Some Ideas for the Perfect Spring Wedding

March 27, 2007 by Lesley-Ann Graham  
Filed under Wedding Ideas

Spring is here – the season of life, where everything blooms and blossoms. What better time of the year to get married? With mild weather, warm sunshine, cool breezes, and aromatic scents wafting in the air, spring indeed makes it easy for people to relax and feel happy about life in general. That is why a lot of people prefer to hold their wedding ceremony at this time of the year. Here are some ideas that can help you come up with your perfect spring wedding.

With all that is in the air as spring arrives, it stands to reason that many couples prefer an outdoor wedding during this season. Outdoor weddings are perfect in spring and add an air of laidback casualness to the whole thing. Of course, having an outdoor wedding does not necessarily mean casual – you can still have that elegant outdoor wedding in spring if you wish to do so.

When planning for your outdoor spring wedding, consider the props. When we say props, we mean your decorative pieces. Why not try formal props such as candelabras and urns? While you are at it, try using some arbors draped with simple greens. Avoid overusing garlands and other greenery – this is supposed to be passé. The trick is to simplify with elegant props. This would create the elegant yet laidback effect.

As for your centerpieces for the tables, go for simplicity as well. Try brilliant flowerpots holding a single kind of flower. Tulips are in for the spring – they would be perfect centerpieces. Anemones would do as well. For a more unique twist, why not make use of garden herbs? Potted rosemary, thyme, or other garden herbs would definitely fit in with a spring wedding.

Also bear in mind that spring is the season where life is celebrated. As such, do not hesitate to use rich and vibrant colors in your decorations. When picking out your centerpieces, think of deep red. Think of hot pink or gold. Just imagine the rich profusion of colors on your wedding day, symbolizing your celebration!

Another idea in fashion these days is to incorporate candle light into the wedding. Imagine a romantic outdoor wedding with hundreds of little candles sparkling in the dusk – isn’t that just perfect? Of course, if you want to make use of candle lights for the ambiance, you would have to get married a little late in the afternoon.

Spring wedding gowns for the outdoor ceremony gives you a lot of leeway. It is really up to you. You can opt to wear the traditional white gown or you can have beige, or pink, or whatever color that suits you. The same goes for the style and cut of the gown. Just make sure that your decorations will not clash with your gown color.

Indeed, with spring comes new life. With a wedding ceremony comes a new beginning. So as we greet spring this year, we wish you a perfect spring wedding – one that you would cherish all your life!

The Color Codes for Wedding Themes

March 3, 2007 by Lesley-Ann Graham  
Filed under Themed Weddings

A lot of people may not notice it, but couples would usually follow a certain wedding theme through colors. A lot of the color schemes would normally be patterned to colors like lavender, pink, peach, yellow, blue or green. The theme to be picked out depends largely on what the couple would believe in like tradition and culture. While many would not find this necessary, it is really something important for couples who want to make their wedding rituals colorful and memorable as well.

Wedding themes would usually be picked out by the bride with the consent of the groom in the end. It is customary and only normal that women are more passionate and particular about their wedding themes since they are usually exposed and do the research on how to make such an event in their lives a treasured moment. The color schematics cover the flower arrangements, entourage designs and of course the wedding giveaways that are passed on during the reception proceedings.

It has been a common sight that color themes would usually create the proper ambiance and complement that weddings would usually project. The selection of colors would usually have meanings. These would stem from ancestral and superstitious beliefs that include good luck charms and happy marriages. It would all depend on the level of belief that sides, bride and groom, and their families would normally advice.

Ill-prepared weddings may not have time to go over the necessary preparations, making it something secondary since the main purpose is simply to tie the knot. While implementing colored themes in weddings is not really a requirement, it is a sign of unity and for some who believe in superstitions, a sign of well-preparedness in journeying towards a new life as husband and wife.

But the standard practice in weddings, whether it is big or a small gathering, really follow a certain them to make the occasion unique and different from the standard wedding events that people would get to experience through friends and colleagues. Couples would normally resort to trying to improve or outdo the weddings that they see, mixing ideas and trying to conceptualize something unique for their own wedding to be different and extravagant.

Besides, weddings are usually held once in a lifetime for couples who want to be officially married. Preparations and the like are tedious but after some years, they will always go back to memory lane and look at how exotic and memorable their exchange of vows truly was.