Orange Events - Beach Bride

Unique Day of the Dead Wedding

By Car

You know what, we still get goosebumps from unique wedding inspirations from festive celebrations and today’s featured wedding is one great example! Rey and Kayla’s unique day of the Dead wedding is fun, bright and absolutely vibrant! Inspired by two amazing movies “Day of the Dead” and Disney’s Coco, the whole theme revolves around the idea of unending love even beyond death. Definitely one-of-a-kind! Deciding to incorporate its culture into every detail opt for vibrant flowers that surely brighten up the mood. Check out this fresh set from Jennifer G Photography and celebrate a unique day of the dead wedding.

We’re All About the Details!

Vendors

Venue: Private Residence
Bakery: Bread of Life Bake Shop
Floral Designer: Navarre Beach Flowers and Nursery
Bridesmaid Dresses: Davids Bridal
Dress Designer: Olvi’s Lace
Makeup Artist: Make Me Up Marylee
Photographer: Jennifer G Photography

Flora Farms Destination Wedding

By Car

And just like that, it’s already December! While we’re here celebrating the best things that happened this year why not start with something elegant, eclectic, whimsical, and of course everything about the beach! This whimsy and fun beach wedding of Dawn and Sean go beyond details and specific design choices. They brought in some interesting design pieces, like the ladder ceremony arch, which was layered with elegant chiffon material, candles, and flowers. Dawn had the idea for lightbulb bud vases which was hand-made and hung from the arch with lanterns for an even more whimsical ceremony. At the ceremony, they channeled fairytale whimsy with a unique ceiling installation which was deliciously elegant. The travel-themed elements were also whimsical! Dawn custom-monogrammed luggage tag escort cards which were hung from a 7-foot tall wooden frame backed with chicken wire (picnic!). They fulfilled the eclectic piece with the layout, which was a mix of one long empirical table, round tables, high-top tables, and lounge seating. The mix of furniture was perfect! Dawn was specific about their colors, which were red, orange, and coral, and worked perfectly for the early summer wedding. Go on and check out what you might have missed through these amazing snaps brought to us by AnnaGomesPhoto down below!

We’re All About the Details!

Take this Advice

The planning process was effortless and undeniably stress-free due to the early decision my husband and I agreeing to hire a full-time wedding planner. Ours, Bonnie Chase of Events by Bliss. We had a tight budget that we wanted to stick to, and although the expense of a wedding planner can be viewed as a luxury that will take away from the overall budget allocated to the wedding, we knew that we wanted a professional to handle this important event for us, so everyone involved could have a great time. The amount of money we spent upfront to hire Events by Bliss for our wedding saved us tremendously at the end of the day, theoretically speaking. I know that this may not be the case for every couple with every wedding planner. We were extremely blessed and fortunate that luck was on our side, and the stars aligned for us to cross paths (and work with) Bonnie Chase. ~Ashley Lomelin/Wedding Vendor

About the Wedding Vendor
My name is Ashley Lomelin and I am a publicist at Rayce PR. We represent Bliss Events by Bonnie Chase who is a destination planner based in Cabo San Lucas.

Money Matters

$20,000 – $45,000

Vendors

PR Rep: Rayce PR and Marketing
Equipment Rentals: The Cabo Wedding Company
Other: La Diosa Del Sabor
DJ: Alex DJ Cabo Events
Musicians: Alonso Aguirre
Invitation Designer: Minted
Dress Store: Coco Melody
Apparel: Reef
Tuxedo and Mens Attire: Calvin Klein
Shoes: Havaianas Bridal Collection
Apparel:Long Champ
Jewelry: Appelblom Jewelry
Floral Designer: Flowers and Events Los Cabos
Beauty: Blanc Bridal Salon Cabo
Apparel: Aria Dress
Professional: Anna Gomes Photography
Event Planner: Bliss Events
Photographer: AnnaGomesPhoto

Tropical Beach Cottage Wedding

By Car

Love is such a beautiful thing! And what better occasion to celebrate such gorgeous poetry of passion and beauty than a wedding! Christian and Kandace had a tropical beach wedding with a color palette of bright pinks, oranges, yellows, purples and greens set along the River Palm Cottages of Jensen Beach! We all know that beaches provide a tropical aesthetic that shows the beauty of nature and the warmth of summer. The romantic combination of tropical colors paired with gorgeous floral selections shows how stunning tropical weddings are. I know everything about this wedding sounds amazing- even without mentioning the bride’s immaculate gown and the dashing ensemble! Now, I could list down all the other beautiful details of this wedding, but I think it’d be better if you’ll see them for yourself! These snaps taken by Christina Craddock Photography will certainly sweep you off your feet! Enjoy!

We’re All About the Details!

Floral Accents

The flowers were very tropical! They used a mix of roses, birds of paradise, peonies, orchids, etc… They also used pineapples for the centerpieces. I think they played a huge part in giving the wedding it’s tropical theme.

Tropical Theme

The bride spent A LOT of time on pinterest! The whole wedding was outside so she didn’t think they needed a ton of flowers and came across an idea on Pinterest to use whole pineapple for centerpieces which we loved and was super affordable. Their floral vendor, polished petals, was so great in helping us tie the pineapples into the flowers.

Take this Advice

Get at least a day of coordinator! We’re so lucky that everyone pulled together to get stuff done but that was a stress we could have avoided. ~Christina Craddock/Photographer

Money Matters

$10,000 – $20,000

About the Photographer
I love people! I’m all about the relationship that can be built between me and my clients. I look at each client as life long friends that I will get the honor of photographing. I love telling love stories though my photography, starting with weddings and growing into families… I am a natural light photographer based out of Florida willing to travel the word. Wedding packages start at $3,600 if you are interested please contact us though the website or directly 561-262-0030.

Vendors

Photographer: Christina Craddock Photography
Dress Store: Show Me your Mumu
Cake Designer: Publix Bakery
Beauty: DYI
Caterer: Little Moir’s Food Shack
Floral Designer: Polished Petals
Event Venue: River Palm Cottages and Fish Camp

Hooked On Love – Nautical Themed Rehearsal Dinner

By Car

Ready for your daily dose of bridal inspirations? Today, we bring you Ellen LeRoy Photography‘s showcase of Paul and Lindsay’s unique nautical themed rehearsal dinner that I know everyone would get head over heels for! I would say that the concept for this event is beyond beautiful and the details are well-thought of! Overlooking Taylor’s Creek is the beautiful restaurant/event venue at The Boathouse at Front Street Village. The venue sits just above the marina and has a gorgeous outdoor patio with a fire pit and sunset views out to Shackleford Banks and the historic town of Beaufort, NC. Join me as we swoon over these wonderful showcase and be hooked by love! (You know you want to!)

We’re All About the Details

The main color for the event was turquoise, which was vibrant and suited the abstract artwork of the dining area.

Paul’s mother found so many fishing themed ideas for the decorations, the cake from Kim Cake, cupcakes, party favors and more that I really wanted to share all the clever ideas.

Tables had nautical elements such as fishing nets, starfish, lanterns and shell place card holders, but my favorite decoration were the fishing boat center pieces with live goldfish.

The event started off with wind and misting rain, but in the middle of dinner, the photographer noticed some color in the sky and rushed the bride and groom out just in time for some spectacular sunset portraits down by the docks.

Vendors

Reception Venue: The Boathouse at Front Street Village
Cake Designer: Kim Cake
Photographer: Ellen LeRoy Photography

Toes-in-the-Sand Wedding

By Car

That long lovely summer you are looking forward to is just around the corner and everything about it screams white sands and gorgeous beach weddings! You will surely fall in love with this tropical style beach front marina wedding of Michael and Christina at the Kona Kai Resort Spa and Marina captured by Christina Marie Photography. They decided to make a modern, nautical theme throughout the rest of the design and decorations. The tricky part with this style was echoing the tropical, beach location without doing a kitschy, shabby chic decor as we really wanted to maintain the modern sophistication of the Kona Kai. Prepare yourselves for a Toes-in-the-Sand Wedding inspiration!

We’re All About the Details

They had actually used navy, white, and silver for their elopement ceremony in February and decided that with the marina as the backdrop, a nautical theme would both compliment the venue. They went with mix ‘n match navy, white, and striped linens with lots of varied silver lanterns to keep with the color and theme.

They wanted to encourage the casual atmosphere so they went with a cocktail-style reception on the patio and garden adjacent to the ballroom.

They kept the taco bar and dessert stations inside and all the bar, dance floor, photo booth, and lawn games outside under the market lights. They took almost 200 selfies and displayed them at our card table. They did wood sunglasses with a custom logo as their favors.

They decided to use different combinations of high-top cocktail tables, circular and rectangular dining tables, and patio sofas and lounge chairs to dictate how they wanted each space to be used and ensure good flow.

Instead of adding too much noise with lots of added colors, they kept florals very minimal by using mostly tropical leaves with just a few colorful orchids and proteas spread around. They did, however, want the bouquets to POP so they used all sorts of bright, tropical flowers there.

They wanted lots of personal touches to make our guests welcome feel very welcome and put together a slide show of all the photos from their elopement on display behind the bar.

Mike and Christina have always had a date jar and had a station setup at the wedding for guests to add new date ideas for them.

They made these amazing custom gift sets for their bridal party. Everyone had an amazing time and it was the perfect destination wedding for them!

Tips from the Bride

Decide early on your “Must-Haves” and his “Must-Haves”. Knowing the items that were most important helps massively when weighing budget constraints. If you make those choices before you begin planning it is so much easier to refer back to the list and stop yourself from splurging on things that really don’t impact your vision of the event. Really take the time to figure out how you want the event to flow. Yes, the timelines are part of this but don’t forget about things like movement of your guests from one space to another, placement of specialty tables, and access to vendor rooms. Do you want lounge areas? How close do you want the bar to the dance floor? For our wedding we threw out the vanilla timeline and reception area setup which ended up having a huge impact on things like types of tables, linens, lighting and florals to define spaces. Once you have made a decision, STOP looking at new ideas! There are SO many great ideas out there but once you’ve made your choice it can be very stressful to have to call up vendors to revise purchase orders. I got myself spun into circles on more than one occasion because I could not stop looking at new ideas that popped on my Pinterest feed. ~Christina Metcalf

Money Matters

$10,000 – $20,000

Vendors

Photographer: Christina Marie Photography
Linens and Coverings: Fabulous Events
Event Planner: Paige with Bliss Events
Equipment Rentals: Abbey Party Rentals
Hair Stylist: clairestyle
Linens and Coverings: Faulous Events
DJ: GarDouble Productions
Floral Designer: Grand Florals
Reception Venue: Kona Kai Resort Spa and Marina
Cake Designer: Michele Coulon Dessertier
Event Planner:Paige Jensen with Bliss Events
Cinema and Video:Reaction Films
Lighting: SociaLights