Unique Wedding Ideas

Are you or someone you know planning a wedding? Are you looking for unique twists to your wedding? I'm sharing some ideas to make your wedding more personal with some subtle twists for something more unique.

Starter for 10

We wanted to enjoy more time chatting to make sure that we managed to speak to everyone - instead of a formal wedding line up that used to be traditional.

So we decided to swap out the starter with more canapés.

We arranged to have 10 canapés per guest as opposed to the usual 3-5 that wedding caterers usually plan.

This meant that we had more time to spend with our guests in the garden after the ceremony and before going inside to sit down for dinner.

Theatrical Canapés

As with most things, presentation is key. We found a caterer who took pride in their food and presented their food to match.

Speeches Before Dining

It's all in the title really! We wanted our speech givers to actually enjoy their day and their food so we decided to do the speeches before the main meal. As everyone had had plenty of canapés first, they were happy and not going hungry!

Keep it Simple

People expect fancy little dainty meals at weddings that don't really fill them up but we wanted our guests to enjoy and have a full tummy to line those stomachs! Good old fashioned pie and mash did the trick!

Mix It Up

We wanted to offer people a few options for their pudding and so opted for alternate puddings

Let Them Eat Cake

Add Some Fun

This was a big hit at the end of the evening. It was vibrant and a great way to encourage people to enjoy more food as otherwise they might have been too busy dancing to notice!

Cute Page Boy Idea

We had our nephew walk down the aisle with my sister, one of the bridesmaids. Not only was it super cute, but it also created some amazing picture opportunities - which I won't share publicly to protect our nephew's privacy.

Roses are Red

Now I know that these rose petals aren't red but real rose petals are beautiful, sustainable and don't hard the birds... and they don't get little bits everywhere like confetti.

Decorative Instructions

Let's face it, people like to know what to expect from the day and where they need to be and when. So it's great to make something functional look visually appealing.

A Favour?

I personally don't think that wedding favours are necessary but I felt like it was expected at the time. They can be very expensive so we opted for simple lollipops with our initials, which was the cheapest option I could find and was a sweet little touch.

No Guest book?

I knew that a traditional guest book wasn't for us as I knew that I wouldn't spend time looking at it if we ended up putting it in a drawer somewhere. So instead I opted for a picture frame with little love hearts for our guests to write their names and any tiny messages. We've had it hanging in our bedroom ever since.

Add something personal

Adding a wax seal to your wedding invitation envelope is a great way to add a personal touch. You can even have your own stamp made with your initials or wedding date. Simply melt a wax stick to drip onto the envelope or use a wax gun (I find melting a wax stick easier than a wax gun as these usually need you to continue feeding wax into the gun so you end up wasting a lot of wax). You can also mix waxes more easily using wax sticks whereas a wax gun would be more tricky.

Another simple idea is to line your envelopes with printed tissue paper. You could even get a special picture or something meaningful and unique to you printed on the tissue paper before sticking in the envelope. Just be sure to cut your template smaller than the envelope and taking into account the 1cm where you stick the envelope closed. My final tip here is to avoid using too much glue as this can show through the delicate tissue paper very easily so be sure to use as little glue as possible and not to glue anything until the tissue paper is in place.

I hope these simple yet effective ideas have given you some inspiration to create your ideal wedding day.