Wedding Ideas for Sports Fanatics

Do you love your team almost as much as the person you intend to marry? Does your idea of a dream proposal involve a jumbo-tron? Then you are a sports fanatic! If you love sports almost as much as life, then it is only natural to want to celebrate your favorite team even as you pledge to spend your lives together. Check out these fun wedding ideas for sports fanatics.

The wedding attire is always a great place to bring in team colors or logos. While I don't recommend that the bride wear a wedding gown made out of a football jersey or that the groom don a tuxedo in Miami Dolphins aqua and orange, you can still have some fun with your team colors in a tasteful way. How about a team logo bow tie for the groom and all his groomsmen? The bridesmaids can wear dresses in one of the team colors and carry bouquets which combine touches of all the colors. Speaking of bouquets, how about an Ohio State scarlet rose bouquet with a gray ribbon for the Buckeye bride or a vibrant tiger lily bouquet for the bride who bleeds Vols orange?

Accessories can also be sports themed. Order custom bridal jewelry made from Swarovski crystals in the team colors. (Just think how fetching the earrings from your custom bridal jewelry will look when you go to your team's games as newlyweds!) Incredibly, team logo garters are readily available for a wide variety of favorite sports teams; there are even garters made with two logos in case the bride and groom root for different teams. There are also team logo cufflinks available for the men in the wedding party.

There are many great ways to show your sports fanaticism at your wedding reception! Decorate the reception venue with linens and flowers in team colors (hopefully your favorite team doesn't have garish colors!) Instead of the usual place cards, write the names of guests on baseballs to set at their places or for the hockey fanatics, elegantly pen names on pucks. The menu cards can be designed to resemble tickets and the table numbers like jerseys. And don't forget to play the team fight song when the bride and groom make their grand entrance to the reception!

Food and sports always go together, so it is easy to bring the two together for your wedding. Serve elegant versions of tailgate favorites at the cocktail hour, such as Kansas City barbeque sliders or LSU spicy alligator bites and crawfish. For the groom's cake, definitely go with a sports related design. It could be a football helmet, a mini replica of his favorite baseball stadium, or a cake made to look like the jersey of his favorite player. Consider personalized NFL or MLB mugs for the groomsmen gifts to get the rest of the guys in on the fun. Ask guests to sign a team jersey or game program instead of a traditional guest book.

Don't forget about sports themed wedding favors. You can order personalized golf balls, cookies made to look like footballs, baseballs, or soccer balls, or any number of other sports or team oriented gifts. Carry on the fun the next day by hosting a day-after wedding tailgate party instead of a regular brunch. What should the newlyweds wear? Personalized team jerseys with Mr. and Mrs. on them of course!

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Grooms' Favorite Wedding Ideas

Everyone knows that weddings are really the bride's purview. Yet these days, grooms are more involved than ever in the wedding planning process, and many of them are bringing their own ideas into play. Here are some of the favorite ideas that grooms have contributed to their weddings.

Part of the reason that wedding planning has not held more appeal for the average guy is that weddings tend to be formal and fancy. The fact is that most men are happier in environments that are relaxed and fun rather than stuffy or precious. When you start talking about canapés and candlelight, you lose them.

Men who take an active role in planning their weddings will usually try to lighten them up and to inject some of their own personality into the finished party. This is a great trend, because it means that the groom will feel like it is his wedding too, not just a day for the bride. In addition, the other men at the wedding might find the whole thing to be a little more to their liking. Less sentimental and more fun, in other words.

If you ask any groom what part of the wedding concerns him the most, he is likely to say the food. One trend that grooms can really get behind is serving comfort food, especially for the cocktail hour. Pigs in blankets on silver platters, sleeves of crispy fresh "pommes frites" (french fries), milkshake shots and mac and cheese cups are all high on the list of things that grooms really love to see on their menu. Serve these foods, and you can bet that your guests will love them as well.

Grooms also like foods that will make their wedding feel more festive. One great way to add a lighthearted spirit to a reception is to hire a cotton candy machine. This is a unique touch that is sure to be a hit, especially with the kids at the reception. Give a nod to the bride, and order the confection to be made in the wedding colors that she has chosen. You can also have cotton candy cones wrapped and sealed with a custom sticker to give out as wedding favors at the end of the night. It is a fresh twist on the candy bar favor idea that is so popular.

Another idea that grooms really go for is the groom's cake. These cakes are custom made by specialty bakers in a design that represents an interest of the groom's. It could be a cake shaped like his dog, or sculpted to look like his favorite car, or even the helmet of his favorite NFL team. The point is that the groom's cake is one part of the wedding that is all about him, even in the most formal and traditional white wedding. Best of all, the groom's cake is traditionally chocolate.

Something else that grooms love is to have some sort of activity at the wedding reception, beyond dancing and eating. Casino nights have become a popular form of entertainment at some weddings. It can be done in a very hip sort of way (although not every bride is going to go for this idea, no matter how well it is executed). This can tie in well with groomsmen gifts that have a poker theme. The nice thing about those types of groomsmen gifts is that they are a signal to the groom's buddies that he still intends to hang with them on poker night after he is married.

The more the groom becomes involved with planning his wedding, the better. It will give him a chance to be a part of the festivities, and it also gives the bride a fresh take on what a wedding should be like. When the bride and groom plan their wedding together, the day will feel even more special to both of them.

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