Archive for April, 2009
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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. There was such a wonderful collection of accessories to help plan our wedding and make our ceremony so glorious. We had the best in wedding accessories and reception supplies to make it all a dream come true.
From the wedding invitations to the wedding favors for our guests, they had everything. On the front of our invitations was silver printing which added to the elegance of the card. I found a lovely ring pillow and flower basket set that I also ordered from them. It came in a beautiful garnet, and there was also a guestbook and pen set, and a very lovely 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. The process of selecting the wedding bell was really a remarkable 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. I thought that was a great idea.
I didn’t just order things for my ceremony, I also ordered everything I needed for our reception too. They really had quite a collection of gorgeous wedding reception accessories to choose 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 ordered special flutes for us that said bride and groom on them, and beautiful twisted stemmed flutes for all of our guests. The bell weddings I picked out not only helped to add the sparkle I wanted for my tables, but served as a wedding favor for each of our guests.
There were so many lovely accessories, that I really wanted to buy them all, but that would have been going a little overboard on the décor. Glass coasters was our choice of wedding favor gifts for our guests. Each set of coasters had a special calla lilie design. I also chose these very elegant looking favor boxes with a little thank you tag on them, for the wedding favors. The shiny gift boxes added that extra sparkle to our guests tables. There were also some very unique centerpieces on our reception tables, made up of flowers and candles, that I bought online.
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 decided on a beautiful heart with calla lilies and ribbon as our cake topper. Everything at our reception turned out to be perfect. I had to go back online where I bought our wedding album and puchase a second album for all the pictures that were taken at the wedding and reception. There were so many shots of us with our wedding cake and the traditional cutting and sharing of the very first piece. There were also pictures of our first dance together as man and wife, our guests on the dance floor and an adorable picture of the flower girl and ring boy dancing together.
I’m so glad everyone had such a wonderful time, and I received so many compliments on the decorations of the wedding and reception. Someday I’d like to have a renewal ceremony and reception for our anniversary and thank goodness, my husband agrees.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Our daughter made her first holy communion last week and we had a small party for her glorious day. I wanted to find some glorious communion favors that would not only be beautiful to the eye but have a glorious touch to them. So, I checked out a lot of religious shops and even book stores but still couldn’t find anything that seemed just right. So I hit the internet in search of the right favors for her party. There were quite a few lovely votive candles that worked out perfectly for table decoration. 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 communion party favors. As extra party favors I ordered these really sweet religious picture frames with a silver cross. I liked them so much, I bought two more for myself.
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. It scares me a little to know that day will get here a lot sooner than I want it to. All she needed was a little bouquet and she would look exactly like a tiny little bride. I guess a wedding reception and communion party isn’t all that much different. Just like at a reception, there was the decorated cake, a band for dancing and foods of all kinds to enjoy. We wanted to make this a day she would always remember, without going overboard on decorations or accessories. 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. We had fried chicken, potato salad, vegetables and a few different types of salads. Just a nice dinner to share with our friends and loved ones. We all had such a wonderful time and it was a very lovely party. Her father and I had her name engraved on a beautiful gold cross we ordered for her, and there were many wonderful communion gifts she received from our guests, too.
All through the party I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was practicing for the day she grows up and gets married. Someday, not too far away, we’ll be filling out invitations and picking out wedding accessories together. At least when it does come to that, I’ll know where to send her for her wedding supplies and accessories for her reception. They have so much to offer in the first communion favor section and it’s the best place to shop, there is also whole line of wedding accessories. She’ll have lots of accessories and wedding favors to choose from at my favorite online shopping site. They carry a lot more than communion favors and accessories for weddings. 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. There were even fantastic accessories for themed weddings like, beach, winter wonderland, country western and so many more. There is also accessories for themed showers, birthday parties and more. 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 glorious. I purchased almost all of the wedding and reception supplies from them. But when it came to the bridesmaid gifts, I just couldn’t decide on which one I wanted to order. There were so many glorious ideas for thank you gifts for the bridesmaids. My fiance had no problem finding exactly what he wanted for his groomsmen gifts. He found some very nice shot glasses he liked and that was what he chose to buy for the guys. But I have to revisit the site everyday and check them all out again to try and pick out the best one.
I’d decide on the jewelry boxes and then the lovely bracelet they have would side track me and I’d start considering that. Thank goodness it was much easier picking out our items for the ceremony and reception party. I knew exactly what I wanted for those items. There were many fantastic accessories I ordered for my wedding and reception with a fall theme. All the accessories had the lovely autumn colors to add to the fall motif. 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.
For our reception there were so many great suggestions and designs for fall accessories. 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. 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. I also bought our wedding cake topper from there and had no problem picking out the one I liked the best. I really loved the gorgeous storybook toppers, but I chose a lovely glass heart with our names on it. There was a gorgeous little storybook cake topper I would have chosen if we were having a fairytale theme. I would have been ordering the castle topper for a storybook wedding. 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 glorious cheap bridesmaid gift? They even had discount prices for a lot of accessories and gifts. You could even find gifts for bridesmaids that you could pick up at a discount. After about a week of going back and forth with all the gifts available, I narrowed it down to two. It was a toss up between the gorgeous jewelry boxes or the bracelets. Even though I had it narrowed down to only two items, it still took me a little longer to make that final decision. After a very long debate with myself and a couple of more trips to the wedding accessory site, I made up my mind. I decided to buy both. Each of my bridesmaids were getting a silver jewelry box and a silver bracelet as my thank you gift. There’s nothing wrong with that, and it’s not as if they cost us a fortune or anything and my girls deserve the very best.
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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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
After looking at many wedding suggestions, to have a themed ceremony and reception party. So, now all that was left was to do was decide what theme sounded like the one I’d like to have. The country western theme seemed like it would be lots of fun. I thought maybe we could have an old fashioned barn dance at the reception. A beach wedding sounded nice for our summer wedding. We could party and swim until the sun sets on the beautiful blue water. There were so many themed ceremonies and reception parties to choose from. You could find anything you needed online for a themed wedding from wedding décor to a glorious wedding cake server. All the themed suggestions were quite unique, but it was the fairytale theme that I liked the best.
Since, I had made up my mind to use the storybook theme, it was time to find my accessories and reception supplies. Of course the very first thing to do is get the invitations for our friends and family. Then I started choosing all of our decorations and other wedding accessories. I wanted a wedding fit for Cinderella. First I needed to get the decorations I wanted to use in the church. We used satin bows on the end of each pew row and draped a tulle swag from row to row. There were flowers in tall vases placed around the altar and taper candles in fairy tale themed candle holders on each side of our beautiful unity candle.
I also had a remarkable fairytale wedding guestbook for everyone to sign when they entered the church. Our fairytale wedding ceremony was everything I had hoped for and more. Our little ring boy and flower girl were adorable and did such a super job at the ceremony. We took a carriage ride to the reception, just like Cinderella and her Prince left their ceremony.
The reception hall was really beautiful with all the lovely flowers everywhere and the lovely tables all set up with crystal and silver. Every table in the reception hall had gorgeous crystal champagne flutes with decorated stems to go with our storybook theme. I found these very exquisite castles to use as place card holders on the reception tables. Another suggestion was to fill favor boxes with candies for the guests, and I chose little carriage style boxes for everyone.
Despite the beauty of our reception tables, I think the bride and groom table was definitely the center of attention. It was a table fit for a king and his queen. 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. Even the fairytale wedding knife they had was glorious with it’s lovely styled handle. The wedding cake knife set was so lovely, I wanted to buy more things that matched! The set made a nice addition to the wedding cake and topper decoration.
After we were toasted with our lovely crystal champagne flutes, it was time for the bride and groom to have their first dance together as man and wife. We chose our favorite song, “I Swear” by all for one, as our first bride and groom dance. Other couples came up to dance as soon as the next song began. I’m glad I bought the gorgeous fairytale photo album to store my wedding pictures in, because I’m going to have quite a few of them to treasure. 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 an online shopaholic, so, my first course of action was to hit the web. There were accessories and reception supplies that would help me to plan the most fantastic wedding and reception party ever, all on my computer. There was everything for our wedding and reception, from invitations to party favors for our wedding guests.
We had no problem choosing the theme we wanted for our wedding and reception, it had to be a beach theme. Our friends and us have spent many days on the beach, since we were kids, growing up here and it seemed like the perfect place for our wedding.
I immediately picked out our beach wedding invitations and made sure our potential guests received them promptly. Everyone answered with a definite yes, and everyone seemed really excited about sharing this day with us. My bridal accessories were the next thing on my wedding list that I would need. I was surprised at all the glorious bridal hair they carried for weddings and receptions, and I shop online quite a bit. I ordered the most beautiful tiara and hair comb from there. Not only did I find the perfect hair accessories, but my wedding jewelry too. My wedding dress and the lovely necklace and earring set I ordered for my wedding day looked fantastic together. It was so beautiful with little pearls and glistening crystals, it looked fantastic.
The quality of the bridal fashion I saw was fabulous – and the low cost really made this shopping worth while. There were even a lot of honeymoon accessories available that I ordered. 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. 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. The wedding favors I chose were lovely photo frames with a beach design, because I thought they were so pretty and I know that’s something that they can always use. I think they all liked the frames as much as I did.
On the bride and groom table were our toasting flutes, lovely candles in their beach theme holders and lots of lovely tealights. Everything at our wedding reception came with a beach theme décor, including our fantastic wedding cake topper. A man and woman taking a casual walk on the shore was the wedding cake topper I chose for our reception. I’m so glad they had all the supplies and bridal accessories we needed to plan the perfect beach wedding and reception. For those that weren’t into seafood, we made sure we had plenty of steaks and chicken for them. 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. Whenever I want to remember my wedding day, I’ll take out my beach themed photo album and look at all the pictures we had taken.
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
My daughter is turning 16 and I was looking for some glorious ideas for her party. My friend found quite a few party accessories and supplies online for her daughters celebration. So, I decided to check it out. It was surprising to find so many ideas for party supplies for the tables and little gifts. I ran across some pretty neat ideas for her birthday celebration. There were cookie cutters I used to make cookies in the shape of the number 16 for her guests.
Before making any plans, I got her opinion on what she wanted for her party, and it was a party at the roller rink with all the girls sleeping over. So I made the arrangements, and reserved tables with the roller rink in our neighborhood. Next, came the invitations for all of her closest girl friends. It didn’t cost as much as I thought it would. They offered pizza, hot dogs and soft drinks at a very reasonable price. I got the house prepared for the party that was to continue after skating. 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 was getting by so cheap with this party, I ordered extra gifts from the selection of sweet sixteen favors for her and her friends. 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. They all took a few pictures at the rink and wanted to save some film for the slumber party they were having afterwards.
Another party favor was a cosmetic bag with their first initial printed on the front. Along with that I also bought compact mirrors and manicure sets that matched their bags. I also sat out these adorable little favor boxes I bought online that were filled with candies for each guest. We left the rink and went home to have her glorious sweet sixteen idea and watch her open her presents. There were plenty of snacks and drinks, girlie teen movies for them to watch, so they were good to go for the evening. They turned on some of their music and danced around for a while, then they took out their manicure sets and started to work on nails, and give make overs to each other. From all the noise and laughing you knew they were having the time of their lives.
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. 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. Just before she closed her eyes, she let me know how much she appreciated her super birthday party.
When I got up in the morning the girls were already downstairs and had eaten, then straightened up everything from the party. It was really sweet of the girls to do that. Most of the girls went home after a couple hours of hanging out with my daughter. They told me they had a super time and they thought the sweet sixteen party favors were really cool. I like that my daughter and her friends now consider me to be a cool mom.
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
I didn’t have as many problems planning an outside wedding as I thought I would. It wasn’t as expensive as an indoor wedding would have been. Since we had the beauty of nature all around us, it wasn’t too expensive to decorate. The first thing on my agenda was to find that glorious 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 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. I found out you need to have a plan B, in case inclement weather unexpectly arises. So we arranged to have a tent set up to move the ceremony into if necessary, just as a precaution.
We had canopies arranged for our reception and barring bad weather, planned to be wed under a lovely trellis. I mainly concentrated on the decorations for our wedding table and the reception tables. With the park as our main theme, I basically had to make sure I had our table settings and maybe throw in a few extra bouquets of flowers. 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. Planning this wedding wasn’t all that hard, but there was a little more than I expected. There are some glorious summer wedding ideas, but the sun can turn your beautiful wedding cake into a gooey pool of confection.
As far as table décor, I found so many fantastic accessories for our 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. For each of our guests there were beautiful chrome bottle openers in lovely designed favor boxes, as a summer wedding theme. For our wedding table, of course, was our fabulous wedding cake with a very unique wedding cake topper.
I saw this cake topper when I was checking out all the wedding accessories they had to offer, and I knew this was the topper I wanted. They were customized toppers for the wedding couple. They put our faces on our cake topper, and all I had to do was send them a photo of me and my fiance. How could I ask for a better wedding keepsake than that? Everyone at the reception had something to say about how unique it was. 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. You wouldn’t believe all the nice accessories you can buy online.
Everything at the wedding and reception were fantastic. Thank goodness the weather stayed perfect throughout the entire ceremony and reception and we never had to put plan B into action. We had a wonderful DJ that I’m sure, kept the music going long after we left for our honeymoon. There were many good comments about our beautiful wedding ceremony and fun filled reception party 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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Tuesday, April 21st, 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. So I went online and started picking out all of the baby shower favors supplies and decorations I could find. I found many remarkable 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 glorious baby oriented décor. There were little baby buggy favor boxes filled with little candies for each of my guests, and these cute little teddy bear place card holders for each of their names. The decorative accessories, which I bought online, looked really great and my guests were impressed with the way everything looked. In honor of the mother to be, I ordered a chocolate cake and of course set up a buffet with different kind of snacks and candies. I had the cake covered with pink icing and little cake decorations, in honor of my niece to be. I had these really cute baby blocks as the cake topper. I was proud of my cake and the decorations I chose, it looked so perfect.
I found some glorious baby shower favor ideas for all of my guests that were such adorable little baby bootie candles that came in their own decorative boxes. I was really impressed with the supplies I bought, and the cute little baby gifts I bought from there too. I found such wonderful 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. I found the cutest little bingo game that was perfect for the party. Believe me there is no other place I’d rather go for my party supplies.
My baby shower party turned out to be a great success and all my guests seemed impressed 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 my favorite games was filling baby bottles with a drink and giving one to each guest. The winner of this bottle game is the player to empty her baby bottle first. Everyone gave me a picture of themselves when they were babies and I pinned all onto a board. Their job was to try to match the baby picture with the adult. Whoever got the most right, wins a baby shower prize. I bought all the prizes the same place I bought all of my fantastic party accessories. There were adorable little candles, fragrant scented soaps and adorable picture frames as prizes.
You can find so much online for baby showers, weddings and other special events. Online you can find so many wonderful accessories for almost any party, including graduations and birthdays.
How did I know about this site and all the wonderful selection of items they have for baby showers and other party supplies? I know because this is the same site I bought all of my wedding accessories and decorations from.
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. Getting my accessories online was one of the best ideas I ever had. I wouldn’t go anywhere else for party supplies.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Going online seemed like a good idea to find a glorious wedding guest book and pen and other supplies. 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. A winter wedding was the one I chose. Now I had to get started with all my wedding plans.
First I found the perfect winter wonderland wedding invitations to send to our friends and family. Next, I picked out the accessories for our ceremony, including the ring pillow and flower basket. 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 the wedding pen! Then I checked out all the winter guest books and wedding pen sets available until I found just the right one for our ceremony. Our wedding guest book had little snowflakes and hints of blue and little crystals placed on it. There were also the wedding pens to match with our guestbook. Now that I had our winter wedding guestbook and pen, it was time to find the perfect wedding photo album. Not only did they have a great selection of wedding albums, but some pretty nice anniversary albums too. I’ll have to remember this site so I can come back in a few years for my anniversary album.
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 absolutely exquitsite. The glassware, gel candles and lovely winter centerpieces I chose really made our tables look spectacular. Another great thing about the place I got all my wedding accessories and reception supplies is that they had quite a few items at discount prices, which really helps a couple just starting out. I was surprised at what little we paid for such exquisite accessories.
They have a terrific selection of wedding toppers for you to pick from. We had a beautiful cake topper with a bride and groom enjoying the winter season. Our cake was five tiers high and covered in sugar snowflakes with blue and red designs of winter. This beautiful winter wedding cake was displayed on a silver sled cake stand. Everyone thought the sled cake stand was quite a unique idea, but I can’t take the credit for it, my fiance came up with that idea.
Our reception tables all had little snowmen place card holders at each table setting for our guests. I also chose wedding favors that were little snowflake gel candles for our guests. One of the prettiest decorations to the reception table was the gorgeous snowflake boxes the wedding favors were boxed in for our friends and family. They really added to the winter décor of the reception tables. Everyone seemed to be having a great time and the glorious wedding pen holders were a hit! 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
We decided on a beach wedding, I started looking for all my accessories and supplies they had in a beach motif. 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. 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. The full length bridal gowns were so beautiful, but I was afraid they may be too uncomfortable for a beach wedding. I found a beautiful beaded knee length dress made of light weight materials of satin and lace, with spaghetti straps for my wedding.
The bridesmaids wore lovely little linen halter beach dresses with a crocheted bodice covering. 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. Our flower girl wore an adorable little sundress and the ringboy stayed nice and cool in his little khaki shorts and white cotton shirt. Everyone in the wedding party looked fantastic and the bouquets were absolutely the most beautiful arrangements I could have found.
I kept thinking how I should have bought two albums for wedding, because I wanted lots of pictures of our glorious beach wedding and reception. 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. Directly after the ceremony we left to change into more suitable beach wear for the reception party. Some of the bridesmaids and groomsmen wore their swim wear under their wedding clothes, and some went home to change. We told all of our guests to dress casually.
Our reception was such a big success, and everyone complimented us on our gorgeous wedding accessories and how lovely all of our tables were. I bought everything for our tables at the same place I bought our glorious beach themed wedding album. The place card holders I chose were these miniature beach chairs that can later be used as photo frames. I really liked them and I’m sure our guests did too. The beach wedding favors I chose for our guests made the perfect little thank you gifts. 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.
Some of the guests were commenting on the gorgeous décor of our reception tables. I added some tiki torches everywhere and put gel candles on all of our guests wedding reception tables to help add a touch of atmosphere to everything. 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. It couldn’t have been a more perfect dream wedding and reception, with the gorgeous ocean as our background and the warm sand under our feet.
Now I sit here and relive that wonderful day by enjoying all the photos I have in our wonderful beach wedding photo album.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I couldn’t believe all the glorious wedding supplies I needed to buy for my wedding ceremony and reception! I can see now, why a couple of girls at work said I should start shopping early. I had no idea taking care of all our dresses and the guys tuxes would be easier than the rest. There was a lot more to do than I thought there was. At the top of my to do list was the invitations to our country western themed wedding and reception. With my wedding party supplies list in hand, I’d take it one item at a time, and then mark it off. The first thing I had written down was my country themed decorations for the reception. Instead of running from store to store, I took my friends suggestion and checked to see what there was online. It worked out better than I thought it would, there were quite a few selections to choose from.
Who knew that if you shopped online for wedding accessories for themed weddings that there were be so many great ideas, not just for my country themed wedding, but for many others too. Our tables looked so fantastic with the cute little place card holders I picked out. What better place card holders to have at a wedding reception cookout than little barbecue grills?
The wildflowers in campfire cups with western garland made perfect country type centerpieces. Included in the wedding reception supplies were glorious wholesale wedding supply for all our family and friends. In the wedding accessories selection were some super cowboys hats for the bride and groom that I ordered. I ordered the lovely western champagne flutes for the wedding toast that they had, too. We also had those old time lanterns and lots of white christmas lights strung outside over the reception tables. Our wedding table was pretty cool too, with our gorgeous wedding cake and it’s western themed cake topper. 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. I was so impressed at how simple and convenient it was to order all my wedding and reception accessories through the online shopping site.
Some of the reception stuff I did find at stores, like barbecue grills, hay bales and a few other things I needed. Well, I didn’t really get those things, the credit goes to my fiance and his friend, they took care of those items. 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. We had all types of salads, plus steaks and ribs, chicken and more for the grill. We all had a lot of fun.
I got a lot of compliments on our western décor idea, from some of our guests. I’m so glad I went online searching for wedding accessories and decoration ideas. The convenience of sitting at home and shopping, then ordering my choices,and just waiting for delivery was the best part of all. I had no time to go from store to store looking for all the accessories I needed, this way was so much better. 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. Before you run from place to place, take my advice and try online browsing for your supplies first.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Valentine’s day can be the best wedding day. We both agreed that Valentines day would be our wedding day. As soon as we had the church and reception locations taken care of, I went looking for the ‘in love wedding favor,’ as it was called. I found the invitations I wanted in no time. They were such glorious invitations with little silver hearts linked together on the front. 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. My mom went with me to find the perfect wedding dress and wedding shoes. She was a big help, once she stopped crying at every gown I walked out in. After several shops and about a hundred different styles of wedding dresses, I found the one I wanted. In the meantime, my fiance picked out his tux and so did the groomsmen at the first shop they went to. 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 I was wrong, he did good, and he looked extremely handsome.
Once our wedding party was taken care of, I needed to concentrate on how I wanted to decorate for our ceremony. Since this was a valentines day wedding, there were lots of gorgeous red roses, ribbons and big velvet bows on each row of pews. I also had lots of candles around the altar, including our love themed unity candle. I was able to have red and pink rose petals for the flower girl, which I had to get permission for from the church. 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. The wedding was fantastic and the decorations were gorgeous, it was the perfect wedding ceremony.
I had many more accessories to buy for our wedding reception than I did the ceremony. There was everything to buy from love themed reception decorations to fall in love favors for our guests. I had glorious red roses all around the room and hearts hanging from the ceiling. We had a heart shaped arch made of red and white balloons placed on the dance floor where the band was playing.
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. I packaged the beautiful love favors in favor boxes that were very decorative. Our guests complimented us on our reception table décor and especially the little favor boxes. Our bridal wedding table was really exquisite too. There were crystal heart champagne flutes for our wedding toast, and an absolutely gorgeous love themed cake serving set. But the most beautiful thing on our table was our lovely three tiered wedding cake. On top of our gorgeous cake sat a love birds cake topper. Our bridal table was so fantastic with the crystal glassware and the beautifully decorated wedding cake.
We had a picture perfect wedding and reception, thanks to all the accessories and supplies I found online.
I got to the thank you notes for our guests as soon as we got back from our fabulous honeymoon. Many of the guests sent us thank you’s for the great time they had at the wedding and reception and for the love party favors gifts they received. That was truly very thoughtful of them.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
After my long search for the perfect wedding album and wedding guest book I had just about given up. I was really becoming disgusted with my fruitless little expedtion. One of the girls at work told me to give the internet a try. So, I took her suggestion and tried the internet. And you know what? There it was, my themed wedding guest book, plus a lot of other wedding accessories I could use for my themed ceremony and reception.
It was the perfect fairy tale guestbook for our wedding. There was even a beautiful pen and holder that went with our theme too. I looked at several great fairy tale suggestions online, and I also found the type of wedding album I wanted. There was a lot more wedding decorating ideas than I expected and the choice of accessories was fantastic. We found everything from accessories for our wedding party to nice little gifts for the groomsmen and bridesmaids.
Finding everything in one place sure beats running all over the neighborhood for accessories. Naturally, we went to the caterers for our food, the bakery for our cake and found a photographer and entertainment. We also had to shop for our wedding attire, but most of what I bought for our ceremony and reception, I bought online. Our accessories weren’t as expensive as you may think, especially our glorious guestbook for wedding items. In fact, a lot of our wedding accessories, and decorations, we got at a discount. That really helps on the wedding budget for two people just starting out.
The wedding favor suggestions were really nice and I took my time picking out just the right ones. I wanted only the best wedding favors for our guests, after all these are our friends and family. My fiance and I decided to split the wedding favors shopping, and I bought for the ladies and he bought for the guys. We felt that was the best way to do it. I chose these lovely little wedding carriage candles for each of the ladies, that went perfectly with a storybook wedding. My fiance, being a man, chose some pretty cool shot glasses for the guys, even though it didn’t go with the theme, it was something they all liked.
I forgot to mention that when I ordered our wedding guest book and pen, I also ordered an extra. One was strictly for the ceremony, and the other were guest books. I wanted to look back on our reception and remember the guests that were able to hang around to celebrate with us. And what a fantastic time we had. The dancing and partying lasted for hours. With scrapbooking pages and a place for all the little keepsakes I wanted to hang onto, this wedding album I bought could hold all the memories of that day and more. An invitation, monogrammed napkin and so many lovely little memories fit perfectly in the little compartment of keepsakes.
We were having such a wonderful time at the reception, we almost hated to leave, but we had a plane to catch for our honeymoon. Everyone said their congratulations and best wishes and complimented us on the wonderful reception as we were walking out the door. We had such a wonderful time with our friends and family, I certainly hope they did too.
My husband wanted to keep the destination of our honeymoon a secret until the last possible moment. I was blown away when we pulled up to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando for seven fantastic days. He wanted to give me another week of the storybook life. I could hardly wait to get all the pictures developed and into my special album I bought just for our honeymoon photos.
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Planning my wedding was a little harder than I thought, so my sister volunteered to help. Finding the right accessories took a lot of shopping days. We must have covered every shop in the city. We even checked the yellow pages for more bridal shops to check out. But, I just couldn’t find anything I liked. Not to mention the high cost of everything at these bridal shops. I wrote a list on all the things that I needed to purchase. We had a lot of work ahead of us and very little time. That’s when my sister got an idea to browse the web to see what she could find as far as wedding accessories. She found so many great items for our wedding, including decorations and reception supplies.
We found lots of wedding and reception ideas for different types of weddings. There were suggestions for all types of themed weddings. There were glorious wedding decorations and some very nice wedding garters to choose from. A lot of them had a very expensive look to them, and I was surprised they didn’t cost a lot more. I found the a groovy blue wedding garters to choose from and some came with a free tossing wedding garter. It was a little difficult picking out the ones I wanted because there were so many to choose from. There were also a few selections of tossing garters sold separately. There were all kinds of styles of lacy, decorated garters with pearls and some with little hearts. The one I chose had very small pearls and a beautiful satin ribbon with roses. It’s a very lovely set.
I also got my veil, tiara and a few other bridal accessories from there. It was a beautiful veil with pearls and ribbon edging. My gold tiara went perfectly with my veil and had little pearls all through it. When I picked out my tiara, I was surprised to see that you could also buy tiaras for birthdays and bachelorette parties as well. There are so many party accessories they carry, not just for weddings, but for other occasions too. There is a large supply of party favors to browse through. Along with fantastic wedding favors, you’ll find birthday, graduation and bachelorette party favors too.
There were so many accessories for our wedding and reception. The wedding ceremony and reception decorations were really fabulous. The satin bows looked so lovely on each row of pews and the flowers were spectacular. I was able to buy tapered candles and holders to go along with the beautiful unity candle I had purchased. I even found the perfect wedding guestbook and pen set for our wedding ceremony. I found a lot of wedding reception accessories too. The wedding cake topper I bought looked very impressive atop our wedding cake. I had bought lovely crystal glasses for all our reception tables.
I think everyone was pleased with their wedding favors gifts we got for them. They had very nice favor gift boxes for each of the wedding favors. They actually added to the décor of our reception. I found many ideas for the perfect reception centerpieces for our party while I was online. Taking my sister’s suggestion and checking out the online wedding supplies was a life saver, not only because I found what I needed, but I was able to save a few dollars too. There were quite a few accessories I was able to get at a discount.
I found a section that has items for the perfect destination wedding and destination honeymoon too. I thought about a destination wedding, but there were just too many guests that wanted to attend our wedding. We were very happy with the way our wedding and reception turned out, and we had everything we needed to make it perfect.
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
There is a long list of things to get when planning a wedding and reception. Invitations are the first thing on you list after you’ve decided on a date and location. There is a variety of invitations to choose from. You could buy invitations with a theme, like for an ocean side ceremony, or just beautiful traditional invitations. I decided on a beach motif for my themed wedding invitations.
I bought everything from invitations to wedding favors with an ocean side theme in mind. They had a big list of wedding decorations. I feel in love with the gel candles idea and made sure I had plenty for our tables. I thought the little seashell place card holders I bought were such a unique idea.
I liked the beach themed wedding favors they had to choose from too. I narrowed it down to the picture frames or the lovely beach theme tea lights. Since, I obviously couldn’t have both, I went with the tea lights. I just couldn’t resist them. I even bought two extra so I could have some on my shelf at home. There were a lot of options for wedding table decorations too. You should see the lovely assortment of flower girl baskets and ring pillows I found. I bought my veil and tiara at the same place, too. In fact, I bought most of our accessories and reception supplies there. Not only is the selection fantastic, but the prices were pretty reasonable too. As expensive as weddings are, every little savings can help a lot.
What’s really great is there are so many different themed oriented accessories to choose from. I was very impressed with the seasonal themed accessories. If we were getting married in the winter, I definitely would have gone for the winter wonderland theme. The winter wonderland accessories were so gorgeous. But, for July I chose my favorite, an ocean side theme. I have to say, it turned out fantastic. We all had a great time and our guests commented on what a wonderful reception and wedding accessories we had. Our wedding cake topper became a topic of discussion. It was a lovely cake topper of the bride and groom on the beach.
They thought our champagne glasses were quite special too. There were so many nice accessories on our tables, from our cake serving set to the centerpieces. I also was able to find some very beautiful favor boxes, perfect for an ocean side reception. I can’t believe I got all of these super accessories and supplies online. And the best part was the great prices. Finding my accessories and supplies while browsing the web was a lot easier and much more convenient than I expected. If I would have seen all the wonderful accessories and party supplies they had, I would have ordered them for my friends baby shower that I gave.
I knew I’d have plenty of pictures of the wedding and reception, so I purchased two of their beautiful albums. There were quite a few albums with scrapbooking pages and a special compartment for keepsakes. There is everything under the sun for a beautiful wedding and a super reception.
A lot of our guests complimented me on our reception decorations and our wedding decor. There was a lot of couples kicking up their heels on the dance floor and having a great time. It was a little hard to leave such a great time with our friends and family. But it was time to start on our fabulous honeymoon. I was really excited about this trip, not just because it was our honeymoon, but I’ve never been to any place like this before. I have a feeling this is the start of many years of excitement and happiness to come.
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