Christmas Wedding Theme: Carnivale Italian Renaissance Party

If a dramatically different Christmas wedding theme is what you are looking for, how about one that integrates a Carnivale flavor to deliver a wild and crazy Italian wedding theme based on vibrant colored decorations in jewel and metallic tones at the same time.

A good resource for Christmas wedding decoration ideas using Italian renaissance party theme decor to pull it off is Christmas Styles (DK Publishing, 2004) written by a Christmas-specific decorating duo – Debi Staron and Bob Pranga – known as Dr. Christmas. Here are some ideas for a Carnivale Christmas wedding theme that I came up with.

The first of the Christmas wedding decoration ideas comes from the full-page picture on page 48, which shows a miniature Christmas tree trimmed with multihued jewel-tone glass ornaments of various shapes for “an exciting visual journey,” along with a wraparound fuchsia-colored satin ribbon for a dash of panache. Wrapped around the bottom is a dazzling emerald green crushed-velvet tree skirt.

The display sits atop a bar, which makes it an excellent wedding reception decoration example since it is an arrangement that can be copied pretty much as is for a bar at a reception. Alternatively or additionally, such a display may work well as a wedding reception table decoration for the seating card table, guest book table, or gift table. You could also use one or two such displays as wedding alter decorations for the ceremony.

As far as adding coordinating Christmas wedding centerpieces, look very closely at the portion of the bar photo that extends onto page 49 as well as the photo on the bottom of page 50 for some great ideas. In the bar photo, several intricately-etched jewel-toned wide-rimmed thick-stemmed cocktail glasses each hold a large luxuriant Christmas ornament decoration. In the photo on page 50, more dainty and similarly etched cocktail glasses are displayed that would be ideal for small candles. In both photos, sprigs of green fir branches and a few more attention-grabbing jewel-toned baubles are included for added styling.

Either style would make terrific Christmas wedding centerpieces that pleasingly convey the desired Christmas wedding theme. One of the more elegant wedding decorating ideas for wedding reception decoration is to forgo placing Christmas ornament decorations amid the evergreen branches and instead go with jewel-toned Venetian carnival masks like the exquisite green rhinestone mask pictured on page 50.

For a real sense of how dramatically different a Carnivale Christmas wedding theme can be, check out the two-page tablescape picture full of vibrant colored decorations and stimulating Italian renaissance party theme decor on pages 52 and 53 that delivers a visual explosion. This will certainly provide vital insight on how to decorate your wedding reception tables to create visually arresting fantasy value that fully immerses your guests in your wild and crazy Christmastime Italian wedding theme.