Floating orchids revealed...

I forgot to revisit this post about the floating orchids. We've done an arch like this before, but it had been a few years. I forgot how difficult this orchids are! We set up our normal bamboo arch (did you know this arch was stolen earlier this year?? Heartbreaking. The replacement arch took forever to get here but is finally on island!) and attached orchids to "float" down. The problem with this is the wind. Those little buggers whip around and get tangled like mad. We buried the end of the string in the sand to anchor them as best as we could. I joked with the bride that she may just be the last bride to get this type of arch!




Another thing I wanted to share about this wedding was the really cool idea the bride & groom came up with for the sand ceremony. We placed a seashell on each share:



And were invited during the ceremony to come up and place their shell in a special jar:



Close family used shells that they had found together on the beach:



After everyone had add their shells, the couple poured in the unity sand. The end result is a very memorable keepsake that unites all wedding guests together and is a great way to involve them in the ceremony.

One last thing to share - how great are these bamboo chairs?!



They just fit so well with the natural elements of the beach.

Changing my mind about runners...

I normally do NOT like runners on a beach AT ALL. Most runners are made for a church wedding and are not very wide - just to go down the center of an aisle, not all the way to the edge. So when put on the beach, this is barely enough room for the bride and her escort, so it makes it very awkward to walk on. Not to mention, it is now on a soft surface (sand) and not a solid surface so they wrinkle up horribly. But, my mind just may be changed when it comes to burlap runners. Wide, strong, and very natural looking on a beach setting....check out the photos from a wedding we did last week at Lindquist Beach:




It held up beautifully as our bride and her father made it down the aisle: