Different Arches For Your Beach Wedding

Here at Your Dream Beach Wedding, we offer a variety of Arch Packages for your wedding. Each arch is a different shape, size, and color. All come with drape and your choice of flowers (real or silk depending on the arch). The arches help set the mood for the wedding. As guests fill the seats, they get an understanding of what the theme is for the bride and groom’s day. Below are Your Dream Beach Wedding’s options that we currently have to this date. Each arch gives off a different feel for your dream day depending on your colors and flowers.

Bamboo Arch 

The Bamboo Arch is more of a tropical feel. You can get the Bamboo arch with the following packages from Your Dream Beach Wedding: The Romantic Wedding Set Up Package , The Burlap Wedding Arch Package, and The Fresh Flowers Bamboo Arch Package.

The Romantic Wedding Set Up Package includes a beautiful and romantic arch with soft pink and white silk flowers all across the top. The Burlap Wedding Arch Package includes the bamboo arch with burlap fabric and white and burlap silk flowers all across the top. The Fresh Flowers Bamboo Arch Package includes different rose colors to choose from, such as: red, orange, peach, hot pink, lavender, white and soft pink. 

Hexagon Arch

The Hexagon Arch and all other shapes provide a contemporary style for your beach wedding.  This modern look allows color or natural tones to be added to your arch. The shapes can also be traditional with multiple flowers such as roses. The Hexagon is a dark wood which allows it to be fun and easy to work with. We provide only one package available with this arch; The Hexagon Arch With Fresh Flowers Package.

The Hexagon Arch With Fresh Flowers Package includes a variety of colored roses to choose from, such as red, orange, peach, hot pink, lavender, white and soft pink.

Triangle Arch

The Triangle Arch can be perceived in two different ways. One way it can be perceived, is if you want a touch of home like the mountains in your destination beach wedding. Another way is that you can make it have a modern look to your wedding. Our Triangle Arch comes in a darker brown wooden color. The Triangle Boho Arch With Silk Flowers And Pampas Grass Package is available on our site.

Driftwood Arch

The Driftwood Arch is for the perfect beach scenery. It is an organic asymmetrical look for someone who wants to embrace the pure beach vibes. You can add color to this or do natural tones; either looks great with the blue ocean in the background. The Driftwood Arch Package comes with your choice of colored roses.

The Driftwood Arch Package includes red, orange, peach, hot pink, lavender, white and soft pink colored roses to pick from.

Birchwood Arch

The Birchwood Arch is a natural presentation for your guests to interpret the theme of your beach wedding. The Birchwood has a white tint to it. This allows you to add a pop of colored flowers with soft colored fabric and let the scenery of the beach take over. The Birchwood Arch With Fresh Flowers Package is available in your choice of colored roses as well.

The Birchwood Arch With Fresh Flowers Package includes a choice of colored roses, like red, orange, peach, hot pink, lavender, white and soft pink.

A-La-Carte

We also provide A-La-Carte which allows you to add on items to a package you already want or to give you the freedom to create your Custom-Made Package. This includes mixed colors of rose petals, rehearsal, bouquets, boutinnieres, corsages, crowns, etc.

Top 5 Reasons Why Alabama Beach Weddings Are The Best

1. Beach Weddings are Effortless: Planning a wedding in general is a lot. But when it comes to planning a beach wedding, the beach is the easiest venue option. Since the venue is already set, you don’t have to pay extra fees for the background. The planner will take charge and set everything else up for you.

2. Beach Weddings can be Safe in a Pandemic: With coronavirus going on, a beach wedding is the most ideal situation. It is outdoors, you can socially distance, and you can get married! It’s the perfect combo.

3. Eloping on the Beach: When eloping, having a beach wedding lets you still do something special for your day. This makes it a quick, fun, beautiful day for you and family to be a part of your elopement.

4. Destination Wedding and a Vacation: Having ceremonies at the beach allows you to have a “destination wedding”. With that being said, you can either stay there for your honeymoon, have a vacation with friends and/or family, or you can travel along the coast for more sites and activities. It’s an all in one deal!

5. There are Multiple Beaches to Choose From: In Alabama, you have a large variety of beaches to choose from along the coast. You have Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan, and more! This broadens your opportunity to have your dream beach wedding.

Bridesmaids Dresses and Popular 2020 Wedding Colors

One of the biggest decisions for a wedding day is what do the bridesmaids wear? What color looks best? What is popular? What is overdone? 

Honestly, your final decision can depend on the following situations: where your wedding is, who will be in your bridal party, what is the theme of your wedding, how many people are in your bridal party. These all factor into what the appropriate dresses and colors should be for your special day. 

For a beach wedding, these options are a lot to consider. You have sand and wind that play a factor, which is not common for most wedding venues. And shoes are optional! However, this is what makes beach weddings fun, different and something to look forward to.

Nowadays, mismatched dresses are on the rise. A lot of times brides have the maid of honor wear a different dress or color than the bridesmaids. However, now people are loving the popular idea of everyone wearing different dresses or different colors, but still in an aesthetically pleasing way. Fabric and color play a lot into the dresses. They can both 100% effect the outcome of your photos.

The most common dresses we see in bridal parties are satin slip dresses, they are definitely up and coming. We also see a lot of strapless, one shoulder, and spaghetti strap dresses for beach weddings. Long dresses are more popular than short dresses.

Color wise, we see a lot of millennial pink, blush, and pale blues. In general, these are always a great option for beach weddings. They match the scenery, the color of the flowers, and the presentation of the arch.

Wedding Planner For Your Alabama Beach Wedding

The wedding planner knows the ins and outs when it comes to the Alabama beach weddings in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Perdido Key. Having a wedding on a public beach requires a lot of work, therefore, to make this day as simple as possible, hiring a wedding planner is your best option. Your wedding planner will know to take charge on your special day. This will ease your mind so you can focus on the excitement of your ceremony.

Most beach wedding planning companies have a reserved spot for ceremonies on the public beach due to a permit they have already paid for. Therefore, this takes dealing with the permit off of your chest and onto the company. The public venue will most likely be just a walk away from a pavilion with lots of parking and bathrooms. So with the beach wedding planner you hire, you automatically have a spot on the beach! Which is amazing and easy for your day.

The other advantage of hiring a beach wedding planner is that they will already have a list of recommended vendors for you. This list is from previous jobs that they have worked on with these vendors together. Some planners even do the vending themselves. The beauty of booking with Your Dream Beach Wedding is that we are able to do photography for your wedding as well as day-of-coordination and flowers with Roses and Blooms. 

When it comes to weddings on public beaches, one of the issues photographers always run into is other people on the beach in the background. Usually by the time the wedding starts later in the day, people are leaving one by one. However, there may be a few stragglers that stay for the beautiful sunset. It is then the photographers job to be aware of this and take the best possible photos from the best possible angles in order to get your perfect pictures. They are able to edit people out of the back if needed- so don’t sweat; they have done this plenty of times before!

Renting a tent can also help with these situations! It’s always good to have a back up plan if you can’t do it a different day! The planner will know best. Don’t be afraid to ask and get their opinion. Planners want your day to be the best day.

Gulf State Park Beach Wedding

If you want a stress free wedding, please allow enough time to get to the wedding location. Visit the location the day before, to make sure that you can find it. 
Traffic is always bad on Saturdays, so plan to arrive at least 30 min early. This is an absolute necessity. Peak season brings busy streets as well. 
Arriving 30 minutes before your ceremony starts will ensure that we have time to fill out the paperwork, seat the guest and discuss with the bridal party where they need to stand and what they need to do. The bride can stay in the car, we will come and get her. The groom can stand with the wedding officiant in front of the arch. 
Please bring your marriage license before the ceremony to be signed. 

Save Money and Have a Destination Gulf Coast Wedding

There cannot be a more romantic place than a beach. Then, why not choose a beach as your wedding venue? You can also save a lot of money without sacrificing quality. The best wedding photographers, wedding officiants, and a talented florist can make your day as memorable as you can imagine.

A few tips to save money

·       You can plan your wedding on a weekday or in the morning to avail awesome discounts.  

·       Beach weddings need minimal décor.

·       If you are planning on an intimate wedding, you can choose a nearby restaurant where all of you can order and enjoy your favorite meal from the menu.

·       At Your Dream Beach Wedding we offer you to keep the flowers from the Upscale packages. These flowers make wonderful centerpieces.

·       You can also make some use of the chairs for your reception if you choose a wedding in front of a beach house.

·       The natural scenery of a beach helps you to capture amazing photographs that will make wonderful memories even after years.

You cannot empty all of your savings on your wedding. Beach weddings are an excellent way of saving money and create excellent memories of your big day. 

Contact us today to make your dream beach wedding a reality.

Getting-Ready Pictures Before The Wedding - Prepare For Your Gulf Coast Wedding

A Few Tips To Prepare For A Getting-Ready Photoshoot

Getting-ready pictures make a perfect memory of the bride getting ready for the big day. With these few tips, you can prepare for the best getting ready photography with your bridal party.

Have a look:

•      Your hair and makeup should be almost done before the photographer arrives.

•     Be ready with all the details that will be photographed like rings, veils, bridal dress, shoes, jewelry, bridesmaids, dresses, flowers, etc.

•      The photographer will also take some candid pictures of the bridal party enjoying the day to the fullest like having-fun images, moments of drinking champagne, the makeup artist applying last touches, etc.

•       Being a bride, you are the most important person in the room and your pictures while getting dressed with the help of friends, putting the jewelry on, etc will make perfect memories.

•      You can also choose the first-look photographs when the father, mother, grandparents, friends, and siblings have their first look at the bride. You can tell us if you are planning on having the first look photographs.

•  If you are planning on having an exchanging-letter ceremony, this beautiful tradition will surely make some beautiful memories.

• Pop the champagne, sprinkle your confetti - it’s your BIG DAY, cheers and laughter is all you need!

Every moment of your wedding day is precious and if you want to capture all these moments in photographs, you can do so at such an affordable price of $300 per hour. Do not rush yourself on your big day, fix 2-3 hours for all these events and enjoy your wedding. 

Ready and Waiting - Picture of Your Dress

Invitation Suite Will Help tell The Story Of The Day

Showcase Your Accessories

Family Praying Before The Wedding - Such A Sacred Moment

The Finishing Touches

Formal Shots

Grooms Gotta Get Ready, Too

Don’t Forget Your Flower Girl

A Moment With Mom

Your First Look With Father, Siblings, Bridal Party and Your Groom Of Course

Choose Pensacola Beach Wedding for Romance and Convenience

Morgan and Justin’s Beach Wedding

You want your wedding day steeped in romance from start to finish, but the idea of adding convenience to the mix can sometimes seem unattainable. Destination weddings are all the rage, and you have dreamed of standing with your beloved on a beautiful beach, but can you really have all the beauty and ambiance without the trouble that comes with such a location?

 Yes! Pensacola beach wedding packages let you, your partner, and all your friends and family enjoy the most beautiful atmosphere and celebration without many of the problems that often come with outdoor ceremonies. When everything is arranged in a convenient package deal for you, all you have to do is show up, look picture perfect, and enjoy getting married to the love of your life.

 How Weddings in Pensacola Create Lasting Memories

 It is hard to imagine any setting more beautiful than the white sand beaches and blue ocean waves of Pensacola, Florida. With such a stunning backdrop and gentle sea breezes cooling the wedding party and guests, the day will be more memorable than you imagine. Perfect photo opportunities abound. It does not matter if you have a large wedding party with plenty of guests on hand or you want a private ceremony or elopement with just a select few. Your special day will create the types of memories that will last a lifetime.

 The romantic atmosphere of the day comes from more than just the sun-kissed waters of the ocean and the gleaming sand. Your Dream Beach Wedding packages provide everything from a wedding officiant to gorgeous floral decorations that match your unique style. This type of full-service treatment will start your marriage off right.

 Convenience of Your Wedding at a Rented Beach House

 Your choice of Pensacola beach wedding packages is only the first item on the list of convenient benefits for your special day. The locations chosen for the ceremonies provide plenty of parking and restrooms for family and friends. Even better is the opportunity to get married right outside a beach house you rent for the start of your honeymoon. What could be better than retiring to a relaxing and lovely beachfront hideaway as soon as the "I Do's" are done? Other locations lie near to popular vacation resorts perfect for some romantic time away after the wedding.

 When you make the decision to join together with the person you love on a day full of romance and memories, you want everything to work perfectly. Too many people get stressed out planning the ideal wedding ceremony and reception. With the highly recommended team from Your Dream Beach Wedding on your side, you can enjoy all the romance and convenience you need to truly enjoy yourself and your loved ones. 

 Weddings in Pensacola make use of some of the most beautiful beaches in the United States. With convenient packages that truly cover everything to locations right outside honeymoon hideaway beach rentals, you can experience perfection as you and your partner start a new life together.

Plan the Perfect Destination Wedding | Gulf Shores Wedding Planner

Florida’s weather is unpredictable, especially during the summer months. Planning a wedding in Florida can be a bit tricky with the unpredictable weather. This is where we swoop in and save the day. Rain or shine, we are always prepared to tackle anything the mother nature throws our way.

We are Gulf Shores Wedding Planners, experts at planning and executing the perfect weddings. Our planning services are known to be very reliable and trusted across Alabama and other nearby cities. 

Who doesn’t dream of having a perfect wedding? Who doesn’t want to marry the love of their life and look at people rejoicing the occasion? Gulf Shores Wedding Planners help you in achieving just that. 

Our team consists of some of the most highly-skilled and experienced professionals who have mastered the art of photography, wedding planning, management, and more to make it the most special day of your life. E-mail us to find out our rain policy.  

Pale Pink Beach Wedding in Gulf Shores

Alex and Denise’s Beach Wedding

This pale pink beach wedding in Gulf Shores featured a stunning arrangement of light pink hues and classic white. The lighter shades of pink speak to romance, playfulness, and a sense of sweetness. Not to mention it's association with new love and all things pretty. Pale pink works beautifully in Spring or Summer weddings and also goes beautifully with champagne, light greens & grays. Pink is delicate, soft, and beyond charming. 

Your wedding is supposed to be one of the greatest days of your life, and the person you choose to help you plan it should be someone who truly values that. At Your Dream Beach Wedding, we work hard to ensure the beach wedding ceremony packages we offer are not only affordable but dream-worthy. Regardless of whether you’re planning your wedding in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Pensacola or Perdido Key, we will help you choose a ceremony package that not only reflects your unique relationship, but that can be tailored to your celebration preferences. 

When you decide to book your beach wedding through Your Dream Beach Wedding, we will happily  to discuss each of the affordable beach wedding ceremony packages and a-la-carte options highlighted below. What sets our services apart from others in Pensacola, Perdido Key, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores is that we offer all-inclusive wedding services. In addition to offering affordable wedding ceremony packages, we can also provide wedding photography, planning and coordinating services that help to take some of the unnecessary stress off your shoulders.

Getting married on the beach is a truly magical experience that you will never forget. Actually planning the wedding can be a bit challenging, however. Let Your Dream Beach Wedding help make things as easy as possible by setting you up with the best affordable wedding ceremony packages on the shores of Alabama and Florida. Whether you choose to have your ceremony in Perdido Beach, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores or Pensacola, you can be assured that we will do everything to ensure your beach wedding is everything you ever dreamed it would be.

To learn more about our beach wedding ceremony packages, call the Your Dream Beach Wedding team at 850-559-5560 today.

Why Are Wedding Flowers SO Expensive?

Just recently someone asked me “Why are wedding flowers so expensive?”

This is a common question I receive, so I wanted to answer this question and share some insight!

Quick answer: They’re not!

Most of the time wedding flowers seem expensive because, in comparison to what you’ve ever sent at a grocery store or on a holiday, they are! But what you’re paying for with wedding flowers is a product and a service. You’re paying for the flowers themselves and the labor to design, transport and deliver or install the flowers.

The blooms are expensive themselves! The flowers used in the weddings are premium, perfect blooms, usually ranging from $2-$7 per stem wholesale.

All the high end flowers like garden roses, ranunculus, and those wonderful peonies, they cary a hefty price tag. And no florist worth their while will gauge you on the price for no reason.

Just as every couple has their own stories, flowers have a very special and unique story of their own.

Whether you choose the most traditional wedding flower, the rose, a flower that, depending on color, symbolizes passion (red), joy and admiration (pink) or you go for a bit of flair with Ranunculus, a flower that screams "I am dazzled by your charm," your flower selection will tell a story that even the unfamiliar onlooker will pick up on without a single word spoken.

We are committed to provide beautiful wedding flowers for your Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Pensacola Beach Wedding.

Here a just a few of the top most popular wedding flowers and their meaning:

• Tulip- "consuming love" and "happy years"

• Lilac- "loves first emotions"

• Hydrangea- "perseverance" and "heartfelt emotion"

• Peony- "happy marriage, love and ambition"

• Gardenia- "joy" and "purity"

• Iris- "faith, valor and wisdom"

• Lavender- "devotion and virtue"

Here's to choosing a wedding flower that will symbolize the love and bond between each couple and will begin a tale they will remember and cherish for a lifetime!

Intimate Destination Gulf Shore Wedding

Kari and Mick began their journey many years ago, but somehow life took them down separate paths. With him being from Australia and her being a Texas girl, there was quite the distance between them. But after many years of life's crazy adventure, fate (and the help of social media) brought them back together.

Mick said after the first few minutes of talking to Kari again after so many years, he knew they were meant to be. Mick provided a unique token to make their sand-ceremony much more memorable-- a bit of sand from HIS home. The combination of the red sands of Australia and the white sands of Gulf Shores made for a keepsake they can cherish forever!