Planning A Yellow Wedding

Down below is a wedding in Hawaii that made use of the lighter side of the color yellow

Oahu Wedding Theme

Your dress will be white, so select a nice golden or bright yellow for the bridesmaids' dresses. Don't go for the neon yellow; you don't want your bridesmaids to look like giant highlighters. Also, don't go for a yellow that's a little too orange; you don't want them to look like #2 pencils either. It's best to find a nice sunshiny medium. Gold fabrics won't work, because they shimmer too much, and might end up looking sleazy; another excellent reason to stay away from sequins. Keep yourself as the center of attention. You can add white daisies as corsages, or mini-bouquets for your bridesmaids. For your bouquet, add white roses to yellow daffodils, or yellow roses instead. If you want a garland, instead of a veil, for a more springtime look, you can wear daisies in your hair, or yellow hibiscus to add a little tropical feel to the ceremony; roses in your hair should be miniature. Larger roses worn on the head will be heavy, and possibly make your head look bigger.

Make yellow and white flowers appear everywhere! Daisies, hibiscus, white roses, yellow roses, tiger lilies, and daffodils, or even dandelions are all excellent choices. The dandelion is way underrated as a flower. If you're trying to get a yellow flower theme together for summer, or fall, add sunflowers to the mix, but keep them out of the mix with other flowers. A sunflower is a stand alone kind of blossom, because of how large it is.

A recent soft light yellow wedding theme by Aloha Island Weddings

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When decorating for your yellow theme wedding, it's best to work white into the atmosphere as well, to make the yellow seem more intense, and bright with white in the background. While designing how you want your reception, add lemonade, and lemony drinks to the refreshments, a yellow or lemon cake, with white frosting and garnished with lemon twists. Miniature lemon cookies, or teacakes, with white frosting and yellow sprinkles are another good addition to your refreshments. If you're having a catered wedding, add salad to the food; many people associate salad with spring, and crispy leafy greens are also nutritious. Those guests that might be on diets will also appreciate the thought.

For wedding favors, nothing is better than candles! Yellow candles, in a frosted glass container, set inside mesh cloths, or in daisy print mini-gift bags shouldn't be too expensive or difficult to find. Also, you can work butterflies into your theme by making them yellow butterflies. Several glass or porcelain butterfly figurines and collectibles are out there, that would make excellent choices for wedding favors. For the men you can put together gold plated keychains, or pens, whereas for the women, you make little spa gift bags with yellow toiletries inside.

The Bridal Party

The custom of having wedding attendants goes back to a time when it was common for a bride to be kidnapped by the groom and his small army of friends. This army of friends is now known as groomsmen, or ushers, and the bridesmaids, who used to dress like the bride to confuse the would be kidnappers, are the attendants to the bride on her special day. But what do you need to know about these honored attendants today?

As soon as you are engaged and have begun planning your wedding, the questions of who you will ask to be in the wedding party creep up. A general rule of thumb for ushers is that you will need one for every 40 to 50 guests you invite, and it is not necessary to have the same number of male and female attendants. You do not have to feel limited by this rule of thumb, however. If you prefer to keep your wedding party very small, or if you wish to include more people as honor attendants, that is certainly your choice to do so.

When considering who you should ask to be in the wedding, you may want to consider not only your current relationship with that person, but how you envision your relationship with them in the future. You are not obligated to ask someone to be in your wedding simply because you were asked to participate in their wedding. Choose your attendants based on your feelings of closeness to them now and your desire to remain close with them as the years go by. For this reason, many couples now include only siblings or other close relatives when choosing their bridal parties.

As soon as you know you want to include someone as an honor attendant, you should ask. If you live close enough to that person, it’s most proper to ask them in person. It is certainly acceptable to ask over the phone if you do not live close enough to a person to visit them, but definitely try to avoid the more casual email to ask. This is a big honor and you want the chosen person to know that you think very highly of them. Try to ask all of your attendants around the same time – in the same day or week if possible. Now is also a good time to think of the other special people who you might need to participate in your day, such as those who will perform the readings during a Mass, or someone to assist with the guest book or extra ushers for seating guests.