February is cold, but it is also the start of the romantic season. Valentine’s Day reminds us to celebrate our love for each other. Many themes for a wedding in February are available.
Valentine’s Day (Special Sweetheart)
Having a wedding in the month of February means you must consider having a wedding with a Valentine’s Day theme. This would mean including hearts, pink and red. Using the Special Sweetheart theme is a great way to include Valentine’s Day theme for your wedding. Found out exactly what type of decorations and dress works best for a Valentine’s Day wedding by reading the overview of the Special Sweetheart wedding.
Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year begins on the first day of February and ends about midmonth. This holiday signifies the beginning of a first start. Often times this involves a through cleaning and fresh paint. Often times there is a big dinner celebrated by the family. This type of starting anew offers a great chance for a wedding theme. Often times red envelopes are giving to the unmarried juniors for good luck for all. Red would be a great color to include in a wedding. For decorations, many flowers symbolize many things for the New Year. Decorating with sunflowers would mean blessing the wedding with good luck for the New Year. The Prunus Mume flower has a beautiful pink color and is small enough to make a wonderful decoration. Paper lanterns could bring soft lighting for any reception.
Imbolc
Imbolc is a holiday used to celebrating the changing of the seasons from winter to spring. This is often associated with the Pagan culture and in the northern hemisphere on February 1st or 2nd. Using the winter to spring transition as inspiration means putting a bit of each season in your wedding theme. Include bits of winter like snow, frost, and ice when a hint spring such as a springtime animal or flower. Although it may be cold, the best setting for this wedding would be outside. Explore the Celtic traditions in clothing for an idea on as to what your dress should look like. Often times this means long and lengthy.
President’s Day/Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
If you and your loved one are history fans, use President’s Day as inspiration. You can both come dressed as presidents, and so can your guests. Decorate your ceremony like the white house inside a family’s house. You can adorn the walls with pictures of important president’s pictures. If you decide to use Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday as inspiration then you can decorate according to the times when he was president. Although there were not many conveniences in the 1860’s the simplest of life can offer ideas for a very simple and unique ceremony. Dancing to some of the classical music of the time will be the best soundtrack to this historical event of a wedding.
Leap Day (Leap into love)
Leap Day occurs on February 29, which only happens every four years. This day is unique and can make for a great idea for a wedding. Leaping is often associated with frogs so they can make for very fun and cute wedding decorations. Green would be the best color. Because of the saying, “kissing a lot of frogs before you find your prince” is associated with finding your true love this would not be unusual in a wedding and can be paired nicely with the fairy tale theme wedding. A long wedding dress that reminds you of the princess from the Princess and the Frog would be ideal. This wedding theme would work in any venue. Choose from these venues that you can find anywhere. If you are in a warmer climate for the month of February, it is possible to do this theme on the beach.
February may not have many ideas for wedding themes but there are quite a few. Valentine’s Day is about love and celebrating being together. However, many other themes will do just as well in February. The most important part about picking a wedding theme is that it works for both of you and you make it your own.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_new_Year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
