Gay weddings are no different, and there are great wholesale wedding supplies available to make your special day as fun, funky and gay as you want it to be.
Ultimately, LGBT weddings are as varied and unique as any other celebration, but if you want a fun nod to the struggle for equality and a tongue-in-cheek take on a gay version of a heteronormative celebration, you can make a statement without saying a word.
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Stylish And Simple
A current trend in weddings is towards increased use of typography, whether that’s banners, blackboards or text writ large on fabric or paper. A giant “Mr & Mr” banner or “Mrs & Mrs” are cute takes on a classic and are easy to make yourself from cardstock or fabric. They are especially effective as a backdrop to the place where vows are exchanged or hung above the top table at the wedding reception.
Pink is always a popular colour choice for weddings, and it can be a cute and quirky statement for gay weddings too. Invest in a roll of organza, taffeta, tulle or chiffon in your favourite shade of pastel pink or hot fuchsia and use it everywhere to brighten up your wedding reception decorations.
The other obvious colour choice is to take the rainbow flag and use it anywhere you can; rainbow balloons, rainbow confetti, even use rainbow strips of fabric to disguise not-so-pretty areas of your venue or alter the height of a ceiling. You can buy all you need from WWS, from rainbow rhinestones to paper pom poms and lanterns.
Lanterns
Cute Cake
Cutting the cake is the perfect paparazzi moment at most weddings. A simple but bright idea is to choose a rainbow wedding cake, constructed of layers of different coloured sponge. This can look as traditional or quirky as you choose from the outside, but once it’s cut into, your guests enjoy a vibrant rainbow flag to celebrate your big day.
The cake topper is a great chance to have fun too, ditching the old bride and groom for a bride-and-bride or groom-and-groom combination. You could even get them personalised to look like both halves of the happy couple, or to reflect your outfit choice.
Tie in your cake theme to your wedding table decorations and make wedding centrepieces with a rainbow theme. This is a great opportunity to emphasise the feeling you are aiming for, not least because your guests are likely to spend a lot of time admiring them while they eat or listen to speeches. Have fun with dramatic chandeliers, dazzling mirrors or lights.
Daring Details
One of the best opportunities to make a personal wedding statement is through your invitations. Wholesale Wedding Supplies offer a huge choice of craft items to add the perfect personal detail to your wedding invitations and create thank-you gifts for guests that they can cherish. For a personal flourish, ask an illustrator to create small caricatures of you both to use on wedding stationery and gift tags. You could even get a personalised cartoon made into a bespoke stamp to put a beautiful and unique touch onto invitations, favours, signs, and thank-yous!
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