Kayla and Scott Photography by Kimberley Rae
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By Eric Elliott
Rise of the themed wedding Themed weddings are on the upswing, with couples trading in traditional tuxedos and conventional centrepieces for outfits and ideas highlighting their specific interests.
Whether you’re a Harry Potter fan or want to share your fascination with the movie Frozen, there are now plenty of options for couples to make their weddings unique, by adopting a theme and then tailoring every element of the big day to this vision. Some themes are subtle — say for instance a rustic look — but increasingly couples are going in for big and bold themes. Shrek weddings, Superman and Wonder Woman weddings, Star Wars weddings, Elvis weddings, you name it, it’s done. For Kayla and Scott MacBeath, marrying in Radium this summer meant celebrating their love with Disney in mind. After getting engaged under the fireworks at Walt Disney World in January 2016, the couple decided on a Disney-themed wedding that, with careful deliberation and preparation, became the wedding of their dreams. Kayla ordered most of the decorations online, allowing the couple to create Disney centrepieces, penny presses, Mickey Mouse-head boutonnieres and a cute caketopper
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of Mickey and Minnie Mouse kissing. “We just had so much fun and I think the Disney aspect gave it a little more of a casual feeling and made it less of a serious wedding, so we loved it.” said Kayla. “We would do it (a themed wedding) 10 times over.” They weren’t the only ones joining the themed weddings surge this summer. Sarah and Brent Kennedy celebrated their big day at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort with an adventure-themed wedding that highlighted their love of travel and Brent’s background in aviation and included decorations of books, maps and airplanes. “When you have a theme, you can start to narrow down the options and ideas,” said Sarah. “Once upon a time you just sat down and flipped through bridal magazines. Now there’s Pinterest and other social media. You go on Pinterest and start looking at wedding ideas, and there’s so much, it’s daunting and overwhelming. “Having a theme also made our wedding feel more like it was about us, rather than just ‘here’s some wedding ideas we saw online’,” she said. For Sarah and Brent, Kayla and Scott, and the many other couples leaping aboard this trend, themed wedding are the perfect way to inject some personal flavour into their marriage celebration.
Columbia Valley Weddings 2018