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It took me a while to commit to a theme.

Remember, I mentioned we spent the first few weeks going over various ideas but never came up with anything concrete that we could really use as a wedding theme? We thought about using our faith as a focus, but then realized that was a bit too broad. We thought about doing cherry blossoms, since our wedding is in April and we live near Washington, D.C., but we know other people with this theme, and it’s not something we’re passionate about.

We looked into having a candy theme, but it didn’t seem appropriate with our historic-manor venue. We really liked the lovebirds theme, but both of us felt it was a little played out (no offense to other lovebird couples out there!). And well, the list goes on and on.

I actually started to think we weren’t going to have a theme.

I was pretty discouraged that we hadn’t come up with anything concrete, and I couldn’t come up with new ideas, no matter how hard I tried. Then it dawned on me to look at what we had decided on and what we already knew for sure was going to be a part of our big day. Advice: if you can’t think of a theme, draw inspiration from other parts of your wedding that have been decided.

Our venue was the biggest thing. It was the one decision we had made and moved forward on…So we asked ourselves, what’s special about our venue? The garden ceremony. Definitely the garden.

Voilà! We’re having a garden wedding!! We’ve had this theme all along, and we just never knew it! We picked spring for our wedding date, when gardens are in full bloom, and we picked a venue with a garden ceremony site! Not only that, but the one and only consistent thing (as in cherry blossoms, candy, lovebirds) I can stand is butterflies…

I kept running into butterfly inspiration, too.

I mentioned in my intro that I don’t have a butterfly tattoo, but I do have a butterfly shower curtain, pillowcase, and a huge collection of butterfly brooches. I’ve always loved butterflies, and everyone who knows me knows this. During our vacation when Mr. B proposed, we stayed in the “Butterfly Cottage.” He knew that place would make my heart stop…and it did!

So whether we knew it or not, we’ve been building up to a garden-inspired wedding. It’s the only thing that makes sense with where we are right now, and I must say I’m relieved to finally have a theme.

In honor of this new revelation, here is some garden/butterfly inspiration:

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What’s your theme? How was your theme inspired?