Hawaiian Wedding Resources

The lovely islands of Hawaii are home to attractive tropical flowers, colorful birds and exquisite scenery; making it an ideal place for romance-particularly exchanges of vows. Something about its ambience makes it suitable for every girl’s dream wedding place.

Weddings in Hawaii are something grooms and brides alike look forward to. After all, weddings are moments that don’t just happen to their lives, everyday; it might even be just once in a lifetime. Therefore it should be extremely magical and memorable. So, for the lovers who want to make their pledge of undying love more enchanting, Hawaii is the best place to be.

I recently attended a Hawaii wedding, as my brother has just married his longtime girlfriend.  Many people dream of a perfect wedding and, I must say, this was the case.  They married at the beach and, as sort of a lark, all the groomsmen wore Hawaiian shirts.  I realize that heavy travel isn’t for everyone, but I must tell you that the feeling of the sand beneath your feet and watching your loved ones exchange vows, it will surely quash any reservations

 Weddings in Hawaii are beautiful, but – like all weddings – people have their own ideas, particularly if they’re non-natives.  Bringing the ideals of mainstream America into a land that is generally laid back can bring a bit of a culture clash.  Tuxedos for a beach wedding?  In 95 degree weather?  It may seem a bit silly, but it’s happened before. 

If you plan on having a modern wedding, it may not be such a bad idea to have a traditional Hawaiian singer and ukulele player perform the music at the ceremony or reception.  This is the perfect mixture of the cultures, audibly pleasant and brings a bit of a traditional twist to your perfect day.

Last year I attended my cousin’s wedding in Hawaii and everything was great.  He and his wife were married in a church made entirely of Koa wood.  The reception, however, is where there was a bit of a stumble.  Culturally, the Hawaiian diet involves a lot of meat and while my cousin’s wife’s family was able to dictate the food selection in that respect (as they are native islanders), my family and I were left dinner-less as we are vegetarians.

A Hawaiian wedding was beautiful enough, and I did not want to ruin anybody’s time with my dietary habits.  I was able to rebuff hunger by assembling my own dinner plate which was made up of fruits.  While it seemed less exotic than the majestic piles of pork that was on everybody else’s plates, it worked out until the end of the wedding when I was able to find a Zippy’s and eat a veggie burger.

As much as I wanted to complain about the lack of vegetarian alternatives, the fact of the matter is that they spent a fortune to have a dream wedding and since a majority of the guests were the bride’s family and friends – all of whom were not vegetarians – it seemed a bit silly to throw a fit over the food preferences of a few scattered people.  Make the most of what’s given to you and, when in doubt, there’s always a veggie burger a few minutes from wherever you are.

How to spruce up your pictures with fantastic tropical flowers!

Beautiful fresh Hawaiian tropical flowers are the most economical way to really see a difference in your Hawaiian beach wedding set up and to spruce up your wedding photography.

This bouquet is an arrangement of deep purple and white orchids, pink anthrums (the heart shaped flowers) bright orange royal Ilima, light yellow day lillies and white fragrant tuberose (the small white flowers).

Choose any or all of these bright colors for your theme, and then anything goes. Choose purple orchid leis for your guests, and for the fresh flower cake top. Hawaii has some of the freshest most brilliant flowers in the world, grown locally so you can decorate to your hearts’ desire while maintaining your budget.

A colorful Haku (head) lei is a nice traditional touch and a great way to add vibrant color. The bride may also choose the white and green haku lei for herself and the colorful haku’s for her bridesmaids and/or flower girl.

If you are looking for a way to really accentuate your color theme without adding a lot of expense to your wedding package then I highly suggest adding fresh flower leis, you can double or even triple them for the guests and bridal party.

The traditional green leaf groom’s maile lei combined with a bright colored fresh flower lei (or even two) will add more than you can imagine to the over all look of your set up (not to mention your photography) without putting too much of a dent in your pocketbook.

Decorate your arch with long fresh flower orchid leis in any color draped over the back, and give your set up an elegant look. Try wrapping some colorful leis around tiki torches, and place them on either side of where the bride and groom stand during the ceremony. You simply can’t go wrong! There are so many ways to decorate on a budget, that’s why I LOVE using brilliant fresh topical flowers, as many as possible, this is one area where there is no such thing as too much!

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