Wedding Themes & DIY Tips for Brides

As you are working through your wedding plans, here’s a unique idea:  what about replacing your flower girl with a flower guy?  

A recent New York Times article pointed to an interesting new trend in weddings – blurring bridal party gender roles. 

Yes, it’s true -- often nowadays, anything goes and brides are just as likely as the groom to have a best man at their side instead of the traditional maid of honor. 

But this points to a much bigger trend: customizing the wedding to the specific desires of the bride and groom.  

Sure, there are many couples who still prefer what is known as the “cookie cutter wedding” -- the time-honored ceremony, followed by the traditional, synchronized reception which features a cocktail hour, introduction of the bridal party and attendants, first dance, a multi-course dinner, cake cutting, tossing of the bouquet and last dance. 

If you are a couple who just wants to have a beautiful wedding but can’t be bothered with what some perceive as trivial details, then a traditional wedding is perfect for you! 

But if you’re a couple who shuns convention, there is no better time than now to plan the novel and creative wedding you have always dreamed of!

Read on for tips to incorporate a theme into your wedding as well as a few words-to-the wise for prospective DIY Brides.