Decorating a home for a wedding is as much about what you take away as it is about what you put in. Before you arrange flowers and hang garlands, you'll want to focus on creating the perfect backdrop; then you'll be ready to bring in beauty and highlight the big event. Give yourself adequate time and you're guaranteed a perfect look for that special day.
Make Rice to Throw at Weddings
Throwing rice at the newly married couple at the end of the wedding is a time-honored tradition. Wedding guests wait at the exit for the newlyweds and toss a handful of rice on the couple for good luck. This symbolizes prosperity, a full pantry and the wish for children in the future. Though it has been reported that rice can be harmful to birds, the story is an urban legend that has been disproved. That said, some churches and other locations don't allow rice because it makes the ground or floor slippery and is difficult to clean up.
Tell Your Wedding Guests What to Wear
Planning a wedding is a major project for everyone involved, and it is important to brides and grooms that all of the details are perfect. Inviting guests is one of the first steps to getting a wedding together, and invitations are the perfect place to tell guests what to wear. Some weddings are less formal than others, and the level of formality and organization of your wedding can play a big role in how you want your guests to dress. Does this Spark an idea?
Plan a Wedding for Older Adults
Older adults who are planning to marry often have to sift through a barrage of wedding-planning tips and marketing geared toward starry-eyed, twenty-something brides and grooms who want a fairy-tale wedding. Most older adults are past that stage, and while they may love each other no less than younger couples, their ideas of what constitutes a perfect wedding day are usually quite different. Simplicity and sophistication will likely trump silly and frilly. Some older adults have put off marrying while they concentrated on a career, and some simply waited to say "I do" to the right person. Other couples have been though a divorce or experienced the death of a spouse. Regardless of the reason you are marrying at an older age, your wedding day should be beautiful and memorable and, above all else, make you happy.
Plan a March Wedding
You've decided that the month is March is the perfect time for your wedding. All that is for you to do now is plan what will be one of the largest events and most important days in your life. Hiring a wedding coordinator is always an option. However, planning a wedding isn't as difficult as you might think. All you need is an eye for details, the ability to anticipate the unexpected and a few organizational skills. Of course, a sense of humor always helps. Laughing about all the imperfections that can and will happen is much better than crying over them.