Summer Weddings

Celebrate your love in the summer with vibrant colors and call in Mother Nature. Most summer weddings take place in the outdoors because that is the best way to enjoy the spirit of the season. It also allows for an afternoon of mint juleps in a lush garden. When we think of summer weddings, Southern charm often comes to mind, with barbecues and homemade cakes. However, summer weddings also take on more opulent qualities as well. Summer weddings can be anything from back yard parties to beach galas and country club events. Remember that although summer weddings are popular for the ability to hold your event in the outdoors, the heat can often be stifling and you must accommodate your guests. Elegant ways to keep your guests cool are with lovely sandalwood fan wedding favors at each ceremony seating. Parasols are also lovely and great for summer charm.

There are simple summer wedding ideas that will make a big splash. While thinking of how to keep your guests happy and comfortable it is easy to come up with pretty summer wedding themes and inspirations as well. Some great inspirations are from nature such as the ocean for cool blue tones and even beach ideas or English gardens that call in grandeur. Invoke nature with a butterfly theme. There are beautiful butterfly themed decorations available to compliment summer weddings. Lovely butterfly embellishments in unique colors to match various summer wedding color schemes can be placed just about anywhere. Imagine butterflies cascading down a tiered wedding cake. While most summer weddings are planned in the outdoors, with these pretty butterfly themed wedding ideas you can bring the outdoors inside as well.

Summer is all about foliage. Flowers are in abundance and vibrant colors from flowers inspire the summer wedding themes. Daisies and roses are a popular pick to work summer wedding planning around. Blooms are in abundance in the summer months to create inspirational décor that blow the guests away. Although red is a big hit for winter and fall weddings, it holds a warm place in the summer months as well. Red in summer flowers such as poppies and daisies clearly make a summer statement. Red accented with bright greens, such as mint or lime green will make a perfect summer wedding color scheme. Also keep in mind that patriotic couples may opt for red, white and blue in July. Using patriotic colors during the summer is very popular if the wedding is planned around the 4th of July long weekend.

Yellow has taken a popular rise in summer weddings. Every shade from pale lemon yellow to vibrant sunflower yellow is in. Yellow combined with black is the bride’s pick. Accented with sunflowers is a real hit for summer weddings. Imagine little tiny daisies shower your wedding cake at a very yellow summer wedding. It is simply a delicious image.

Summer weddings are all about the vibrancy of colors and that is incorporated into the food display as well. Fill the summer wedding menu with fresh fruits, such as strawberries and watermelon. Offer icy sorbets in the intermezzo. Fruit cocktails and hard lemonade are great picks for drinks. Seafood is always a popular choice for summer wedding menus as well. However, make sure all your guests are happy with light chicken dishes and maybe even summer pasta for the vegetarians. Keep with the theme of fresh fruits and vegetables and incorporate them into wedding centerpieces and decorations. This is an inexpensive way to add to your summer wedding décor while remaining unique and adding a wedding discussion piece as well.

Summer is all about nature and it allows you to use the entire palette of Mother Nature to plan your summer wedding. Anything from fruits to foliage and pretty butterflies and birds will inspire beautiful wedding trends for the summer.

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