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Trending Tuesday – Confetti, Sprinkles & Glitter

Skip the rice and bird seed for your send off. Instead, have you ever thought about having your guests throw confetti, sprinkles or glitter? Just imagine what your pictures would look like. Colorful confetti being thrown in the air above you would make for some amazing photos. Plus, it's something different yet still keeping the wedding tradition incorporated into your wedding. Thinking about incorporating this into your wedding? Share your photos with us or other ideas you may have at social@weddingandpartynetwork.com.

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Trending Tuesday – Alternative Unity Ceremony Ideas

Planning your wedding unity ceremony but want something that's different? This week's Trending Tuesday will focus on a few alternatives for your unity ceremony.

  1. Love Letter Ceremony – The bride and groom both write love letters to each other. The letters are sealed at the wedding ceremony and placed in a box to be opened on a specific anniversary date.
  2. Create a Time Capsule – With this ceremony, you place well wishes from guests and other sentimental items into this box that again is opened on a specific date.
  3. Branding Ceremony – This is a unique idea. Create your own personal brand and brand it onto something like a creative board. You can easily display this item in your home.
  4. Reverse Candle Unity Ceremony – The bride and groom light the two main candles. Then you pass the flame down to the bridesmaids and groomsmen who then light your guests' candles. Each guest gets a candle to light of their own. This ceremony is truly special as it includes everyone who is with you on your special day.

These unity ceremony alternatives all sound wonderful and meaningful. Choose which one best suits your personality and style. We'd also love to hear about your unity ceremony so send them to us at social @weddingandpartynetwork.com.

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Inspirational Friday – Wedding Ceremonies

Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding and party details. The details are what sets your wedding and party apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style and conveys your party theme. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on wedding ceremonies.

Wedding ceremonies are truly special occasions and the main spectacle of weddings. It's where you are named husband and wife, where guests see your undying love for each other, and where you can both show how much you love each other. Display your wedding colors, floral arrangements, chuppahs, unique lighting and gorgeous aisle decor. Show off your style with your I Do's during your wedding ceremony.

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Inspirational Friday – Red

Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding and party details. The details are what sets your wedding and party apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style and conveys your party theme. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on the color red.

Red is such an elegant color for a wedding. It's bright, bold, and looks great for everything. Your wedding bouquet, reception decor, and ceremony arrangements will look simply stunning. You can pair this color with a lot of variety so it's great for spring, summer, fall, or winter. Just find the right color combination to pull off the theme of your wedding.

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A Circular Wedding Trend

Do you look towards wedding trends in finding a trend that will suit your wedding? Trends come and go, especially within weddings. There are trends within wedding colors, wedding flowers, wedding venues and even how your wedding is setup. One of the trends emerging for wedding ceremonies is a circular wedding setup. Wedding and Party Network has a few tips, ideas and symbolic meanings behind this wedding setup.

First off, why have a wedding where the seating is setup in a circular pattern? There are many great reasons why, just take a look at the reasons below.

  • Circular Wedding Seating
    Breakaway from traditional seating and go with something unique.
  • Ideal for small, intimate weddings.
  • Can symbolize unity and eternity, it may also be a religious or spiritual symbol and even can represent the meaning of your family by having your close family within the inner circle. By having your family that close, they will feel as if they are truly apart of your wedding.
  • It doesn't necessarily have to be a circle, you can even create a unique spiral and again, put those closest to the inner circle and even create a memory timeline down the aisle.
  • It doesn't have to be chairs. If you're having an outdoor wedding, you can use hay bales or even crates. Get creative and make sure the seating goes with the style of your wedding.
  • Everyone gets a view. Instead of having some guests way back in the back trying to catch a glimpse over someone's head,  Setting up a 360 view, means less chairs have to go in the back.

There are many reasons on why to have a circular wedding set-up. Try incorporating this trend into your wedding to create a unique feature for your wedding ceremony.

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Inspirational Friday – A Splendid Sunflower Wedding

This week, Wedding and Party Network's Inspirational Friday is all about sunflowers! An Autumn wedding is the perfect atmosphere for sunflowers. The warm yellows, and big dark centers, thick sturdy stalks, and over-all 'Sunnyness' that brings elegance and charm make it hard to resist!

These fabulous wedding flowers are perfect for your happy fall wedding. An outdoor wedding is ideal, especially one in an open field, garden, or park. The feel of nature is calming, down-to-earth and inspiring. You can use these energetic flowers alone or with other flowers to create eye-popping arrangements. Marigolds, gerbera daisies, roses and hydrangea look gorgeous mixed with sunflowers. Any combination is ideal for your wedding bouquet, wedding ceremony arrangements and definitely your reception centerpieces. The key is to keep the arrangements simple – sunflowers are striking and demand attention, you don't need to do much to make these flowers look great!

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A Cultural Affair – Tips on Planning a Culturally Mixed Wedding

If you are planning a mixed cultural wedding there are several things you need to consider. Embrace both cultures to create a beautiful and unique wedding.

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Most wedding traditions are based on religion, culture, heritage, and race. When you are cutting and pasting together a wedding, you need to decide which traditions mean the most to you and your fiancé as well, as your families.

Your family's opinions and vision of your wedding might create obstacles, especially if they are the ones paying for it! Creating a wedding that respects both family's religions and cultures can be done and be absolutely beautiful.

The first thing you need to do, before even thinking about the revenue, date or theme, is sit down and talk with you fiancé about which traditions are the most important to you. Being open with each other about what you want included and what can be left out will make things a lot easier.

The next step is to sit down with both of your families, preferably at separate times. Ask them for advice and let them know that you want to respect and honor the family traditions, but need to make this ceremony a fusion of both.

Although every couple is different and you want your wedding to be unique, you also want your wedding to show your personality and your heritage. Here are a few tips to help you along the way.

One of the most common solutions for a mixed wedding is to have two separate ceremonies. However, when finances wont allow for two ceremonies, you need to be creative and find a way to mesh both cultures into one ceremony.

  • Invitations: Send out two sets of invitations. One in each language so that no one feels left out.
  • Location: If your religions clash, consider holding the ceremony in a non-religious venue. A park, a hall, a ballroom, a country or garden club are great options.
  • Programs: Two sets of programs, in the same style and theme but one in each language. You can even personalize them with a small note to your family in your native language on near the bottom.
  • Music: Alternate music throughout the ceremony from each culture. Sticking with instrumentals will make the transition from song to song smooth.
  • Readings: Alternate the readings from one language to the next. You don't want to do every reading in both languages because it will make your ceremony too long.
  • Vows: Recite vows in your native language, so that both set of parents and families understand completely.
  • Reception: Take care when arranging the seating, making sure that everyone is sitting with someone they can communicate with. (You don't want your Aunt Evelyn sitting at a table of non-English speaking guests).
  • Decor: Your set up should show both cultures. Including flowers, lighting and even positioning of the tables. Creating centerpieces with flowers and candles that represent both your heritages will make your families feel at home.

Give opportunity for everyone to mesh and mingle. The dance floor is the perfect opportunity for this! Again, you will want to alternate music from each culture to keep your guests happy and involved.

  • Menu: Finding the perfect food for everyone is a difficult task. However, you can arrange your buffets to have two separate stations catering to both cultures. Or if you are using a menu, have options designed around both cultures. Find a caterer in your area to help you design the perfect pallet for your reception.

Remember, your wedding is about you and your spouse. It is the beginning of a new and happy adventure that will take you places you have never been. Make sure to merge your style, character and personality as well as your spouse's! With a little planning and creativity your wedding will be beautiful, unique and respectful to both of your heritages.

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Inspirational Friday – Mellow Yellow

Every Friday, Wedding and Party Network will be choosing a theme or color and give you inspirational photos. We want to help give you inspiration for your next event, wedding or party. So, take a look and we hope to give you a bit of inspiration when planning your wedding or party. Our inspirational board will give everyone inspiration on the color yellow. This color can be bright & colorful or soft & light. It's perfect for spring, summer or even fall! Play it up, get vintage or create a classic, traditional feel with this color. There are so many things you can do!

When incorporating yellow into your wedding, definitely do so with flowers. It pairs so nicely with many colors. Create gorgeous yellow wedding bouquets with a red or peach accent, beautiful wedding arrangements & reception centerpieces, matching boutonnieres or incorporate the color into your wedding cake. There are so many options available for you. Pair it with deep orange to make a great color combination for fall or pair with other colorful colors for a combo that's fit for summer. So, yellow is a great color to use all year round. It doesn't matter when your wedding is, incorporate yellow into it!

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Inspirational Friday: Royal Wedding

Every Friday, Wedding and Party Network will be choosing a theme or color and give you inspirational photos. We want to help give you inspiration for your next event, wedding or party. So, take a look and we hope to give you a bit of inspiration when planning your wedding or party. Our inspirational board will give everyone inspiration for the royal wedding. With the royal wedding being today, we wanted to give a little inspiration for planning your own royal wedding. As we watch the grand wedding take place, make sure and gather inspiration from it for your wedding. This wedding will truly inspire weddings to come for many years. So, get inspired as you watch!

This event will truly be spectacular to watch. It will influence weddings for years to come. So, why not gather some inspiration for your wedding. When we think of royalty, we think of royal blue and purple and grand things. So, make your wedding colors just that. Or, you can incorporate a royal blue with a beautiful pink color. Your wedding location should be located in a beautiful church, have a gorgeous cascading bridal bouquet and a grand wedding dress. Everything should be truly elegant. We're all ready to see what takes place at this royal wedding. Don't forget to gather inspiration from it.

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Inspirational Friday – All Things Purple

Every Friday, Wedding and Party Network will be choosing a theme or color and give you inspirational photos. We want to help give you inspiration for your next event, wedding or party. So, take a look and we hope to give you a bit of inspiration when planning your wedding or party. Our inspirational board this week features the beautiful color purple. This color is such an elegant and royal color to feature in weddings. Plus, you can do so much with it! So, receive inspiration this week through the color purple.

The color purple is such a beautiful color. You can use it in the spring, summer, fall and winter! Plus, it pairs so nicely with a variety of colors. If you're planning a spring wedding, use pastels. For a summer wedding, you can use bright and bold purple colors. Also, for the fall and winter months, choose a deep colored hue that will set the tone within these months. You can incorporate these colors into your bridesmaid dresses, wedding cake, wedding reception and basically anywhere you'd like! This color is just simply amazing! So, go ahead and gather inspiration from the color purple.

2024 Bid Day Themes

In recent years, these trendy Bid Day themes have made waves on campuses nationwide, combining nostalgia, elegance, and fun into celebrations that are unforgettable and awe-inspiring! This year is no exception, and it's safe to say that we've got a few rush crushes of our own. We've compiled a list of some of our favorite 2024 Bid Day themes that you can take inspo from for your next event.

10 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Florist

Planning a wedding calls for making decision after decision! A crucial decision that can truly elevate your big day is your choice of florist. Flowers have a unique ability to transform a space and reflect your personal style. To ensure you find the perfect florist who understands your vision and can bring it to life, here are ten essential questions to ask during your consultation:

Unveiling the Latest Bridal Jewelry Trends

As you embark on the journey towards forever, let's talk about one of the most exciting and symbolic aspects of your wedding journey—the engagement ring! We've curated a list of engagement ring trends we’re loving for all the lovebirds out there.