Looking for winter wedding ideas that will set your celebration apart? With cakes, colors, flowers and fashion, along with fun ways to spend your time, here's our guide to helping you craft a memorable winter wedding.

The Colors of the Season

Red, white, gold and evergreen are classic favorites for winter weddings and look especially on point when they come in deep jewel tones. Icy blues, silvers, and whites are reminiscent of sparkling snow and shiny lights and can add a modern touch to your color palette. To create the right look, consider your venue and ceremony site and how they may be decorated for the season. If you’re recreating the ambiance, then the sky’s the limit. But, if you need to fit in with a theme that is already in place, be sure you know the colors you’ll be working with.

Winter Wedding Fashion

Now’s the time for luxurious fabrics and elegant designs. Velvet, satin and brocades in rich colors celebrate the season and make your wedding party fashionable. If you’re a bride, get yourself a faux fur wrap or pashmina to keep things cozy, and consider them as gifts for your bridesmaids. And if you’re a groom, get in the game with the same luscious fabrics and hues.

Seasonal Wedding Cakes

Bring on the dark chocolate, classic vanilla, and flavors like gingerbread, cranberry and peppermint. Spice up your cake with cinnamon and nutmeg and surround it with sparkling candles. From simple tastes to the complex and extravagant, think about what tastes great with milk, coffee, hot cocoa, eggnog and bourbon.

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Winter Wedding Flowers

When choosing the flowers for your winter wedding, we suggest you look for blooms that are in season or readily available. Greenery like eucalyptus, pine, and cedar boughs can enhance your decor, while flowers like Amaryllis, roses, Star of Bethlehem, and Poinsettia look right at home in a winter bouquet. For a  modern look, try dried flowers, berries, piles of baby’s breath or winter wheat to create unique bouquets and floral arrangements.

Winter Wedding Decor

Candles and twinkling lights bring a magical glow to your winter wedding atmosphere. Surround your cake with candles, drape fairy lights across ceilings or wrap them around pillars. Use garlands and evergreen wreaths for entryways and add pinecones, branches, and berries to play up your winter theme. Smoke machines for the dance floor and snowflakes projected on walls are additional elements that can help to finish your look. If you celebrate Christmas, this is the time to go all out with trees festooned with lights and decorations. For a complete guide to lighting your venue at any time of season, check out our comprehensive post, Wedding Reception Lighting Ideas.

Comforting Food & Drinks

Hot drinks, crusty warm breads, and delicious desserts are delightful for a winter wedding. Kids and adults love a beverage bar with hot cocoa, whip cream, marshmallows and flavored syrups, while mulled wine, spiced ciders and hot toddy’s are big hits with adults. When it comes to your menu think mashed potatoes, stuffing with gravy, seasonal squash and vegetables and add decadent decorated sugar cookies to your dessert table for a festive touch.

Winter Wedding Activities

Winter provides a whole new way of looking at recreation. If there's snow on the ground, skiing, snowboarding, and sleigh rides are always fun ways to spend time together and with guests. For indoor fun, think board games around the fire, charades with a winter theme, scavenger hunts and trivia games all about you as a couple.

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