Relax With A Sunny Summer Wedding

Everyone loves a June bride, but June isn’t the only month to celebrate a summer wedding. July and August can be very festive months. Your wedding guests will love to join you in a mid-summer or late-summer wedding celebration, and you’ll avoid the mad rush of June weddings.

Summer is a warm, sunny, relaxing time, and your summer wedding will help create wonderful memories for your guests. With a little creativity, you can design a wedding that captures the best of the summer season.

Create a tropical getaway, a cool mountain hideaway, a flower-filled meadow retreat – right in your backyard or reception hall. Make your wedding a miniature summer vacation your guests will remember fondly.

Depending on where you live, the summer days might be very hot. An indoor wedding and reception in a nice air-conditioned hall – with lots of fresh fruit and refreshing drinks – will provide a pleasant escape from the summer heat. Create your own summer wedding oasis with lush green plants, a miniature fountain and decor in solid white, azure blue or light pastels.

If you have an evening wedding or if the summer days are slightly cooler where you live, it’s wonderful to take advantage of the outdoors. A place with cool cross-breezes or a shady grove can be a wonderful setting for a summer wedding. Just be sure to provide lots of shelter and plenty of cool non-alcoholic beverages to keep your wedding guests comfortable. Or choose a setting that allows guests to move freely indoors and outdoors to enjoy your summer wedding to the fullest.

If the climate is appropriate, an outdoor summer wedding among rustic cabins will prove relaxing, enjoyable and memorable for you and your wedding guests. Have them spend the weekend, each in their own cabin, and plan lots of recreational activities that take advantage of the great outdoors. A rustic cabin summer wedding will top everyone’s list of favorite vacation memories.

In the mood to try something different? How about a summer snow and ice festival? In the lazy, hot days of August, what’s more refreshing than a look ahead to winter fun? Create an indoor blizzard-scape and adorn your reception hall with ice sculptures. Serve hot chocolate and cider and other steaming beverages to make your winter scene complete.

For your more traditional summer wedding, choose light foods and cool fruity beverages that capture the best of the season. Salads are popular, and you should offer a variety: garden salads, fruit salads, pasta salads and cool, crisp Caesar salads topped with warm chicken or shrimp that capture the play between summer warmth and cool refreshment.

Summer is a time for grilling, so whether your summer wedding reception is a backyard barbecue or a formal indoor gathering, plan to serve lots of delicious grill fare.

Finally, no summer wedding is complete without a brilliant array of summer flowers. Lilies and orchids are the perfect complement to many summer wedding themes, whether you’re treating your guests to a tropical oasis, a formal indoor reception or a backyard gathering.

Daisies are another summer favorite, reminiscent of warm afternoons in meadows filled with wildflowers. Whichever flowers you choose for your summer wedding, be sure to use them in abundance.