info taken from Maui weddings
1.) Ceremony: Brief secular ceremony
2.) Location: Beach (barefoot in the sand)
· Seating - A few white folding chairs or white plastic benches on the beach for the few guests in attendance
3.) Décor: Reference “Simple Stunning Weddings” – “Beach” chapter (begins on page 148). See photos on pages 151, 152, 159. Suggestions:
· Flower petals down the "aisle" and a combination of a few flowers, greenery, candles, sea shells, and torches
· Potentially an arch, trellis, canopy, or tulle…would need to get your suggestions…see your designs…definitely a must .
· Simple galvanized steel or white enamel large “French” flower pails (weighted with sand) filled with long, undulating grasses to build an “altar” / “foundation” and to frame the ceremony space (see photos below). To add interest, add few long stemmed flowers white flowers (such as a few long-stemmed white calla lilies)
· A few additional decorative elements to “personalize” and enhance the space, by adding a few simple, inexpensive decorative items around the flower pail “foundation.” These items could include things such as:
1. Large glass vase with a large white pillar candle and filled with sand and shells
2. Smaller scale glass vase filled with simple floral arrangement
· Color scheme: Shades of white and cream with green as an accent color (sea foam / celadon type of green). To incorporate more of the green, and to contrast the informal beach setting with a more “refined” look and feel, I think velvet ribbon sashes in sea foam / celadon / sage green (possibly with other natural elements such as seashells and raffia) used to enhanced the galvanized pails (around the rim / top), glass candle holders, and wrapped around the stems of the flowers in the vases and bridal bouquet would be lovely. examples are found
· Simple galvanized steel or white enamel wind proof lanterns with candles to line the “aisle” (lining the aisle with lanterns is a “nice to have” and not a must -- and I would have very limited seating…only expecting 10-20 guests)
· Torch (or torches) behind pail / décor groupings (see Crate and Barrel photo; also traditional “tiki” torches).
By Dewi @ Hawaii wedding packages @ islandweddings@hotmail.com
