Romeo and Juliet Wedding Theme

Add a little Shakespearen romance to your marriage celebration plans with a Romeo and Juliet wedding theme. "Romeo, Romeo..." Who doesn't appreciate that wonderful love scene? Here are some suggestions to help you create your own "love scene" at your upcoming wedding.

Wedding Attire

Men: Renaissance shirts open at the neck. Black or brown vests, tight pants, shin high boots.

Women: A-line bodice dress, with long, flowing skirt and full-length long, puffed sleeves gathered at the wrist. Use a wreath of flowers for hair.

Wedding Invitations

Consider using rolled (or folded), hand written parchment paper invitations. Tie a narrow ribbon around the invitation to secure. Use parchment type envelopes for mailing. If you can't afford a calligrapher and your handwriting isn't very neat, you can print them off on your computer using an Old English Font.

• Set up an arched trellis with ivy and flowers woven through the slats for your wedding ceremony.
  
  
• Use lots of candles to set a romantic mood.
  
  
• Place potted trees throughout the reception area strung with miniature lights (for a romantic atmosphere).
  
  
• Use "iron-wrought" candelabras on the tables as centerpieces.
  
  
• You could also use decorated wicker baskets filled with fruits or bread rolls in leu of a centerpiece.
  
  

Hearts and Vines Candle Wedding Favor
$1.70 each

• Favors could be cloth napkins or handkerchiefs embroidered with your names and wedding date.
  
  
• You could also give "feathered" pens with your names and date imprinted on the sides.
  
  
• Make bookmarks with your favorite Shakespearean quotes on them.
  
  

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night"

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"As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine;
And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage; when, and where, and how
We met, we woo'd, and made exchange of vow,
I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us today."

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"My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep; the more I give to thee
The more I have, for both are infinite."