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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

10 Unique Ideas For Beach Wedding Reception

When I was still planning my own wedding, after we have had decided to have a beach wedding, I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED EVERY MOMENT IN MY PLANNING PERIOD! I remember I used to imagine what was gonna be like when we get to Mauritius. In fact, I even fantasized and envisioned for tens of sleeping nights, it was like my eyes were closed but my mind and spirit were flying. Thanks God it was finally over, this was my very first feelings the moment everybody had flown back to their respective countries!

My BEACH WEDDING RECEPTION was the finale of all of my hard work and the celebration of the union between my husband and myself. Of course, we wanted or you want it to be perfect in every way possible! Here are 10 unique ways to decorate your

beach theme wedding, without overstretching your wedding budget. These are all based on my own experience, though our reception area was all organized by the resort personnel, which really turned out to be ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!

Please click here to read the story of my Wedding Reception by the Beach of Le Canonnier in Mauritius....Enjoy reading...

1. Remember to have fun at your beach theme wedding reception! Your wedding is about you - plan ahead so there are people around to take care of the details and you can relax and enjoy your new husband and your celebration.

2. Consider having your beach wedding reception much later in the evening, when the sun is well on its way to setting. It's important to keep your guests cool and comfortable and outdoor temperatures are at their highest in the afternoon and early evening.

3. Serve a variety of fresh fruits and light fare, such as salads. Beach wedding receptions tend to be warmer and most guests won't want to dine on heavy foods like steaks and chicken.

4. You should also skip the confetti. Like balloons, confetti is dangerous to the local environment and wildlife and is more difficult to clean up. Unless you're having an indoor beach wedding reception, you're better off without confetti altogether.

5. Unless you're going with a whimsical theme, for a beach theme wedding reception you're better off going without balloons. Not only are these dangerous for the environment and wildlife should they get loose and pop, they don't do an elegant beach wedding justice.

6. For an elegant look, keep your beach wedding reception décor to a minimum. Overwhelming the area with dozens of trinkets and lots of colors will only serve to make your décor look to busy or thrown together.

7. Use real, natural sea finds for your beach wedding reception table decoration instead of purchasing bags of seashells, dried starfish or even sand dollars. Go out on the beach in the early morning and see what you can find - spend some time cleaning them and letting them dry. They'll make incredibly inexpensive yet beautiful decorations!

8. Try incorporating lanterns instead of candles. Candles can be blown out easily, even by just a simple gust of wind. Lanterns offer protection for the flame and many of them even last longer than candles, so your reception will be elegantly lit well into the night.

9. Consider a pool side beach reception. Bear in mind that a reception right on the sand can be quite messy - sand is going to go everywhere. Many resorts and destinations offer pools and areas that are right next to the beach - offering you incredible beach views while keeping your reception perfect.

10. Use white! White is the most traditional and popular wedding colors, and it works beautifully for beach theme wedding receptions. Use white table linens, napkins, china and even flowers. To jazz up an all white beach theme reception, try employing a number of different textures, such as lace and satin.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Beach Wedding Ceremony Ideas

Your BEACH WEDDING is going to be one of the most important days of your life, not only that - to have a BEACH WEDDING IS ONE OF A KIND, so make the most of your time. You want it to be perfect and completely, uniquely you. That's part of what having a beach wedding is all about - you're trying to break out of that cookie cutter wedding mold. Here are a few great ideas to help make your beach wedding ceremony extra special.

Canopies
Many beach brides have canopies over their altar. If the canopy is swathed in light, shimmering fabric, it can add just the right effect to a beach ceremony. Imagine walking down the aisle, covered entirely by delicate canopies gently fluttering in the wind! A canopy over the entire aisle, accented with gorgeous tropical flowers, can create a perfectly romantic feel.

Late Afternoon Ceremonies

While getting married underneath the beautiful, bright sunlight that only a beach has to offer in the middle of the day, the beach can be just as romantic at dusk. Consider having a sunset wedding on the beach - if your location is right, you might be able to have your ceremony right in front of the sun setting over the ocean! Decorate your beach theme ceremony with lots of torches and lanterns to create a super sensual effect.

Flower Petal Aisle

Instead of simply sprinkling your beach wedding aisle with rose or flower petals, why not create a thick, lush carpet of petals that will make you feel like you're walking on air? While the expense is a little extra, the effect it has on your beach theme wedding is truly worth it. It will add both dimension and depth to your ceremony, truly setting you apart from the crowd.

Here are some collections, with matching color motifs! It may be difficult to choose a color combination, but in these collections, would help you to decide easier.

Use your wedding to express you and your groom's personalities and you can definitely guarantee that your wedding will be like no other! Incorporating even the smallest details - no matter how small - is what will help make your wedding extra special for both you and your guests. Above all, relax and have fun with your planning!

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Related articles:
My Wedding Day Part 1: Procession Going To The Beach
My Wedding Day Part II: Wedding Ceremony By The Beach
My Wedding Day Part III: Photo Shoots
My Wedding Day Part IV: Reception By The Beach
Wedding Theme Collections
Determining Your Wedding Theme
Choosing Your Beach Wedding Gown
Planning A Destination Wedding
Choosing Your Bridal Bouquet
Tips To Have A Very Unique Beach Wedding
The Secret of a Successful Planning Your Own Wedding
Making The Best of Your Hot Summer Wedding
Tips For A Perfect Beach Wedding
Beach Wedding Brides
Wedding Planning Tips (1-8 Weeks)
Wedding Planning Tips (2-4 Months)
Wedding Planning Tips (4-6 Months)
Wedding Planning Tips (6-9 Months)
Wedding Planning Tips For The Brides
Wedding Preparations - Questions to Ask
My Own Wedding Preparations

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Making The Best of Your Hot Summer Wedding

Every couple who is planning for a perfect beach wedding always wish to have a perfect sunny day, for obvious reason that, you wouldn't want to have a wedding on a beach in a cold freezy and windy weather. But it doesn't necessarily mean to have a hot summer one if you opt for a destination wedding, can be in the middle of winter season depending on every couples preference.

The summer season is a wonderful time for a wedding. The best thing about it is that you can bet it won’t rain on your wedding day. No wonder, outdoor weddings are popular during summer. Why not! Getting married amidst a green, lush garden or a peaceful, white-sand beach is indeed, a very romantic setting.

Please read the complete details here, I really found this website very helpful. Enjoy planning....

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Related Articles You May Interested:
Tips for a Perfect Beach Wedding
Tips To Have a Unique Beach Wedding
Planning a Destination Wedding
Choosing a Beach Wedding Favors for a Fairy Tale Wedding
Beach Wedding Favors by MyFavors
Beach Wedding Favors by HansonEllis

Friday, August 29, 2008

Beach Wedding Favors by "HansonEllis"

HansonEllis.com offers unique wedding favors, bridal shower favors, especially beach wedding favors. Please see their collection below.

"What better favor is there for a beach wedding than this elegant starfish of love? It is perfect as a unique keepsake or as a new way to display your place cards. They can also be used to add a little charm to any centerpiece. These real finger starfish favors are great for exotic destination weddings, or just to dress up your own reception so it feels like you’re right by the sea during sunset."

"Add a touch from the sea to your wedding reception or island theme event with these unique, pearlized seashells. Each gold mouth turban sea shell is polished to reveal a iridescent shine."

"Add a touch from the sea to your beach or island themed wedding with these exotic toothpicks. Each comes adorned with a variety of mini seashells and are displayed in a polished shell toothpick holder. Use them for your hors d'oeuvres during your cocktail hour."

Beach wedding favors really bring a sense of a free summer day to any wedding celebration. Some of the joys of a beautiful beach wedding include, the warm sun on your face, the feel of wet sand squishing between your toes, picking up and collecting summer shells, and building sand castles.

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Part IV: My Beach Wedding Reception
Message in a Bottle as your Beach Wedding Invitation
My Wedding Favors - Shop for your Beach Wedding
Choosing Beach Wedding Favors for a Fairy Tale Wedding
Tips To Have a Unique Beach Wedding
Planning A Destination Wedding
My Personalized Wedding Favors
Choosing Your Beach Wedding Gown
My Unique Wedding Invitation for My Beach Wedding

Message in a Bottle as your Beach Wedding Invitation

HansonEllis was one of the websites where I found some useful ideas in choosing my beach wedding favors, and also for my unique wedding invitations. Useful banners to be clicked at the left side of my site, to see all interesting items in this website especially for Beach Weddings.

Originally, I wanted to send an "Invitation in a bottle" but we thought that we were gonna have problems of sending them to our guests. I found this fabulous and unique way of inviting our guests. However, I had to find other ideas and I came up with this one, still very unique though. If you are planning your beach wedding, why not sending your invitation in a bottle as you can see below.

Casually invite guests to your destination wedding or tropical theme event with our starfish bottle invitations. Each clear glass bottle is filled with fine coral sand, assorted miniature seashells, and is adorned with a real starfish. Create your own message inside the glass bottle or let them do it for you. Their custom invitation is printed on an ivory linen paper and is attached to a oil paper with earthy cedar leaves. For a personal touch, have the bride and groom's names and event date laser engraved on the bottle. If you are mailing these glass bottles out, add our white corrugated box along with our seashell RSVP card (optional). All bottles come corked.

• bottle size: 7"H x 1-3/4" in diameter

A clever way was discovered to send a special message to the other side of the world by means of “A message in a bottle”. They have recreated this unique piece that will send forth your special message to your guest. Use it as a beach wedding invitation or setting for the guest at your special event. These glass bottles are filled with fine sand and real mini seashells. Add a message made of natural oil paper with cedar leaves to these glass bottles as an invitation or a thank you note to your guest (optional). If you are mailing these bottles as an invitation, get our white corrugated mailing box (optional) and our elegant RSVP card. Each beach invitation bottle is firmly corked and is adorned with a raffia ribbon.

• glass bottle: 7"H x 1-3/4" in diameter

Message Bottles have long been associated as a romantic gesture, a concept dating far back through the centuries to days gone by. Nowadays with increasing popularity of beach theme weddings and exotic locations, Message Bottle invitations make great way of inviting your guests using a traditional concept with a modern but contemporary flair.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

My Wedding Favors - Shop here for your Dream Beach Wedding

Having a beach wedding and hoping to find the perfect favors? Please see this wide collection of "Beach Wedding Favors" for you to choose from. This large collection of beach wedding favors is truly unique. It doesn’t matter if you are having your wedding on a tropical island like Hawaii or a cruise ship, you are sure to find the perfect beach wedding favor below. When I was choosing for a unique favors for my own wedding, I used to come and visit this website more often to because you can be able to see varieties to get your ideas from and eventually to come up with personalized ones.

Few things in life are more romantic than a beach wedding. With beautiful brilliant sunshine, the slow rythmic lapping of waves on a sandy beach, the sound of distant birds chirping away and you and the man you love standing before a minister proclaiming your vows of everlasting love. This is the day. The day you have dreamed of your whole life. Beach wedding favors really bring a sense of a free summer day to any wedding celebration. Some of the joys of a beautiful beach wedding include, the warm sun on your face, the feel of wet sand squishing between your toes, picking up and collecting summer shells, and building sand castles. It's become very popular these days to have a laid back, summery beach wedding. Just about anything you can imagine about having a beach wedding is possible with a little help from My Wedding Favors.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Choosing Beach Wedding Favors for a Fairy Tale Wedding

Every couple wishes to have a one of kind favors that would provide their guests with a feeling of awe, a lasting impression of its uniqueness, so you must give some personal touches unto them (please see my personalized wedding favors I've had decided myself for my beach wedding). Wedding favors should be charming and unique as possibly as you can do, not necessarily complicated ones which you end up spending a lot of money in choosing the right one for you. Should be simple, yet elegant, leaving your guests feeling as special as you and your betrothed feel on this very special day. This can create an experience for your guest long after your wedding is over. Unique favors are more than just a souvenir, it is their memory about your wedding. So, it is needed to choose the unique and special wedding favor for you guest.

When selecting favors for your wedding, the only true criterion is the taste and budget of the bride and groom or the wedding planner. Gifts are today an expression of the bride’s taste and sensibilities, and should be considered as such when making the item selection. History and tradition have their place, but ultimately the bride should decide on what’s best for her, and come to the most unique expression of her creativity based on her own preferences.

Every person is different, a unique individual, with unique tastes and opinion and of course with different budget. Every couple will want to have the best wedding because the memories will last forever. However, it is not quiet simple to having the perfect wedding. If you were to ask any couple who have gone through the experience, most of them will testify that preparation for a wedding is both exciting and nerve-wrecking. However, with a little planning, getting all those preparation, from the theme, location the perfect date to the personality wedding favors ready to go can be a pleasant and satisfying experience.

FAVORS TO BE GIVEN AWAY
Unique, ocean scented candles with an array of pretty sea shells "floating" within them, are bound to create a conversation piece amongst your guests. This candle's scent will transport everyone to a romantic beach somewhere along the Greek coastline, where music plays and the breeze dances playfully to the rhythm. You can include with this beautifully aromatic gift fine heart confetti almonds with delicious chocolate centers for your guests' enjoyment.

GUESTS PLACING CARDS
Should you desire to present unique and unusual placing cards for your guest tables, an assortment of real jewels from the sea with potpourri in a jewel beaded organza bag may be the perfect complement to your ceremony. You can simply attach your guest's name and table number to the organza ribbon. It makes an elegant piece that will be an eye-catching addition to any wedding table decor.

TABLE CENTERPIECE

Of course, no formal event is complete without the perfect table centerpiece. Every great centerpiece deserves a solid supporting act. Imagine a Heart-Shaped Gold Wire Basket adorning the tables of your guests. Imagine further this elegant piece accompanied with silver or gold burlap bags filled with heavenly, aromatic potpourri and matching color organza bows. Each guest could select a bag of their choosing for a pretty scented keepsake as an aromatic reminder of your perfect wedding.

You have the power to create the most perfect and elegant wedding celebration --- a romantic, fairytale wedding.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Part IV: My Wedding Reception By The Beach

It was almost 7pm already when we finished our Photo Shoots, very good timing to have the party started but never all our guests was feeling hungry as they were served with canapes and cocktails while we were having our photo shoots, right after my husband and I went straight to our room to change our clothes. He just took off his top and left the white long shirts on, while I totally had a new look for the whole evening.

It was a very lovely evening though! When I first came down to see what it was like, oh my God - beautiful arrangements of small plates with desserts, and the resort staffs welcomed us with cocktails to start. However, some of our guests were

already seated waiting for us and wondering what was going to happen next aside from eating right in front of the sea. Nice romantic music were playing, we heard some birds singing and the sea waves splashing by the shore. It was on it's low tide at that moment, so we had all the space for us, for that event! AMAZING!!

While I was on my way to stand next to my husband, I heard people started shouting and clapping their hands, while there were drums playing and ladies singing. When I turned my head towards their direction, I realized it was the "Sega Dancers" - the local entertainers, which they normally offer to wedding receptions. We didn't know what it was, we just booked it for the night, at least to give entertainment to our guests. Here they are, guys were playing their improvised instruments, while the ladies were dancing.

They were gorgeous!, and after playing a few minutes they all stopped and taking us to dance with them! That was funny really and look at us dancing!

Haayyy, we all a bit tired when they finished, and it lasted for about 1 and half hours!! Dinner were served, we had a barbeque as weel, loads of choices to eat plus desserts, etc..

While we were eating, there were "Trio" came to give us romantic love songs. Look at my father, he stood up to entertain us too..lol, and funny really because most of us were dancing while they were singing.

Everybody really enjoyed, and it was absolutely such a fantastic experience. An experience that never be forgotten by everyone who witnessed and experienced themselves. IT WAS ONE OF A KIND... In fact, we finished at almost 1'oclock the following morning! We had some rain showers too, a blessings for a new beginning.