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Wedding Flowers for Every Season

Just like there are brides for every season, there are flowers that go along with every season. While this may make it difficult if your favorite flower is not in season when it comes time for your wedding, this is great for brides who are looking to be married during less popular seasons. Below, you will find flower options that will work with weddings depending on the particular season.

Summer

Summer is a great time for a wedding and one of the most popular seasons. There are many flower options to choose from here and brides will look beautiful when they select any of them:

Orchids
Poppy
Chrysanthemum
Sunflower
Freesia
Rose
Hydrangea
Snapdragon

Spring

Spring is also a popular time for weddings and one of the best times when it comes to flowers. There are so many in bloom during this season that a bride can easily get carried away with selecting her flowers:

Iris
Peony
Orchid
Rose
Sweet Pea
Calla Lilly
Hyacinth
Lilac
Tulip

Fall

While it may not be the most popular time of the year to plan a wedding, fall is a great time for a number of reasons. You can easily plan an outdoor wedding during this time due to the fantastic colors and there is an interesting arrangement of flowers available. Be sure to consider the following flowers when your wedding is in the fall:

Asiatic Lily
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Rose
Bi-color rose

Winter

Even though there are many flowers that do not bloom during the winter, don’t think that you will have to forgo them for your winter wedding. In fact, there are many different flowers that you can choose from that will create a beautiful look for your wedding. The following are all fantastic options for winter weddings:

Carnation
Rose
Tulip
Gardenia
Narcissus
Lily
Orchid
Star of Bethlehem

Making the Choice

When you are ready to choose your flowers, one of the first thing that you should do is to make sure that you know what flowers are available during the season that your wedding will be taking place. While it can be disappointing to learn that some flowers are not available year round, there are many options that will help make your wedding special and memorable.

f you plan a wedding in Abu Dhabi or the UAE, you may consider ordering your flowers from an online flower shop in Abu Dhabi. Ordering online can save you time, effort, and money while ensuring you get fresh and beautiful blooms that suit your style and theme.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are a great number of flowers that you can select from regardless of the season that your wedding falls in. These flowers can also be mixed and matched to create the most perfect wedding design available. Whether you are getting married when it is warm or when snow is on the ground, you can easily add flowers to your big day.

Best for Bride

Best for Bride is a bridal shop that offers everything that a bride needs to plan her big day. With wedding gowns, dresses for the bridesmaids and décor options, you will be able to find everything that you need to begin planning your wedding around the flowers that you have chosen. They will even help you to find the best dress to go along with those flowers.

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Wedding Reception Photo Booth Alternatives

While photo booths remain popular for wedding receptions, many couples are seeking fun and cheaper photo booth alternatives. Before paying photo booth rental fees, consider these ideas for reception photos. These wedding reception photo ideas are much more enjoyable, personal, and useful than posing for a string of photo booth shots.

Include a white board and dry erase markers in an area for guest photos. Invite them to write a sign to be used at the background for their photos. Guests can write the date, the newlywed’s names, or location. Some couples get into writing goofy signs.

A fun twist on this idea is to have two thought bubble signs with dry erase or chalkboard paint surface. Chalkboard paint makes it easy to have a sign cut from wood and turned into a chalkboard. You may want to use a surface preparing paint depending on what is used to make the sign. Chalkboard paint requires a specific drying time before use such as seven days. Be sure to follow the directions and allow the appropriate time.

Instead of a booth, some couples create a white frame reminiscent of Polaroid photos. It can be a simple white board with a large square cutout. The white frame should be slightly larger at the bottom. The frame can be suspended from the ceiling. Guests stand behind the frame for their photos. On the bottom section of the white frame is the perfect place to put the newlywed’s names and date.

Text is commonly used for space in art and even on clothing. You can use this same style for your wedding photo booth. If you want a unique backdrop for guest photos without breaking the budget, make a backdrop by writing the lyrics to a love song or poem on white paper. One couple took a roll of white paper and wrote a sonnet by Pablo Neruda followed by another love poem in black ink. The one poem served as a backdrop while the other lay on the floor for the newlyweds and guests to stand on for a great photo.

A great alternative to photo booths is to hire a caricaturist. The caricature artist can make sketches of the guests that sit before them. Instead of a string of useless tiny photos, the guests receive an artistic rendering of themselves. If you don’t want the comical caricature style, you can hire a portrait artist working in a medium like charcoal to create more realistic sketches.

One couple set up a wonderful photo area with family mementos, an old desk, antiques, and a sign with the names of the newlyweds. Guests could use some of the items as props if they choose. The photo setting can reflect the theme of the wedding as well as the personalities of the couple.

For more ideas for your wedding day, visit the Best for Bride blog. There you will find many fun and new ideas for wedding ceremonies and receptions.

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Elevate Your Elegance: Expert Tips to Add a Touch of Glamour to Your Wedding Ensemble!

If there ever is a day when you shouldn’t look simple, it is your wedding day!

As the bride, all eyes will be on you. While the elegance of a white wedding gown is unbeatable, you can still enhance your wedding day look and look more glamorous than ever before. Here are the various options you can consider to make this possible.

Choose a wedding dress with an extra-glamorous element

A fitted silhouette that snugly embraces your curves is beautiful, and certain silhouettes easily accentuate the WOW Factor. You gain extra points if you can carry off a mermaid dress with style. Other features that can be stunning on a dress include a daringly low back or an illusion back with beautiful details. When choosing your dress, also pay attention to the features at the back. After all, your guests will catch a clear view of it during the ceremony and you want to impress from all angles.

Necklines can add a dose of glamour too, when done right. Sweetheart bodices, deep-cut V-necklines or scintillating halter straps are all excellent choices for stepping up your style.

Bring on the bling

With metal beading, crystal embellishments, rhinestone work and shimmery lace, you have so many choices. Don’t hesitate to choose a wedding dress that is a masterpiece of embellished details. Forget simplicity; choose a dress with as many details as you can afford to wear without drowning in it. For a cool, sophisticated and timeless look that is glamorous as well, opt for a wedding gown in Larissa satin or Duchess satin, and the subtle sheen will add a touch of luxury to your overall look.

Choose bold jewelry

If you have second thoughts about choosing a dress that is way too simple, do not worry. You can add sparkle to your outfit with matching accessories that are big and bold and compensate for an understated wedding gown. Pick a pair of chandelier earrings, add a tiara, or choose a fantastic necklace to add more style. You needn’t even stick to silver or white. Choose coloured gemstones or gold as the metal for your accessories for an expensive and trendy look.

Work with wedding dress accessories that are stylish

Step up your style quotient by adding a scintillating statement waistband. This will also draw attention to your slender waist and help you show it off. Wear a fur cape or stole for a winter wedding to add more style. Don’t forget your wedding shoes either. Make sure they complement your dress beautifully while fashionably dressing up your feet.

Choose a stunning hairstyle

A change in your hairstyle will make it more noticeable. Do your research well, and decide on an exciting hairstyle that adds extra glamour to your overall look. Dress it up with a shiny hairpiece or a complex flower arrangement. Experiment by placing your hairpiece in different positions on your crown till you find the best one. You are now ready to step out and seize the stage!

Whether you want a fantastic wedding gown or beautiful accessories for your big day, visit us on Best for Bride, and we will provide the solution!

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How to tackle wedding day dress disasters

As much as we hate to tell you this, wedding day dress disasters can and do happen! A white dress with delicate details on expensive fabric is an invitation for trouble in the form of stains, tears and more.

The best way to stop worrying about a wedding dress mishap is to be prepared for every likely scenario. If you have a wedding planner, she will be equipped to handle most situations. If not, don’t worry. With this handy guide, you will be set to tackle most wedding dress disasters yourself. So, prepare yourself for the worst, and then hope with all your heart that you will not need it.

Prepare your emergency bridal kit in advance

When you put your bridal kit together, include not only your makeup and face towels, but also all the items to fix likely wedding dress disasters. Your kit should contain

safety pins
transparent tape
fabric glue
extra buttons
emergency sewing kit with threads and needles
tissues
talcum powder
Q-tips and
white chalk

Or you could purchase a ready-made emergency bridal kit, that contains all these supplies and more, if you don’t have the time to do it yourself.

Removing stains

Attack any stain on your dress immediately, so it doesn’t settle. But, make sure you use the right stain remover, or you may end up doing more damage. It is a good idea to find out what will take out stains from the fabric of your wedding dress, and keep it handy.

Attack ink stains with hairspray and make-up stains with club soda. Cover up the color difference with white chalk and it will not be obvious. Should you notice an oil mark over your dress, quickly spray talcum powder over it and let it soak up the oil. Then dust it off. If marks remain, it can be taken out when you send your gown in for preservation.

Rips or tears

Attend to any rip or tear promptly with your emergency kit supplies. Get someone who knows their way with threads and needles to do it for you. Whether it is to darn the tear quickly, or stick a piece of fabric beneath it, make sure this last-minute repair is done without making the existing rip any bigger. Try to camouflage the spot by holding your bridal bouquet over it, or bunching up your veil over the spot.

Hem your dress to the perfect length

A little extra length is all it takes to have you trip over your dress and fall on your pretty face. Since we aren’t used to wearing long-flowing gowns and maneuvering our way through a maze of tables, we should prepare ourselves ahead for it.

Get your wedding dress hemline correct, by wearing your wedding shoes to the alteration sessions. This will allow your seamstress to get the length right. Also, practice walking in your bridal gown before you wear it on your wedding day, so you are accustomed to it. Ask your bridal consultant to teach your MoH how to bustle the train, so it doesn’t pose a problem during the reception.

You are now covered for most wedding disasters and let’s hope that despite all this preparation, you will need none of it. For more wedding day tips, shopping needs and advice, or to buy your wedding emergency kit, visit us at Best for Bride.