Themed Weddings Have Never Been So Popular

Themed weddings have never been more popular. Today's bride may choose to base her wedding decorations, menu and attire on anything from her heritage to her favorite sport. Nearly every bridal magazine or Wedding Expo includes a section on wedding theme ideas to help a bride plan a wedding around a particular look or tradition. You can even find books of wedding theme ideas and suggestions at any bookstore or online.

If you'd like something besides a traditional white wedding but aren't sure where to start looking for wedding theme ideas, take a look at some of the most popular wedding theme idea sources below.

Cultural wedding themes are popular with brides. For many, their wedding day represents a chance to celebrate their heritage with a ceremony and wedding reception that incorporates traditions drawn from their ancestry.

A traditional Scottish wedding, complete with the groom and groomsmen in kilts and sporrans and bagpipe music can bring sentimental tears to the eyes of even the burliest of men.

An Italian bride may wish to incorporate a wedding parade from her home to the church through the streets of her neighborhood, and a bride with a Native American heritage may want to explore the traditions associated with her tribe to mark the beginning of her new life.

Spiritual traditions and beliefs are another source of wedding theme ideas. Jewish wedding traditions are movingly simple and evocative, and form the base for many wedding ceremonies and themes.

Some of the most beautiful weddings are a blending of the traditions of two disparate cultural and spiritual traditions, with the bridal couple including the parts of those traditions that are most meaningful to them.

For many brides, though, the wedding theme they choose is simply 'the wedding I've always dreamed of'. Fairy tale weddings, Hawaiian weddings, garden weddings - the most popular wedding themes blend romance with tradition for a specially meaningful day.

For others, it's simply a matter of style - wedding decorations and garb based around a particular combination of colors, or designed to evoke elegance, opulence, simplicity or nature.

Still others take their wedding theme ideas from nature, the sea, the rain forests or a particular culture or tradition that they find beautiful. Many of the most popular wedding theme ideas are based on current culture.

Angels are among the most popular wedding themes, as are celestial themes with stars and other heavenly bodies used as decorating elements.

Wherever you find the inspiration and ideas for your wedding theme, your wedding decorations, flowers and centerpieces are all part of supporting the romance of your perfect day.

Whether you choose the festive gaiety of a Mexican wedding theme, the dramatic elegance of an Asian wedding or the fairy tale magic of a Cinderella wedding theme in a real castle, the most important thing is how meaningful and special it is to you.