The invitations were so gorgeous, with pretty silver rings on the front. Even though I was sitting there and filling them out to mail, I could hardly believe I was really about to get married. But here I am, inviting people to my ceremony and reception. It was like a dream, and that’s what I wanted my wedding to be, like a dream come true.
I thought for a long time on a theme for my wedding, but I really couldn’t decide if I wanted a storybook wedding, a seasonal theme or just the traditional style. There is a lot to be said for traditional. I pictured us in all three scenarios and we looked good in all of them. But even so, I knew I had to pick just one of them. I asked my fiance what he thought, but you know men, he left all the details up to me. So, he had me take care of planning everything from the decorations to wedding cake toppers.
Since it was to be in July, I thought a beautiful beach wedding would be the thing. So now that I had my theme, I was on a roll. I looked at everything that had to do with a beach wedding and even got a few tips from the internet. Great ideas for a ceremony by the ocean, and the thought of a beach party reception sounded just perfect. So I went with it.
I couldn’t believe how many choices there were for beach wedding decorations. This ceremony is going to be even better than I imagined. I chose the flower arrangements and odered some lovely floating candles, and do you know they even had unity candles with a beach theme to them. Everything was just falling in place almost as if it were meant to be. I even found a beautiful wedding guest book for beach ceremonies.
I finally had everything ready for the ceremony and now I could start on the reception. I knew the reception would probably last into the night, since it wasn’t scheduled to start until 4. So I ordered some tiki torches to light up the beach area and adorable candles for each reception table. We had crystal champagne flutes for everyone, for the toast to the bride and groom, sea shells and starfish to help with the décor and I chose seafoods, salads of all kinds, chicken and steaks for those that don’t care for seafood, and I even ordered a few trays of sushi. There was lots of food choices, I wanted to have something everyone would like. As far as drinks, there was champagne, wine and other ligours, but I also made sure I had plenty of soft drinks for those who preferred non alcoholic beverages.
Our cake was so gorgeous with its towering three layers of white cake with a whipped cream cheese frosting. On top was one of the cutest beach wedding cake toppers I could find. So many of the guests committed on how adorable it was. They asked me where I found these wedding beach supplies with matching bride cake toppers. You could tell by looking at the bride and groom, on top of the cake, that they were by the ocean. It really was the perfect topper.
It really was a fantastic wedding and reception, and we have lots of pictures to prove it. Everyone had a great time on the beach that evening, and they also commented on the beach wedding favors we had for them as little thank you gifts, and our wedding did turn into a dream come true, just like I had hoped.