As Olympic fever really hits the country
today with the opening ceremony this evening, we thought we’d treat you to a
little Olympic inspired blog!
If you fancy an Olympic themed wedding or
party, then let our mood boards below inspire your décor and theming!
A true Olympic theme
Or why not go back to the Olympics roots and
go for a Grecian theme for your special day.
Or if you’re feeling very patriotic with all
the celebrations in Britain this year, how about a Best of British or London insipred theme?
Alternatively, if you don’t want to theme
your day with the Olympics but still want to get into the spirit, why don’t you
incorporate your very own mini games into your wedding day? Revert your guests
back to their childhood and treat them to some fun and silly games and races-
very nostalgic!
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| Image courtesy of Joel Smith Photography |
Getting all your guests involved will really
bring everyone together and the laughs will be endless! Even those who don’t
want to participate will have a great time but we think you’ll be surprised at
how many people really get into the
spirit and want to join in!
A mini games will also make for some very
special photo opportunities and will ensure your guests will never forget your
day!
The nostalgic silly sports are the best so
that its fun and not taken too seriously- although you can guarantee there will
always be one competitive one!
How about a sack race?
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| Image courtesy of Joel Smith Photography |
Or Egg and spoon race?
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| Image courtesy of phweddings.co.uk |
Or tug of war?
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| Image courtesy of activehire.co.uk |
Or a wheel barrow race?
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| Image courtesy of Leslie Ann Mills |
Or a sandcastle building competition if
you’re on the beach- would be perfect for Beach Weddings Bournemouth
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| Image courtesy of leighton-orient-blog.blogspot.com |
Or a three-legged race?
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| Image courtesy of alexbecket.co.uk |
Or why not put your guests into teams and
play baseball or rounders or good old English cricket?!
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| Image courtesy of Sundberg Photography |
Some other ideas for you are welly throwing, balancing bean bags on your
head, obstacle course, quoit throwing to see who can throw theirs the furthest,
relay racing- theres so many endless possibilities!
To give your guests something to really
remember your day by it could be a great idea to order some personalised gold,
silver and bronze medals that have been personalised with the Bride and Groom’s
names with the date of your wedding to congratulate those who take part in your
games! This alone will bring out the competitiveness in your guests who will
revert back to their childhood with the desire to win a medal!
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| Image courtesy of amazon.co.uk |
All that’s left to say is good luck in your
competition! Enjoy the opening ceremony- you never know you might get some
wedding inspiration from there!
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Mood board credits
Olympic colours mood board
Blue flowers- weddingflowers-cotswolds.co.uk
Red flowers-bouquetweddingflower.co.uk
Yellow flowers- BXB Photography
Green flowers- prweb.co.uk
Black bouquet- Blue petyl bouquets
Red Shoes- jcowandewar.wordpress.com
Blue shoes- fairyshoeprincess.com
Green shoes- ninashoes.com
Yellow shoes- pied a terre
Black shoes- rasputinmataram.com
Blue table- lovely wedding.info
Green table- word-of-wedding.com
Yellow table- bridesmaidsandweddings.com
Red table- weddingsonthefrenchriviera.com
Red Bridesmaid dresses- whiteazaleabridesmaiddresses.blogspot.co.uk
Yellow bridesmaid dresses- katemiddletondresses.org
Blue bridesmaid dresses- momentville.com
Black bridesmaid dresses- girlsdressoffer.co.uk
Green bridesmaid dresses- Cassidy Duhon
Grecian theme Mood Board
(Left to right)
Flower girls- bridalcookie.com
Statue- bransoneventrental.com
Handbag- brides.com
Dress- inweddingdress.com
Urns- pyromouse.org
Column wedding cake- brides.com
Draping- wedding-decorations-with-columns.bjfbiero.dnsalias.net/?q=Wedding%20Decorations%20With%20Columns
Leaf earrings- polyvore.com
Wedding dress- Dessy
Olives- Wikipedia.org
Olympic flame- metro.co.uk
One shoulder wedding dress with ruffles- Dessy
Grecian Hair with hairband- theweddingtiara.com
Wedding cake- pinterest.com/stilettofotog/captivating-cakes-cupcakes
Jewellery- athensguide.com
Table cloth- resourceoneinc.com
Best of British
(Left to right)
Underground sign- pureclassics.blogspot.com
London cake- cakelove.tumblr.com
Phone boxes- popartuk.com
Guestbook- madewithlovedesigns.co.uk
Lollipops- notonthehighstreet.com
Post box- theweddingpostbox.com
Black cab- photograph-london.com
Red bus- viktorialove.com
Pimms- fdin.org.uk
London flags- houseofturquoise.com
Bunting- nationalgallery.co.uk
Shoes- domesticsluttery.com
Black cab with wedding ribbons- thechiefbridesmaid.co.uk
Union Jack Heart decoration/pew end-
littlepresentpalace.co.uk
Bride- wedbits.com
Place card- beadazzledesigns.co.uk
Flowers- arenaflowers.com
Victoria Sponge- goodtoknow.co.uk
Chair- onewedding.co.uk
