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Choosing a summer favor!

July 15th, 2009 Lewd No comments

Planning an outside wedding wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would
be. It turns out that it was a lot cheaper in cost than it would have
been to have an indoor wedding. Since we had the flowers and mother
nature everywhere, I didn’t have to spend a lot of money on
decorations. The first thing I had to do was to find the perfect
location to have our summer wedding and reception. Instead of having
our wedding ceremony and reception on the beach or in a garden, I chose
to have it in the park. I found there were several great locations that
would work out perfectly for an outdoor wedding.

I decided to
go online and get some expert advice on how to plan the perfect outdoor
wedding. I found out you need to have a plan B, in case inclement
weather unexpectly arises. A tent was suggested just in case the
weather turns out badly.

We had canopies arranged for our
reception and barring bad weather, planned to be wed under a lovely
trellis. I only had to get decorations for my bridal table and the
reception tables for our friends and family. With the park as our main
theme, I basically had to make sure I had our table settings and maybe
throw in a few extra bouquets of flowers. By using artificial flowers I
thought we may be able to avoid any univited guests, like bees. The
only way you could tell that the flowers were artificial, was by touch,
they were beautiful. Although planning wasn’t as difficult a chore as I
thought, there were quite a few things to take care of. Even though
some summer wedding invitations are fantastic, the heat can totally
destroy your gorgeous wedding cake.

There was a variety of
accessories available for the outdoor reception. As centerpieces for
our reception tables I used citronella votive candles and place them in
glass globes with flowers around them, and used park bench place card
holders for each guest. I found very decorative favor boxes and used
them to package the chrome bottle openers we bought for our friends and
family as a summer favor. For our wedding table, of course, was our
fabulous wedding cake with a very unique wedding cake topper.

While shopping for my wedding accessories I saw this topper and
couldn’t resist it. They were customized toppers for the wedding
couple. After I sent them a head shot of my fiance and myself they made
our bride and groom topper to look exactly like us. What a wonderful
momento of our wedding day. Everyone at the reception had something to
say about how unique it was. All the wonderful accessories I ordered
for our reception and wedding ceremony came from the same place,
including our champagne flutes and silver cake set. It’s unbelievable
all the lovely accessories you can purchase from you computer.

Everything at the wedding and reception were fantastic. Plan B never
had to be used, since the weather was so beautiful, and thankfully it
remained that way through the whole evening. The DJ we hired was really
exceptional and I’m sure that the music played on long after my new
husband and I left for our honeymoon. Everyone commented on what a
lovely ceremony and super reception we had. I couldn’t have picked a
better place than the park for our wedding ceremony and reception
party. I’d love to do this again and have a wedding renewal in the
park, maybe for an anniversary, someday.Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,