65 Unique Wedding Ideas to Elevate Your Day
From wedding newspapers and table arches, to unique venues and world-wide traditions, these wedding ideas are guaranteed to make yours a day to remember
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When planning a wedding, thinking up fun wedding ideas to make your day feel even more unique can be challenging. With so many wedding suggestions and ideas to choose from, how can you possibly know where to start? The key is to consider what kind of wedding theme you want, what your priorities are, and what you can do within your budget.
Whether it's May wedding ideas you're after, or something for a festive celebration, there's one thing that almost all wedding planning couples have in common - they want their wedding day to be different and unique. But it's important to remember that some of the best ideas for wedding celebrations are actually the tried and tested classics.
Wedding Ideas: 65 Wedding Suggestions Your Guests Will Love
For us, planning a stellar wedding celebration is all about pairing the classic wedding suggestions that everyone knows and loves, and combining them with unique wedding ideas no one else would have thought of. Having a bit of both will guarantee a wedding to remember, but most importantly, a wedding that represents you as a couple!
So, whether you want to focus on the fashion, the stationery, the cake or even the entertainment on your big day, we’ve got creative and fun wedding ideas to inspire every type of couple.
Now, ideas for weddings come along in their thousands, but one common denominator that we hear a lot about is personalisation. Adding personalised touches to your day that are unique to you and your partner can really set your wedding apart from the rest. Now, without further ado, here are 65 of our favourite wedding suggestions that are guaranteed to elevate your big day.
- Wedding Decoration Ideas
- Wedding Flower Ideas
- Wedding Stationery Ideas
- Wedding Favour Ideas
- Wedding Cake Ideas
- Wedding Food and Drink Ideas
- Wedding Fashion Ideas
- Wedding Entertainment Ideas
- Personalised Wedding Ideas
- Free Wedding Ideas
Wedding Decoration Ideas
Lots of these suggestions can be done on a wide range of budgets, depending on how much you want to spend. From do it yourself wedding decoration ideas to simple ways to getting creative with the venue, there are so many ways to make your big day more personal to you.
1. Opt For Serpentine Tables
Don't get stuck in a rut when it comes to how you layout your tables. We are loving this snake-like seating arrangement by Dale Alexander Events. It fills up the space and makes it easier for your guests to interact with each other, plus it looks stunning in photos!
2. Add Balloons to Your Decor
Incorporating balloons into your wedding decor is a great way to bring a sense of child-like joy and playfulness to your special day. Whether you decorate the wedding breakfast with helium balloons like this example at Great Fosters, or you opt for a balloon arch at your ceremony there are endless options.
We love balloon wedding ideas and there are so many ways they can elevate your space.
3. Embrace Draped Fabric
Draped fabric can turn the simplest of wedding venues, table displays or window sills into the chicest feature. You can match it them to your colour scheme, and it's also a great way to add a pop of colour without having to pay out for loads of flowers or decorations.
Though draping can work for a number of themes, they really do suit boho and festival style weddings. They really help to add texture to your space and add a sense of wonder like these stunning white drapes at Kimberley Hall.
4. Arrange Al-Fresco Drinks
If weather permits, having your cocktail hour outdoors is a lovely wedding idea, specifically for spring and summer weddings. Not only does it look pretty, but it also breaks up the day and gives everyone a bit of fresh air and more space to mingle and get to know one another. We love the set up here at Edenwood Place - just look at how beautiful that view is!
Some autumn and winter wedding venues will have the facilities to have outdoor drinks in a covered area, so you can get the fire pits going and still enjoy the beauty of the outdoors whilst being sheltered from any bad weather.
5. Include Neon Signs
Wedding signs, like this one at the River Mill, are a brilliant way to decorate your wedding venue and they look amazing in pictures. You can get wedding signs in so many different styles these days, but neon wedding signs have to be our favourites.
They add such a cool, modern flare to any style of celebration and work so well when contrasted against a rustic farm wedding venue or barn-type space.
6. Mix Modern & Classic
When it comes to wedding and table décor, mixing modern and classic styles can really work well. Here, The Rockery have combined cool, shiny disco balls with soft, lilac chiffon to create this tablescape, and the result is to-die-for.
7. Have Embroidered Napkins
One genius way to personalise your wedding is to add embroidered words or phrases to your napkins, just like these "Je T'aime" designs styled by M. Fiore Events.
You could embroider your names, the wedding date, the location or even each guests name onto the napkins, and doing so could make them double up as a keepsake and wedding favour for everyone.
8. Create a Bespoke Chill-Out Zone
Every wedding should have a chill-out zone, where guests can relax and chat when they want a break from dancing. Use cushions and blankets from your home to create a comfortable, unique indoor or outdoor seating area just like this one at Happy Valley.
If you need to source your own homewares, you can get some bargains online with brands such as Dunelm, H&M Home and Wayfair.
9. Choose a Pretty Backdrop
Getting married against a floral arch or beautifully decorated room is one thing, but getting married in front of a mountainous view, a serene lake or, in this case, a live waterfall really creates a stunning backdrop for your ceremony, one that your guests will never forget.
At Newton Hall, you get a waterfall - who can compete with that?
10. Decorate Your Aisle
The best way to add drama and style to your wedding ceremony is by including as much wedding aisle decoration as possible. This couple choose to stick to a wild meadow flower theme designed by Emily & Me, and it works so well. But you could opt for anything - balloons, disco balls, florals, foliage - the only limit is your imagination.
- Deals: enjoy a complimentary design and mood board service with this vendor so your can perfect your aislescape!
11. Rearrange the Ceremony Layout
There's no reason why your wedding ceremony needs to be set up with straight rows of chairs with an aisle in the middle. If that's not you, change it up. We love this set-up at Torre Del Parco in Puglia where the guests are facing the aisle. Everyone gets a brilliant view and there's something about the layout that makes it feel really intimate and romantic.
12. Have a Dramatic Aisle Entrance
When it comes to wedding ceremony décor, most couples concentrate on the aisle itself. While that's important, we also suggest emphasising the entrance. It'll make both you and the guests feel special while taking to the aisle and it will look so good in pictures.
One of our favourite ideas for an aisle entrance is to have, well, an actual entrance - a door you open, a curtain you part, or, in this case, a dramatic floral staircase for you to walk down. It's a bit of wedding theatre guests are unlikely to have seen before. We love this one by Caribou Events with it's striking monochromatic palette.
13. Have Coloured Glassware
One way to really highlight your wedding colour scheme is to have glassware that matches. Instead of doing the usual clear water glasses, opt for a colourful hue and match all of the tableware to it as well if you want to go that extra mile.
We love this coordinating candle and water glass ensemble put together by Ambience Venue Styling.
14. Decorate Your Chairs
Whether your wedding is indoors or outdoors, decorating your chairs is an easy (if time-consuming at larger celebrations!) way to make your look unique. Ribbons are a chic option, but look at other chair decoration ideas too, such as hessian wraps and foliage. We love these ones decorated with foliage at an outdoor wedding at Selden Barns.
Wedding Flower Ideas
Wedding flowers can be a significant yet worthwhile investment, so it’s sensible to make the most of what you can do with them. Whether that’s asking your florist to workshop your colour palette into your bouquet to getting artistic with the decor, we have plenty of ideas to inspire you.
15. Have an Ombre Bouquet
There are a few wedding suggestions for making your bouquet stand out, but styling it in an ombre fashion has to be our favourite. If you do it with the right colours, ombre wedding bouquets can be absolutely breath-taking. We are obsessed with this Autumnal arrangement by So Blooming Beautiful Designs, but the same could be done with any colours, really.
16. Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers
Imagine how lovely it would be to tell guests that you grew (at least some) of the flowers in your wedding arrangements. You'll need some gardening know-how, of course. If space is limited, consider just growing the flowers for your bouquet and buttonholes. Do have a back-up plan, just in case any don't bloom...
If growing your own feels like a bit much, florists such as Blooming Green offer a 'pick your own' service where you can visit them and pick your own wedding flowers from their home-grown stock.
17. Opt for Extravagant Floral Instalments
Flowers aren't just for wedding bouquets and buttonholes. If you want something that will really stand out at your wedding, ask your wedding florist if they can create a large hanging flower instalment or flower table. It makes for such a gorgeous centrepiece for the room, like this one by Pesh Flowers, and really adds to the overall glamour of the event. Not to mention, nothing smells as beautiful as fresh flowers.
18. Build Arches Over Your Tables
We've all heard of wedding arches at the end of the aisle, but what about having floral arches over your table? Dale Alexander is a wedding planner with many talents, and it seems creating autumnal arches across wedding breakfast tables is one of them!
Wedding Stationery Ideas
Wedding stationery can set the tone of the entire wedding, as it’s often the first part of your wedding day that guests will see. So in order to get it right, it’s worth spending some time thinking about their style and tone.
19. Have Bespoke Wedding Invitations
If it's within your budget then we recommend working with a professional designer to create your illustrated invites, like these stunning ones from Otto & Nibs.
20. Make Your Invitations 3D
Give your guests something to talk about by having a 3D element to your wedding invitations. This save the date set, by Say It With Print, incorporates a wax seal with stunning dried flowers. If your day is set to be full of surprises, an invitation set like this is perfect to set the tone for your guests. Such a cute wedding idea!
- Deals: Hitched Couples can benefit from an exclusive 5% discount.
21. Get Co-ordinated
Your wedding invites are the first glimpse your guests get into the look and feel of your special day so consider tying them in with the rest of your theming. Enlist the help of stationery experts like, Offset Union, to create a matching stationery package that includes invites, menus, and place names.
Wedding Favour Ideas
Some of these cool wedding ideas do require a little more budget, but lots of them can be made from home.
Whether you’re after an impressive memento to send home with your guests, or just some do it yourself wedding favour ideas to elevate your day, we’ve got you covered.
22. Have a Wedding Newspaper
One of our favourite wedding ideas for UK weddings is to have your very own wedding newspaper. You can have a newspaper as your invite, order of service, menu or just a general good read. Include things like your engagement story, pictures from your relationship, details on how you planned the day and a bio on all the key players in the wedding party.
Suppliers like Newspaper Club are experts in creating these and their designs speak for themselves.
- Pricing: From £16
23. Hangover Recovery Kits
Guests will definitely appreciate these a hangover recovery kit the morning after the wedding! As well as a sweet memento of the day, they’ll actually get your guests feeling refreshed and energised after a night of celebrating.
There are some great do it yourself hangover recovery kits out there. Equally, Etsy stock some brilliant hangover recovery kits that you can buy in mass for every wedding guest to take home.
24. Scratch Cards
Now, there are two ways you can do this one. The first is actually gift people one real scratch card on each place setting. It’s an easy and relatively cheap thrill for all of the guests, and who knows - someone might go home a lot richer!
The other way requires a little more budget, but is extra cute. These scratch cards from Etsy can be customised to read the couple’s name and the date of their wedding, and underneath each scratch-away foil is the chance to win a cocktail at the bar. Cheers to that!
Wedding Cake Ideas
Don’t fancy a traditional wedding cake? No problem! Nowadays, there are plenty of new and tasty twists out there to shake up this tradition.
25. Have a Cake Display
If your wedding cake is the highlight of your day (who doesn't look forward to the wedding cake!?), consider giving it its very own table and display like this couple have done here. Not only does it draw attention to the cake itself, but it's also a great photo opportunity for both you and your guests.
Wedding cake hoops are a great way to jazz up your cake display.
26. Cheesy Wedding Cakes
If neither you nor your partner has much of a sweet tooth, then why worry about a wedding cake when cheese wedding cakes exist?
These delicious concoctions consist of different wheels of cheese, the smallest on top and the largest on the bottom topped with figs, chutneys and some grapes. This one from The Surrey Pantry is right up our street.
27. A Doughnut Wall
If you don’t want the hassle or fuss of slicing a wedding cake, or you simply love Krispy Kreme, swap your wedding cake for a doughnut wall! Not only are they just as delicious, but they’re easy and convenient as guests can take one from the wall without making a mess, or waiting for the caterers to cut the cake.
Also, they double as a brilliant decoration for your wedding, especially if you match the icing to your colour palette. We love this set up, shot by Scott Kendall Photography.
Wedding Food and Drink ideas
Your wedding menu is a key part of your big day, as it’s what most of the guests will really be looking forward to (after watching the two of you tie the knot, of course!). So take a look at our suggestions for unique ways to upgrade your wedding day food and drink.
28. Have Sharing Boards as Evening Food
You'll struggle to find a wedding guest that doesn't love a sharing board, and they have had quite the glow-up in recent years with vegan, vegetarian, meat options widely available. Giving guests food to graze on during the reception not only suits them, so they can pick on bits throughout the night, but it also gives your venue staff less to serve and provides more flexibility for the day itself.
And not to mention, they look really pretty in pictures, too. Inspired? Check out our roundup of the best grazing tables for weddings and receptions.
Ideal for an intimate wedding, we love this one pictured above from Norsted Manor Farm.
29. Design a Unique Menu
Make your wedding menu special by ensuring it's all about you. This could be as simple as serving your favourite dishes, but you could also make it meaningful by asking your wedding caterer for elevated versions of your childhood favourites, for examples, or see if they can create food you loved on holiday together, or the cuisine of the country where you'll have your honeymoon.
For extra personalisation, put menus on the tables with an explanation of why you chose each dish. Mike and Ollie, a catering company based in Cheshire, is a master of food storytelling for wedding celebrations.
30. Have a Champagne Tower
Or an Aperol tower, or a beer tower, or a drinks tower including whatever your favourite tipple is. Just have a tower, okay?
If it is champagne you want, however, we have a complete guide to the best champagne towers to help you out. And if you like the look of this one, then wedding planner Rebecca Brennan Brown can certainly make your vision come to life.
31. Provide Snacks
Wedding food and puddings needn't be formal if you don't want them to be. Why not set up a snack station that your guests can graze on throughout the evening like this one at Teasses Estate? We guarantee it'll go down well.
Wedding Fashion Ideas
While we all love a classic white wedding dress, the fashion doesn’t need to shop there. Why not explore a different colour for your big day, or coordinate your look with your bridal party? We’ve got lots of fashionable wedding ideas for your big day.
32. Wear a Blue Wedding Dress
At Bridal Fashion Week in Barcelona we saw pale blue wedding dresses all over the catwalks and we are obsessed!
You could even wear a traditional white gown for your ceremony and change into a pale blue dress later on in the evening if you still want a hint of tradition.
This one by Isabell Kristensen has our heart.
- Deals: Hitched couples can enjoy a 10% discount with this vendor!
33. Wear a Floral Dress
If you love the romantic vibe that flowers bring, why not add that into your wedding dress and wear something floral? We love this as a May wedding idea, as it's a month synonymous with some of the most beautiful in-season flowers. Browse our May wedding flowers article here to see which blooms you could use as inspiration.
Floral wedding dresses also look wonderful when photographed, and these pictures from Indigo Images are a perfect example.
34. Match Your Outfits
We love nothing more than when a couple choose to match their outfits - it looks so cool. Most couples tie something in, like the bouquet matching the accessories, but when a couple decide to really coordinate their looks, it makes for the most gorgeous pictures, like the ones snapped here by Karolina Photography.
35. Go Big With Your Veil
Wedding veils are back and they don't need to be long to make an impact. This short one that we spotted at Badgley Mischka, during Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week makes a real statement - plus we love the bow detailing.
36. Make Your Shoes Your Something Blue
Wearing something blue on your wedding day is a tradition from the Victorian era that many still like to incorporate into their special day. These stunning heels from Aquazzura have a baby blue sole which we're utterly obsessed with.
37. Have a Suit Custom Made
For a totally unique look, you could have a bespoke suit made to your exact specifications. If that's outside your budget, look into custom services, that allow you to choose certain elements such as the lining colour. You could also look into getting just one aspect of your suit made bespoke, such as the jacket, and then buy ready-made trousers that match.
But if your wedding budget does permit - there's no better time to go all-out and get something completely tailored to you than your wedding day. This particular wedding pictured above took place at Marleybrook House, and is ideal for couples looking for suit-spiration.
38. Wear Traditional Garments
One of our favourite wedding suggestions of all is embracing traditional attire and garments from yours or your partner's heritage and making sure they are a part of the ceremony. Whether it's a traditional Scottish kilt, a Ghanaian kente gown or a Lehenga, embracing parts of your heritage and identity is the perfect way to ensure your wedding is personal to you.
Be inspired by this gorgeous wedding, planned by Just About Weddings.
39. Mix & Match Bridesmaid Dresses
We love the fact that bridesmaids are now getting more freedom and couples are being more creative with what they put their crew in. And trust us, mix and match dresses are a wedding idea that they will love just as much as you! This bride choose shades of green for her crew, and they look gorgeous as the smile for photos on the lawn at Hamswell House, in Bath.
Wedding Entertainment Ideas
A really easy way to liven up your wedding with some unique twists is to consider your wedding entertainment. From furry friends to live performances, we’ve got so many wedding suggestions to inspire fun-loving couples.
40. The More Animals The Merrier
You could stop at just dogs, or you could take it even further and open up your wedding to even more animals. Fun fact, there are actually a number of llama-friendly wedding venues in the UK, Carrick Castle Estate being one of them. Just imagine how cute the pictures would be...
41. Perform for Your Guests
As well as hiring an epic wedding band or DJ, you could also become part of your own wedding entertainment by getting on stage and singing yourself. You could do this as a couple and plan a performance for the entire wedding party, or one of you could surprise the other with a performance.
Perhaps you want to get all the bridesmaids together to learn some backing vocals so you can sing a song to your new partner. And if you want to take things one step further, you could even write a song yourself! If you want to sing along to live music, or need someone to take over when you want to hit the dancefloor, 24 Live Acoustic can give you a helping hand.
42. Organise Cool Transport
It's easy to overlook, but your wedding transport can be a fun way to show off your personalities and tastes. Think about how you're both going to arrive at the ceremony and how you'll leave as a married couple. Classic car? Quirky VW? How about a specially tricked-out tuk tuk or this beauty by Lucky Penny Weddings.
There are so many fun options - you can even hire movie-inspired cars like the Back to the Future DeLorean! Check out our wedding cars directory for ideas. Don't have room in the budget for fancy transport? See if a friend or relative has a set of cool wheels they'll lend you.
43. Get Creative
Hiring an on-the-day wedding painter gives you something so unique to keep as a memento of your day, but Make Your Mark Events, takes it a step further by getting everyone involved! You'll be able to hang your new artwork in your home knowing that each brush stroke was painted by your nearest and dearest.
What a memento!
44. Create a Unique Playlist
Ask guests to send in song requests with their RSVPs and ask your DJ to include these in the reception playlist. It's guaranteed to keep the party going all night long - or at least until the venue's noise licence runs to. For dynamic photos of your reception, like this one, we love Joseph Allen Keys Photography!
45. Make it a Weekend Wedding
Need some wedding ideas on how to make the day last longer? Well, we can't make 24 hours stretch any further, but we can tell you where you can find the best weekend wedding venues. Imagine that - instead of just one day of celebrating, you could have two, three or more! We're talking day-before cocktail hour and morning-after brunch - your guests will love it, too.
This one pictured above is Brinkburn, i's ideal for couples who want to capture the woodland festival vibe for their big day.
Personalised Wedding Ideas
At the end of the day, most of us just want our wedding day to feel like us. So to help you make sure that every element of your wedding reflects you and your partner, here are some simple yet sweet ways to personalise your big day.
46. Write Personalised Notes to Your Guests
Sommy Echezona from M.Fiore Events explains how one of her couples added a super sweet touch to their day, "I love how more and more couples want to personalised their weddings to make them extra special for their guests as well as themselves.
"One of my wedding couples have decided to add personalised notes to the place setting for each guests, thanking them for coming and a small note about their time together. It will be such a nice read for each guest as they take their seat and to reminisce on old memories."
47. Choose a Meaningful Location
Where you get married really sets the tone of your entire wedding, so we love the idea of choosing a location that is really meaningful to you and your partner. If you want a truly unique wedding, consider a destination wedding or unique location.
If you are getting married abroad, you'll want a talented photographer to capture all the magical moments. We love Ross Hurley Photography!
48. Choose Cool Table Names
One of the cheapest ideas for weddings is also one of the easiest to carry out - having unique and personal table names. How sweet will it be if your guests turn up and see that each table has been named after a date location, a country you've visited, your favourite TV shows or, in this case, your favourite cocktails?
It costs next to nothing and is such a cute wedding idea. If you're inspired, we have some amazing wedding table name ideas to get your imaginations going.
Here, Miai Events have themed their tables on Camparis and Aperols!
49. Personalise Your Drinks & Cocktails
Rather than just the usual house white and red, why not choose wedding cocktails and drinks that are meaningful to you. That could be anything from serving the wine you had on your first date or the champagne you opened when you got engaged, to choosing your favourite cocktails for the reception.
For something truly unique, ask your venue if their bartenders can create a special wedding cocktail for you like this signature drinks menu at Hampton Court Castle - you could even change the names to reflect your names or something else that's personal.
50. Wear Embroidered Garments
Want to make your wedding look completely unique? Choose a personalised wedding veil, or embroidered wedding gloves to add a really special touch.
51. Choose an Unique Wedding Venue
While we love a classic country house or rustic barn, there's no denying that it can be fun to give guests a wedding experience they won't have had before by choosing a unique venue. You'd be surprised at the spaces that host weddings, from vineyards and caves to theatres and cinemas. You can browse our favourite unique and unusual wedding venues here.
These photographs from Indigo Images are a perfect example of how well a unique venue can transform the atmosphere of your big day.
52. Include Traditional Elements
As well as your clothing, there are parts of your wedding day itself that can include a number of traditional elements and wedding traditions from around the world. Whether that be religious elements, traditions from your background or heritage, or just family traditions that are close to your heart - all of them can be embraced on your wedding day. It's your day, after all.
For couples with a specific theme, tradition or style in mind, Nya Rue Events is an ideal wedding planner to use.
53. Personalise Your Ceremony
Whether it's having a hand-tying ceremony, hiring a celebrant or doing things completely your way, personalising your wedding ceremony is the perfect wedding idea for couples who want to plan something different.
If you know you want a personalised, unique wedding ceremony, but aren't sure where to start with ideas then try using a wedding planning. BusyBrides Wedding Planners specialise in tailoring your special day to include cultural traditions.
54. Choose Personalised Readings
There are some wedding readings that come up time and again (Captain Corelli's Mandolin, we're looking at you). While there's nothing wrong with choosing something popular, to make your ceremony unique, try to find some suitable words your guests won't have heard before.
Cast your mind back to favourite books or poems from childhood, or think about any books you've read recently that really resonated with you. Songs, films and TV programmes can also be sources of inspiration!
For natural wedding photographs that capture raw moments of your big day like the one pictured above, check out Simon K Lewis Photography.
55. Exit in Style
When it comes to leaving your wedding, whether that's to go to your honeymoon suite or jet off on your actual honeymoon, ensure you leave the party in style.
Occasion Queens Wedding Coordinator is an expert wedding coordination team with a host of professionals that can organise jaw-dropping travel arrangements to elevate your big day.
Free Wedding Ideas
All of these fun wedding ideas can elevate your big day for little or no money. Cheap wedding ideas certainly don’t have to look cheap, and you’ll be surprised how far your money can stretch with a little creativity!
Do it yourself wedding ideas can be economical but also a lot of fun, so call in a favour from your bridesmaids or best men to lend a hand.
56. Embrace the Seasons
Instead of fighting against the seasons, why not embrace them? We love the way Pesh Flowers incorporated Autumnal colours into this bride's bouquet. Or perhaps for a Christmas themed wedding, you could use personalised crackers, each filled with the guest’s favourite tipple, as your wedding favors.
57. Have Pictures at Dusk
Anyone who's anyone will know the absolute magic that 'sunset hour' does to the lighting in your pictures - so we can't think of any better time to have your couples photoshoot than at dusk when the sun is about to start descending.
The romantic shadows, golden hue and fading blue sky will make the perfect backdrop for what's arguably the most important photoshoot you'll ever have as a couple.
Some autumn and winter wedding venues will have the facilities to have outdoor drinks in a covered area, so you can get the fire pits going and still enjoy the beauty of the outdoors whilst being sheltered from any bad weather. We love the way Kimberley Hall looks at dusk.
58. Arrange a Mini Date
One of the biggest wedding regrets most couples have is the fact that they didn't get to spend any quality time together, because the day just went by so fast. If that's a fear of yours, why not add in a super short slot of just 20 minutes or half an hour for you and your partner to have a little date?
It could between the evening meal and party, or you could double it up as your photography time, asking your wedding photographer to just take natural shots of you both and be a fly on the wall as you take some time to just breathe and let it all sink in.
We'd especially recommend this if you're getting married in a venue like Wyresdale where you have the most gorgeous setting to sneak off too.
59. Invite Your Pets
Why have just humans on the guestlist when you could invite your pets, too? We love the idea of having dogs at a wedding, and (as long as your venue allows it!), we think it's something all dog-owners should embrace!
This furry scene pictured at The River Mill is so cute, and you could recreate it yourself by checking out the venue.
60. Have a Theme
Having a wedding colour scheme is pretty common, but not all couples have a wedding theme. Now, you could go all-out and have a Harry Potter themed wedding, or a superhero wedding cake - but if you're after something chic and a little more subtle, there are so many options.
We absolutely adore this 70s disco theme created by Miai Events - the groovy shape of the menu card and font for the wedding place names is both modern and giving us 70s vibes, and we love the disco balls - such a stylish nod to the theme.
61. Have a Unique Guest Book
An alternative wedding guest book doesn't have to involve a major DIY project - just get guests to sign an object other than a guest book, ideally that reflects your interests as a couple.
62. Be Creative With the Speech Order
The traditional order of speeches at a wedding has the speeches at the end of the wedding breakfast - but that simply may not suit your unique wedding. Work out when you'd prefer to have them (if you even want speeches at all). Ideas include during the drinks reception, at the start of the wedding breakfast or after each course.
Remember, having the wedding speeches early means any nervous speakers can get them out of the way and enjoy their food.
63. Embrace Natural Decor
If you're planning on getting married outside in summer or early spring, take a look at what natural surroundings you can use to your advantage. We love the simplicity of fairy lights against these gorgeous trees to use them as outdoor décor for this intimate wedding breakfast.
Lavinia Stewart-Brown Events is the master of creating a warm, intimate atmosphere on your big day.
- Deals: Couples who book through Hitched can enjoy a 5% discount!
64. Switch Up Your Seating
Traditionally, you'll have your family and friends separated onto the respective sides for your ceremony but that rule isn't set in stone. We love this idea we saw at Bert's Barrow, a wedding venue in Leeds, which you could easily recreate yourself!
65. Write a Couple's Quiz
Want to know which wedding table knows you best? A fun ice-breaker and activity for each wedding table to do together is to answer some questions about the newlyweds. Where did they meet? Who asked who out? Where did the couple go on their first holiday? Ask each table to submit their answers after the last toast, and award the table with the most correct answers with a round of drinks.
And if you think the wedding above looks like fun, you'd be right. To capture the same natural, upbeat pictures on your wedding day, check out Paul Tanner Wedding Photography.
Unique Wedding Idea FAQs
Got questions about making your wedding as unique as you are? We have the answers...
Can you have a unique wedding on a budget?
Yes! In fact unique weddings actually lend themselves to being budget-friendly as there's loads of unique wedding ideas that are free that will add a personalised touch.
What are some inexpensive ways to entertain guests at a wedding?
When it comes to wedding entertainment, it doesn't have to break the bank. There are plenty of ways to keep your guests entertained long into the night. For the reception you could do an open mic to allow your guests to show off their talents or create a playlist that everyone can add to.
In terms of activities, why not create a wedding quiz that incorporates questions about the newlyweds or set up a phone camera with props to create a DIY photobooth.
If more wedding ideas are what you're after, you need to browse our wedding supplier section - these professionals know what they're talking about and have so many unique ideas to share.
