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Curious about Wedding Silver Bells!!

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

There was the sound of wedding bells, the tossing of rose petals, and the traditional run for the limo while friends and family cheered us on. That’s the way our ceremony went. I have to say, it was a sassy ceremony too, and with all the help I got on accessory suggestions, it wasn’t hard to put it all together. With all the exceptional accessories and supplies at my disposal there was no way this wedding and reception wouldn’t be a success.

Starting with the invitations and ending with the perfect little thank you gifts, they had it all. On the front of our invitations was silver printing which added to the elegance of the card. There was a cute little flower girl basket and ring pillow among all the accessories that I decided to buy for our ceremony. It was actually more than the basket and pillow, it also had my wedding garter, guest book and pen set, in a gorgeous rich garnet. A five piece wedding set that wasn’t very expensive at all.

I also picked out an aisle runner along with other accessories for our wedding. The process of selecting the wedding bell was really a great one. As soon as the wedding ceremony ended and we were leaving the church all the guests rang their little bells in celebration of our union. It was really a unique idea.

I didn’t just order things for my ceremony, I also ordered everything I needed for our reception too. There was a marvelous selection of reception accessories to pick from. I have this thing for shiny things, and I found a lot of crystal glassware, including charming champagne flutes for our reception tables. I chose the bride and groom toasting set for us and champagne flutes with elegant twisted stems for our friends and family. Wedding bell favors really made our tables shine with elegance, and I thought it would be a nice gift for our guests as a little something extra to show our appreciation.

I could have bought every necesary item they had on their list, but I think I would have been overdoing it just a little. We gave out glass coasters as wedding favors for our friends and family. They had a lovely calla Lillie design on them that was absolutely beautiful. I also chose these very elegant looking favor boxes with a little thank you tag on them, for the wedding favors. The silver favor boxes, along with all the other accessories on the tables, really added to the décor. I purchased flowers and ordered some stunning candles to make into our centerpieces for the reception tables.

The wedding cake we had set up at the end of the reception hall was really spectacular. Chocolate and cherries three tiers high with a very lovely cake topper resting on top. I decided on a beautiful heart with calla lilies and ribbon as our cake topper. Everything at our reception turned out to be perfect. With all the tons of wedding pictures we had, I finally had to order another wedding album to store them all in. There were so many shots of us with our wedding cake and the traditional cutting and sharing of the very first piece. I have pictures of our friends and family, the ring boy and flower girl on the dance floor together and our first dance as husband and wife.

The compliments I got from our guests on our wedding décor was really nice, but it really made me feel good to know that they all had such a great time. I told my husband that I would really like to do this again someday for one of our anniversaries, and he agreed that it’s a good idea.

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First Communion Party Favors?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Our daughter made her first holy communion last week and we had a small party for her special day. I wanted to give out communion favors that would have a religious theme to them. Religious shops didn’t have exactly what I was looking for, especially in my price range. So I hit the internet in search of the right favors for her party. There were quite a few great votive candles that worked out perfectly for table decoration. The teddy bears filled with candy were the holy communion favors for the kids, and I picked out candies in pretty little tins for the adults. As extra party favors I ordered these really sweet religious picture frames with a silver cross. I also ordered a couple extra of them for our house, to put my children’s pictures in.

The day we went shopping for her communion dress I couldn’t help but think of the day when we’ll be shopping for her wedding gown. I know that day isn’t as far ahead of us as I would like it to be. Her radiant dress and veil made her look so much like a miniature bride. I suppose planning a party for her communion isn’t all that different from the someday wedding reception I’ll be helping her to plan. Just like at a reception, there was the decorated cake, a band for dancing and foods of all kinds to enjoy. We didn’t want to lose the fact of the importance of this special day, but we also wanted to make this party a memorable one. With all the pictures we took at her communion party, I’m so glad we decided to make the pink photo album an extra little communion gift for her. Like I said before we wanted to keep things as simple as possible and not go overboard, so me and some of the other moms made the food, and the only thing I ordered for it was the cake. There were at least four different kinds of salads, including a great tasting potato salad, and vegetable dishes, fried chicken and more. Our family and some of our closest friends enjoyed this pleasant afternoon with us. This party really meant a lot to our daughter and all of us had such a lovely time. We bought our daughter a very unique gold cross and had her name put on it, and she got some very exquisite gifts from our friends and family too.

I couldn’t help but feel that this was a practice run for her wedding and reception. I know that day is not so far away and we will be sitting down checking out the online selection for wedding favors and accessories. At least when it does come to that, I’ll know where to send her for her wedding supplies and accessories for her reception. I’ll go to the same place I bought our decorations and communion favor, right here on my computer. There is quite a selection of wedding supplies and decorations for both ceremony and reception. I sort of gave the site the once over and checked out some of the items they have, and there is quite a selection for all kinds of events. I hung onto this website because I can use their accessories and decoration selections for birthdays and graduations I’ll be planning in the future. They have accessories for baby showers, bridal showers and some great ideas for a girls night out parties. You can choose from many themed ceremonies and receptions like oceanside weddings, or seasonal ones like winter wonderland and my particular favorite, western themed receptions. Anything you want for the perfect themed shower or birthday party is available, and the choices of accessories are really fantastic. That’s why I’m hanging on to my online shopping site, I know I’ll be using it quite often.

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We Couldn’t Decide on a Bridesmaid Gift!

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

All the wedding accessories I checked out were super. I bought most of my wedding supplies and reception decorations there. But when it came to the bridesmaid gifts, I just couldn’t decide on which one I wanted to order. They had a fantastic list of gifts to say thank you to my bridesmaids. Buying the groomsmen gifts didn’t seem to be half as hard for my fiance. He found some very nice shot glasses he liked and that was what he chose to buy for the guys. With me, I’m on there everyday looking at the selection over and over again, trying to make a decision.

I’d decide on the jewelry boxes and then the lovely bracelet they have would side track me and I’d start considering that. I’m glad it wasn’t this difficult choosing my accessories for my wedding and reception. I already had what I wanted, in mind, for those accessories. I got all the bridal accessories I needed for our indescribably neat fall themed wedding. All the bright vibrant colors of fall were in the accessories I chose for our fall wedding and reception. I chose my flower basket and ring bearer pillow that were made for the perfect fall wedding. I ordered everything from the flower basket to an aisle runner.

They have some unique fall themed ideas for receptions that I really loved. You can even order beautiful favor boxes for the unique wedding favors they offer, and the place cards and holders they have are pretty exceptional too. Our friends and family are going to love the favors we bought for them. But I also ordered one for me as a little momento of our special wedding day. I never knew glass coasters could be so lovely as the ones I chose for the wedding favors. I also bought our wedding cake topper from there and had no problem picking out the one I liked the best. I went for the heart made of sparkling glass with which I had our names put on. If a storybook were to be our wedding theme, there was one storybook topper I would definitely have used. I wouldn’t have been able to pass up the castle wedding cake topper. It was really special and would have fit right in with a storybook themed wedding.

If I had no problems choosing all my accessories and reception supplies, why did I have such a hard time picking a bridesmaid gift? There were some very nice deals on some of these gifts as well as the accessories. There were gifts for bridesmaid that looked expensive, but was very reasonably priced. After a few days I had actually made up my mind to choose between the two I liked the best. On one hand I had the idea of the jewelry boxes and on the other was the lovely designed bracelets. I had to make my decision, and I tried to hurry with it as fast as I could, but it took a few more days to do so. But I did finally decided on what I was going to do. I decided to buy both. They were each getting a beautiful silver bracelet and a just as beautiful jewelry box to keep it in. I think my bridesmaids are worth the extra gift, and it wasn’t all that expensive either.

Thankfully, everything turned out fantastic for our wedding day. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was a lot of fun. Our friends and family really liked the wedding favors they received and made comments on the lovely ceremony we had. The guys loved the shot glasses and my bridesmaid gifts were a success too. This was the best day of my life.

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Wedding Server Matched Our Theme!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I looked at a lot of wedding options before I decided I wanted to have a themed wedding and reception. All I had to do now, was decide which theme I wanted to go with. I took a look at the country western theme, and it seemed like it would be a lot of fun. I pictured a reception party barn dance for our wedding day. Then there was the seasonal wedding themes, and since we were getting married in the summer, I thought about a beach wedding. We could swim, party on the beach and enjoy a keen sunset. There were a lot of themed weddings and receptions to consider. You could find anything you needed online for a themed wedding from wedding décor to a beautiful wedding knife server. Even though I found a lot of themed wedding ideas I liked, I chose the fabulous  fairytale theme.

Since, I had made up my mind to use the storybook theme, it was time to find my accessories and reception supplies. The first thing I bought was the wedding invitations for our guests. Then I started choosing all of our decorations and other wedding accessories. I wanted everything to look as Cinderella like as possible. First I needed to get the decorations I wanted to use in the church. Tulle swags were draped from each row of pews with a bow of satin pinned on each end. Our unity candle had tapered candles in storybook holders on each side of our storybook unity candle, and several flowers in vases placed around the altar.

I also had a unique fairytale wedding guest book for everyone to sign when they entered the church. I couldn’t have dreamed a more perfect fairytale ceremony than the one I had. Our little ring boy and flower girl were adorable and did such a super job at the ceremony. As anyone knows, when Cinderella and Prince Charming married they didn’t leave the castle in a limo, they rode in a carriage, and that’s what we did.

The reception hall was really spacious with all the wild flowers everywhere and the decorative tables all set up with crystal and silver. All the tables had crystal champagne flutes with storybook designed stems. The place card holders on the guests tables were adorable little castles. I also got the idea to purchase little carriage favor boxes and fill them with candies for each guest at their tables.

Even though all of our reception tables were gorgeous, our wedding table was the most breathtaking. It was a table fit for a king and his queen. At the end of our wedding table, was the wedding cake table, with our beautiful five layer cake and astonishing storybook topper. They have everything where I bought our reception supplies, even the perfect wedding cake topper in a storybook theme for our gorgeous cake. I saw a divine wedding knife in a storybook theme with a very decorative handle. I really liked the wedding cake knife set, so now I wanted to make everything else perfect! The set made a nice addition to the wedding cake and topper decoration.

As soon as the bridal toast and the best man’s speech was over, my husband and I had our first dance as husband and wife. We chose our favorite song, “I Swear” by all for one, as our first bride and groom dance. Once we were done with our wedding dance, the other couples joined us on the dance floor. I’m glad I bought the  fairytale photo album to store my wedding pictures in, because I’m going to have quite a few of them to treasure. Our guests let us know how much they appreciated the storybook wedding favors we had for each of them.

Our wedding and reception was truly unbelievable and I know now that fairytales can come true.

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Some Amazing Discount Bridal Accessories!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

When my fiance and I set the date for our wedding, I started planning and shopping for all my accessories and wedding supplies, right away. I’m a dedicated online shopper and so, of course, that’s the first place I went to find what I needed. I’m glad I did too, with all they had to offer there was no problem finding everything I needed to plan the perfect wedding and reception. From invitations to fantastic wedding favors gifts for our guests, they had it all.

We had no problem choosing the theme we wanted for our wedding and reception, it had to be a beach theme. The beach has been a special place for us and our friends ever since we were kids.

So the first thing I did was to order the beach themed wedding invitations and get them in the mail as soon as possible. All the guests we invited said they would be there and that they can hardly wait to watch us walk down the aisle. 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 divine selection of bridal hair they had to offer. I ordered the most beautiful tiara and hair comb from there. I also found wedding jewelry that I really wanted to wear for my ceremony. My wedding dress and the lovely necklace and earring set I ordered for my wedding day looked fantastic together. It was so bold with little pearls and glistening crystals, it looked fantastic.

There was so much in the way of a bride accessory that was absolutely exquisite, and the best part was, it wasn’t all that expensive. I also bought a few items I can use while on our honeymoon. A short wedding dress would have probably been the wiser choice, since we were getting married on the beach, but I had to have my full length dress. 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. The reception tables had been decorated in an Oceanside motif and the little sailboat place card holders was a great addition. 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. I think the picture frames I chose were to their liking.

There were tea lights and candles to light up our beautifully set bridal table and delightful beach themed flutes for the wedding toast. Our wedding cake topper was especially designed for a beach wedding just as all our other accessories for our reception. A man and woman taking a casual walk on the shore was the wedding cake topper I chose for our reception. Thanks to all the supplies and bridal accessories I had to choose from, our wedding and reception was everything I had hoped it would be. There was so much seafood, such as lobsters, crabs and shrimp and we also had plenty of chicken and steaks for the non seafood eaters. Everyone danced, ate and just had a fantastic time. 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.

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I’ve been researching sweet 16

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

I was planning a birthday party for my daughter, who was turning sixteen and needed some suggestions. My friend found quite a few party accessories and supplies online for her daughters celebration. So, I figured I’d see what they have. I couldn’t believe all the nice table accessories and party favors that were available. I ran across some pretty neat ideas for her birthday celebration. I was able to make cookies in the shape of the number 16 as one of the snacks for her party with the cookie cutters I ordered.

Since it was her birthday, I let her decide what she wanted and she decided to party at the roller rink and have her friends stay overnight. I then made reservations at the roller rink in town. I sent all of her girl friends special party invitations. It wasn’t nearly as expensive as I thought it would be. They offered pizza, hot dogs and soft drinks at a very reasonable price. At home I had everything set up for the party to continue. I put out the cookies I had made, along with a few other snacks, and set up birthday decorations.

I ordered more than the cookie cutters when I went shopping online. Since I saved money on the roller rink deal, I decided it would be nice to get the girls a few sweet sixteen favors. I ordered some adorable pink photo albums for all the girls, and disposable cameras for them to take pictures of the party. They all knew about the cameras, so they could take pictures at the roller rink, but they had no clue about the albums I bought for them. Even though they took a lot of photos at the roller rink, they all saved some picture taking for the sleepover.

One of the favors was a cosmetic bag that had each girls initial on the front button. With the cosmetic bags I bought manicure sets and little purse mirrors to go with it. I also sat out these adorable little favor boxes I bought online that were filled with candies for each guest. As soon as we got home, we celebrated with a sweet sixteen party with cake and ice cream and she opened all of her presents. So, with all the other snack foods, soft drinks and the chick flicks we picked up on the way home, they were a bunch of happy campers. After they got tired of dancing to their favorite tunes, they decided to give make overs and manicures to each other. They were having a lot of fun together.

After they tired themselves out, they decided to put on a movie and grab the popcorn. I tried to stay out of their way as much as possible and just let them have a good time, but they asked me if I wanted to watch a movie with them. That was such a nice thing to ask me to join them. They were able to watch two of the movies we rented before eyes started closing. Soon, the only ones awake were me and my daughter, but she didn’t last much longer. But before she passed out, she thanked me for giving her such a great party.

When I got up in the morning the girls were already downstairs and had eaten, then straightened up everything from the party. I thought that was very thoughtful of them to do that for me. They hung around with my daughter for a couple of hours, then the kids started heading for home. Each of the girls said they had a great time at the party and they loved the cheap sweet sixteen favors I got them. I like that my daughter and her friends now consider me to be a cool mom.

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Choosing a summer wedding invitation!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Planning an outside wedding wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. In fact, it didn’t cost as much as an indoor wedding would have cost us. Since we had the flowers and mother nature everywhere, I didn’t have to spend a lot of money on decorations. I checked out a lot of places to have our summer wedding and reception. I could have had our wedding ceremony on the beach, with a fun filled beach party reception, or an elegant garden party, but I chose a ceremony and reception in the park. I found there were several great locations that would work out perfectly for an outdoor wedding.

I wasn’t really sure where to start, so I shopped around for some much needed suggestions. When you plan to be married in the great outdoors, it seems you have to have a backup plan just in case the weather turns from sunny to pouring buckets. It’s a good idea to have a tent ready to continue your ceremony if it becomes necessary.

In our original wedding preparations, we had a lovely canopy set up for the reception and a precious trellis for our ceremony. I mainly concentrated on the decorations for our wedding table and the reception tables. With the joyful background of the park as our main décor, all I really needed besides table settings were a few extra flowers here and there. I decided to go with artificial flowers because I didn’t want to have our wedding to be the target of a bee swarm. The only way you could tell that the flowers were artificial, was by touch, they were beautiful. The wedding was easier than I originally thought it would be, but there were a lot of things to consider. Even though some summer wedding invitations are fantastic, the heat can totally destroy your gorgeous wedding cake.

As far as table décor, I found so many fantastic accessories for our reception. I had little park bench place card holders at each table setting, and little citronella votive candles in glass globes with a nice flower arrangement as our centerpieces. I found very decorative favor boxes and used them to package the chrome bottle openers we bought for our friends and family as a summer wedding theme. For our wedding table, of course, was our fabulous wedding cake with a very unique wedding cake topper.

I found it while browsing online for my other wedding accessories, and fell in love with it. They were especially customized for the bride and groom. All I had to do was send in a head shot picture of me and my fiance and they custom made a bride and groom cake topper with our faces. Talk about the best wedding keepsake you can get. Our friends and family were really loved the cake topper and gave us a lot of compliments on it. Everything I ordered for our ceremony and reception was the best in wedding accessories, especially our crystal champagne flutes and silver cake serving set. You wouldn’t believe all the nice accessories you can buy online.

Everything at the wedding and reception were fantastic. Plan B never had to be used, since the weather was so beautiful, and thankfully it remained that way through the whole evening. We all loved the super DJ and the fantastic job he was doing, and if I’m right, he probably kept the music and dancing going on for quite a while after we left to go on our honeymoon. Everyone commented on what a lovely ceremony and super reception we had. I couldn’t have picked a better place than the park for our wedding ceremony and reception party. If we should decide somewhere down the line to have a renewal wedding ceremony, I think I’d like to have it in the park again.

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In Dire Need of a Baby Shower Party Favor…

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

I went right to my computer and started ordering from the same place I bought all the bridal shower decorations and favors from. I ordered everything from the same place I bought bridal favors, through my computer. There you can find so many party items and great ideas if you are planning a party. I searched all online stores looking for baby shower favors supplies and decorations. I found many interesting suggestion there. I ordered all of the accessories and decorations I needed and as soon as they were delivered, I started decorating. I had all of my tables set up in a baby oriented décor. My every baby guest had his own cute baby box filled with candies and one adorable teddy bear card holder with his name on the card. My guests complimented me on how lovely my tables looked with all the decorations and accessories. I prepared snacks for the buffet table and ordered a scrumptious chocolate cake, especially for the mother to be. Especially for my niece, I covered the cake with adorable decorations and colored it with pink icing. I also picked out an adorable cake topper that were little baby building blocks. I must say the cake turned out perfect and the decorations were beautiful.

I found great favors for baby shower for all of my guests that were such adorable little baby bootie candles that came in their own decorative boxes. I not only found all the decorations and accessories I needed, but I found some adorable baby gifts too. I found such adorable little gifts, like the picture album, baby blankets, and layette sets, that I bought for the baby. I saved money and it was so easy to buy everything I needed online. There was everything I needed in baby shower supplies for the perfect party, and I only had to place my order. There was also a game of baby bingo that I ordered for the party. This is where you can find really unique accessories for your baby shower.

My baby shower party turned out to be a great success and all my guests seemed impressed with their baby shower party favor. We had a lot of laughs together as we watched her open all the baby gifts and played silly games. One of the best games we played required filling baby bottles with something to drink. The winner of this bottle game is the player to empty her baby bottle first. I pinned everyones baby picture on my board. Everyone then had to try to find a match of a baby photo to the adult person. Whoever got the most right, wins a baby shower prize. By the way, I also got the baby shower prizes from my favorite online site. Some of the prizes were things like candles, scented soaps and picture frames.

You can find so much online for baby showers, weddings and other special events. There is even accessories for graduation and birthday parties as well.

How did I know about this site and all the wonderful selection of items they have for baby showers and other party supplies? Well, I saw all they had when I ordered my accessories and decorations for my wedding.

There are accessories and supplies for all types of wedding and receptions. If you are looking for supplies and accessories for a destination wedding, or any themed ceremony, you can find it there. Doing online shopping was one of the best decision I ever made. I’ll use this site for all of my future parties.

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Good idea to get a wedding guest book and pen

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I thought online shopping would be a good idea to get a wedding guest book and pen and other reception supplies. There were tons of wedding themes you could choose from, as well as styles and colors of decorations and accessories. There were a lot of choices I was rather captured by, as far as themes for weddings and receptions. I thought since we were getting married in January it would be the perfect time for a white winter wonderland wedding and reception party. Too bad we were’nt getting married in December, I think a Christmas wedding would really have been spectacular, with a big Christmas tree and lots of decorations. But from all the themed wedding accessories I’ve seen, a winter wedding is great too. So, I decided it was definitely a winter wedding. Now it was time to put my plans in motion.

They had the prettiest winter wonderland invitations for our guests. Next, I picked out the accessories for our ceremony, including the ring pillow and flower basket. I was thinking I had everything for our winter wedding I could possibly need, but I found out that I had forgotten something. The wedding guest book and wedding pen completely slip my mind. Then I checked out all the winter guest books and wedding pen sets available until I found just the right one for our ceremony. There were snowflakes, hints of blue and perfect little crystals on the cover of our winter wedding guest book. There were also the wedding pens to match with our guest book. Now that I had our winter wedding guest book and pen, it was time to find the perfect wedding photo album. I couldn’t believe all the gorgeous wedding albums you could get, there were even anniversary albums to choose from. I planned to keep this in mind for future references.

It was time now, to check out ideas for decorating our reception and getting our supplies. They had it all as far as winter wonderland wedding supplies, and the first thing I bought for the reception were the champagne flutes, designed to match our wedding guest book and pen. They were so perfect. With all the distinctive crystal champagne flutes, the gel candles and the exceptional looking centerpieces I picked out, our reception tables were simply elegant. If you’re like me and my fiance and you’re watching your budget, this place can really help with wholesale accessories and supplies they have to offer. It’s hard to believe we could get accessories so reasonably priced when they looked so very expensive.

They also had the most adorable wedding cake toppers to choose from. Our cake topper showed a bride and groom in a whimsical winter activity. Our cake was five tiers high and covered in sugar snowflakes with blue and red designs of winter. We used a big silver sled design for our wedding cake stand. Our guests were really impressed with the silver sled cake stand idea that my fiance thought of.

Our reception tables all had little snowmen place card holders at each table setting for our guests. There were also snowflake gel candles for everyones wedding favors gift. But what I thought was a really decorative addition to the tables were the snowflake favor boxes their wedding favors came in. They really made the tables look so festive. The wedding pen holders went over surprisingly well, and everyone really had a wonderful time at the reception. Thanks to shopping online, I had everything I needed to pull off a successful wedding ceremony and reception. It really helped out a lot with the planning and decorating.

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Leather wedding photo album!

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Once we decided on a beach wedding, I started looking for all my accessories and supplies they had in a beach motif. I started with our beach themed wedding invitations. I made sure I had plenty of extra invitations, just in case I had to rewrite some of them, and it’s a good thing I did. After I got the invitations out of the way, my next step was finding the right dress for a beach wedding. There were so many options for beach wedding dresses and gowns, that it was a tough decision to make. I was unsure about the two full length wedding gowns I found, I didn’t want to be uncomfortable at my beach wedding. So, even though I loved the gowns, I chose a lightweight knee length beaded satin dress with a delightful lace covering and spaghetti straps.

Linen beach dresses with a crocheted halter covering was what I chose for my bridesmaids. My fiance’s wedding attire consisted of a blue shirt and white pants made of linen, and his groomsmen were also dressed in linen, with white shirts and sandy colored pants. The little ring boy wore a white cotton shirt and khaki shorts, and our flower girl was so cute in a light fabric sundress. All of the wedding party looked great in their wedding attire and the flower arrangements for our bouquets were the most amazing I’ve ever seen.

With all the pictures I wanted taken of our wedding ceremony and reception, maybe I should have bought more personalized wedding albums. I planned to have pictures of all the fantastic decorations at our wedding and reception and photos of every guest that attended. I especially wanted photos of us taking our vows under the beautiful flowered arch and satin canopy we had put up. After we were pronounced husband and wife, we left for the hotel to change from our wedding attire to our beach attire. Although a few of our wedding party went home to change into their beach clothes, there were some that decided to just wear their swimsuits under their wedding clothes. I wrote on all the invitations to dress in casual clothing for this wedding.

Our reception was such a big success, and everyone complimented us on our unbelievable wedding accessories and how lovely all of our tables were. I bought everything for our tables at the same place I bought our lovely beach themed wedding album!. The place card holders I chose were these miniature beach chairs that can later be used as photo frames. The guests seemed to like them, and I thought they were just smashing. The beach wedding favors I chose for our guests made the perfect little thank you gifts. I chose adorable tea lights that looked just like sand castles to remind them of our beach party. I found everything we needed, as far as accessories and decorations, for our wedding table and our guests reception tables. They had the perfect crystal stemware, serving set for the wedding cake, wine glasses and a gorgeous beach themed cake topper.

Some of the guests were commenting on the gorgeous décor of our reception tables. Adding to the oceanside atmosphere were lots of gel candles I bought from them to put on our reception tables, and a few tiki torches were placed around the area. Putting together everything for our wedding and reception was not as hard as I thought it would be, thanks to all the help I had in finding the perfect beach wedding accessories and reception supplies online. Everything was like a dream come true, with the beautiful ocean waves and the warm summer sands as our wedding chapel and reception location.

Every once in a while I take out our beach themed leather wedding photo album and remember our special day we had.

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