A ‘Travel/Exploration Meets Hollywood Glamour’ Theme

A ‘Travel/Exploration Meets Hollywood Glamour’ Theme

September 13th, 2010 @ 3:39 pm by Mrs. Meerkat
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After we picked the Riviera Maya for our wedding it was time to pick a theme. From the start of planning we knew we wanted a cohesive look. At first we thought about using just a bold monochromatic color palette, but something was missing; it just didn’t reflect our fun, whimsical personalities. So, we began doing research on themes.

Photo: The Perfect Palette

We saw elegant summer picnic weddings. Somehow, a picnic in the Riviera Maya just doesn’t seem to fit together, but oh, picnic weddings—how I love you. If we were getting married in Michigan you would have been my first choice.

Photo: Sedona Bride

There were beautiful vintage weddings. While they’re pretty, the theme was a little too “girly” for us. I am a tomboy at heart, so something that feminine would never feel like me.

There were even some seashell and beach themed weddings that would make any bride giddy. While it is just beautiful and it fit well with the Riviera Maya, we wanted something more us.

We struggled for a few months, never really landing on any one theme. Then one day while looking at an antique map, it hit me; why not use exploration and travel as our theme!? I mean, isn’t that why we chose a destination wedding—because we love to travel and explore? The compass rose has been a symbol of travel since early nautical times. We could use the compass rose as our monogram and carry it through the entire wedding:

Our Monogram

From there, the idea only grew to a modern version of vintage Hollywood glamour mixed with a jungle environment and bright, bold colors:


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Just imagine Audrey Hepburn in a sleek, jaw dropping dress standing in the middle of a beautiful, rustic jungle/rainforest type environment with beautiful pops of hot pink and tangerine color all around. You just imagined our wedding! Awesome, right? We call it our rustic-chic travel themed wedding.

While it took us a long time and a bit of unique inspiration to come up with our theme, once we started there seemed to be inspiration everywhere.

How did you find your inspiration for your theme? Do you think having a theme for your wedding makes it easier to plan your decor?

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13 Responses to “A ‘Travel/Exploration Meets Hollywood Glamour’ Theme”

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BunnyBunz (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

Wow, that’s awesome! I love your monogram! Our theme is Love Notes because every since we met we have left each other little love notes in all sorts of sneaky places. Figuring out how to incorporate it into the wedding has been a bit more tricky…

9/13/10 @ 3:57 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Awesome monogram! For me, having a theme made it a lot easier when pulling the DIY projects together. Can’t wait to see your theme come together!

9/13/10 @ 4:01 pm (reply)

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Lara Leigh Designs (message) 3 posts, Wannabee

As an artist and a designer I think a theme really helps develop a vision. I love a wedding with bright colors. Also, remember your surrounds and coordinate a theme that incorporates location. http://www.laraleighdesigns.com

9/13/10 @ 4:17 pm (reply)

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spitcurl (message) 42 posts, Newbee

I think your colors are SPOT ON. I’m a designer, and color is my main area of interest. The neutral browns with the hot pink & tangerine are a unique spin on two very modern palettes, and it reads very well. VIBRANT but outdoorsy…it reminds me of pottery from the region, as well as the small paintings on bark paper we bought by the dozen in Merida (”Amate” paintings, neon paints on brown background). Your colors will also play well against the blues & greens of the Riviera Maya.

Google images of “amate painting”. You will see what I’m talking about — vibrant paintings of birds and animals, native to the Yucatan:
http://www.google.com/images?q=amate+painting&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=MYeOTLGUDYL-8Aar6v3JCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC4QsAQwAA&biw=1339&bih=918

9/13/10 @ 4:23 pm (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

That monogram is awesome, and I adore your colors. You’ll have such a blast with those colors…they’re so fun and bright!

9/13/10 @ 4:42 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Lemonade (message) 274 posts, Helper bee

Fantastic monogram! I totally wish I had developed more of a theme other than “I really like this. And this. And this!”

9/13/10 @ 5:54 pm (reply)

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fromcharleston (message) 651 posts, Busy bee

ooo I love your colors!!!!

9/13/10 @ 5:55 pm (reply)

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Miss Sand Dollar (message) 1,305 posts, Bumble bee

Very fun theme, and that monogram is perfection. Nice touch

9/13/10 @ 6:16 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I LOVE your colors!

9/13/10 @ 9:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

I love your theme, so unique and cool! And those colors are just gonna look amazing on the Riviera!

9/13/10 @ 11:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@BunnyBunz: That is the sweetest theme ever! You can do so much with it too! I hope you post lots of pictures so we can all see it!!

@spitcurl: Thanks! I wondered for along time if it was going to convey the vibrant meets outdoors feeling. BTW I love those paintings. Now you have my brain going a mile a minute on how I can incorporate them!

@Mrs. Lemonade: LOL I still have to tell myself no sometimes cause it doesn’t fit with the theme. I think you way was much easier. =)

9/14/10 @ 8:56 am (reply)

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pamphilia (message) 92 posts, Worker bee

As a fellow destination bride, I didn’t really think to go with a theme, and was just going to let the beauty of the scenery set the mood. I, however, also wanted a really tropical feel and also went with the fuschia/tangerine colour scheme!

All of the photos I have seen with these colours look FANTASTIC, and I can’t wait to see how gorgeous it looks!

9/14/10 @ 11:31 am (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@pamphilia: I looked at a lot blogs and every time I was the pink and orange color scheme I just loved it! Our weddings are going to look awesome. =)

9/14/10 @ 11:39 am (reply)