I was amused to read a story about a couple who chose to say "I Boo" at their Halloween Wedding in Moundsville, West Virginia at the weekend. According to wtov9.com Alvin and Carol Stillwell exchanged their vows in full Halloween costumes and their friends and family followed the Halloween theme with their wedding attire too - there were plenty of ghosts, witches and goblins cheering the couple on!
A lot of couples, like the Stillwell's, choose to get married on Halloween because it is their favorite holiday. It is certainly one way of ensuring your wedding is remembered for years to come as it is a very unique and wacky theme.
For those of you with a fun-loving nature and a penchant for all things Halloween why not consider it as your wedding theme? Think of the abundance of Halloween decorations there are available for you to use for your wedding if you chose this theme. You could host the wedding reception in a spooky mansion or castle and decorate it with pumpkin carvings, jack-o-lanterns, candelabras, plastic spiders, skulls, bats and eerie lighting. A bubbling cauldron (using a dry ice machine) would be sure to add a spooky atmosphere to the wedding reception and you could tie in the catering to match your Halloween theme (click here to read one bride's catering choices for her wedding including a Jell-O brain mould!). You could carry the Halloween theme all the way through your wedding planning from the wedding invitations down to the cake and favors - what fun! A black wedding dress is a popular choice for Halloween brides and their wedding party and you could choose dramatic blood red roses for your bouquet. By using a Halloween theme for your wedding you would also giving your guests an opportunity to let their hair down and dress up in costumes rather than their Sunday best!
Take a look at Wednet.com for more Halloween decorating ideas.
Do bear in mind that Halloween weddings need not be tacky. If you need reassurance read the Knot's story of a couple who exchanged vows dressed in black at a gothic church in Manhattan and then celebrated their reception in a big, spooky dungeon.
Just think, you will never find a better excuse to host a Halloween party every year than it being your wedding anniversary! Use the comments section below to share your opinion - I would love to hear from you!
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I just got engaged November 25 2006 and have set a Halloween wedding date of October 31 2008. Both my fiance and I LOVE halloween but I just don't agree with the costume theme. I can always put on a halloween costume but this is my one chance to shine in a wedding gown and I want that to feel special. I hear so much about Halloween weddings where both guests and the wedding party dress in costume. Don't get me wrong it would make great anniversy parties in the years to come, but not at my wedding. We have picked a beautiful castle but it will be a traditonal wedding with lots of pumkin carvings & candles. Would love to hear any ideas for a normal Halloween wedding if anyone would like to share!
My fiance and I are getting married on Halloween 2008. We have been planning our wedding since we got engaged in August 2006. The feeling that we want to portray is "Eerily Romantic".
We both live in New York and we found a European mansion in Queens that was built in the late 1800's. So we decided to not only to have the party there but we will have the ceremony at the same place.
The party will be a costume party not just for the guests but the bridal party as well. I decided to wear a white dress and I thought that adding white wings would turn it into a beautiful angel's costume without being tacky. My bridesmaids will dress in black dresses that they will choose themselves (I am NOT a bridezilla, I want my girls to be comfortable), with metallic shoes and black angel wings.
The groom will dress in a black tux with a black shirt and a white tie. The groomsmen will wear the same but with red-orange ties. All the men are wearing realistic devil horns.
The flowers and other decorations are tasteful and beautiful: there will be jack o'lanterns and skulls but it will look classy not childish.
I could go on and on so if anyone wants more info just let me know.
My Husband and I got married on Halloween in 2003. Our reception party was a traditional costume party. Now every year for our anniversary we try to celebrate at "Halloween Themed" attractions for example we stayed on "The Queen Mary" and enjoyed all the attractions it had to offer for the festive date.
I am getting married on Halloween 10/31/08. I got my gown almost 2 years ago when we got engaged. It is all apple red with a pick up style skirt. I am having a regular wedding style cake but not with flowers....I am having little black bats on it. My invitaions are from a halloween collection they are orange and white with black bat accross the top, The rest is traditional I would say.