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The Wedding Guest Dress Code: What Should Your Wedding Guests Wear to Your Wedding?

Let your wedding guests know the dress code.

What should you wear to a wedding? When planning a wedding, try to remember that your wedding guests may be having a hard time trying to figure out what to wear to your wedding. They may also  be having difficulty determining the dress code. Different types of wedding call for different levels of dress. Many factors influence what the dress code will be whether it will be a church wedding, beach wedding, summer wedding  or winter wedding.

Don’t feel awkward to give your guests a heads up as to what the dress code will be. For example, if it is expected that all  female wedding guests need to wear hats to your church wedding, guests would much rather know this before the ceremony than walk into a church and be the only one not wearing a hat.  I know this from personal experience! I felt extremely awkward walking into a small church wedding being the only female other than the bride, not wearing a hat.

Letting the wedding guests know about the dress code is best conveyed through word of mouth, or a small mention either on the invite itself. Additionally, you could slip a small general note slipped inside the invitation.

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The Benefits of Using Silk Flowers at Weddings

Silk wedding flowers can be an inexpensive alternative to having fresh flowers at your wedding. You could either opt to use silk flowers for all your floral needs, or use a combination of fresh flowers and silk. For example, your bridal bouquet could be made up of fresh flowers and your bridesmaids bouquets could be made up of silk flowers. Another approach, would be for the all the bouquets to be made up of a mixture of silk and real flowers, using the silk flowers as the ‘filler’ flowers.

Some Benefits of Using Silk Flowers

1. The main benefit of using silk flowers is that it is a cheaper alternative to fresh flowers. If flower arrangements feature heavily in your wedding (table décor, room décor, bouquets) fresh flowers can end up being very costly.

2. Using silk flowers, you have a greater variety of flowers available to you. Certain flowers are only in season at certain times of the year. If you are after a certain flower, one that has special meaning to you, you will find that it will be available to you all year round as a silk flower.

3. The silk flowers that you use at your wedding can be transferred into your home, so that you have a reminder of your wedding day.

4. Silk flowers are great for brides who suffer from hay fever.

5. You can pick-up the silk flowers as early as you want, alleviating the pressure from the ‘wedding week.’
They key in using silk flowers as an alternative to fresh flowers is to buy from a quality supplier. Good quality silk flowers can really look like the real thing. You could even add some floral essence to the petals of the flowers to give it a more genuine effect.

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Bridal Shower Ideas: Bridal Bouquet Party

Bridal parties “bridal showers” are typically hosted or thrown by the maid of honour. There are various things to consider when planning a bridal shower. The host usually does the arrangement for the venue, catering and drinks, bouquet, gifts, games, and everything that is centered on the bride. The main role which a maid of honour plays includes picking up the tab for such an event and sometimes enlisting the help of the bridesmaids in the planning process up to the actual day of the bridal party. The very thing thing that the maid of honour and bridesmaid’s need to decide on, is what will the theme of the bridal shower be.

One possible theme, for the craft lovers, is to hold a bridal ‘bouquet’ shower. Guests along with the bride create bouquets, which could either be a take-home ‘souvenir’ for the guests, or could be incorporated into the wedding venue decor.

Bridal bouquets parties are attractive and create more excitement to the event especially when the party is held weeks before the upcoming wedding. Here are a few ideas for the bridal shower bouquet party which you might want to consider or for the kind of setting you are trying to organize.

• Consider the theme. Are you arranging for a casual and fun bridal party or a game-time which will reveal more about the bride? As well, you can choose the colors of the wedding motif as the same colors for bouquet ideas.

• Accessorize. There are many accessories which can be added to the bridal party bouquet such as ribbons, bows, tassels, beads, green foliage, sparkly materials, and baskets among many others. You can work with your florist as to the kind of accessories which should go well with your bouquet.

• Bride’s personal favorites. If you are planning a surprise bridal party, ask ideas from the bride’s mother or sister. Discover her favorite flowers from her childhood along with the ones that she might not appreciate. It is more touching to know that you have actually done more research about her preferences. Try to know whether the bride is allergic to some types of flowers or foliage which you must avoid at all cost.
•Cost of bouquet. Since most of the people that would attend the bridal party are composed of the women closest to the bride, the host may request them whether they want to chip in for the cost of the bouquet or volunteer to arrange flowers for the venue and the guests on the list.
•Creative designs. Some bridal party bouquet ideas follow certain types of designs such as a bouquet shaped into a fan or other fancy objects. You can be as creative as you want.

Bouquets for your wedding are one of the most imperative components in your most awaited day. Just similar to a fragile clutch or a unique and expensive pair of shoes, the correct flower arrangement and proper blooms should flatter the whole bridal concept, your fashion character as well as your beloved.

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