If you want a beautiful theme for your backyard wedding, consider a vintage garden wedding. This theme is easy to pull off in a backyard no matter what the size and has a classic touch to it with the vintage aspects. If this sounds like a dream wedding to you, here are some easy ideas to help you pull this theme off.
Setting the Mood for a Vintage Garden Wedding
When it comes to setting the mood you want to make sure that the decorations and colors of the wedding are soft and more on the neutral side. You aren’t going to have bright pink for bridesmaid dresses but you may consider a light pink or peach color. Other colors that go well for this theme include off white, muted yellows, lighter shades of green and blue and light shades of purple like lilac.
Vintage garden weddings should also have an elegant and classic side to them. You may choose to go with more of a classic simple style or you can play it up on your special day and go with a princess feel. You want it to definitely be romantic though. 
Vintage Garden Wedding Ideas for Clothing
You don’t have to spend tons of money for your wedding to pull of this theme. In fact it may be easier than you think. For a wedding dress you can choose any style that matches what you like from a slimmer cut dress to a larger princess style dress. Just be sure that you take into consideration that you will be walking outside all day for your wedding. For a vintage feeling you may want to consider lace aspects for your dress but the whole dress doesn’t have to be all lace.
When it comes to the grooms and groomsmen attire, you can easily forego tuxedos and go for a nice suite in a light grey or tan color. If you want to go super casual you can even have the groomsmen just wear nice suit pants with a button up shirt and a tie.
For bridesmaids, short dresses or tea-length dresses work well for outdoor weddings. Again, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on bridesmaid dresses. In fact you can even shop at local department stores to save money on the bridal party dresses. They don’t have to match and you can even have your girls pick different style dresses in certain colors.
When it comes to jewelry, try incorporating bigger statement pieces to give a vintage feeling to the wedding. You can even check out websites like Etsy.com for unique pieces that have a vintage feel. If you want more a classic look for your jewelry, you can always stick with white or off white pearls for your wedding day.
Decoration Ideas for a Vintage Garden Wedding Theme
If you want to save money, there are plenty of crafty things you can do to decorate your backyard for this wedding theme. Try to incorporate the landscaping into your decorating to make the space look even nicer and to save money. For example, just pruning bushes and trees can make a difference in the way your wedding looks. Planting flowers in your color scheme around the backyard is also a very nice touch that won’t add a lot to your budget. You can hire someone to do this for you or you can save even more money and do it yourself. 
There are several different ways that you can take the decorations for a vintage garden wedding theme. You can go more with the garden theme and have decorations like birds, branches, wood items like baskets and feathers. You can also go more with a vintage route and incorporate gold or antique looking vases, chandeliers, and lanterns as well as decorate with pearls (can be fake), glass, and roses. Combine these two decoration styles and you have the perfect vintage garden wedding.
Be sure that you remember to include things like a nice white arch with greenery and lighter colored roses (peach, light pink, off white) as well as nice tent that is decorated with plenty of lights. Also, wedding favors should reflect the theme of the wedding and include things like seeds in a gold trinket box or a plant in a personalized pot or bag.
Planning a vintage garden wedding should be fun and should reflect your own style. These are just ideas to help you get started but don’t forget that your wedding should be unique to you and your groom.
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