Summer wedding survival tips
July 4 is fast approaching, and I know two people getting married that day! This is despite the poll I took last year, which ultimately found September was this year’s most popular wedding month. I won’t be attending either of these July 4 weddings (although I may witness one via webcast…), but I’ve had my fair share of really hot weddings. Cold is easy to deal with — just add a coat and a hat and go! — but heat is an entirely different story. So what should you do to prepare for a summer wedding?
Flickr photo by Jessified(:
First, brides, please do your guests a favor and provide some shade! I realize you want your day to be as photogenic as possible, but thinking of the comfort and well-being of your guests (who should be your closest family and friends) will make the event that much more enjoyable. And you won’t have to deal with ambulances picking up folks fainting from heatstroke and all that. Believe me, ambulances and sirens are a mood-killer.
Wedding cakes, table and aisle arrangements
I’m constantly on the lookout for flower arrangements wherever I am (my purses must now always have room for my camera), so its a habit that I think my friends have adopted. But I don’t think its that unusual — when I was working, complete strangers constantly took pictures of my work. This friend, who asked not to be named, didn’t take these pictures recently, but at a bridal shower at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach in 2006.
I’m not a fan of wedding magazines, since what you see in them seem so far from what real people do, and bridal shows are sort of a step down from wedding magazines. Bridal shows, after all, are where vendors put out their best to attract the most. But I like this arrangement — its pretty, and not too fancy, but still classy. The extra vases of green mums and green cymbidiums add an extra touch to what is essentially a relatively plain arrangement of white roses and white mums. By the way, does that card say “Flowers by LAPD”? Heheh.
