As it seems were nearly deep into the summer season already this year, we are also looking into getting into one of the most popular times of the year for weddings. There are definitely some certain perks and benefits to getting married during the warmer seasons of the year, such as outdoor wedding receptions or other summery theme, but it seems that every year new hot summer wedding trends start coming out, and are worth taking a glance at, if you’re interested in that sort of thing. Personally, I didn’t really care what everyone else was doing in their weddings, I wanted a wedding that fit exactly what I had in my mind’s eye. But some brides really stay up on the different wedding trends that are popular that season so that they can have a wedding that is in style and really makes a statement and stands out from all the other wedding trends. So if that is you, then here are some great summer wedding trends for 2008.
Using Dynamic Colors
One of the great things about summer weddings is that brighter colors for your wedding don’t seem at all out of place, or gaudy. Go with some sophisticated brighter colors, but don’t go overboard on using them in your decorations or your wedding guests will have to bring sunglasses. Instead, choose just a few places in your wedding decorations where you can use that dynamic color, such as in the centerpieces or a table runner, and use a lighter accent color for the rest of your decorations.
All-Natural Wedding Centerpieces
Another great summer wedding trend is to go for wedding centerpieces that are all natural. One popular choice has always been to use citrus as a part of your centerpieces. And while that is still a great look for your wedding tables, consider looking for some ways to update this classic centerpiece. One way to do this is to eliminate the vases for the flowers in your centerpieces, and instead use pedestals covered with thick green leaves and place your flowers on top of those. They make some truly spectacular wedding centerpieces, and there are many photo galleries that can give you some great pictures for ideas.
Choosing a Lighter Fare
There’s nothing quite like a summer cook out. While it would be unthinkable to plan a bar-b-que for several hundred people, you can find some great recipes from your caterer that are much more summery. Think of some lighter choices of meat, such as chicken or fish, and then add salads with fresh fruit, potato salad, or any other popular food that goes great with a summer cook out.
There are always lots of great summer trends that change from year to year, and you shouldn’t pick something that you hate just because it is a popular trend for that summer. If you’re looking for a totally trendy wedding and need some ideas on how to celebrate summer and make your wedding really stand out from some of the others that will be happening around the same time, then consider choosing one of these great summer wedding trends to help give you some ideas on making your summer wedding truly your own.
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A relatively new trend for wedding cakes over the past few years has been the introduction of square wedding cakes. In times past, wedding cakes were always circular tiers, but that isn’t the case anymore. Square wedding cakes have become a huge trend for brides choosing their wedding cake, and there are many different ways that you can have square wedding cakes and still have them look different from all of the other wedding cakes out there. Here are just a few of the great wedding cake designs that you can use with square wedding cakes to get the perfect look for your wedding cake, as well as a few precautions you need to be aware of when deciding whether or not you want a square wedding cake.
It’s always hard to tell just how much everything should cost when you’re working on your wedding planning. I know that before our wedding I had never had to host a party where I was serving food to 150 people, and I really wanted to make sure that I was getting a good deal for the amount of money that I was spending. Like most young couples, we were on a fixed budget, and wanted the most wedding that we could get for our money. One problem that I really had to deal with when I was doing my wedding planning was to figure out what good wedding cake prices were, and how to tell if some of the bakeries I was visiting were wanting to overcharge me on their cakes or not. So if you are going through what seems like endless brochures and pricing sheets on wedding cake prices, and still feel like you don’t know anything about them, I’m here to help you out. Here are some average wedding cake prices, and some different things that can rack up your wedding cake prices.
Last weekend, I was able to go on a girl’s getaway to the coast with my mom and sister. We stayed in a really nice resort decked out with beautiful fresh flowers and complete with classical music playing from a self-playing piano that even overlooked the ocean. Pretty snazzy huh? Now, I didn’t go on this weekend getaway to think about subjects for new articles or anything like that, but the situation presented itself so clearly that I felt I really needed to write about it. You see, at the front of this beautiful resort, over to one side, there was a beautiful grassy area with a large white gazebo labeled the ‘Wedding Gazebo’. I even remember commenting about it on our way inside the hotel to check in. It would have been a beautiful location for an outdoor wedding. Little did I know that my viewpoint on their wedding location was going to change drastically.
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