Halloween Themed Reception

[amanda97]

Hi everyone!!!!!

I need some ideas. My finance and I are planning to get married on Halloween this year. Since Halloween is on Wednesday this year we are trying to decide if we want to get married on Wednesday with our immediate families and then on Friday or Saturday evening following having our reception. This reception of course would be a big Halloween party, complete with our guests dressing up. I was thinking about a gothic/ghoulish theme. I just wanted some feedback to see what other people would think about this idea. If anyone has any ideas on anything about a halloween reception, please let me know!!!!
Thanks!!!!:D

[samantha01]

I personally love the idea. I had even thought about that at one point with my own wedding. I decided on a "fall themed" wedding because I'm sure no one would participate in the dress up part.
I wouldn't take it too goth or anything but I think you could make a very cool wedding with a Halloween theme.

[lize566]

I think it could be very cool. A bride on here got married last year around halloween-I would def. check out her journal for ideas she had some great ideas! Her screen name was HalloweenBride06, do a search for posts by her if you can't find her journal :).

[Goin2thechapel]

Her journal is still around and she had a wonderful halloween wedding! You're sure to find some great ideas in her journal!

PS..Welcome to ONEWED!!! It's great to have you here!

[lize566]

PS..Welcome to ONEWED!!! It's great to have you here!

Oh how rude of me! I didn't even notice this was your first thread-welcome to the boards!

[neebelung]

Oh how fun!!!! I think it'd be a blast!!!!

I think there might even be a way of combining the Halloween/dress up idea with the Goth idea, without scaring off (pun intended) family members and friends who don't fully embrace the Goth stylings: How about getting very specific with the theme, and going with classic (OLD) horror flick-themed costumes and decor, like Frankenstein (and Bride of Frankenstein, of course), Dracula, etc.... you could do lots of black, and crushed velvet, and elaborate candelabras... (think darkly romantic rather than gory or scary).

You could even decorate the reception hall with framed movie posters from those old movies... and other shows/characters (like the Addams Family, Munsters, and Dark Shadows) would tie in well, too!

[nic1124]

LOVE the Halloween idea. Laurens Halloween wedding was so cool. It's a great idea :grinhappy:

[thatgirljenn]

That's awesome! I looked for some pics for ideas for you and here's what I came up with.

http://manolobrides.com/images/gothcouple.jpg
http://www.utahcakes.com/files/c80.jpg
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:5bWZ7Q_IqDbYpM:http://budgetdreamweddings.com/weddingplanning/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/pumpkinfriends19.jpg Sorry the pic is small but I think these would make awesome centerpieces!

http://pics.hoobly.com/full/2OJUVCE23OPQ5USPRN.jpg

[FutureMrs.Davis]

I was in this costume store a couple years back looking for costumes for my boys, when I heard this couple talking about their wedding. They were going with a halloween themed wedding as well and were also going to ask their guests to dress up for the wedding and reception. The best part about their plan, I think, was having him dress up in an orange jumpsuit (prison wear) with ball and chain, and her dress up as a police officer. They were also saying that they were going to have all the groomsmen in white and black striped suits along with all the bridesmaids in police officer outfits. It seemed like a really cool idea. Halloween is my favorite holiday of all time but my FH wouldn't allow us to be married on that day. So enjoy it and welcome to OneWed!

[thatgirljenn]

http://www.weddingannouncer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=155590#post155590

[woohoo2me]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:vZ213erIvDBduM:http://www.customcakesbyana.com/halloween_cake.jpg (http://www.customcakesbyana.com/halloween_cake.jpg)
http://www.askginka.com/themes/halloweentheme.htm
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:QpJ3V2jz_nWgQM:http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/PM_weddingcake.jpg (http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/PM_weddingcake.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index506.html&h=377&w=400&sz=22&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=QpJ3V2jz_nWgQM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhalloween%2Bthemed%2Bwedding%26gbv%3D 2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX)

http://www.gothicweddings.com/vampiresfly.html

[amanda97]

Thanks for the ideas!!!!! I will check out the websites. I love the pics. I will also try to find HalloweenBride06. Thanks again!!!!

[ABERCROMBIEANDSCHULTZ]

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