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Summer is high wedding season.  Everyone knows this.  Stuck on choosing the perfect theme?  There are 3 Patriotic American Holidays in summer: Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.  Theme = found!  What better and brighter way to celebrate your special day than with red, white, and blue.     The white wedding dress is your starting point.  Do bridesmaids in red or navy.  Flowers in all 3 colors.  Everybody matches.  You can go all out and use flags everywhere.  That's what I would do as I Love the American Flag in all its glory. Or, do a lower...

When planning your wedding, the cake is often one of the most important decisions you make.  Today's modern bride makes her own choices that reflect her theme and her taste and what SHE wants to eat at her wedding.  This doesn't always mean a traditional cake.  The wildly popular cupcake has taken it's place in many weddings as the perfect sized dessert.  The infinite variety of flavors and decorations make the cupcake the new wedding cake.  But, it doesn't end there anymore.  Have you thought about cake pops?  How about custom made doughnuts?  Yes, really.  Maybe cake pops and chocolates?...

     So you have selected the PERFECT dress, pure white with a pretty white veil.  But, you are not a "plain white" kinda girl.  You want a way to add a pop of color but still maintain tradition.  Your wedding bouquet is the perfect place to have fun with color/theme.  Most brides will try to tie in their wedding/bridal party colors with bouquet flowers.  Great idea.  Makes everything matchy-matchy.  You could also get a bit more creative and tie in a specific theme too.        One of my brides recently had a bouquet made for her destination/beach...

As you begin to plan the wedding, you will undoubtedly run into costs and expenses that you never thought about.  That's OK, this is normal.  However, it could become a real obstacle when you are working on a tight budget.  Chances are, if you are on a tight budget, your bridesmaids are too.  It's important to consider what the girls can realistically afford when planning what they will wear.  Once you decide colors and theme, this becomes easier.  The last thing you want to do is create resentment or struggles for the ladies you hold so dearly.      So,...

So you are assembling your bridal party and have chosen 2 sweet little girls as your flower girls.  What impact will these 2 little ones have on the event?  More than you realize.  They are often the very first "performers" at the wedding.  What they are wearing will often give a little hint as to the wedding colors and theme.  Of course, their cuteness alone is enough to relax everyone and add some lightness to the event.  Will they mess up sometimes?  Sure, but that's what adds personality to the wedding.  Let them be "them".       Flower girls...