once you’ve chosen the flavours, think about the design. The design is where cakes can get crazy. Cake-makers can do amazing things and bring your wedding theme to life in cake form. Just don’t forget to take pictures before it’s all gone!
Use Homemade And Handmade Items
Homemade and handmade items can add extra personality and uniqueness to your wedding. If you’re not a crafty person, reach out to your wedding party and family or keep it simple.
Wedding favours are something that you can make at home. If you don’t have many invites to deliver, you could also have a go at creating them yourself. Other decorations such as bunting and confetti can be made at home too.
If the idea of making things yourself doesn’t appeal to you, choose items from a store that make handmade items. Handmade items will add a lovely homely touch to your wedding.
Go Thrift Shopping
If you do decide to make anything for your wedding, why not go thrift shopping? Second-hand stores are full of so many individual and interesting items that you could include in your wedding. You never know, you could find the perfect wedding decorations while looking. Some people even manage to find their dream wedding dress in second-hand stores!
Hire A Photo Booth
Photo Booths have been a popular trend at weddings for a while. However, they are getting so much more exciting!
Photo Booth hire can be expensive, so shop around. If you’re going to choose one, opt for something that uses unusual techniques. Some photo booths come with props and even a green screen. Others allow you to print your photos straight away or upload them to social media. There are even photo booths out there that record short vine videos!
Instead of hiring a photo booth, you could make one. It could be as simple as a backdrop and an instant camera. It’s all about the memories you make, not how much your photo booth costs.
Make A Candid Wedding Album
At your wedding, whether you use a photo booth or not, of course, you’ll take plenty of pictures. As well as traditional wedding photos from a hired photographer, you can encourage your guests to take funny snaps.
It’s long been a tradition for people to leave disposable cameras on tables and ask their guests to take pictures. For something different, how having one of your guest wearing a small camera that they can put on their head? It allows you to get great action shots of people dancing and see the wedding through your guest eyes.
Use Social Media
Social media is so normal to us now, why not use it at your wedding? An excellent way to collect memories on your wedding day is to create your own hashtag. You could combine your names together to make a unique hashtag. Inform your guest at your wedding and let them get snap-happy! After the nuptials, you’ll be able to browse through the selfies and status updates and save your favourites.
Marry Where You Met
Planning to marry where you met, is an easy way to make your wedding special to you. It’s also beautifully romantic. Even if you met somewhere simple such as a cafe, choosing an unusual venue will be sure to make it a day to remember!
Ditch The Flowers
Wedding flowers are beautiful and you don’t need to get rid of them altogether. However using alternative items to create your bouquet is fun and creative! If you want to have colours in your bouquet that you can’t find naturally in flowers, use artificial flowers. Just because the flowers are natural, doesn’t mean they have to look tacky. Plus, it means you can keep the bouquet as a memory or give it away.
You could even consider a bouquet made out of an entirely different material to flowers. There are many materials you could use: fabric, paper, plastic, plants, branches, beads and more. If you have a creative spirit, this is the perfect way to show off your skills on your wedding day.
Be You
The most important thing to remember for a unique and memorable wedding is to be you. Inject as much personality as you can into your wedding and don’t be afraid to do something different. Remember it’s your day, make it your own!
Are you feeling inspired? Comment below if you have any other exciting wedding ideas.
