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A wedding is a stellar portrayal of a match made in heaven. It’s the tiny details in a wedding ceremony that enrapture the guests—from vintage photo-booths to hanging gardens—every bit contributes to leaving lasting impressions. But how do you figure out the nitty-gritties of personalizing it the right way? Having witnessed tons of wedding dreams unfold, we have a fair idea of making that Instagram-worthy wedding come alive.
The secret is always following your own story, rather than trying to emulate others — go back in history to the time you first laid eyes on each other and then dive again into the journey that brought you to this day. Re-creating your own story gives the ceremony a very original and distinctive touch. Apart from that, shared hobbies, travel interests, heritage, cultures(especially if you both come from different backgrounds) all pass off as great sources of inspiration for the wedding decor. In the end, your wedding should be YOURS only.
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To help you choose the right idea to facilitate your process of personalization, here are 15 unique wedding ideas that are sure to leave your guests awe-struck.
1. Monogram it – The Wedding Decor!
For the perfect personalised touch, use custom stamps of you and your S.O’s initials throughout the venue — on the tables, at the entrance, on napkins and favours. However, choose light colours like silver or white and gold. The idea is to subtly personalize it, not shout it out with gaudy hues.
2. Personalised Wedding Cake Toppers
Everybody’s going to get a piece of that three-tier wedding cake and what better than having themed cake toppers? Think seashells as cake toppers to accentuate that beach themed wedding or a vintage car replica for your rustic vintage wedding.
3. Go Neon-crazy at your Wedding
Neon shouts whimsy, modern and out-of-the-box, all in one. The thumb rule here is to go for neon when everything else just doesn’t match your vibe. Neon is versatile, it’s the cherry on top to the decor at your nuptials. Think neon photo-booths or a splash of it here and there. Go with a darker sombre shade to pair with it.
4. Get Creative with the Wedding Reception Menu
Get creative with the food at your venue. You can ask the caterers to incorporate your favourites into the wedding menu or go with an amalgamation of traditional cuisines from both your hometowns. An eclectic buffet offering tons of options— from the north, south Indian to Italian or Greek— could go a long way. You could also base it on the theme of your wedding— think coconut-based cuisine and seafood for a beach wedding.
5. Local Delights as Flavorful Wedding Favours
For destination weddings, one of the best options for wedding favours is hands-down locally sourced products. Prepare favour bags filled with local sweets or souvenirs. It’s a great way to hand over something your guests will cherish for days to come.
6. Include An Itinerary (For Destination Weddings)
Indian weddings aren’t really a single-day affair. It is especially customary for destination weddings that you book accommodation for all your out-of-town guests. Go a step further and charm them by including a short itinerary with your invitation that includes nearby noteworthy places they could visit in between or after the wedding functions. It could be pre-paid if you know your guests are certainly going to go or an option for them to explore on their own.
7. Distinctive Seating Arrangements at Wedding Venue
Like the menu, the seating arrangements at your venue have a lot of scope for creative mingling. Think wooden benches instead of standard chairs or bales of hay and floor cushions. The sky’s the limit. However don’t be swayed by the aesthetic part only, your seating arrangements should be equally comfortable for the guests too.
8. Multi-cultural Dance Performances
Dancing is the inevitable element of any wedding ceremony— after all, it’s a celebration of love! Choreographed dances on Bollywood numbers are a cliche now. How about upping the ante by having families of both sides performing traditional dances? (especially if you belong to different states or even countries) Let this dance-off show you whose family can rock the stage better!
9. Don’t Forget The Photo-booth Fun
With this tech-savvy, selfie-driven age, who doesn’t love having photos clicked at a designated photo booth? The answer’s no one (unless you are 90 and couldn’t be bothered any less by this trend). You could get your photographer to click the photos for that perfect DSLR shot and then later surprise your guests by sending them little thank you notes along with their polaroid shots, isn’t that super fun?
10. Wedding Menu Display on Marble
Get your creative engines running and display the menu of the function on marble or have them written across plates in elegant fonts and calligraphy styles, i.e. if your budget lets you.
11. Charitable Donations as Party Favours
Did you know you can actually skip material party favours that are most often than not discarded or forgotten? Instead, donate in the name of your guests. It’s a beautiful gesture in every way, and you are benefiting the less-privileged along with giving your guests an inner sense of satisfaction. Choose from a plethora of NGOs or donate to a cause dearest to you. You can hand over thank you notes with a short introduction of the cause to which you donated.
12. Cocktail Games at Wedding
Add a fun element to your Cocktail party by including Cocktail games like Jenga, group dumb charades,or if the venue is outdoor and spacey, a designated station of some outdoor games could be a great addition.
13. Napkin Trivia for the Wedding Meal
Who said napkins had to be boring white cloths for wiping off faces? Include trivia facts about you and your partner or your journey sprawled across the napkins in fun fonts, for your guests to relish and break a smile or two.
14. Live Wedding Painter
If your budget allows, this one’s a wonderful addition to your nuptials— hire a live wedding painter to capture your big day. Instead of or in addition to the customary wedding photographs from your nuptials, a life-size painting would look beautiful hanging on the walls at your future home that you can cherish for a lifetime.
15. What the Guests Say…
This one’s a little out of the box and a great way to engage your guests. Have a glass bowl filled with empty chits or a memory board at the entrance where you can request the guests to pen down their favourite memory of you or give a meaningful piece of advice to the newlyweds. After a day-long of wedding ceremonies, you can finally relax, read each note and be pleasantly surprised with what your guests have to say to you.
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