Christmas Weddings and Event Styling

Christmas is a brilliant time of year to get married. A couple who opt to marry in December will, almost certainly want to use a Christmas theme in their event styling. Decoration inspired by the season tends to fall into 2 distinct categories.

Warm

A warm theme includes warm colour schemes and ideas. Think red, gold and green. Christmas weddings in this category use traditional Xmas accessories and bright colour schemes. They are cheerful and jolly. Imagine red flowers and a lot of greenery, lights and golden tinsel, stockings and gifts under the tree. The archetypical bride is the Christmas fairy. A merry, warm wedding will work brilliantly with a more traditional style venue such as a historic building.

Decide on whether you would prefer formal and traditionalist or fun and festive. This type of wedding does not inevitably need to be all red and green. For a more formal look, gold and ivory works well, with masses of candles. Your more formal look means using more subtle seasonal décor, use lots of greenery such as holly, ivy and pine cones. Burgundy is superb, rich colour for a feeling of sophistication. If you have decide on fun and festive go for miniture Xmas tree or poinsettia centrepieces and really have some fun with accessories and place settings.

Cold

A cold theme encompasses cool colour schemes and event styling. Think silver and blue. Cold Xmas themes use decorations and colours that are cool or cold, typically reflective of the weather. Snowflakes and icicles, shimmering blues and purples. The archetypal bride would be an ice queen (at least until the wedding night anyhow). A winter wonderland style wedding is best matched to a more contemporary venue like a plush hotel.

The great thing about snow and ice is that they are white and thus work perfectly in weddings. Stay away from cream; it's all about snow white. Snowy, icy backdrops are easy to create. If budget permits have ice sculptures or a snow machine. This theme can either be extravagant and glamorous with masses of glitter and daring metallic colours or timeless and elegant with powdery snow and mistletoe.

Either theme offers fantastic possibilities for your décor and event styling. Many couples struggle to pick. Of course, as I've mentioned in previous articles, the venue you pick, in most cases will determine the event styling. Some venues will lend themselves better to one type of event styling. If you have not picked a venue yet or the one you've booked is quite neutral, ask yourselves these simple questions to help establish what kind of Christmas wedding to choose.

What do you think first when you think of Xmas?
Which colour napkins would you choose, forest green or midnight blue?
What do you like best about the season?
Would you choose gold or silver tinsel?

The event styling for an Xmas wedding must echo the couples individual personality and tastes. Consider the answers you have given to the questions. I'm sure you get the idea! It's sort of like your preference in wine, a crisp and elegant white or a rich, spicy red?


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