subject: Themed Wedding Receptions – How to Have a Different After Wedding Party [print this page] Some wedding receptions are anything but traditional. Some after-wedding parties are built around a theme which expresses something about the couple. If you have never organized a themed reception, or perhaps never even been to one, you will need some ideas of how to go about it.
1. Choose your theme together.
The bride-to-be and groom-to-be need to get together on a night when neither is stressed, as long before the date of the wedding as possible. The first thing you have to agree on is that you will have a themed reception of any kind at all.
Talk about your likes and dislikes. Draw each other out, asking questions whenever needed to make sure you understand what event or area of interest your fianc is talking about.
Each of you makes up a list of your favorite theme possibilities. Then show the lists to each other and circle the ones that are on both lists.
Narrow down the list until you come to the one you like the best.
2. Plan your themed reception.
Get some inspiration. If it is a beach theme, watch some beach movies to get yourselves in the mood for a luau. If you have chosen a sports theme, watch your favorite team take the field to put you in the right frame of mind.
Make a list of needs, including venue, decorations, catering, and other choices you need to make. Website tools can be used to help you plan the wedding.
Send out polls or surveys to your guests for ideas relating to your theme. Take your ideas and their ideas and make a master list.
Run down the list of needs and match up the suggestions you like with the need that has to be met. If someone suggests a caterer who sounds like what you want, for example, match that up with the need of finding a caterer.
When you send out your invitations, put on them a dress code for the reception, according to the theme. More website tools can be used to create invitations and RSVPs.
Plan games relating to your theme. If your theme is Broadway, rent a karaoke machine with plenty of show tune selections. Then, at the reception everyone can sing as if they are on Broadway.
Follow up on all your plans for your themed reception, just as you would for any after wedding party.
And now I would like to show you how you can use our tools to set up your own wedding reception, whether it is a themed one or a traditional one. Visit our Join the Wedding website at http://www.jointhewedding.com.
Themed Wedding Receptions How to Have a Different After Wedding Party
By: Laura Taylor
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