Halloween!!! Invitation!!

It's not my style, but as long as it's optional, I don't see the problem. You know your friends/family better than we do, and since you've already sent the invitations, I think it would only cause confusion at this point to change your minds.

Personally, I LOVE Halloween...I don't think it's a very appropriate theme for a wedding. Wearing a costume is fun...but on a serious event like witnessing a couples nuptuals I don't think they need to be dressed like a zombie. But at the end of the day it's your call.

Personally I wouldn't have done something like that for my wedding since it is a serious event, but it's YOUR event so make it how YOU want it, if that's what you want then go for it. I actually saw a wedding done like that on tv once.

Ehhh I am not a fan of costumes at weddings. This is a personal choice, though.

I had the opposite problem. FH and I LOVE Halloween, in our circle we are the Halloween freaks. We do the house up and scare the kids, we visit the haunted attractions and do costume parties, and we are having our wedding in October in Salem. Imagine the disappointment when we told everyone it would NOT be a Halloween wedding. My mother begged me to reconsider. lol. I think it is such a fun idea and I think the majority of people are going to love it and are going to look forward to picking out their costumes and coming to your wedding. Maybe let your guests dress up and make mom happy by going more traditional with your attire?

I love Halloween but I wouldn't put on a costume for a wedding.

I guess what I don't understand is that people will have to bring a costume to change into for the reception only? As a guest I probably wouldn't do that because it seems difficult. I wouldn't change it now but its good you left it optional for sure.

I love Halloween and i understand that now is too late to reconsider what was put on the invitation but it is something that FH and I wanted to do. Im just a bit hurt by my moms word.

@Stacey in our family circle we are the Halloween freaks too. we always turn our house into a hunted house for kids to come in and trick or treat every year. So our family knew to expect costumes. my mom is just having a very hard time with this even thou it is OPTIONAL

I wouldn't want to spend thousands on a photographer for pictures of people in Halloween costumes.

Not my thing, but its too late to change it now. I assume a lot would chose to dress normally.

I LOVE THIS!!! I went to a wedding a few years ago where the Bride was dressed as the Bride of Frankenstein and the Groom was Frankenstein. The WP was all in costumes and the encouraged the guests to come in costume as well. The "older" family members showed up in more formal attired where as all the younger friends and family came in costumes.

FH and I wanted to do a Halloween themed wedding, costumes and all, but were talked (more like threatened) out of it. However we picked the 13th as our wedding date for a reason and we are doing a Star Wars theme. We got the date as close to Halloween as we could.

Ehhh, it's optional. If anyone doesn't want to wear a costume, they won't. Besides, it would be a lot of work to call every single guest to tell them you've changed your mind about the costumes, and it would probably be more confusing for guests if you tried to change it. I'd just let your guests decide whether they want to bring any kind of costume or not, and just calmly tell your mom it's optional and she doesn't need to bring a costume if she prefers not to if she brings it up again.

@bluehenbride Thank you for the advice I will addressing this part of the invitation with her whe she brings it up again.

@katie I am going to be a Catrina that way I don't have to change our of my wedding gown and the FH is going to be a Catrin. Our kids are going to be a Mummy and Jack Skeleton for the wedding. I think thats what my mom is trying to do talk (threatens us) out of it by not showing up if its not change (her words not mine)

@Sara&L yes their is a time gap available during cocktail hour and again after dinner

Been there. Done that. Had a great time! Know your crowd and have fun.

Optional is the key word

Do what makes you happy..

I think your idea sounds awesome and I would totally dress up how is dressing up as a witch any different than dressing up in typical wedding clothes? I at least have a few Halloween costumes I can make out of my clothes so I wouldn't have to spend money to get a formal dress

I personally LOVE Halloween! I go all out with my costume and either custom make them or paint my face to where you couldn't even recognize me if you saw me! HUGE Halloween lover. However, I would have never considered doing that.

But, this is totally a personal choice and you know your guests better than us! People are going to have their opinions on it for sure but the only opinion that really matters is yours and FH! Now and in 10yrs lol. No regrets!

I love Halloween and if you like the idea of everyone wearing costumes at your wedding then go for it. I'd love to see all the pics

I LOVE Halloween! I think the costumes are a fun idea. your mom can dress to impress if she wants. As can anyone else uncomfortable with the costume. But other people will have fun with it. And there's costumes that can be tasteful enough for a wedding. Either way you can't change it now so embrace it! No matter what choices you make in a wedding there will be something that someone complains about. That's just the nature of the beast.

I went to a wedding on 11/1 once. The rehearsal dinner was costume optional a d the wedding itself was 20s themed where people were welcomed to dress up. Opening the wedding up to ANY costume opens you up to some crazy shit....