Archive for April, 2009
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
You could hear the wedding bells ring as we headed for our limo, with our guests yelling their good wishes and tossing rose petals our way. That’s the way our ceremony went. There was such a wonderful collection of accessories to help plan our wedding and make our ceremony so perfect. With all the exceptional accessories and supplies at my disposal there was no way this wedding and reception wouldn’t be a success.
From the wedding invitations to the wedding favors for our guests, they had everything. The silver print was a lovely touch to our invitations. I found a lovely ring pillow and flower basket set that I also ordered from them. It was a beautiful satin garnet color and included a wedding guest book, pen set and wedding garter. Five items bought as a group, that cost a lot less than you would think.
They also had an aisle runner I really liked, so I ordered that to my list of wedding supplies. We wanted to have a wedding bell and we loved it! 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. I really liked the idea of the bell ringing.
I bought accessories online for our reception as well as our ceremony. There was a marvelous selection of reception accessories to pick from. I wanted to make our reception tables sparkle, so I ordered as much crystal as I could get away with, starting with crystal champagne flutes. I chose the bride and groom toasting set for us and champagne flutes with elegant twisted stems for our friends and family. As an extra wedding favor for our friends and family I decided to choose bell weddings.
I could have bought every gorgeous item they had on their list, but I think I would have been overdoing it just a little. Glass coasters was our choice of wedding favor gifts for our guests. They had a lovely calla lilie design on them that was absolutely beautiful. I put the wedding favors in little silver party favor boxes that came with thank you cards for each of them. The wedding favors in their little silver boxes made our tables even more elegant. On each reception table was a centerpiece I made up of lovely flowers and some very elegant candles.
The wedding cake we had set up at the end of the reception hall was really spectacular. Three tiers of luscious chocolate and cherries with a gorgeous wedding cake topper as the crowning glory. I really fell in love with the cake topper I bought, with it’s attractive little ribbon made into a bow at the bottom of the heart with calla lilies added. The reception was fantastic, as was the wedding ceremony. 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.
Our friends and family told me they had a fantastic time at our reception and that they think I did a spectacular job in planning the wedding décor. I plan on having another wedding ceremony and reception for our anniversary one year and I was so glad to hear that my wonderful husband thinks that’s a fantastic idea.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
We had a lovely little communion party for our daughter. I wanted to give out communion favors that would have a religious theme to them. The gifts in the shops I went to just didn’t strike my fancy. So I decided to check online and see what items they may have for our communion party. I did find a nice selection of candles for our tables. I chose decorative tins filled with candy for the grown ups and the children received candies packaged in adorable little teddy bear containers as their first communion party favors. I found the most lovely little picture frames with crosses on them and decided to get everyone an extra gift. They were so pretty that I thought I’d buy some for my bookshelf as well.
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. All she needed was a little bouquet and she would look exactly like a tiny little bride. I guess in a way when you are planning a communion party it’s a little bit like planning a wedding reception. Just like at a reception, there was the decorated cake, a band for dancing and foods of all kinds to enjoy. We tried to keep things as simple as possible but at the same time show her how proud we were of her and make this a day she’ll never forget. I also bought a girls pink photo album for her to have as her very own with pictures of her first holy communion day and the party with her friends and family. 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 wonderful afternoon with us. It turned out to be a very nice evening and everyone seemed to have a good time, including our daughter. We bought our daughter a very lovely gold cross and had her name put on it, and she got some very exquisite gifts from our friends and family too.
All during the party I was picturing her wedding day and I could see my little girl walking down the aisle to join her husband to be. She’s growing up so fast and before you know it I will be helping her plan her wedding day and picking out reception accessories with her, for real. When that day comes, at least I’ll have a heads up on where to find the supplies and accessories she’ll need. 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. There is even more than communions and weddings to check out too. In fact, I saved this particular site to my desktop, because there are also quite a few suggestions for birthdays and graduations. 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. I am sure this online store will come in handy many times over in my household.
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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 with all they had to choose from for bridesmaid gifts, I had a hard time making a final decision. They had so many wonderful suggestion for the bridesmaids thank you gifts. Buying the groomsmen gifts didn’t seem to be half as hard for my fiance. He just went online, found these really unique shot glasses for the guys and that was it. But I must have gone over this selection of gifts a hundred times and still couldn’t make a choice.
I thought about ordering the beautiful jewelry boxes they have to offer, then I would see the gorgeous bracelet and start thinking about that gift. I’m glad it wasn’t this difficult choosing my accessories for my wedding and reception. I knew exactly what I wanted for those items. They had everything I needed for my autumn wedding ceremony. All the bright vibrant colors of fall were in the accessories I chose for our fall wedding and reception. There were even flower girl baskets and ring bearer pillows that came in an autumn motif. Not only did I order all of my accessories for the reception, but I sent for my flower girl basket and added on a beautiful aisle runner as well.
There reception ideas for fall accessories were really sensational. 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. I know our friends and family will really be impressed with their party favors we got for them. Infact, I liked them so much, I ordered an extra favor for myself as a keepsake. I never knew glass coasters could be so lovely as the ones I chose for the wedding favors. When I chose our cake topper, it didn’t take me near as long as it did for all the other accessories. I really loved the gorgeous storybook toppers, but I chose a lovely glass heart with our names on it. 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 very pretty and would be perfect for a storybook reception.
It was so easy choosing the right accessories for our wedding ceremony and reception, so why is it so hard to pick out a unique bridesmaid gift? They even had discount prices for a lot of accessories and gifts. There were bridesmaids gifts 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. My final decision was to give my bridesmaids the jewelry box and the lovely bracelet. 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. Our wedding ceremony was absolutely filled with all the romance and beauty any bride could have wanted, and we all had a wonderful time at the reception. Many of our guests told use how lovely everything was and how nice their wedding favors were. The guys loved the shot glasses and my bridesmaid gifts were a success too. This day was everything I hoped it would be, and then some.
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
I decided, after looking at many wedding suggestions, to have a themed ceremony and reception party. Now the decision was which theme to use. It sounded like a lot of fun to have a country western themed wedding. I pictured a reception party barn dance for our wedding day. We were having our wedding during the hot summer months, so a beach themed wedding sounded pretty great. We could swim, party on the beach and enjoy a lovely sunset. There were so many themed ceremonies and reception parties to choose from. And they had every accessory online from decorations to a wedding cake server to match every theme. With all the themed wedding suggestions they had, I decided to go with the gorgeous fairytale wedding.
Once I estabished that I was going with the storybook idea, I started looking for accessories and supplies. Of course the very first thing to do is get the invitations for our friends and family. After that I went on to the wedding décor and the other accessories I would need. I wanted to have a Cinderella atmosphere to the whole thing. I started with the decorations for the church ceremony. I chose some lovely tulle swags to be draped from pew to pew with beautiful satin bows at the end of each row. Tall vases filled with flowers were all around the altar, and tapered candles in fairytale holders were place on the sides of the unity candle.
As our guests entered the church they signed their names in our fairytale themed guestbook, which was absolutely gorgeous. This was the most beautiful storybook wedding ceremony I could have ever wished for. The flower girl and ring boy did a wonderful job at the wedding ceremony and really looked elegant in their wedding attire. We took a carriage ride to the reception, just like Cinderella and her Prince left their ceremony.
All the tables at the reception were sparkling with crystal and silver and the entire reception hall was lavishly decorated with flowers. All the tables had crystal champagne flutes with storybook designed stems. I found these very exquisite castles to use as place card holders on the reception tables. I filled adorable carriage designed favor boxes with little candies for each place setting at the reception.
Even though all of our reception tables were gorgeous, our wedding table was the most breathtaking. It gave the appearance of royalty to the reception. Our cake of five gorgeous tiers, with a fairytale wedding topper, sat at the end of our wedding table on a smaller table. 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 gorgeous wedding knife in a storybook theme with a very decorative handle. I really liked the wedding knife server, so now I wanted to make everything else perfect! The set made a nice addition to the wedding cake and topper decoration.
We danced our wedding dance right after the best man said a few words and toasted to our happiness. We danced to our favorite song, “I Swear” by all for one. Once we were done with our wedding dance, the other couples joined us on the dance floor. There were so many photographs taken at the wedding and reception, I’m so glad I bought my fairytale wedding album for all these memories. Just before we left for our honeymoon, some of the guests thanked us for the lovely fairytale wedding favors we gave them.
With the ceremony and reception party turning out as great as it did, I know you can have your favorite fairytale come true.
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
As soon as we set our wedding date, I got busy with my planning and shopping for everything I needed. 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. We’ve always lived near the water, even as kids and it has been a favorite place of ours and our friends for years.
I immediately picked out our beach wedding invitations and made sure our potential guests received them promptly. All the guests we invited said they would be there and that they can hardly wait to watch us walk down the aisle. My bridal accessories were the next thing on my wedding list that I would need. Shopping online has almost become a hobby for me, but even I couldn’t believe what a wonderful selection of discount bridal accessories they had to offer. I saw a gorgeous tiara and hair comb in the selection, and I just had to have them. The wedding jewelry I found was just as gorgeous as the hair accessories I chose. 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.
There was an amazing bridal fashion display that was so beautiful and even reasonable in price. There were even a lot of honeymoon accessories available that I ordered. 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. My bridesmaids and flower girl wore knee length satin dresses with spaghetti straps to help keep them cool and comfortable. Everyone of them looked stunning and my flower girl was so adorable.
There were tiki torches and those little white christmas lights everywhere and a dance floor my fiance had fixed there. On the reception tables there were seashells and starfish scattered about and place card holders that were adorable little sailboats. 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. All the supplies and accessories for our wedding reception was decorated in an oceanside motif, and so was our cake topper. We had a cake topper of a young couple holding each other as they walked along the beach. With all the items and bridal accessories they had available, it was easy to make this wedding and reception a total success. 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. I kinda hated to leave the party for our honeymoon, everyone was having such a great time.
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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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 decided to give it a try. I couldn’t believe all the nice table accessories and party favors that were available. I found a lot of nice stuff I can use for her party. 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. Then I invited all of her best girl friends. It wasn’t nearly as expensive as I thought it would be. Refreshments, pizza and hot dogs were also part of the package, and didn’t cost very much at all. 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. Each of the girls got a disposable camera to take pictures of this evenings event and a pink photo album to store them in. I gave them the cameras before we left for the roller rink, but they had no idea about the albums until later. I’m glad they only took a few pictures at the skating rink, so they would be able to take pictures of the sleepover too.
Another party favor was a cosmetic bag with their first initial printed on the front. 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. At home, her sweet sixteen party and presents awaited, and we took care of that as soon as we got there. 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. They danced for a while, then they gave each other manicures with their new sets, and of course, they did the make up thing. You could tell they were all having a fantastic time.
When the noise starting dwindling down they got out the bowls of popcorn and started watching their movies. I wanted to give them as much space as I could and not intrude on their girl time, but I got an invitation to join them for a movie. I thought that was so sweet of them to ask. After the second movie, one by one, they started falling asleep. All that was left was my daughter and I, at least for a few minutes. With her eyes almost closed, she told me how much she loved her birthday party and thanked me.
The next morning the girls were up before I was and had already had their breakfast and cleaned up from last nights festivities. I was very impressed with their thoughtfulness in helping me out. Most of the girls went home after a couple hours of hanging out with my daughter. As they were leaving, the girls thanked me for the wonderful time they had and all of the sweet sixteen ideas I bought for them. I like that my daughter and her friends now consider me to be a cool mom.
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
It was a lot easier than I thought it would be to plan my outside wedding and reception. In fact, it didn’t cost as much as an indoor wedding would have cost us. Having the natural beauty of the outdoors saved us a lot of money on decorations. The first thing on my agenda was to find that perfect place to hold our summer wedding and reception party. Instead of having our wedding ceremony and reception on the beach or in a garden, I chose to have it in the park. I found several perfect parks that would work fine for our wedding day.
I wasn’t really sure where to start, so I shopped around for some much needed suggestions. I found out you need to have a plan B, in case inclement weather unexpectly arises. A tent was suggested just in case the weather turns out badly.
In our original wedding preparations, we had a lovely canopy set up for the reception and a lovely trellis for our ceremony. I mainly concentrated on the decorations for our wedding table and the reception tables. With the beautiful background of the park as our main décor, all I really needed besides table settings were a few extra flowers here and there. By using artificial flowers I thought we may be able to avoid any univited guests, like bees. You couldn’t tell they were artificial they were so beautiful,they looked like the real deal. 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 favors are fantastic, the heat can totally destroy your gorgeous wedding cake.
I found quite a few terrific accessories that I could use for the reception. As centerpieces for our reception tables I used citronella votive candles and place them in glass globes with flowers around them, and used park bench place card holders for each guest. 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 favor. One of the most decorative things on our wedding table was our gorgeous wedding cake with the beautiful cake topper I ordered.
I found it while browsing online for my other wedding accessories, and fell in love with it. They do customizing 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. How could I ask for a better wedding keepsake than that? All of our guests were so impressed with our topper, they couldn’t stop talking about it. All the wonderful accessories I ordered for our reception and wedding ceremony came from the same place, including our champagne flutes and silver cake set. It’s unbelievable all the lovely accessories you can purchase from you computer.
Everything at the wedding and reception were fantastic. The weather cooperated and we never had to go to plan “B” with the tents. 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. The park turned out to be the perfect place to have our wedding and reception. 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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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 turned on my computer and started ordering supplies online as I did for my wedding accessories. There is so many great ideas and a variety of party items to select from. Then I started to search the net for baby shower favors supplies and picking out what decorations I could find there. I found many good 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. In front of every my little guest I putted a cute teddy bear which holded a card with there name, and every one of them had they own buggy favor box filled with candies. The tables looked so fantastic with all the decorative accessories I bought online for the shower, and my guests seemed really impressed with what I had bought. I prepared snacks for the buffet table and ordered a scrumptious chocolate cake, especially for the mother to be. I had the cake covered with pink icing and little cake decorations, in honor of my niece to be. I also picked out an adorable cake topper that were little baby building blocks. It was a great looking cake, and the decorations turned out perfectly for it.
The baby bootie candles I chose as favors for baby shower were the perfect gift. I was really impressed with the supplies I bought, and the cute little baby gifts I bought from there too. Along with a pretty little pink baby photo album, I bought baby blankets and a layette set too. This online buying is the best thing I had ever done before: its easy,convenient and much cheaper. All I had to do was order what I needed for my baby shower and they had just about everything I needed. I found the cutest little bingo game that was perfect for the party. There is just so many great selections for a baby shower.
We had such a great time and everyone seemed happy with their baby shower favor idea. 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. Then when someone saids go, each person must drink from their baby bottle until it’s empty and the first one done wins the game. Everyone gave me a picture of themselves when they were babies and I pinned all onto a board. Then each person had to try and match the baby with the adult. Whichever guest had the most matches won the game. I ordered all the prizes when I ordered my party supplies and accessories. There were adorable little candles, fragrant scented soaps and adorable picture frames as prizes.
They have some very nice ideas for inexpensive little gifts for everything from weddings to baby showers. They also had accessories and supplies for graduation and birthday parties too.
Want to know how I found out about this site for baby showers and other party accessories? Well, I saw all they had when I ordered my accessories and decorations for my wedding.
You can find almost any kind of wedding acessories and reception supplies you need there. It’s the best place to go for themed wedding accessories and supplies, even if you are planning a destination wedding. Doing online shopping was one of the best decision I ever made. If I ever need party supplies again, I’ll know where to go.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I decided to go online to find a wedding guest book and pen for my wedding reception, and it turned out to be a great decision! It was a good idea, I found all sorts of styles and decorative colors, and I also found different weddings you can choose from. They had a lot of themes for weddings and receptions that you could choose from, that I really liked. Our wedding date is set for January, so I was thinking about having a winter wonderland ceremony and reception. At first, I kinda wished we were getting married in early December so we could have a Christmas wedding, with a big tree and everything Christmasy. But a winter wedding is gorgeous too, at least all the accessories I’ve seen were. So, a winter wedding it was to be. Now I had to get started with all my wedding plans.
I found the best invitations for a winter wonderland wedding. Secondly, I chose our flower girl basket, ring bearer pillow and all the other accessories I needed for our wedding ceremony. I thought I had everything I needed for the perfect winter wonderland wedding, but I was wrong. I forgot all about the wedding guest book and wedding pen! So, I searched through the wedding supplies and found the beautiful winter wedding guestbooks and wedding pen sets, and picked my favorite. The guest book was designed with snowflakes and a little blue thrown in with sparkling little crystals. There were also the wedding pens to match with our guestbook. Since I was looking for the perfect guest book and pen, I decided to choose our photo album too. Not only did they have a great selection of wedding albums, but some pretty nice anniversary albums too. I planned to keep this in mind for future references.
Next, I started going through all the reception supplies and decoration ideas they had. 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 fantastic looking. The glassware, gel candles and lovely winter centerpieces I chose really made our tables look spectacular. We were also able to get quite a few accessories and supplies at a discount and save money on our wedding expenses, which really helped us out. As beautiful as it all was, it’s hard to believe they didn’t cost a lot more.
They have a terrific selection of wedding toppers for you to pick from. It was the perfect wedding topper for the bride and groom and the joys of the winter season. We had a gorgeous five tiered winter wedding cake with sugar snowflakes along with icy blue and red winter designs. Our choice of a wedding cake stand was a big silver sled. Our sled cake stand got a lot of compliments from our friends and family and I had to thank my fiance for that creative suggestion.
On our the reception tables for our friends and family I had chosen these adorable little snowmen place card holders. I also chose wedding favors that were little snowflake gel candles for our guests. But what I thought was a really decorative addition to the tables were the snowflake favor boxes their wedding favors came in. They were the perfect winter addition to the reception tables. The wedding pen holders went over surprisingly well, and everyone really had a wonderful time at the reception. I’m so glad everything turned out so perfect, and I owe it to the great help I got from online shopping. It gave me a lot of help for planning the décor.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I started shopping for my themed accessories and supplies as soon as we were sure we were having a beach wedding. The first thing to get was the invitations for our beach themed wedding. One thing I discovered was to be sure you always buy extra invitations, just in case you make a mistake and have yourself a do over, like I did. With the invitations all done and on their way to our prospective guests, I could move on to picking out the beach wedding dress I wanted for our ceremony. There were so many options for beach wedding dresses and gowns, that it was a tough decision to make. I fell in love with two of the floor length gowns, but wasn’t quite sure if it would be uncomfortable to wear to a beach wedding. I picked out a gorgeous spaghetti strapped dress made of satin and lace with beautiful little beads scattered around it, in a knee length.
My bridesmaids looked so lovely in their haltered beach dresses of cool linen with a crocheted bodice. My handsome groom wore a sky blue linen shirt and white linen pants and his groomsmen wore white linen shirts with sand colored linen pants. The little sundress our flower girl wore looked so adorable on her and our ring boy looked so cute in his little khaki shorts and white shirt. Everyone in the wedding party looked fantastic and the bouquets were absolutely the most beautiful arrangements I could have found.
With all the pictures I wanted taken of our wedding ceremony and reception, maybe I should have bought two wedding photo 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. When the ceremony was over, my new husband and I went to our hotel room to change into some more comfortable beach outfits. 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.
Everyone thought our reception tables were so beautiful with all the beach themed wedding accessories I had found for them. There were so many other beach themed accessories to choose from, along with our gorgeous wedding album. I found the cutest little beach chairs as place card holders that they can use for their favorite little photo later. I think our friends and family thought they were cute, I know I did. They also had beach wedding favors that I just had to have for our guests. The little tea lights I chose were in the shape of miniature sand castles and to help them keep the memory of our wonderful beach reception. I found quite a bit of accessories and decorations for our beach themed reception tables and the bride and groom table as well. Not only did I find the perfect wedding cake topper, but I also bought their beach themed crystal flutes, wine glasses, cake serving set and so much more.
There were a lot of nice comments made by our guests on how lovely everything looked. To help add to the atmosphere, I also bought some of their beautiful gel candles and placed them on all the tables, along with a few tiki torches here and there. 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.
Now I can look through our special beach wedding photo album and enjoy that day once again.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I knew there were a lot of wedding supplies needed when planning a wedding and reception, but I never realized just how much. 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. At the top of my to do list was the invitations to our country western themed wedding and reception. With my wedding cake supplies list in hand, I’d take it one item at a time, and then mark it off. First off, I needed to find the right decorations for our country themed reception. I decided to take a friends advice and see what there was to offer online before I started going from store to store. It worked out better than I thought it would, there were quite a few selections to choose from.
There were a lot of decorations for all sorts of themed weddings as well as my country themed accessories, right there online. Our tables looked so fantastic with the cute little place card holders I picked out. The little barbecue grills were the ideal place card holders for a reception that was having a cookout too.
The wildflowers in metal campfire cups with western garland made perfect country type centerpieces. I found exceptional wedding favor supplies, including the perfect western themed wedding favors for all of our guests. 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. Around the reception tables we had strung white christmas lights and hung old fashioned lanterns everywhere. Our beautiful wedding cake with the old west cake topper really added to our bridal table. With all the themed accessories and decorations for the reception and the tables, anyone could pull off the perfect western wedding. 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. It was so easy to get everything I needed for wedding and reception accessories when it was right there on my computer.
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. Well, I guess I should say, my fiance and his friend did that shopping. They also built a dance floor that we could all enjoy. Not only did we have the newly made dance floor, but a super country band to help us kick up our heels and a great selection of foods to eat. They grilled chicken, steaks ribs and more, and the buffet table was filled with all kinds of salads. Everyone really enjoyed themselves.
A few of our friends and family commented on how great our western decorations were. 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 really beats running all over the city looking for what I need for my wedding and reception. I also did pretty good in the overall cost of my accessories since they have such a terrific selection of discount wedding supplies to pick from. Take my suggestion and browse online for your wedding and reception supplies.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Valentine’s day can be the perfect wedding day. My fiance and I both agreed on that day, we would get married. As soon as we had the church and reception locations taken care of, I went looking for the ‘love themed favor,’ as it was called. I found the invitations I wanted in no time. The silver hearts linked together on the invitations looked so romantic. I messed up the writing on a couple of them, I’m so glad my mom suggested I buy extra just in case.
With the wedding invitations out of the way, I knew it was time to start on the wedding and reception supplies. I asked my mom to come along on my venture to the bridal shop for my dress and shoes. 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. All the guys in the wedding party and the handsome groom found their tuxes on their very first try. 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.
Once our wedding party was taken care of, I needed to concentrate on how I wanted to decorate for our ceremony. 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 bought a gorgeous unity candle with a love theme and surrounded it with lots of other beautiful candles. I was given permission for the flower girl to toss the red and pink flower petals on the aisle. You have to have permission from churches now to follow that tradition, because many of them would rather you not throw things like petals on the aisles, thankfully, that wasn’t the case with our church. It was the perfect wedding ceremony and our church décor was absolutely lovely.
I had many more accessories to buy for our wedding reception than I did the ceremony. Our supplies for the reception started with love theme decorations with a love theme and ended with love wedding favors. The decorations were really quite romantic with hearts dangling from the ceiling and flowers everywhere. On the dance floor just in front of the band was a huge heart made of red and white balloons.
Our tables were so beautiful with all the lovely centerpieces of flowers and a little cupid in each one. Our little place card holders had beautiful little white pearls on them. There were some fantastic favors boxes to choose from for the love favors we bought for our friends and family. Our guests complimented us on our reception table décor and especially the little favor boxes. The bridal table was decorated pretty elaborately 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 I think our three tiered wedding cake outshined everything on our table. For our cake topper I decided on these adorable little love birds. Everything on the wedding table was perfect, starting with our sparkling crystal all the way to the three tiered wedding cake.
Thanks to all the accessories and supplies I found online this wedding turned out to be absolutely perfect.
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.
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