Archive for April, 2009

Best wedding supplies

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I was really surprised when I found out just how many wedding supplies I needed for my ceremony and reception. Now I know why the girls at work told me to start wedding shopping asap. I had no idea taking care of all our dresses and the guys tuxes would be easier than the rest. I found out there is much more to planning the wedding than just the attire. The first thing I bought was our unique wedding invitations for our very unique country western wedding and reception. I started shopping for my wedding reception supplies, crossing them off the list as I go. Country themed decorations were the first thing on my reception supply list. First I checked online, through the suggestion of a friend, before starting a store to store search for everything. It worked out better than I thought it would, there were quite a few selections to choose from.

Who knew that if you shopped online for wedding accessories for themed weddings that there were be so many great ideas, not just for my country themed wedding, but for many others too. Our tables looked so fantastic with the cute little place card holders I picked out. Since we were having a cookout for our wedding reception, I thought the cute little barbecue grills they had for place card holders was perfect.

For our centerpieces I took metal campfire cups and filled them with wildflowers and placed western garland around them. There were really super wholesale wedding supply for our wedding guests included in all the wedding reception supplies. In the wedding accessories selection were some super cowboys hats for the bride and groom that I ordered. There were unique champagne flutes for toasting the bride and groom that were also of a western theme. We also had those old time lanterns and lots of white christmas lights strung outside over the reception tables. On our wedding table sat our elaborate wedding cake and atop that cake was a western themed wedding topper that really set the mood for the evening. Anyone could have a great western wedding using all the selections of accessories and reception table décor they have. There was tiny cowboy hats for the tables, a gorgeous cake serving set, a wedding guest book and pen set, and a western style wedding album, which I dearly loved. I was so impressed at how simple and convenient it was to order all my wedding and reception accessories through the online shopping site.

Obviously I couldn’t get the bales of hay, large barbecue grills and a few other things like that online, so I did have to do a little store shopping. Actually my fiance and his best friend picked up those items for me. They took care of making a fantastic dance floor for the reception too. So,we had an exceptional dance floor, a great country band to play for us and really terrific food of all kinds. We had all types of salads, plus steaks and ribs, chicken and more for the grill. We all had a lot of fun.

I got a lot of compliments on our western décor idea, from some of our guests. Going online to search for accessories and décor ideas really paid off. The convenience of sitting at home and shopping, then ordering my choices,and just waiting for delivery was the best part of all. It’s so much better than running myself ragged from shop to shop trying to put it all together. And another great thing about where I got all my wedding accessories was that they have a great selection of discount wedding supplies to choose from. If you’re planning a wedding and reception, then I advise you to check out what there is to offer online.

Gorgeous Wedding Favors!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Valentine’s day can be the perfect wedding day. We both wanted a Valentines day wedding. I went shopping for our ‘love themed favor‘ just as soon as we had all the arrangements for the church and our reception taken care of. It didn’t take me long to find some very romantic wedding invitations for our ceremony. They were such pretty invitations with little silver hearts linked together on the front. Mom’s suggestion of buying extra invitations was really a good idea since I messed up two of them while writing them out.

Now that the invitations were on their way, it was time to do some major accessories shopping. My mom and I went shopping for my bridal dress and shoes, together. She was a big help, once she stopped crying at every gown I walked out in. After hitting every shop in town and checking out the many styles that were available, I found the perfect wedding dress for me. In the meantime, my fiance picked out his tux and so did the groomsmen at the first shop they went to. I was praying that he wouldn’t give the appearance of a pall bearer standing at the altar, because he picked the first suit he tried on. But that wasn’t the case, he really looked fantastic.

After I took care of everything the wedding party needed, it was time to consider ceremony decorations. I hung big red velvet bows at the end of the pews and made sure there were plenty of red roses arranged around the room and at the altar. I also had lots of candles around the altar, including our love themed unity candle. I was able to have red and pink rose petals for the flower girl, which I had to get permission for from the church. There’s a lot of churches that frown on that tradition, but luckily ours isn’t one of them. It was the perfect wedding ceremony and our church décor was absolutely lovely.

Even though I did quite a bit of shopping for our wedding ceremony, there was even more to do for our reception. Our supplies for the reception started with love theme decorations with a love theme and ended with in love wedding favors. There were bouquets of red roses placed everywhere and little red hearts hung from above. In front of the band was red and white balloons in the shape of a large heart, right on the dance floor.

The centerpieces we had made up for the reception tables had bouquets of flowers with a little cupid sticking out of each one. The little white pearls on the place card holders really added to the love décor of the tables. I packaged the beautiful love favors in favor boxes that were very decorative. Our guests complimented us on our reception table décor and especially the little favor boxes. Our wedding table looked gorgeous too. We were toasted with our lovely crystal heart champagne flutes and next to our wedding cake was our beautiful love cake serving set. But the most beautiful thing on our table was our lovely three tiered wedding cake. On top of our gorgeous cake sat a love birds cake topper. Our bridal table was so fantastic with the crystal glassware and the beautifully decorated wedding cake.

We had a picture perfect wedding and reception, thanks to all the accessories and supplies I found online.

I got to the thank you notes for our guests as soon as we got back from our fabulous honeymoon. A lot of the guests sent thank you cards saying what a great time they had, and how much they appreciated the love party favors we bought for them. I think that was very thoughtful.

Guest Book Wedding To Fit My Theme

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

There wasn’t a bridal shop or accessories store I hadn’t checked for my wedding album and wedding guest book. I was really getting tired of searching and coming up empty handed. A friend suggested that I take a look at the wedding accessories available online. So, I took her suggestion and tried the internet. And guess what? There it was, my themed wedding guest book, plus a lot of other wedding accessories I could use for my themed ceremony and reception.

This guestbook was just what I wanted for our fairy tale wedding. I even found the perfect storybook pen and holder to go with it. I also found our wedding album and lots of other great fairy tale themed ideas. I was really surprised at all the decoration ideas and the accessories they carried. I found items for my flower girl, ring boy and bridesmaids, and my fiance found the perfect groomsmen gifts for the guys and his best man.

I’m so glad I didn’t have to go store to store looking for these accessories. Naturally, we went to the caterers for our food, the bakery for our cake and found a photographer and entertainment. We also had to shop for our wedding attire, but most of what I bought for our ceremony and reception, I bought online. Our guest book wedding items was no where near as expensive as they looked. We got a discount on quite a few of our wedding accessories and decorations. That really helps on the wedding budget for two people just starting out.

I spent a lot of time going over all the fantastic wedding favor ideas they had for my reception. I wanted only the best wedding favors for our guests, after all these are our friends and family. The job of choosing favors was divided between me and my fiance, I bought for the girls and he bought for the men. We felt that was the best way to do it. I chose these lovely little wedding carriage candles for each of the ladies, that went perfectly with a storybook wedding. For the men at the reception, my fiance decided on keeping it manly and got everyone special shot glasses as thank you gifts.

By the way, I ordered more than one guest book for our wedding day. I wanted to have one that was only for the signatures of everyone at the wedding ceremony and the other was only used as a wedding guestbooks. There were a few people that weren’t able to attend the reception and I wanted to remember everyone that was there. And boy, did we celebrate! The dancing and partying lasted for hours. With scrapbooking pages and a place for all the little keepsakes I wanted to hang onto, this wedding album I bought could hold all the memories of that day and more. I put one of our wedding invitations, monogrammed napkins and other little keepsakes in it.

Leaving the reception wasn’t easy, we were having such a great time, but we had to get to the airport and start our honeymoon. As we were leaving, some of the guests were giving us their best wishes and congrats, while commenting on the fabulous wedding reception. I hope everyone really had a great time, I know we did.

I had no idea where he was taking me for our honeymoon until we arrived. I couldn’t have been more surprised to find out we were spending the next seven days in Orlando at a Walt Disney World Resort. He thought a fairytale wedding deserved a fairytale honeymoon. I could hardly wait to get all the pictures developed and into my special album I bought just for our honeymoon photos.

Lovely cheap wedding garter

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

My sister volunteered her help in planning my wedding. There was a lot of shopping done for my accessories. We went to every bridal shop in town. We even checked out the shops they had listed in the yellow pages. But, nothing seemed to be what I was looking for. Not to mention the high cost of everything at these bridal shops. I wrote a list on all the things that I needed to purchase. We had a lot of work ahead of us and very little time. That’s when my sister got an idea to browse the web to see what she could find as far as wedding accessories. She found a lot of great suggestions for wedding accessories and supplies.

There were fantastic decoration ideas for all kinds of weddings and receptions. There were suggestions for all types of themed weddings. There was quite a selection of beautiful wedding garters as well a awesome wedding decorations. The low price certainly didn’t match up with their high quality looks. I found a lovely bridal garters set that came with a free cheap wedding garter for the tossing event. It was a little difficult picking out the ones I wanted because there were so many to choose from. There were also a few selections of tossing garters sold separately. It wasn’t easy choosing between the lacy and satiny garters with fancy bows and embedded pearls. I picked out the one with the gorgeous satin ribbon roses and little tiny pearls. They are absolutely beautiful garters.

The garters weren’t the only thing I bought from there, I also bought other accessories including my veil and tiara. It was an exquisite veil with pearl and ribbon trim. My tiara was gold with little pearls in it too, to match my veil. While looking for my tiara, I found out they also have birthday and bachelorette tiaras too. There are a lot of accessories for celebrations other than wedding ceremonies and receptions. There is a large supply of party favors to browse through. They have party favors for birthdays, graduations, bachelorette parties and naturally gorgeous wedding favors.

There were so many accessories for our wedding and reception. The wedding decorations for our church ceremony and our reception party was better than I could hope for. There were beautiful flower arrangements everywhere and satin ribboned bows at the end of each pew. I was able to buy tapered candles and holders to go along with the beautiful unity candle I had purchased. Everything for our wedding ceremony, including our guestbook and pen set came from there. They also had plenty of accessories for our reception too. Our wedding cake looked even more spectacular with the gorgeous cake topper I bought. I had bought lovely crystal glasses for all our reception tables.

Everyone seemed impressed by the little thank you favors I picked out. They had very nice favor gift boxes for each of the wedding favors. They seemed to be an added decoration for our tables. I found many ideas for the perfect reception centerpieces for our party while I was online. Taking my sister’s suggestion and checking out the online wedding supplies was a life saver, not only because I found what I needed, but I was able to save a few dollars too. There were a lot of discount prices on several of the wedding and reception accessories.

There were a lot of nice accessories and wedding favors for a honeymoon and a destination wedding online too. I thought about a destination wedding, but there were just too many guests that wanted to attend our wedding. We were very happy with the way our wedding and reception turned out, and we had everything we needed to make it perfect.

Found some wedding reception decorations

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

There is so much to buy for your wedding and reception. If you have your location and date for the wedding, then it’s time to get the invitations in the mail. There is all types of invitations you can use. You could buy invitations with a theme, like for an ocean side ceremony, or just beautiful traditional invitations. I went with the beach themed.

I bought everything from invitations to wedding favors with an ocean side theme in mind. They had a huge list of wedding decorations. I decided on gel candles for each and every reception table. I really liked the adorable seashell place card holders they had.

There were awesome beach wedding favors to pick from too. I couldn’t make up my mind which I liked best, the tea lights or the picture frames for the beach favors. Since I could only choose one, it just had to be the tea lights. I just couldn’t resist them. They were so lovely, I ordered a couple extra for myself. There were a lot of options for wedding reception decorations too. Like the beautiful flower baskets and ring pillows that went so well with our theme. I even got my veil and tiara from there. I ordered most of our accessories and supplies from there, too They have a great selection to choose from, and some items were at discount prices. As expensive as weddings are, every little savings can help a lot.

What’s really great is there are so many different themed oriented accessories to choose from. The seasonal themed accessories were really the best. I would have chosen the winter wonderland accessories if we were having our ceremony in the winter months. There were such beautiful winter wonderland accessories to work with. But since we were getting married in July, I went with my favorite summer theme, the beach. I have to say, it turned out fantastic. Everyone had a super time and complimented me on the reception and wedding accessories. I got a lot of comments about our wedding cake topper Our bride and groom on the beach cake topper was really cute.

They also thought our beach themed champagne glasses were quite unique. There were so many nice accessories on our tables, from our cake serving set to the centerpieces. The favor boxes I chose were especially made for a seashore reception table. I can’t believe I got all of these super accessories and supplies online. And the prices were so affordable. I never knew shopping online could be so easy and convenient, or that I’d find so much just by browsing. I wish I would have known about this when I was planning my friends baby shower, they had all kinds of accessories and decorations for that too.

I also bought myself a couple of wedding albums for all of our photos. There were quite a few albums with scrapbooking pages and a special compartment for keepsakes. Anything you need for your wedding and your reception, they’ve got it.

There were so many lovely comments about our wedding table decoration and how nice our reception was. Everyone seemed to have a great time and did lots of dancing. It was a little hard to leave such a great time with our friends and family. But we had to get to the airport and be on our way to Aruba for our honeymoon. I was really excited about this trip, not just because it was our honeymoon, but I’ve never been to any place like this before. This is the beginning to a whole new life.

Choosing wedding favors

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

I put a lot of thought about the theme for our wedding ceremony and reception. I liked the idea of a beach wedding, but a garden wedding or country western theme sounded pretty great too. Then I thought maybe I should just stick with the traditional type of ceremony and reception. I also thought about a fantastic destination wedding. How great would it be to have a ceremony and reception in Las Vegas, or maybe take it all the way to Hawaii? I would love a tropical island wedding. But then I thought about all the people that would be disappointed that they couldn’t be there, and I had to toss that idea in the dumpster.
But there were a lot of other ideas to work with, including a winter wonderland wedding. But a wedding in July just didn’t seem like the right time to do a winter theme. I decided to go with the last, but not least of the wedding theme ideas, and have a fairy tale ceremony and reception. There were so many accessories and reception supplies to help with my fantasty wedding. The bakery even had wedding cakes that worked out with my idea. So this was final. I wanted a fairy tale wedding and reception.
I went online and found fairy tale invitations that I could send out. Next I started checking out all the wedding accessories and reception supplies I would need. I bought the most beautiful wedding gown I could find at the bridal shop and had my bridesmaids and little flower girl in exquisite floor length dresses, all with tiaras. All of the groomsmen and the ring boy looked so handsome in their tuxes, but the best looking one of all, was my regal prince. I could feel all eyes on me as I walked down the aisle, and half way expected them to bow to their new queen. Our wedding ceremony was more beautiful than I could have hoped for. The accessories I bought added so much glamour and style to our storybook wedding. As we were leaving the church, everyone tossed rose petals and cheered us on. Instead of a limo, we had a horse drawn carriage waiting outside.
Our reception was a total success, with all the storybook accessories, it looked like the inside of a castle. I had no problem when it came to the decorations or the wonderful wedding favors I had for our guests. I even found the perfect favor boxes to put each themed unique wedding favor in for our guests. There were so many accessories to choose from to help with our storybook reception. I decided on little coaches for place card holders and the gorgeous place card holders that looked just like Cinderella coach. I couldn’t have pulled this off without the wonderful accessories they have for fairytale weddings.
Some of our guests commented on the themed décor and told us what a great time they were having. A friend of ours told us it was the most fantastic dream wedding she’s ever seen. I know I was impressed and it was my wedding. I’m so glad that I chose this theme and found so many accessories to help me make it happen. I wanted this to be special for our friends and family too, the way it was for us. Everything from our wedding cake topper to the wedding party favors for our friends and family went with our storybook theme. I felt that a momento of this special day would mean more than any other gift I could give them. A special something to remind them of sharing this very special ceremony with us.
As soon as we returned from our honeymoon, I got started on all the thank you notes I needed to mail out. Believe it or not, I was able to get thank you notes with a fairytale theme. I wouldn’t mind having a fairytale anniversary renewal ceremony.

These are some classy tea shower favors!

Monday, April 13th, 2009

At your wedding shower, coffee favors are a vital piece of the puzzle! Looking back over the years wedding showers have changed from simple to exciting and fun. More thought has been put into the gifts for the guests. These gifts are a way to say thank you and how much you appreciate them. Today wedding favors and decorations have changed in the way you purchase them. More people are buying and planning their wedding by purchasing there items online. By browsing the web you can get awesome wedding ideas.

The most happiest moment of my life was planning my wedding shower, but I knew weddings can be very hectic, stressful and time consuming. In my search I wanted the perfect wedding favors for my guests. I knew it had to be practical and affordable. The web gave me options to figure out what was out there. There were a variety of wedding favors to chose from. I saw wedding favors by season, wedding favors by theme, and wedding favors by type. Having so many different wedding favors to choose from was hard because I didn’t know which to pick. I knew the best wedding favors are those that are fun and functional.

I found in my search coffee and tea favors. Coffee and tea is everybody’s favorite.[/sign] [sign]Coffee and tea favors are simple, elegant, and not too expensive. Also coffee and tea favors are becoming more and more popular. Plus there is a large selection of tea party favors and supplies to choose from. My search was almost over when I decided to go with coffee and tea favors. I would be saving money and impressing my guests at the same time. I would be giving a refreshing drink and a gift that would really be enjoyable. By giving coffee and tea favors is a great way to say thank you to your guests and they will know how special they are. Your guests will remember your special day and your coffee and tea favors will also add a touch of elegance. They will give the room an amazing aroma.

It was hard deciding on which coffee and tea favors to get. You don’t have to limit tea shower favors to coffee and tea. I found tea in fusers, coffee cup candles and many more coffee and tea favors to choose from. I fell in love with all of them and that made my decision even harder on which one to choose. I thought to myself that all of my guests may not like tea or may not like coffee. This made me make a decision to give out both coffee and tea favors for everyone. My guests would be able to pick what they liked the best. This way they would not end up with a gift they did not like. My decision came to an end when I finally made up my mind to pick tea infusers for the tea lovers and coffee cup candles for the coffee lovers. This way, by giving the coffee and tea favors, I knew that my tables would look gorgeous, and at the same time would make the entire room smell of coffee and tea.

My wedding finally arrived. The tables were set and all the decorations were set up. The room looked elegant and inviting. Coffee and tea aroma was throughout the room and gave you this cozy feeling. I was so excited and could not wait to see all my friends and family at the reception. You could see the excitement on my guests when they did arrive. They could not get over how elegant the room looked and the coffee and tea aroma that was in the air.They were amazed at how elegant the room looked and the aroma of coffee and tea that was in the air. My decision on coffee and tea favors was an excellent choice.

Best Wedding Collections sets ever

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Since I started looking, I must’ve seen hundreds of accessories at all sorts of prices. I browsed through a ton of wedding accessories, all ranging from expensive to cheap in cost. Considering all I have to take care of, I just wish I had more time to do this. My sister had a great idea that would save me time and money for all of my accessories.
Her suggestion was for me to try shopping online for my supplies and the wedding accessories I needed. So I decided to give it a try, and I’m glad I did. There were so many great accessories at wonderful prices.
I found wedding collections with so many beautiful wedding items. The collection set I picked out had so many great items, like my gorgeous bridal garter and handkerchief, ring pillow and flower basket, and a beautifully styled guest book and pen holder.
This was the first I’d ever heard of a collection for wedding accessories. Some sets had other items in them which included unity candles. There was one wedding collection set that was perfect for themed weddings. They had Irish wedding sets and some really exceptional beach themed sets. But we’re having just a simple and traditional ceremony and reception. So I went with a gorgeous white satin that had lovely bows with satin edges.
Most of the accessories and reception supplies I looked at were pretty reasonably priced. In fact, there were quite a few items available at discount prices. If you have a low budget to follow for your wedding, this can be very helpful.
There were even some fantastic wedding cake toppers to choose from. I think my favorite was the funny cake toppers. When I showed him the cake topper I wanted, my fiance said he liked the idea of having a funny topper for our cake. It depicted the whimsical side of marriage. I was able to get everything from our cake topper to our wedding favors online. They had everything I needed from toppers to favors, right there online. I was really surprised that I could get everything from wedding cake toppers to adorable wedding favor gifts, for our friends and family, on my computer.
There were plenty of gorgeous accessories for our wedding ceremony. I picked out some of the lovely flower arrangements and the perfect aisle runners, as well as a unity and taper candles. I found the perfect veil and tiara for my wedding ensemble. I also bought the white confetti for the guests to toss as we are leaving the church.
Our reception hall was filled with the accessories I bought there. The crystal champagne flute and glassware sparkled on all the tables, and the flower arrangements made excellent centerpieces. The place card holders I ordered also served as picture frames for our guests to use at home. I thought the crystal figurines I bought for our friends and family were a perfect wedding favor. Everything at our reception was absolutely as perfect as I wanted it to be.
One of our guests wanted to know where I got our guestbook and pen set and commented on what a lovely job I did on the reception decorations. When I told them all I got with the wedding collection, and what a great price it was, they were really surprised. There was a lady there that’s helping her daughter plan for her wedding and she plans on telling her to shop where I did.
Along with all the other fabulous wedding accessories I bought for our ceremony and reception, I also bought a gorgeous wedding album. It was a large white brocade with scrapbook pages and a special place for keepsakes.] I made sure I had a lot of keepsakes to hang on to and plenty of photos too.
The albums they have online are so lovely, I bought a second one to use strictly for our honeymoon photos. We had such a great time on our honeymoon, and we took lots of pictures for my new album. My sister’s suggestion was a good one. She was right, this was the best place to find my wedding accessories and reception supplies.
Thanks, glad I took your advice, sis.

Great Wedding Collections!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Ever since I started my search for a collection set, I’ve probably seen hundreds of them! There were so many wedding accessories at a variety of prices. But there is just so much to consider when you’re planning a wedding and reception, that there just doesn’t seem to be enough time. My sister had a great idea that would save me time and money for all of my accessories.
She suggested that I try the internet for wedding supplies and accessories. It’s a good thing I decided to check it out. There were so many great accessories at wonderful prices.
I ran across wedding collections that had a lot of the items I needed. There was a lovely set that had the flower girl basket and ring boy pillow, wedding guest book and pen holder and a beautiful bridal garter and handkerchief.
I had never heard of a collection for wedding accessories before. Some sets had other items in them which included unity candles. There was one wedding collection set that was perfect for themed weddings. There were unique sets for beach themed weddings and gorgeous wedding sets for an Irish wedding too. But we are keeping our wedding ceremony and reception simple. So I went with a gorgeous white satin that had lovely bows with satin edges.
Most of the accessories and reception supplies I looked at were pretty reasonably priced. There were even wedding accessories that came with pretty substantial discounts. That really helps when you’re trying to plan a wedding and reception on a small budget.
I loved the wedding toppers they had. I liked the funny cake toppers the best. When I showed him the cake topper I wanted, my fiance said he liked the idea of having a funny topper for our cake. It depicted the whimsical side of marriage. I was able to get everything from our cake topper to our wedding favors online. They had everything I needed from toppers to favors, right there online. I was really surprised that I could get everything from wedding cake toppers to adorable wedding favor gifts, for our friends and family, on my computer.
There were plenty of gorgeous accessories for our wedding ceremony. There were lovely flowers, candles and a very beautiful aisle runner. They also had the veil and tiara I wanted. The white confetti I ordered for the guests to toss as we exit the church was perfect.
Our reception hall was filled with the accessories I bought there. The crystal champagne flute and glassware sparkled on all the tables, and the flower arrangements made excellent centerpieces. I bought picture frame place card holders that they can later put a memorable photo in. I hope everyone likes the crystal figurines I bought as wedding favors. Everything at our reception was absolutely as perfect as I wanted it to be.
Some of our guests were impressed with the décor I had chosen for the reception, and particularly like the lovely guest book and pen set I ordered. When I told them all I got with the wedding collection, and what a great price it was, they were really surprised. One of the ladies said she was going to tell her daughter about it, since she is planning her wedding.
Along with all the other fabulous wedding accessories I bought for our ceremony and reception, I also bought a gorgeous wedding album. I decided on a white brocade wedding album with a place for keepsakes and scrapbooking pages.] I made sure I had a lot of keepsakes to hang on to and plenty of photos too.
I loved their album despins so much that I bought two, one for the wedding and one for the honeymoon. With all the pictures we took on ou honeymoon, my album will be filled with the memories of the great time we shared there. My sister’s suggestion was a good one. She led me to the perfect wedding accessory and reception supply store, ever.
Your advice is greatly appreciated, sis.

I Found Some Amazing Bridal Accessories!

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

As soon as we set our wedding date, I got busy with my planning and shopping for everything I needed. Since I love to shop online, I decided that was as good a place to start as any. There were accessories and reception supplies that would help me to plan the most fantastic wedding and reception party ever, all on my computer. Starting with the beautiful invitations I chose, and finishing with the super wedding favors for our friends and family.

We had no problem choosing the theme we wanted for our wedding and reception, it had to be a beach theme. Our friends and us have spent many days on the beach, since we were kids, growing up here and it seemed like the perfect place for our wedding.

I ordered beach invitations right away so they would be on their way to our friends and family, first thing. Everyone answered with a definite yes, and everyone seemed really excited about sharing this day with us. With that out of the way it was time to start looking for all of my bridal accessories I would need. Shopping online has almost become a hobby for me, but even I couldn’t believe what a wonderful selection they had to offer. I ordered the most beautiful tiara and hair comb from there. Not only did I find the perfect hair accessories, but my wedding jewelry too. I ordered a beautiful necklace and earring set that looked absolutely fantastic with my gown. It had little pearls and crystals entertwined and gave such a luxurious sparkle to my ensemble.

Great selection of bridal fashion supplies and the low cost really made this shopping worth while. I ordered some things for our honeymoon too. I know that a short thin materialed dress would have been more appropriate for a beach ceremony, but I had my heart set on my full length gown. There were satin summer dresses for my bridesmaids and my flower girl, that had a knee length hemline. They were all so elegant, they could have been on the cover of a bridal magazine.

Our reception tables were all set up on the beach with tiki torches scattered all around and lights strung up by the make shift dance floor we had. I had sailboat place card holders and placed seashells and starfish all around the tables. As wedding favors I wanted to give them something special from the seaside collection, so I chose the beach themed photo frames for each of them. Everyone seemed to like the gifts they received.

Our wedding table was beautifully set with beach themed champagne flutes, little beach tealights and lovely beach themed candles and holders. Everything at our wedding reception came with a beach theme décor, including our fantastic wedding cake topper. Our topper was a bride and groom taking a walk along the beach. I’m so glad they had all the supplies and bridal accessories we needed to plan the perfect beach wedding and reception. We danced, ate tons of seafood, like shrimp, crab, lobster and of course we had other foods for those that didn’t like seafood. We danced to some really great tunes and enjoyed the fantastic foods that were prepared and just had one heck of a beach party. It was a little sad when we had to leave for our honeymoon and everyone was still partying it up.

After we returned from our honeymoon, I had to get down to writing all the thank you notes to our guests. My beach themed picture album has all the memories within its beautiful covers for me to enjoy anytime I want to look back on our special beach wedding and reception.