For next month's wedding, the client is requesting to make the social hour Caribbean themed. Would that be weird switching themes and then going back to the original theme for the reception? Even if we emphasized the honeymoon being in the Caribbean? Other ideas we thought about is making a Caribbean themed bridal shower or rehearsal dinner, etc. if the social hour did not work.
Maybe switching back and forth will just undermine both themes, and they are so different--elegant roses theme, playful caribbean theme--too jarring. I am not a fan of brides planning their showers since it is a party for them, thrown by other people, not their event. However, the caribbean theme would be fine for the shower and/or rehearsal dinner.
It's easy to sink into a mixed-up muddle -- a formal ceremony, a casual Caribbean social hour, and then back to a formal reception? Unless there was an overriding style that could be incorporated into all three segments, I think the Caribbean jaunt in the middle of two formal settings would be a little too jarring.
