Decoration

So you decide to have a hawaiian style beach wedding. The crash of the water, serene surroundings and the awesome ocean backdrop make it all worthwhile. Add in the perfect wedding decor and you have the picture perfect wedding. With a little help you can dress up your wedding yourself:

• Decorate the arch with silk hawaiian lilies and greenery. Nightime tip: If you are creative, you can place lightscapes inside of each silk flower to make it look like they are giving off the light themselves.

• Have each bridesmaid carry one longstem bird of paradise. Use a different color for each bridesmaid.
• Line the aisle with tiki torches. Place greenery around the bottom of each torch. OR
• Line the aisle with artificial miniature palm trees with fruit hanging from each
• Use real or plastic hawaiian fruit as centerpieces. They include papaya, star fruit, mangos, banannas, pineapples, passion fruit and more.

Vicky

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Heart-themed centerpieces are appropriate for almost any wedding, even if your decoration is not heart focused. That is what wedding are about anyway isn’t it? Two hearts joining together as one? If you decide to go with the heart-themed centerpiece, here are a few ideas you can do yourself

• Simple but nice - Tie heart shaped balloons together with decorative bows. Throw silk rose petals underneath for an added touch. You can go to http://www.ezparties.com
  
• Fill three cylinders of different height with water (find heart-shaped cylinders if you can). Put one heart shaped candle in each. Tie a stylish ribbon around each cylinder at the top. Place everything on top of a round mirror. Accent with one or two silk flowers on round mirror. Tip: add a tall cylinder in the middle and put a single long stem silk flower in it.
• If you can, find a heart shaped bowl. Put gel crystals, clear gem rocks or colored gem rocks on the bottom. Fill it with water. Place heart shaped floating candles on top. You can accent it with rose shaped floating candles. Tip: Add a small amount of food color to the water if you want to be even more creative.

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Wedding flowers can add thousands of dollars to the final cost of the wedding. Just like wedding reception costs, wedding flower costs can get out of hand fairly easily. One of the easiest ways to save money is to use silk flowers in place of the real ones. Not only does it save money, it keeps you from having to worry about keeping them alive.

But if you must have real, fresh flowers, there are still a few things that can help you save a little change. One thing you can do is have your bridesmaids carry a single long stemmed flower. It can be any type of wedding flower you choose like a lily or rose. This could save a good $50 per attendant and if you have a lot of attendants, the savings will really add up.

Another tip is to make sure that your wedding flower is in season during the time of your wedding. Wedding flowers that are out of season tend to be higher in price than usual. Some flowers that are in season all year is the rose, stephanotis, orchid and statice. Some flowers are very limited like the lily of the valley, whose only season is spring and the saponaria whose only season is summer. But if you are in love with a certain flower, you could still use that flower, but not as much. Maybe you can sub some silk versions of your favorite flower along side the real versions.

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