When Should You Take Wedding Photos

As you plan your wedding day, you’ll come up with times for the ceremony and reception, but there are many other elements that also need to be scheduled. Along with deliveries to your venue, meal times, and when to have your first dance, you’ll also need to figure out when you’ll have your wedding photos taken.

Many photographers will work with you to create a schedule for photography. This can include your preparation photos and other photos before the wedding. However, the posed photos of you and your wedding party are generally taken during the wedding. As your guests are already there, this can cause a disruption if it isn’t planned right.

The most popular time to take wedding party photos is during the cocktail hour. Your guests are kept entertained and you aren’t missing because you haven’t yet arrived at the reception. This is also an ideal time because you will be looking your best. There’s no risk of a stain from a dropped bite of dinner hitting the front of your dress if you get the photos done before the meal!

When you plan your wedding day schedule, you’ll want to think about where you have your photographs taken, too. A beautiful Philadelphia wedding venue will offer you many locations to choose from, all of which will be perfect backdrops for beautiful photos. A venue that offers both ceremony and reception locations, such as the Flourtown Country Club, is an excellent choice because you can spend less time travelling for your photos and more time celebrating with your guests.

To find out more about having your Philadelphia wedding at the Flourtown Country Club, give us a call today!

How to Bring Tradition Into Your Wedding

A wedding is more than just the union of two people, it’s the union of two families. This is why it can be so great to bring tradition into your wedding day. From what you wear to what you eat, there are many ways to add traditional elements to your wedding.

Your Attire

Your attire can offer a chance to add tradition to your big day. You might have a family wedding dress to wear. However, if this isn’t to your taste, you can consider wearing the same accessories as your mother or grandmother wore at her wedding. You can also honor your dad by using a tie pin in your bouquet.

Your Menu

Your wedding menu can bring family favorites to the table. If you and your new spouse have different cultural backgrounds, the wedding menu can be a way to reflect the blending of these two cultures.

Your Venue

Choosing a beautiful Philadelphia wedding venue provides you the backdrop for decor that reflects your family heritage. Great decorating ideas include family photos from generations past. Surrounding your venue with historic wedding photos can give a vintage family tree look that you and your guests will love.

If you’re looking for a Philadelphia wedding venue that will offer you everything you need for your big day, get in touch!

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Spring and Summer Wedding Reception Themes

Spring is here, and summer is just around the corner, so what better time than now to look at some of the fabulous wedding reception themes that are perfect for the warmer weather seasons.

Butterflies

With beautiful colors, delicate patterns, and a sense of natural whimsy, butterflies are the basis of a wonderful wedding theme. Butterfly patterns can be dotted throughout your decor, and even feature in your bridal accessories. Some brides are also using nature itself, opting for a butterfly release in place of the outdated rice toss.

English Garden Tea Party

Silver tea service, fragrant flowers, and bite-size treats make up this timeless wedding theme. For a fun twist, bring in a bit of Alice in Wonderland to the theme with nods to the Mad Hatter’s famous tea party. Either way, it is a perfect theme for an elegant but casual spring wedding.

Vintage Glamor

Vintage themes have been popular for a while now, and they are holding strong throughout this year. Give the theme a glamorous edge with crystal-laced centerpieces, lighting features, and cake decorations. Signature cocktails made with a bit of glitz are an excellent addition, too.

Any theme requires a fantastic wedding venue. If you’re looking for one of Pennsylvania’s best wedding venues, give us a call to find out what we can offer you for your wedding day.

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Using Arbors at Your Wedding

Every part of your wedding needs some decor, and that includes your ceremony. One of the most popular choices for wedding ceremony decor is to use an arbor. These come in a variety of styles and can suit any wedding theme.

The more traditional styles of arbor will use flowers to create a frame for your ceremony. You and your fiance will exchange vows under the arbor, or pass through it as part of the ceremony. This can allow you to use the same flower types as you are using in your bouquet or centerpieces.

Arbors can also be dramatic and modern, though. Metal arbors can be used to hold floral arrangements, candles, or as decorative pieces on their own. With different metallic tones available, you can convey rustic charm or glitz and glamor with your choice of arbor.

Along with being beautiful, a wedding arbor can also be a nod to tradition. Many cultures use arches and canopies in wedding ceremonies, and you can honor these traditions with your arbor.

The perfect arbor for your Pennsylvania wedding will reflect your wedding’s style and suit your venue. If you’re looking for a fantastic venue, check out what we offer at the Flourtown Country Club today!


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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!