What to Do If It Rains on Your Wedding Day

Alanis Morissette referred to rain on your wedding rain as ironic in her song entitled ‘Ironic.’ Perhaps this has something to do with being thorough in planning your big day and ending up having it rain a crazy downpour that you end up canceling your wedding day. Since this is something you wouldn’t want to happen, it’s important that you have a back up plan when it comes to your wedding. Especially if you are having an outdoor wedding, a Plan B can prove to be a truly useful strategy. Here are some tips on how you can handle such an unwanted scenario:

Alternative Venue

When you’re still choosing a wedding venue, make sure you talk to the person in charge about dealing with rain. There are some venues that can arrange tents as an option if there will be a sudden downpour. Otherwise, other venues can simply move the wedding indoors instead of dealing with the rain.

Your Guests

Consider the welfare of your guests when you’re arranging your Plan B. Even if you have already provided tents in your outdoor wedding, you have to remember about the walkway and the areas that do not have covering. Make sure that your guests can stay warm and dry even if there is rain.

Plan Ahead

Stay on top of things and emergencies such as this one by planning ahead. Once you have carefully thought of a possibility of having rain in your wedding day, you can take care of necessary precautions to ensure that your wedding day goes as planned.

Call us today so we can give you a tour of our facility. This will help you decide how you would like to prepare for your Plan B.

Including Arbors in Your Wedding Venue

For anyone who’s planning their wedding day, it can really be helpful to carefully consider all options in terms of decorating the venue—whether you choose to have an outdoor or indoor wedding. Since the decoration of your ceremony and reception plays an important role in setting the mood, you will need to come up with some options so you can make your wedding an interesting place. One way you can achieve this is through a wedding arbor. 

Traditionally speaking, wedding arbors are designed as a rectangular structure made out of vinyl, wood, or metal. Depending on your chosen location, the material you use for the arbor will play an important role. For example, in an outdoor wedding, you will need to use a sturdy material for your arbor so that it does not fall down due to a strong wind. This is why most outdoor weddings make use of either wood or metal arbors.

On the other hand, you can use a vinyl arbor for an indoor wedding so that it will be lightweight and easy to set up. Other arbors are also available as an arch instead of the typical rectangular shape.

When it comes to designing the arbor, you can simply choose to decorate it according to the theme you have selected. Using materials like linens, flowers, beads, tulle, vines, and others, you can create a beautiful wedding arbor to use at your wedding day. When the event is over, you can still re-use the structure as a decorative piece in your garden at home.

Having an arbor at your wedding is a great way to make an entrance, especially if it is situated just near the entrance to the ceremony. Flourtown Country Club has a beautiful view for both outdoor and indoor wedding options. Give us a call so we can give you a tour of our facility. You’ll love it here!  

Should You Have an Evening or Day Wedding?

Before you get to worry about the dress, the wedding schedule is one of the things you need to decide on quickly. Most couples conveniently pick an evening wedding. However, a wedding early in the day is more traditional and late in the day is more economical. The decision you have to take depends on other factors as well.

The Schedule of Your Guests

An evening wedding is a popular choice since some of your invited guests can still have work on the weekends. They will not be available until after 5. A wedding in the day is not that difficult to work with as well if held on a weekend. Though compared to an evening wedding, it will have a slightly lower turnout.

Budget

A wedding in the afternoon is the perfect solution for couples who want to stay in a specific budget range. Since the wedding takes place in the afternoon, you do not have to serve full meals or alcoholic beverages in contrast to evening weddings. You can save a good amount of money with food and venue.

Extra Wedding Attires

If you plan to wear a cocktail dress for the reception so you can dance the night away, a wedding in the day would hamper your plans. On the other hand, if you plan to wear your wedding dress throughout the whole ceremony and reception, then an afternoon wedding is ideal. The ceremony can start after lunch and end before dusk without time for changing into another outfit.

The Wedding Theme

One of the most influential factors in deciding whether you want a daytime or evening wedding is the theme. If you want an old Hollywood theme, choosing an evening wedding can bring out glamour. A daytime wedding can accommodate garden or winery themes. An afternoon wedding is versatile with themes although it can be ideal with homespun wedding themes.

Flourtown Country Club has a beautiful view for both evening and daytime wedding. Give us a call so we can give you a tour of our facility. You’ll love it here! 

What You Need to Know about Using Colors in Your Wedding

In the past, brides used color so that they could accentuate their white wedding day decorations. But because of how things have evolved, color is no longer considered just a way to accentuate the wedding—it is now used as a basis for every wedding decoration choice. In some cases, it is even used to determine the theme of the wedding. If you are planning on using color for your wedding, it is important that you follow these considerations:

Choosing the Right Color

When you’re choosing the right color for your wedding, see to it that it matches the location of your wedding. This is why it is recommended to have a location first before you start choosing your wedding colors. This way, you can easily incorporate the colors you have chosen to your wedding venue.

Using Color in Your Wedding

Nowadays, color can be used with just about every single aspect of your wedding. From your wedding decorations to your invitations, you can infuse these things with your chosen wedding colors. Especially with your wedding cake and gown, you are no longer limited to just choosing a plain white option. You can use color with these things too!

Matching Colors

Apart from incorporating color to your wedding, you can now make use of different color patterns in your wedding. Even if you have chosen different hues, you can still make them work as long as you carefully plan them. The best way to do it is to hire a venue decorator that can help you in matching colors together.

If you still haven’t chosen a venue for your wedding, make sure that you give us a call. We’ll be glad to tour you around our facilities so you can get inspired on the look you want for your big day!

Planning an Exit Wedding Toss

Throughout the world, weddings are considered as a celebration. Despite the many ways weddings differ in culture, it is still a celebration of love between the newlywed couple. And to showcase that love, it is no longer uncommon for the newlywed couple to come up with ways on how they would like to leave their wedding reception venue. While there are those who go the usual route and have a typical send-off, there are others that use different options-- such as throwing rice at the couple. Taken as a sign of fertility in ancient Roman times, the wedding exit toss is an important part of the wedding.

With so many other options to use apart from rice or confetti, the decision is yours to make as the newlywed couple. Here are some wedding exit toss options that you can use for your big day:

• Leaves and petals – The good thing about using leaves and petals as a substitute for rice is that it does not fall to the ground more quickly. As a result, it produces a wonderful effect as it falls down to the floor and gets captured by the camera. You can also opt for dried herbs like rosemary and lavender to toss it over the newlywed couple.    
• Helium filled balloons – Compared to regular balloons, helium filled balloons will float away when you release them in the air.
• Bubbles – You can rent a bubble machine or have your guests blow some bubbles as you pass by your exit toss.          
• Sparklers – Traditionally used in plenty of weddings, you can use this option if other ones do not fit your wedding theme. By having your guests lift up lighted sparklers, you can produce a lovely effect at night.
• Doves – In plenty of cultures, the use of a pair of doves is considered a normal routine during weddings. You can also use this option if you would like a flock of birds fly above your head.   
• Floating lanterns – A growing trend is to release newly lighted lanterns up to the sky along with several others that come from your other guests. The trick here is to release the lanterns at the same time so that it can create a beautiful effect at night.

           

Depending on your preference, you can choose an appropriate wedding exit toss that you would like to use on your wedding day. However, you will have to check with your venue if it is permitted. For example, there are some venues that do not allow the use of rice during exit tosses. In most counties in California, the use of sparklers are considered illegal. This is why you have to ensure that your wedding exit toss idea is permitted before you decide to use it.

If you’re in need of help planning your wedding exit toss, make sure to give us a call. We’ll be more than willing to help you!