Unique Wedding Tips

With all the excitement of your wedding and leading up to your honeymoon, it is important that you take care of your health when you go away on that romantic journey. More often than not, excited honeymooners find themselves in trouble on their honeymoon because they forgot some of the common sense required when travelling and away from home. A look at some tips and reminders on how to stay healthy when you are on that romantic holiday of a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

Having an outdoor wedding is a great way to host a wonderful, memorable occasion. When you are starting to look into hiring your catering equipment, you will need to consider the type of catering you want for the wedding. Here, we’ve listed some great catering ideas perfect for any outdoor occasion.

Consider the type of event
Firstly, you need to consider the type of wedding you are going to have. Will it be a cocktail function, a sit down dinner or luncheon, or perhaps an afternoon or morning tea? This will depend on the purpose of the event and the guests you will be entertaining.

Being an outdoor wedding, you will also want to consider the time of year. In cooler months you may want to host an event earlier in the day. In summer, you may want to arrange an evening cocktail event or dinner which can be spectacular outdoors in the warmer months.

Finger food ideas
Finger food is great for all weddings. The key is to have food that people can eat in a few bites and can be served with ease. Here are a few finger food ideas for different types of weddings.

• For cocktail weddings: skewers, sushi, sandwiches,risotto balls, mini quiches and savory pastries are all great for cocktail events. Make sure you have vegetarian options available too.

• Small sweets and chocolates are perfect for an afternoon wedding. For a high tea, you may want to consider small sandwiches, scones, mini muffins and cakes too.

Sit down event catering options and ideas
For a more formal occasion, you will want a sit down dinner or lunch with a number of courses. It is important to give people a choice of two mains. Vegetarians and other special dietary requirements should be collected prior to the event to make sure that everyone can eat and their needs are met. Great, friendly wait staff is very important for a sit down occasion and to make sure the meals are served to schedule.

Buffet
A buffet is a great option for all wedding types. It is great for hot breakfasts, and sit down occasions, but also for cocktail events. One of the advantages of this is that you do not need as many wait staff if you have a buffet as your guests can serve themselves. This also reduces waste as people will only take what they want.

Choosing the right type of catering for your outdoor wedding does not have to be stressful. Once you have decided on the style of your wedding, you can look at the type of menu you want to have for your guests. After you have begun looking for the right party hire company for your wedding, start looking at a variety of menu and food ideas for your wedding. Going online is a great place to start.

I hope you have found our tips on how to choose the right catering option helpful whilst planning your outdoor wedding.

Have you ever noticed how most bouquets look the same? Sure, they look beautiful, but they don’t really have much variety.

They usually contain flowers and some type of greenery.

But who ever said that bouquets only had to contain flowers and greenery?

Why can’t they contain something a bit more exciting? How can make a wedding bouquet unique?

Like what? I can hear you asking.

Well you can try anything really, it is only limited by your imagination.

Most brides spend hours thinking about what flowers they want in their bouquets and then what flowers they want as accents to the focal flower.

I wonder what what would happen if they had something else to choose from, instead of just flowers?

Does the person you are making the bouquet for have a favourite thing that they would love to carry down the isle?

You should always ask your bride what they would like in their bouquet because it doesn’t have to be flowers.

There are plenty of other things you can add, such as:
- toy cars
- toy trains
- toy aeroplanes
- miniature teddy bears
- small dolls
- plastic horses, cats, dogs, or birds

Some other things you could add include candy, chocolates, bubble gum, fruit, vegetables, cup cakes etc. For my own wedding, I am adding lollipops to my bouquet!

You probably think I’ve gone mad! But trust me, people liked to have choice and they like to feel that they are different and unusual!

And adding interesting objects to the bouquet can be a good way to get the groom more involved with the wedding. For example, if the groom is a pilot, or likes cars, how about adding some toy planes or toy cars to the bouquet? This is sure to get him more involved!

Not all brides will want to do this, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have more choice!

And just because you are adding a few different things doesn’t mean you still can’t have flowers. All you do is combine the two, for example, you could have seven teddy bears and nine roses. It’s really up to the person getting married.

As you know, weddings can be very stressful and taxing. So why not lighten things up a little and give people something to talk about for years to come? Hope you can make your own unique wedding bouquet.