The Party Thai

  We had decided to let me decide what theme our wedding would be. According to my fiance, it’s a woman thing, and he’d be happy with whatever I decide. He suggested we elope, but I wanted to have a big wedding with all of our friends and family around. This is an important day in a womans life and I wanted it to be everything I’ve always dreamed of, so I wanted to know all my options on themed weddings. I went online and checked out a bunch of them before I made my decision.

   I took a look at the fantastic winter wonderland wedding, but even though it sounds gorgeous, we are getting married in August, so that would just seem out of place. I know that you can still have a winter themed wedding in the summer, but, I just didn’t feel right about that one. So, I went on and checked out a garden wedding theme. There really are a lot of options when it comes to an outside wedding and reception. You’ve got the gorgeous park or garden atmosphere and there are a lot of lovely ideas for decorations, cake toppers, centerpieces and even the perfect wedding cake knife. There was also the beach wedding and reception idea, which I liked very much. I pictured us on the warm sand under a beautiful canopy with possibly tiki torches lit up everywhere. I know all of our guests would have a great time on the beach. There were also quite a few accessories to choose from to make a beautiful oceanside wedding. Everything from cake toppers to the wedding knife. Really gorgeous accessories and supplies. So the beach wedding was a definite yes.

   That is until I spotted the country western wedding and reception idea. As soon as I started checking out all there was for them, I knew this was the one for us. We both were born and raised in Texas and this is the ultimate of wedding ceremonies for us. My brother and sister in law have a ranch just outside of town and they agreed that we could have our reception there. In fact they are both as excited about it as I am. When I told my fiance about the idea, he liked the plan. My brother and his wife are helping us to plan the perfect reception. They even suggested a big cookout, and possibly a good old fashioned barn dance.

   We got married in the little country church down the road and everyone left the ceremony in horse drawn buggies over to the reception. The reception tables looked so nice with these adorable little buckets full of flowers and little cowboy boot mugs. The cookout was great with everything under the sun to eat. Salads of all kinds and plenty of ribs, steaks, and chicken. As far as décor, I got so much by going online shopping. They have everything imaginable for a western motif. I got a terrific western cake topper, western garland for decoration, little cowboy hats for the tables that I used as place card holders and even a gorgeous country western wedding knife set. I even got bride and groom cowboy hats for us to wear at the reception.

   When we left for our honeymoon there was still a lot of dancing and partying going on and everyone seemed to be having a fantastic time. Our honeymoon wasn’t anything fancy, we had a cabin by the lake to spend our time alone in the beautiful countryside. I’m so glad I chose this theme for our wedding and reception. It turned out to be one of the most fantastic days of our lives.