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Annika
Expert November 2020

Nerdy Wedding Ideas?!

Annika, on June 20, 2020 at 10:01 AM Posted in Style and Décor 1 33

Although our wedding is mainly "normal" with the theme (sunflowers, lemons, turquoise and yellow, vintage rustic) I really want to have subtle-ish hints of all our nerdy fandoms and hobbies, since it really reflects our personalities and us as a couple! (Long post sorry!!)


I just bought these for the wedding from Etsy! Star Wars is the reason my fiance and I met so we had to have this classic SW quote at our wedding!!Nerdy Wedding Ideas?! 1The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my favorite movie series and this was the PERFECT door sign for our venue! They are so so cute and I can't wait for them to arrive!! Nerdy Wedding Ideas?! 2
I'm thinking of for our centerpieces, spray painting gold these cheap picture frames we got for free from FHs uncle, and putting in quotes about love/relationships from our favorite movies-tvshows/games/books etc.
We also will be wearing converse as our shoes since we were going to do that at prom (we are high school sweethearts) but it didnt work out then. I am considering wearing a bridal cloak so I channel my inner elven princess but that is undecided lol. His grooms cake will be themed after QuakeCon (videogame convention we go to every year) but will probably be at his bachelor type party since we will have a lot of cake already. We will probably have movie music like LOTR played during our ceremony. Also, our grand exit will be lit by lightsabers (jumbo glow sticks!!!)
Does all of this sound super annoying to a non-nerdy guest?? Any other ideas? (Wedding ceremony is outside in the venues backyard patio, reception is inside) I'm super crafty so I can DIY if needed!
Thanks for reading my long ass post! 😂

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Latest activity by Annika, on July 13, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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    June 2021
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    If done properly, which it sounds like you are doing, I would definitely consider Playing up the centerpieces with your favorite books or nerdy things along with the floral. If you also have furniture set up or cocktail tables, you could decorate those with your nerdy stuff as well! My only suggestion would be to not get too crazy with it which it doesn’t sound like you are, because the last thing you want is for it to look tacky. Less is more. But as you said everything else is pretty much normal and rustic so I think it will look awesome! Good luck and may the force be with you!
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    Thank you! The centerpieces are going to be these vintage style turquoise glass bottles with a sunflower stem in them, and the frame and a small black lantern with a LED tealight, all on a tree wood slice. So i think just the small addition of love quotes from fandoms wont be too in your face!
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    Awee♥️ That sounds so cute. Our favorite TV series is a series of unfortunate events, so we plan on having a furniture decor area with a few lemony Snicket books. I love stuff like this! It’s so romantic!
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    Thats so cute! I think the most important thing about weddings is the relationship between the couple, and having stuff that reflects that in the decor is so cute! I prefer that over the popular monochrome palette everyday!
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    I agree! So exciting ♥️
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    I think all of that sounds really cute actually
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    Awww thank you! I just want to make sure my (very not nerdy) family won't be too annoyed by it!

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  • Jessica
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    I love personal touches they speak yo the couple, so I think it sounds great. I’m also doing frames with quotes scattered around, mostly book quotes in my case. I’ve been to some weddings that just felt so cookie cutter, like they literally could have been for anyone, and I find that kind of disappointing. All the people there know you two and know you’re nerdy, so I feel like maybe some of them will roll their eyes at certain things or laugh about them, but I definitely don’t think it’s over the top or obnoxious. Weddings don’t have to be super formal, I think it’s great you’re having fun with it.
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    Being ‘normal’ is overrated lol. Bring on the nerds!
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    We’re adding Marvel elements into our wedding and FH is super excited about it. This is what I made for our save the dates we’ll be mailing out the beginning of next year and, a very rough draft of what we want to do for centerpieces, I’m attempting to make lego boutonnières with different heros, groomsmen will each have socks and maybe a shirt of a different hero, he picked out a ring with the Avengers A (which works out because my name starts with an A, and probably a couple of other elements to be determined later. Nerdy Wedding Ideas?! 3
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    That is adorable! I love it! Great ideas!
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    Haha thank you!!
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    Sounds fun!! A wedding should be reflective of both of your interests and personalities, whatever those may be.
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    I agree! Thank you!
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    Our first date was to a Star Wars movie so we are adding it to a few things. We are having a BB8 and R2D2 cake topper and a light saber exit!

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    That's awesome! We want to do a lightsaber/glow stick exit but not sure how to do that and make it look good within budget lol
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    My fiance owns 4 already I think? And a few friends and family members have some that we are going to borrow. So only the bridal party will have the actual light sabers and I'm thinking of getting these glow sticks to give to the other guests!

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BT9GVVC/?coliid=IGDIELZBWSN1O&colid=2PJRL7LGUMM3E&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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    Thats so awesome!
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    Oh my goodness!!! I LOVE IT!!! My boyfriend and i are gonna do starwars/lord of the Rings/elderscrolls skyrim!!! I am walking down the isle to “throne room” (song at end of starwars a new hope where Leia hands out the medals!!)
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    Awww awesome!! I need to decide on the song im walking down with too, maybe something from LOTR...not sure!
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