How to Set Up a Soap Opera Wedding
Weddings with a theme have recently become a popular trend among couples planning their special day. One type of theme that can add romance and excitement to a wedding, as well as making it an enjoyable event for family and guests, is a Soap Opera wedding. Soap operas are loved by millions of fans. Although mostly watched by women, there are quite a number of men who enjoy the daily drama.
The following are a number of helpful tips that are sure to make your soap opera wedding memorable:
Creative Soap Opera Invitations: Choose invitations that represent your favorite soap opera. For instance, put the name of the show on the invitation with pictures of your favorite characters and a good wedding photographer. You can also add a catchy title that relates to the show. Craft stores and soap opera magazines may help stimulate your imagination. Make sure that you mention that your wedding has a soap opera theme.
Design and Decorations: Decorations for your soap opera themed wedding can be as broad and as detailed as you want. Assign a name of a soap opera character to each guest and give them name tags. You can use decorations that relate to the soap opera such as pictures of the cast. You can have a big screen that is showing the soap opera. Table cloths and napkins can have a soap opera theme such as having famous soap opera quotes written on them. You can put up titles of shows on the walls that relate to the wedding such as Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Guiding light, etc. If you want to be really creative, you can design the wedding area and the reception area as one of the soap opera sets. This can include the hospital set from General Hospital, a particular church set, coffee shop, one of the characters living rooms, etc Another option is to recreate the wedding of a famous soap opera couple such as Luke and Lauras wedding on General Hospital.
Costumes: To add to the theme, have your guests dress up as their favorite soap opera character. Make sure you invite guests who are fans of soap operas. You could even have a theme that includes a variety of soap operas so guests can choose their character from their own personal favorite show. You can have a bit of fun with your guests by staging a scene from a soap opera during the reception.
Wedding Favors: You can give guests a number of soap opera related gifts such as soap opera magazines and digests.
Wedding Cake: Put a likeness of your favorite soap opera couple on the cake or put the cake as the design of a well known building that is used on the show. You could shape the cake like one of the classic symbols of the show. For instance, the popular soap opera, Days of Our Lives, shows an hourglass at the beginning of the show. You can have your cake designed to look like the hour glass.
Music: When the bride walks down the aisle, play the theme song of a favorite soap opera. Music at the reception can consist of theme music from all of the soap operas. At the end of the reception, give out prizes for the best soap opera star look-alikes.
By using a little creativity as well as careful planning, you can create every passionate soap opera fans dream wedding that will leave you, your partner, and guests, with a lifetime of wonderful memories of your special day.