First off, a couple announcements of sorts: my sister-in-law Julie (you can find her blog on the right under JMZH) has agreed to be my Maid of Honor! Hooray! She has her work cut out for her as I'm not very good at this party planning stuff! Second, and this isn't so much an announcement as an update, had another discussion with the folks about the wedding. This one went better than the first one, but it's still shaky ground. Still no real discussion on budget. Oh well, getting closer!
Anyway, on to the real discussion for today: wedding theme! I have two main ideas for a "theme" for my wedding. The main point of these themes are to bring out as much of Kenny and me into the wedding as possible (but no costumes...this is still a wedding and we're not into cosplay). To that end, the first possible theme is Video Games. We play a LOT of games. We met in a game. And more than that, I'm HUGE into co-op games (for the laymen out there that means a two-player game where you play together rather than competing), and since whoever's playing with me (be it Kenny, my brother, my dad, or whoever) is usually better than me, I am ALWAYS the Player 2. I like that as the focus of this theme.
It starts with co-op games, though I would bridge off into classic gaming duos as well. I'm even looking into Bubble Bobble cake toppers (though they might fit with the next theme too) as this is one of my all time fav co-op games. I'm not 100% sure where the rest will fit in exactly, but I might do a different game for each table's centerpiece or something of that nature. I'm still researching ways to incorporate this stuff without it looking like a kid's birthday party. I'm also seriously considering having our wedding bands engraved on the inside to say Player 1 and Player 2.
The second theme idea is similar to the first in some ways. I've seen a lot about "nostalgia" themed weddings, but this is always used as some sort of code for "wedding set in the 30's-60s". How is that nostalgia? None of these people were alive in those eras. Nostalgia, for me, is the late 80's and early 90's: my childhood. And I'm not talking about turning our wedding into an episode of "I <3 the 80's" either. This isn't about popular culture in the 80's and 90's. This is about the things Kenny and I remember most from our childhood: toys, cartoons, movies, books, etc. (and even old video games) All hairdo's and clothes etc. would be contemporary. One of the things that inspires me in this theme is that Kenny is always saying that he wishes we'd known each other when we were kids. Well, here's our chance to throw that into our big day.
I've yet to get any feedback on either of these themes from others. Everyone nods their heads now, but eventually, when I'm actually trying to incorporate the themes, someone is likely to speak up. Anyway, leave a comment and let me know what you think! Prefer one over the other? Think there's a better idea? Hate them both? Have a suggestion on ways to incorporate the themes? Let me know!
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