41 Wedding Ideas For 2010After many years of hosting weddings here in the claregalway Hotel we have put our heads together and come up with the best ideas for 2010? So if you are like us, always looking for new wedding trends as well as unique concepts and ideas to turn your big day into something that is out of the box. This list of 40 marvellous wedding ideas for 2010 would help you achieve that.

1. Wear a red wedding gown. Colour wedding gowns have become the latest trend in wedding fashion. It is bold, daring, and the perfect way to make a statement.
2. Have an intimate wedding affair. Invite only close family and friends. Nowadays, big extravagant weddings over 200 guests are not anymore expected or seen as practical.
3. If you don’t like the veil and wear another kind of headpiece. Opt for a wide brimmed hat, a floral headwear, or a princess tiara.
4. Hold a fun lottery game during the reception.
5. Give disposable cameras to family and friends so they can capture priceless candid moments during the event.6. Sing while walking down the aisle. Who said that only the wedding singer could sing during this event?7. Do something new with the wedding traditions. Instead of tossing the bouquet, why not have a “pass the bouquet” game for more fun and excitement?
8.  Serve vegetarian dishes during the reception. Vegetarian dishes need not be exotic vegetable dishes that guests would not enjoy. You can serve delectable carrot cakes, stir-fried vegetables, green salad, artichokes, pasta with marinara sauce, and so many more.
9.   Wow the guests by having a unique entrance by riding a helicopter .
10. Hold the wedding at night. The night provides a romantic ambience for your wedding ceremony.
11. Have a 1940’s or 1950’s wedding theme that would transport you back in time.
12. Give souvenir invites. These are invitations and souvenirs rolled into one. Even if the guest would not be able to attend, he/she would still have something to remember your big day with.
13.  Have a scrapbook guest book that you made yourself instead of the regular one.
14. Pass around a journal book in lieu of the guest book where guests can jot down their fondest memory of the bride and groom.
15. Send e-vites instead of paper invitations to save paper, ink, and energy.
16. Make a musical video presentation to be played during the reception.
17. Decorate tables with centrepieces that can double as wedding favors. A tiered stand with mini potted plants is a good example.18. Make a documentary film on your love story and play this during the reception meal.
19. Hire a caricaturist to draw your guests. Sign the artwork and give this as a wedding favor.
20. Scribble personal notes on each of the wedding favours. The personal touch would make the favor more meaningful.
21. Have an assortment of cupcakes to stand in for the wedding cake.
22. Serve cocktails and  finger foods during the reception.
23. Hire a face painter to paint your guests’ faces according to the theme.
24. Get all your geust to wear sun glasses when you walk into the room to the song you are the sunshine of my life!!
25. Invite your guests to a surprise wedding reception. This works great if you had a secret destination wedding.
26. Create a website for your wedding to keep family and friends updated regarding the wedding details.
27. Don’t keep the kids out. Weddings usually try to ban the kids. Make your event more youthful and fun by including the children.
28. Write an online blog (well help if you like) where guests can keep track of planning and preparations for your wedding.
29. Use a cake topper with a funny twist. (www.caketoppers.ie)
30. Let the bridesmaids choose the style for their dress. As long as they keep up with the theme and colour motif, it’s all good!
31. Say no to vanilla and chocolate. Choose a unique flavour for your wedding cake such as carrot, cranberry, or pumpkin.
32. Shop for wedding items online. This would save you time, energy, and money!
33. Wear a mini wedding dress. Super short dresses are making their way to wedding fashion this year.
34. Pick bright and vivid colures for your motif.
35. Enter the banquet hall non-linear wedding aisle. It can be a circular aisle or a multiple-aisle.
36. Give out practical wedding favours and thank you gifts that the guests could actually use in their everyday lives.
37. Go for a rock and roll theme and hire rock bands to play during your wedding. This is perfect for a young couple with high spirits. Warn the elderly guests prior to the event.
38.  Opt for balloon decorations in lieu of flower decors
39.  Sing your wedding vows.
40.  Recite your wedding vows as poems.
41.  Wear your hair down. Not only literally. Don’t stress yourself too much, let loose, enjoy, relax, and have a blast!

Having a wedding 2010 is all about elegance, simplicity, drama, fun, and unique ideas that would help make this event something that people would never forget. You do not have to do all the ideas mentioned above, but you would surely want to include a bit of these and then use the others as inspiration to come up with your own unique wedding ideas.  Any how we are on had to help you out …

Later! Paul & Nora…:-)