Ever since you decided to have a beach wedding, one of the more important questions is pertaining to the footwear that will go with your beach wedding clothing.  Though most beach weddings are casual, the options available for choosing your footwear can be mind boggling and confusion. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of footwear to choose from. The bride does not have to limit herself to the traditional shoes. She may also consider sandals, flip – flops or even go bare feet at the wedding ceremony.

Now that you have decided to have the beach wedding, one of the most important thing to plan in advance is the wedding cake. The fact that you have decided on a beach wedding makes you adventurous and shows the world that you dare to be different.  It is the same with the beach wedding cake too!  Break away from tradition and let your imagination run loose.

When planning your beach wedding cake, size is of crucial importance. Consider a simple cake if you have a large number of guests as cakes which are labor intensive, can cost a lot more. Remember, the simpler it is, the less you worry and the guests have more fun.

You have found the partner of your dreams, you have both agreed to tie the knot and now you are faced with the realities of planning a wedding. Do you feel like you have to climb off your romantic high and get into the muddy details of booking a church and caterer and decide on mundane details such as dinner seating? Well, maybe you don’t have to get far from your romantic high if you consider a beach wedding and here are five compelling reasons you should:

1. Cost Effective

2. Less Hassle

3. Quality Time with Family and Friends

Weddings are a time for romance and memories. The last thing that we want to remember is how much the wedding cost, and how long it will take to pay it off!
Why not then, get back to basics. Weddings, after all, are not about the expensive clothing, the hall, the hundreds of people and the top flight band. Weddings are about the couple, the vows, the intimacy and the families.
Beach weddings sets free our imagination. Kick off your shoes and return to simplicity. That applies to the beach wedding attire, the food, the décor and the ceremony. Men’s beach wedding attire can range from going barefoot in a tuxedo, to an open neck shirt and drawstring pants with grass sandals. Woman’s beach wedding attire can be equally elegant and simple.
Just because one might be saving money on casual beach wedding attire, a beach wedding needn’t be a bland occasion. One can add a few inexpensive and elegant touches to the occasion. Homemade wreaths made from indigenous flowers can form part of the ceremony. Each person is given a wreath to wear. During the ceremony, the wreaths are exchanged and become joined. This may require rehearsal but it brings with it a significance of two becoming one, which goes a step beyond the exchange of rings. The joined wreaths may be dried and kept as a memento for posterity. Another elegant, yet simple variation is in the canopy. Instead of a cloth canopy, a memorable canopy may be constructed from palm fronds that are tied with string or seaweed. This too may be kept, along with the beach wedding attire and wreaths, as one would one’s fancy wedding dress or tuxedo, in a special place.
It would be wise to check the local legislation however as far as the saying of the vows is concerned. In some countries, the law requires that the vows must be said inside a building that has a roof. If that is the case, the couple may have the ceremony on the beach and exchange their vows there with a friend or parent officiating, while having the legal ceremony in a room close by with the marriage officer presiding. If the roofed venue is close to the beach, there will be no need to change from the beach wedding attire to anything fancier.
In addition to the clothing, the décor and the accruements, beach weddings also have the advantage of selecting the time of day to conduct the wedding. A wedding at dawn may symbolize new beginnings. It may be a little hard on the bride and her team in terms of preparation though, even though the beach wedding attire is much easier to don than a complicated wedding dress. There is still the make-up and nerves to contend with.
A wedding at dusk could symbolize moving from one life into another. This gives everyone time to arrive in good time, to prepare the banqueting tables and to party into the night. The wind may however be something to bear in mind, as evenings on the beach could be windy and cool. Beach wedding attire, while simpler that conventional wedding attire, should none the less make provision for all these eventualities. Dawn and dusk weddings however provide wonderful light conditions for photographs, and well selected beach wedding attire can be particularly well set off in the coppery sunlight of dawn and dusk.
An afternoon wedding though, might be the best. After the ceremony, the afternoon will be devoted to eating and partying, and allow everyone to go home before its dark. Local customs may however dictate otherwise and the event could be adapted to suit the culture and the environment.