The wedding reception is the time to celebrate the wedding vows. It is a chance for the new couple to share their joy with family and friends. To make the reception a unique celebration, plan it with your guests in mind to provide them with the time of their lives.

Avoid making the reception a stiff, formal affair. Make a point of planning a fun event to entertain everyone so they will have a great time. Depending on the location of the reception you have many options for planning a reception that everyone will always remember.

The setup of the reception should be easy and simple. If you are going to have decorations make them in places out of the way of the guests and their views of the room or area. It is frustrating for a guest to miss a special moment like the cutting of the cake or a decoration or a pillar in the reception hall blocks the wedding toast since their view.

To make your reception truly unique, select a location that will be different from other receptions. This then creates the memorable time for the guests and the bridal party.
If you are having a country theme or a beach wedding, have the reception in the areas of the farm for the country wedding and for the beach wedding have it on the beachfront. Have a corn roast or pig roast for a better effect and fun for the reception.

Remember to change into a different dress so you will not ruin your wedding gown. By changing your dress, you will tell your friends and family you are ready to have a good time. There are plenty of nice white dresses that will still allow you to wear white but not ruin the beautiful dress of your dreams.
Think about different locations such as a park where the guests can play horseshoes, volleyball, and maybe a game of baseball. Let your guests know before the wedding to bring a change of clothes so they will be dressed appropriately.

For the sports fan, add sports party favors to the theme of the reception. Have a baseball or football shaped punch bowl or small cakes or party treats. Golf is a sport many enjoy, use a golf tee for the poker on the treats.

A skyscraper is another unique location for the reception. This is a nice place especially at night with the lights of city under the feet of the guests resembling fireflies. That location screams “romance” and will be a very impressive place for your reception.

Have your reception in the local gardens for a nice daytime reception with the continued romantic feeling you are trying to have for your wedding. With all the different possibilities for locations, only you imagination is stopping you from having your reception in a unique location.

Most brides have an idea of what they want to do for their wedding theme while others have a harder time deciding. The average weddings will take place in the hometowns or in the United States. Here are the standard month-by-month wedding themes and colors to help decide the right colors for your wedding.

March and April is a wonderful time for the spring wedding with the new spring colors and flowers. Lilies of the Valley and Shasta daisies, daffodils, and tulips are the spring flowers. Pastel colors of purple, yellow, pink, and light blue are the colors used including light greens and peach colors.

Some of the popular themes include Cherry Blossom, butterfly, and dragonflies. Light and springy items of the springtime are the general type of themes. Other themes include St. Patrick’s Day or something Irish.

May, June, and July are the summer wedding associated with the gardens, beaches, and countrysides or parks. The colors are brighter using fuchsia, hot pink, orange, green with contrasts of black, chocolate, gray, or aqua.
The themes include Gardens, Daisies, Victorian Gardens, beaches, starfish, Hawaiian Luau, Nautical, Poolside, Patriot, fairy tales, country, and south of the border.
The color themes incorporate all shades of green, cornflower blue, orange, fuchsia, aqua blue, teal green, and aubergine.

August, September, and October are the fall weddings. The darker colors such as pumpkin orange, cinnamon, dark purple, dark blue, hunter green, burgundy, mocha, chocolate brown, rust, and gold.
The themes include Harvest time, Halloween, Tuscan, and Labor Day celebrations.

November is colors include gold, creams, browns, dark orange, dark blues, dark greens, and darker reds. The use of black with red or hunter greens are a favorite as well. The themes are around the harvest and Thanksgiving themes.

December, January, and February are the winter months associated with the bright vibrant winter colors of red, gold, green, white, silver, and blue as anything metallic or shiny. Adding the black color to any of the main colors create a wonder and attractive style for the wedding.

The themes are associated with the holidays of Christmas, New Years,  Valentine’s Day, Winter Wonderland, as well as crystal and diamond themes. Adding the dark purples, the combination of black and white, white and red, and blue and gold are also associated with this time of the year.

As with all suggested colors and themes for weddings, the final decision for the themes and colors are up to the wedding couple. They can make any theme and colors look just beautiful for their wedding during any month they are getting married. The concept of this list is to offer assistance for wedding color and theme ideas. The true test of the right colors and themes is how comfortable the bridal pair is with their decision.

Having a wedding that everyone remembers is one of the main goals of every couple. They want to have a wedding everyone will enjoy as well as talk about for a long time. They go to great measures to have the best possible wedding and reception they’re capable of.

Planning the perfect wedding and reception is easy as well as possible for any budget. Whether you want a formal or informal wedding, you can make the wedding of your dreams affordable with sticking to a budget and planning early for the special day.

For the wedding invitations, make a beautiful home printed design filled with your imagination by using your computer, your printer, and colored ink. At most stores are card stock or decorative invitations you can customize with your message and theme of the wedding. Save money on the printing fees by using the homemade invitations you create.

To have a unique wedding, purchase an antique style dress from a consignment shop. Get all of the bridal party together and change the current design of the dress to fall into the theme you have selected. Buy the embellishments at the craft store such as lace, floral appliques, and sequins. Add the new decals to the dress. Change the hemline and sleeves to be the dress of your dreams. If you remove any material from the dress, use the extra material for a head piece that matches the dress. Use fabric glue to adhere the decals onto the dress.

Disposable digital cameras set on the reception tables are a great way to get candid shots during the reception. Save the costs of the professional photographer by letting all the guests take the pictures on the special day. They will have fun and make a point of taking different pictures throughout the time of the reception. That is something a professional would charge a large price to do. Save money and allow all your friends and family help make the memories last a lifetime with the photos they will take.

For the reception decorations, place potted artificial flowers in pots on the tables wrapped with a strand of pearls and lace. Use the same color for the flowers that are used in the bridal bouquets. The same type of flowers will not matter as much as the colors. Place the potted creations on the different tables. Leave little pads of paper on the tables for the guests to write their good wishes to the new couple. Decorate the cover of the pads with white lace and material. Add the words “things you remember the most about  xxxx and xxxx.” This little keepsake will be cherished when the new couple reads the different memories of the friends and family.