Swan and Heart Theme Wedding

This Swan and Heart Theme Wedding is the theme my husband and I based our own wedding celebration on. Symbolically, the hearts represent two hearts joining together, while swans mate for life. Most of the information given here in regards to colors, attire, decorations and so forth, are what we actually used.

Our Chosen Wedding Colors:

The colors we chose were ivory and navy blue. You could pick your own color combination, such as red (hearts) and white (swans) for example.

Wedding Party Attire: Bride's Attire: I chose an ivory "Cinderella" style gown with a silk-flower wreath headpiece and short veil. Groom and His Attendant's Attire: The men wore navy blue suits with ivory colored shirts, and matching navy cummerbunds. Maid of Honour and Bridesmaid's Dresses: I made the dresses myself. They were ivory satin and lace dresses (calf length) with beaded, v-shaped waistlines and a beaded neckline (yes...I did all the beading too.) They had short lace sleeves and the lace hung down below the satin under-dress in V-points.

Wedding Invitations:

• We ordered invitations with swans embossed on ivory card stock.
  
  
• You could create your own invitations by using swan graphics surrounded with a heart border.
  
  
• Another suggestion is to cut your invitations into heart shapes and place a swan graphic in the center of each.
  
  

• For our swan and heart theme wedding, I purchased small wooden hearts at a local craft store and painted half of them ivory, and the half navy. I then decorate each with dried flowers and ribbons. A ribbon hanger was attached to the back so you could secure them to the pews and/or end aisle chairs. If you or someone you know is handy at wood crafting, perhaps you could get them to cut out swan silhouettes as well that you could paint and decorate.
  
  
• You could also use a tulle bow in your preferred wedding colors and secure a small heart and swan figurine to the center of each with matching ribbons.
  
  
• Another suggestion is to wrap small Styrofoam hearts with ribbon. Add a small spray of dried flowers on top of a bow and secure to one side of the heart, with ribbon streamers hanging down. Simple to make, yet elegant.
  
  

• We used helium filled ivory and navy blue balloons tied with curly ribbon, gathered them into large bouquets and placed them around the room. A choice for most weddings would be to use white balloons with red heart imprints.
  
  
• The head table, food tables and gift table were decorated in gathered and draped tulle, tied up to the table with large blue and ivory ribbon bows that were enhanced with silk flowers, streaming narrow ribbons and string craft beads.
  
  
• We draped twisted navy and ivory streamers over doorways and placed large ribbon bows in the corners.
  
  
• My in-laws created an arch from thin plywood. They cut out the shape of hearts from the plywood, which looked very pretty. We then wound fake ivy along the outside edge and strung some small white lights through the ivy.
  
  

• In keeping with the swan and heart theme wedding idea, we used pieces of white and blue chenille pipe cleaners. Each was folded in half and twisted slightly at the end to secure. Then we shaped them into "stick-figure" swans. The "body" section was pulled slightly apart and we placed mints tied up in tulle in the center of each.
  
  
• You can also purchase small clear plastic, hollow swans and fill them with heart cinnamon treats. Tie a ribbon around the neck and decorate with some baby's breath and beads.
  
  
• Individually wrapped heart-shaped cookies, paired with a heart cookie cutter and recipe would be a great guest favor idea.
  
  
• Purchase small heart-shaped paper-maché boxes found at craft supply stores. Decorate the box as desired and fill with rose petals. Nestle a small plastic swan filled with candies in among the rose petals.
  
  
• Here are additional favor ideas:
  
  
  Chocolate Swan
  Swans Favor Kit
  Monogrammed Chocolate Heart
  Blossoming Heart Wedding Favor
  
  

• For the centerpieces on our main tables, I purchased large, white plastic garden swan planters. I outlined the "feathers" by gluing strings of ivory craft beads along the ridges on the form. In the center of the swan, I created a bouquet of ivory, navy and dusty rose flowers, and inserted baby's breath and small ribbon bows (attached to wires) among the flowers. I then glued navy blue ribbon around the neck of the swan and created a bow in the front, to which I added small flowers, ribbon streamers and beads.
  
  
• For the guest tables, I painted wooden hearts in navy and some in ivory. Along the edges, I painted simple flowers of the opposite color and made small curved lines between the flowers in dusty rose. In the center, I glued a painted wooden candle holder and tied a ribbon and beaded bow around the neck edge. Each candle holder held a taper candle either in navy or ivory.
  
  

• A friend from work made the heart theme wedding cake. It was a simple two tiered round cake with icing scallops along the edges. I created the topper using an oval plastic base, some lace glued around the outer edge, and a wired spray of flowers glued to the back (all purchased in the cake decorating section of most department stores). We happened to find some beautiful crystal swans that were set on a mirrored base and trimmed with gold at a jewelry store. Each was about 3" in diameter and about 3" high (cost was $35 each). This was a bit of an extravagance on our part, but we knew we'd keep them forever. These swans fit perfectly in the center of the topper I had made.
  
  
• Another idea would be to have a heart-shaped cake with a blue-icing lake in the center with two swans "swimming" in the lake.
  
  

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