The benefits of using artificial flowers for your wedding reception

Posted on novembre 24, 2011 by Claire

If you are planning a wedding reception and will be expecting many people, a significant way to save money is to decorate using artificial flowers. This may sound like an unusual choice at first, but there is actually a growing trend to skip on buying thousands of dollars worth of living flowers and going the economical route with synthetics instead.

Before even discussing the benefits, it is important to know that these aren’t your mother’s artificial flowers. Companies today have refined fake flowers to look more real than ever, often using materials like silk to create very real-looking and even feeling petals. Now, the benefits do not just stop at cost. You cannot fail when it comes to taking care of them, and they are ideal as centerpieces when you have a lot of tables to decorate.

Ordering real flowers can also be a tedious task full of disappointments when the flowers you order are out of stock. With artificial flowers, you will be able to ensure that you will get the types your are looking for no matter what the season. Popular flowers at weddings often include calla lilies, roses, and tulips. When you order artificial flowers, you can mix and match and have a fun with it. Your choices will be available. Continue reading →

Tips On Choosing the DJ for your Wedding

Posted on avril 4, 2011 by FANNY

Getting a DJ to take care of the music for your wedding can be a great way to take care of the sound, music and phases of your wedding. It also could turn into the experience from hell. Understand what this means and how it will impact you.

• Types of DJs. When you are looking for a DJ, it will depend on the style of your wedding, or the type of DJ you are looking for. In regard to weddings, there are two types of DJs to consider. The popular DJ, is someone who regularly performs in clubs and the like. You should only choose this kind of DJ if you consider them a special act as a part of your extravagant wedding, and you are prepared for them to be an ‘artist’ or ‘performance’ you are paying for. The other type is the DJ, is one who will normally do weddings and other events similar, and probably does not perform in clubs. These are less artists, and yet may have all the music and experience to match a more traditional wedding. Make sure you understand the difference, and be clear on your expectations. There is no grey area in between these two.

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I’m thinking about a blue wedding

Posted on juillet 15, 2008 by Claire

Blue is a famous color for everything except weddings ! I mean many of us love blue. Anyway regardin wedding decoration, few grooms and brides think about a blue wedding. What a pity !

Blue is a great color even if it’s said that blue is cold color. Sometimes blue can be really perfect to make the wedding decoration. Indeed, when I plan weddings on the French Riviera, some of them are on the beach. Weddings on the beach are really special. Blue is the ideal color for a wedding on the beach.

If you wish to do a blue wedding, I suggest you to use blue for flowers and for linen. Regarding linen, I prefer sky blue table cloth or turquoise with white chairs. Blue and white colors create a summery atmosphere, especially for weddings on the beach. The sea becomes a part of your wedding decoration. As George Clooney uses to say : « What’s else » ! 

What I prefer for a blue wedding is to choose beautiful dark blue flowers or sky blue flowers. Blue flowers give personnality to your wedding decoration.

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The most beautiful pink wedding I’ve ever seen !

Posted on juin 20, 2008 by Claire

Very often, brides and grooms want to make their wedding different from others.  But they feel puzzled regarding the best decoration for their wedding on the French Riviera or somewhere else ! So I decide to help all my readers by giving them some wedding decoration trends. The first point is to choose the main color of the wedding decoration. Once, you have decided which color you wish …I give you some ideas and wedding decoration trends. Let’s begin with a pink wedding ! 

Obviously first there is the wedding dress. When the wedding decoration is linked with the bride groom …that is perfect ! You don’t need to wear a pink wedding dress. You just need to add accessories like flowers or a specific hairstyle. When I organise a wedding on the French Riviera, I recommend that the groom has got also a colorful discreet accessory (tie or buttonhole for instance).

For the wedding ceremony, Events & Home consulting suggests to mix pink flowers with white, cream or light orange colors. White is for the romantic time, pink refers to love and orange gives light and cheerfulness. Instead of flowers, be inventive and choose stunning items like these pink sunshades !

 

In order to customize your wedding decoration, you should take care of the table decoration. Continue reading →

2008 wedding trends : sample stations

Posted on mai 5, 2008 by Claire

Let’s be honest : sometimes it happens that guests are getting bored at a wedding party. Weddings are often the same with no suprise! Customised wedding decoration makes your wedding different obviously. Anyway, it’s not enough! One new trend in weddings is to set up many sample stations rather than one never ending dinner.

Every station has to be thematic. I suggest to link the keynote to the bride and the groom. For instance, if you get married on the French Riviera, a wine and a cheese station is a must have. Why don’t you hire a sommelier to provide some explanations to your guests ?

 

As humans, we’re getting bored quickly. So create an event in the event istself. You should set up some fleetingly stations. Based on the happy hour concept, you should do a « mojito time » during 30 min, following by a « champagne time ».

2008 wedding trends : colors

Posted on mai 2, 2008 by Claire

It seems that there are 3 main trends in wedding decoration regarding colors. The big first one deals with silver or grey shades. Basically, grey replaces chocolate as the accent color for a wedding party. Why dont’ you choose a pale-grey wedding dress ? Grey is beyond a doubt an elegant color. Use grey linen for tables, add some silver painted branches and lay down some rhinestones. Tables will look stylish and trendsetter.

The second trend in wedding decoration is a summery color :Yellow is in vogue too ! For a day time wedding, I suggest bright colors and a mix with white and yellow. The tables can be dressed with white linen and sunflowers centerpieces. Wooden chairs or white chairs with yellow tulle are in good taste. If the wedding takes place by night, I recommend lemon and chocolate.

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The wedding lubies

Posted on avril 23, 2008 by Claire

I read an interesting post on Forbes that dealt with the lubies of celebrities for their weddings. Oviously it was an economic viewpoint but it drew my attention to the importance of logistics in a wedding. When Madonna got married with Guy Ritchie, she spent $ 2,100,000. $ 293,000 were dedicated to champagne, $ 58,000 to flights and they needed $219,000 to rent the whole castle (and its 47 rooms). The celebrity wedding had a positive impact on the turism since then.

Catherine Zeta Jones was looking for a simply and intimate wedding party. She chose the Plaza in NYC (« down home ») and she spent $ 1,500,000 as the new Mrs Douglas. Her wedding lubies were clear : a choir of 40 members and only 20,000 creeam coloured roses. Continue reading →