We are having our wedding ceremony on the beach. We thought it would be fitting to have a steel drum band play at the ceremony. When my fiance’s father was younger and living in Puerto Rico he used to play in a steel drum band. We think he will really appreciate this aspect of our wedding. I am so excited to have this aspect of our wedding planned. I cannot wait to hear how amazing they sound on the beach on our wedding day. Here they are – One Love Caribbean Steel Drum Band
The manager sent me a list today of their most popular songs. Now I have to figure out if I want to walk down the sandy aisle to “Here Comes the Bride” or if I should use something else. We will also have a few songs playing for our guests before the ceremony starts – we need to decide on those as well as what song to have them play after we are pronounced husband and wife and leave our ceremony.
Has anyone else taken a different approach to music at their ceremony or reception?
The first time after our engagement that Moon Dude and I went down to Kitty Hawk to meet with wedding vendors we spent a few days “working” on wedding ideas, with just a little extra time to enjoy it. While down there, we spent some time taking pictures of us drawing in the sand trying out a plethora of ideas for us to use for our save the dates. I was very pleased with how they turned out. Take a look:
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I know it has been far, far too long since I updated my recap! Mea culpa– I’ve been a very bad Blossom. I could tell you all about how I have this awesome new job with lots of travel & that Plumeria Dude and I are pretty wrapped up in house-hunting. But let’s get to the good stuff instead!
Plumeria Dude and I decided we wanted to do all of our photos before the ceremony. We’re not superstitious, and we also wanted to maximize our time with our guests. Plus we really wanted to dig on that yummy cocktail hour food! With that in mind, we staged a “first meeting” before we did our couple photos. Here’s how it went:
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We are having a VERY CASUAL beach wedding. I know he is definitely going to wear flip flops. I am now trying to figure out what my groom should wear…what do you think?
Choice 1- White short sleeved button downs with khakis
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I spend most evenings scouring the Internet looking at this site, bridal blogs, wedding websites, etc… and tonight I came across someone who said this…
The only things that should last forever is your marriage and your photography – everything else is just details.
I think I agree. I am going to try to keep this in mind when I am stressing over flowers and invitations and favors. I knew from the get go that the wedding photography was important to me. It is one of the first things I booked. I love our photographer and her work. From the moment I stepped foot into her home for our first meeting…I knew I was going to hire her. I know that the photos she takes of us we will have forever and they will be passed down to our children…so I had no qualms when it came to the cost of the wedding photography. Seeing our wedding photos is one of the things I look forward to the most about our wedding.
Here are a few of my favorites from our photographer to be, Amy Sandoval.
http://www.amysandovalphotography.com/
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Ok….so after hours of deliberation (I mean seriously, it shouldn’t be that hard) I have chosen our colors! I took into account all the great advice I got from all of you. Unfortunately, Dogwood Dude’s only advice was “Whatever makes you happy, makes me happy”… I resisted the urge to tell him that he wasn’t making me happy at that moment! I decided to do some research into local flowers to see what we could get for a good price and what colors I had to choose from for those flowers.
So, here were the three choices I was looking at….and click through to see what we picked!
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Crisis #1…I can’t make up my mind on our colors! With all the beautiful colors to choose from when planning a beach wedding it really makes it hard to decide. I could go with sky, water or earth on this one!
My first inclination was to go with the colors of the sunset since our wedding will take place at that beautiful time. I was imagining amazing hues of canary, peach, coral and tangerine much like this image from Martha Stewart.
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I think I have just arrived at the stage of wedding planning when one realizes that there’s a lot of work to be done, and maybe not as much time to accomplish everything as one thought. 290 days sure sounds like a lot, but when you get down to brass tacks, I gotta get moving. Let’s take a moment to review:
What is done:
Venue is picked which will host ceremony and reception – The Sundy House
The "Warhol Room" where we will have the reception at the Sundy House
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When it came down to escort cards, I had a hard time envisioning what would make the best presentation for our guests. With all of the last-minute changes at our venue, I didn’t know whether the display would be outside (and therefore subject to wind) or inside. I didn’t want anything too chintzy either. Also, I didn’t want to have to transport anything large, bulky or fragile from Georgia down to our Florida Keys venue.
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Lovely ladies helping with program assembly
I have been pretty open about not being the craftiest bride out there. Luckily, I have some awesome friends and family members who were all too happy to pitch in! Above you can see three of my aunts, my brother’s MIL and my mother hard at work assembling programs.
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