Choosing a snowflake wedding theme is a great way to pick out a specific part of winter and can add a little magic to your event. However, many people associate theme events with their senior proms, so you’ll have to find ways to use the winter theme without resorting to the big snowflake decoration hanging from the ceiling.
Color Scheme
Winter weddings tend to use white as their central theme to match the snow and cold weather outside.
This makes a snowflake theme easy to plan in terms of your color scheme. Your key wedding colors should be:
White – It goes without saying that your dress should be the purest white you can find, and you can pick up on the snowflake wedding theme by finding a drape that has a shimmering effect to wrap around your shoulders. You can also place sparkling hair clips in your hair.
Silver – Sparkling silver decorations look great as part of winter wedding themes and should be used to off set the white as part of your snowflake decorations. Be sure to place white candles near metallic silver surfaces to reflect light.
Pale blue – Blue is the perfect accent color for a white and silver winter theme. Many people will associate pale blue with ice, but it will really stand out as a color for the sash on the bridesmaids’ dresses or groom’s tie. You can also use it in your table centerpieces.
To avoid having your snowflake wedding theme compared to a prom night, you need to pick out the symbol in subtle ways, such as:
Snowflake wedding cake or cupcake decorations – Use a snowflake cake topper or wrap a blue satin ribbon around the layers of your cake and press a rhinestone snowflake brooch through the cake where the ends of the ribbon meet.
Snowflake centerpieces – Fill clear glass bowl with silver, white and blue glass ornaments and add a few silver or clear glass snowflake ornaments to the mix. Place candles around the centerpiece to reflect light off the silver ornaments. For tall centerpieces, purchase lighted branches or cut tall branches and stain them or paint them white or silver, then add lights or silver or glass snowflake ornaments. Group white candles around the base of the centerpiece.
Snow globes – For a more playful take on a snowflake wedding theme, buy a series of snow globes for guests to shake and compare. You could buy ones that represent cities that you’ve visited, or get personalized ones with a picture of you and your husband in the middle. Snow globes come in all shapes and sizes, so if your guest list is small enough you could buy each person one as a wedding favor
The key to getting the perfect snowflake wedding theme is to avoid overusing the image. It is possible to buy a whole range of party favors, decorations and jewelry decorated with snowflakes, but beware of too much of a good thing.
You should find ways of picking out the ideas of uniqueness and purity in the colors and table settings and only use the snowflake image to highlight certain parts of the wedding like invitations, the wedding cake, the bride’s dress or the table centerpieces.
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