If you are planning a destination wedding to the Forgotten Coast of Florida, then Steven Clay Wedding and Event Designs is the place you need to call. We can help you from the Floral Arrangements to planning and coordinating to the complete overall design for your event.
My blog today is all about the Destination Wedding and Waves of Inspiration.
Most brides and grooms that choose the beach for their wedding are outdoorsy people with the love of nature and a flair for unaffected style. With a stunning backdrop like this, you really do not need much more than a few rented chairs or benches, an arbor and of course the beautiful sunset. Think sun and sand, for your colors instead of the Nautical blue color. Opt for spicy citrus tones or shades of green and naturals against white.
For your flowers, the Hydrangea, grasses, daisies, garden roses, solidago and sunflowers or exotics like protea, echiveria, and leukodendron. Simple galvanized pales, bright plastics, wood and natural fibers, sand, stones, and shells. Just make it fun, festive, casual, powerful,elemental, organic, unfussy.
It is the beach and it is beautiful, work with nature and add pops of color with your linens flowers, etc. At a beach wedding sometimes less is more.
Call me today and let me help you plan the Destination Beach Wedding of your Dreams.
Clay
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Make your Wedding Day Dramatic
These are some important tips when planning your wedding. I have probably posted some of these before, but they are always worth repeating. Following these tips are sure to make your wedding day more dramatic.
* Trust Your Professionals. Give them your vote of confidence and then stay out of their way.
* Let Your Wedding Gown be a Surprise to All. Don't show your dress to anyone other than the person who is paying for it, the florist, and the seamstress. Don't describe it to friends or try it on more than twice.
* Don't View the Decorated Venue Before the Ceremony. Drink it in for the first time as you walk down the aisle.
* Don't let the Groom See You Before the Wedding. Let him anticipate the magical moment when you enter in your wedding gown.
* Keep The Wedding Dressing Room Private. The dressing area should be open to the wedding party only.
* Do Not Allow The Post-Ceremony Photo Shoot to Last Longer than Twenty Minutes. It's time to greet guests at the celebration.
* Wear Your Veil Every Minute You Want to Feel Like a Bride. The minute you take off your veil, you become a married woman in a white dress.
* Redefine The Word "crisis." Surprises happen at most weddings, so relax, enjoy and make the best of things.
* Hire a Wedding Coordinator. Planning a wedding is a big job, and your wedding planner is there to help you and can save you a lot of money.
* Trust Your Professionals. Give them your vote of confidence and then stay out of their way.
* Let Your Wedding Gown be a Surprise to All. Don't show your dress to anyone other than the person who is paying for it, the florist, and the seamstress. Don't describe it to friends or try it on more than twice.
* Don't View the Decorated Venue Before the Ceremony. Drink it in for the first time as you walk down the aisle.
* Don't let the Groom See You Before the Wedding. Let him anticipate the magical moment when you enter in your wedding gown.
* Keep The Wedding Dressing Room Private. The dressing area should be open to the wedding party only.
* Do Not Allow The Post-Ceremony Photo Shoot to Last Longer than Twenty Minutes. It's time to greet guests at the celebration.
* Wear Your Veil Every Minute You Want to Feel Like a Bride. The minute you take off your veil, you become a married woman in a white dress.
* Redefine The Word "crisis." Surprises happen at most weddings, so relax, enjoy and make the best of things.
* Hire a Wedding Coordinator. Planning a wedding is a big job, and your wedding planner is there to help you and can save you a lot of money.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Southern with a Twis
For those of you that know me, well then you know I am very southern and I am proud of my Southern Heritage, the good, the bad and the ugly, because if it were not for all of these things then we as a people would not have learned anything.
As Far as Weddings go, I do believe in southern traditions however, I do believe that weddings are personal and should take on a couples personality first and foremost. That is why I like to say "Southern with a Twist"
Over the years I have been inspired by each bride that I meet and work with, I have also been inspired by their ideas about their own wedding. I would like to share with you a few ideas that may inspire you on your wedding day.
-To bring the gulf even closer to shore, try place cards with a tiny seashell attached, also you can place Huge glass cylinders with seashells and place around your reception.
-Fact: Women wear pretty shoes to weddings. Problem: When you are holding an outdoor ceremony, whether the terrain is grass or sand, those shoes fun risk of getting dirty. Solution: Create a shoe check, so guests don't have to worry about ruining their best stilettos or mules.
-A fireworks display is incredibly dramatic, and can be incredibly expensive especially if you hire a professional to set them off for you. For a less costly alternative consider buying a couple of "Cakes" of fireworks, the look like large hat boxes, and once you light the top, they set off a four-minute fireworks display.
As always I hope that you find the blogs useful and inspirational. Till next time.
Clay
As Far as Weddings go, I do believe in southern traditions however, I do believe that weddings are personal and should take on a couples personality first and foremost. That is why I like to say "Southern with a Twist"
Over the years I have been inspired by each bride that I meet and work with, I have also been inspired by their ideas about their own wedding. I would like to share with you a few ideas that may inspire you on your wedding day.
-To bring the gulf even closer to shore, try place cards with a tiny seashell attached, also you can place Huge glass cylinders with seashells and place around your reception.
-Fact: Women wear pretty shoes to weddings. Problem: When you are holding an outdoor ceremony, whether the terrain is grass or sand, those shoes fun risk of getting dirty. Solution: Create a shoe check, so guests don't have to worry about ruining their best stilettos or mules.
-A fireworks display is incredibly dramatic, and can be incredibly expensive especially if you hire a professional to set them off for you. For a less costly alternative consider buying a couple of "Cakes" of fireworks, the look like large hat boxes, and once you light the top, they set off a four-minute fireworks display.
As always I hope that you find the blogs useful and inspirational. Till next time.
Clay
Monday, April 5, 2010
Blissful Blooms
As you know I am a Florist by nature. Flowers just happen to be my favorite element of event planning. There something that is very magical about working with such perfections of nature. And coincidentally my path into coordination was literally paved with roses.
The Bridal Bouquet
Your bouquet should first of all make you smile, since it will have the honor of accompanying you down the aisle to marriage. There are so many bouquet choices available. I always recommend getting you inspiration from Bride's magazines, Internet, etc to better grasp the variety.
I personally love color for a bouquet-it's fun and it's festive. I love the contrast of the white and the way color translates in photographs. That does not mean that white flower bouquets do not impress me, it is just that I think a white bouquet is more traditional, and that is where I like to add a little twist!
Here are some of my favorite bouquets that I have created and loved each of them.
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