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1960s Wedding Theme
A Groovy 1960s Theme Wedding
Have you ever found yourself thinking about the love, peace, and
flower power of the 1960s? Reminisced about Woodstock days, or
wished you were around ten so you could have been a part of it?
Then, you should choose to celebrate your wedding decorated with
the groovy 1960s.
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Invite the guests to a far out 1960s wedding celebration with
invitation cards decked out in hippie themes. Send out invite
cards with colorful, tie die designs, peace signs, or bright
yellow happy faces. Or you can cut out a shape of a daisy with
bright colored petals. Or, you can send the guest buttons with the
wedding invite decorating it. Be sure to tell them that they are
invited to a groovy wedding celebration.
Wedding attire for a 1960s theme wedding was influenced by the
classic, fashionable Jacqueline Kennedy O'Nassis was an A-line
dress with short selves and a covering bodice. Opera length gloves
and pillbox hats are also a must have. Grace Kelly and Elizabeth
Taylor as Cleopatra also added another choice for the brides of
the 1960s with an Egyptian and Victorian influenced wedding dress.
For the bridesmaids, choose the more popular styles of the young,
from later in the decade. Short skirts, dye tie, or flower
patterns, fake eyelashes, beaded head bands, hair pieces made of
real flowers, peasant blouses, buttons of peace, love, and no war,
and platform go-go boots are just a few of the things that the
bridesmaids can wear.
While you may choose for the groom to wear a more traditional tux,
the ushers can wear tie-dyed t-shirts, bell-bottom pants, beaded
or fringed vests, moccasins, headbands and a wooden peace-sign
necklace and play an important part of the decor.
The soundtrack of the 1960s wedding can follow the soundtrack of
Woodstock. Jimmy Hendrix, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, The Who, and the Grateful Dead can
provide the music to bring a Groovy feel to your wedding.
Psychedelic was also big in that era. You can provide drums and
tambourines as 1960s wedding theme decorations, and so the guests
can become part of the entertainment.
The best setting for a Groovy 1960s theme wedding would be
outdoors. The 1960s was a time to celebrate being natural. Throw
blankets on the ground, wave banners, and post slogans of love,
peace and happiness. Don’t forget to have chairs for the guests
unable to enjoy floor seating. If you can, rent an old VW bus or a
little buggy and decorate it with 1960s symbols.
If the weather won’t cooperate, then try to have the wedding in a
tent and be able to commune with nature. If that doesn’t work and
you are forced to go indoors, then decorating it will be fun. Hang
banners of posters that are a replica of the Woodstock invitations
on the wall. You can hang schedules from Woodstock, and
anti-Vietnam War slogans that were a key part of the 1960s.
On the tables, use battery operated lava lamps as a centerpiece.
You can also set up a large clear vase, with floating pastel
colors, flower shaped candles. These centerpieces should be
covered with wildflowers, daisies and chrysanthemum rings.
On some of the tables scatter love beads, buttons and peace signs.
Provide each guest with temporary tattoos similar to the ones that
they had in the 1960s. Or send them home with a piece of the
groovy 1960s theme wedding decorations.
About the Author
Meron Worede is a successful freelance writer and a new contributor to
http://www.wedding-decoration-idea.com
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