{Bright Idea Thursday} Sunday Wedding

Update to this post! OMG!!! Someone actually did a brunch-picnic style wedding with donuts and coffee like I did a post about!!! So cool!!! Here are their details and more on Green Wedding Shoes.

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Having a brunch wedding reception or a lunch reception is a great way to cut reception costs.

There are many advantages to having your reception earlier in the day. One of the biggest is cost. A brunch reception is generally less expensive than dinner. Also, if the wedding venue is a popular one, you might have a better chance finding an opening earlier in the day.

If you are having a buffet brunch reception or luncheon, chances are your guests aren’t going to drink as much as they would at an evening reception. If you choose to serve alcohol, wine and champagne are all that is necessary, although some couples still choose to have an open bar with mixed drinks available. See my Signature drink post Also having a coffee station with help guests sober up so they can drive home! Although, having your reception run too late on a Sunday night may lead to people leaving too early or not coming because they have to drive home and work the next day.

Choosing to have a wedding on an ‘off day’, can also be a great pick for brides who don’t have a lot of time to plan. You’re much more likely to get the vendors you want (and possibly a special rate) for a Friday or Sunday wedding, as opposed to the traditional Saturday. This is great if you’re a bride with your heart set on getting married soon, but can't find who and what you want for your wedding. You're more likely to get your first choice on a Friday or a Sunday.


Or maybe there is an emotional significance behind a certain date you want for your wedding and want that date no matter what day of the week it falls on. 

Sunday Option 1: start at 3 reception is from 4-9

Sunday Option 2: 1pm cocktails at 1:30 and the reception runs until 6:30pm

Things to consider: if you want a church wedding then Sunday isn't a good day to have a wedding. You would have to work around the churches service schedule, but may be able to do one after their service if they allow it.

Jewish weddings generally have to be on Sundays (the Sabbath is Saturday), so there's not much choice.

Food ideas: Omelet Station, blueberry muffins, scones, donuts, bagels, biscuits, etc
Drink Ideas: Mimosa Bar, Champagne Cocktail, French breakfast or English Tea Time, or a Coffee station

THE ST-GERMAIN COCKTAIL
2 PARTS Brut Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine
1½ PARTS St-Germain
2 PARTS Sparkling Water or Club Soda
Fill a tall Collins glass with ice. Add Champagne first, then St-Germain, then Club Soda. Stir completely. Garnish with a lemon twist, making sure to squeeze essential oils into the glass. St-Germain is heavier than wine, thus it will settle to the bottom so mix thoroughly. 

 French breakfast or English Tea Time

  Breakfast Wedding with Omelet Bar 

  Delicious Donuts 

 Coffee and Doughnut Selections

 Tea Time Treats

 

 Beautiful Tablescape

Signature Drinks and Drink Stirrers

{Vendor Spotlight} Savannah Toile

Update! Have you seen Carlette's newly designed website!? It's so user-friendly!

Carlette Cormier creates the most beautiful unique gift ideas that are PERFECT bridal gifts for your bridal party, gifts for your wedding guests, or just to buy for yourself! She makes custom hand made items featuring the historic sites of Savannah. (look close!) It's called The Savannah Toile Collection. Purses, handbags, tote bags, tea towels, garment bags, aprons, table settings and more and you can choose your colors!

Here it is! New to the collection - PINK clutches! You can choose other color too.

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Tote Bag: Perfect for wedding welcome bags, 'on-the-go', trip to the beach, or traveling on vacation. 

 

Savannah Toile Apron

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Accent your southern wedding, shower or reception with these Savannah Toile Tea Towels. With a hint of Savannah, these towels create an atmosphere of charm and hospitality often associated with southern living.  Use them to create a comfortable atmosphere or offer them as gifts to your friends, family or wedding party.  

Look for her on River Street or go online to order!

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www.savannahtoile.com

{Organic Wednesday} Eco-freindly Favors

 

Natural Color Cotton Canvas Tote Bags. They are great for crafts, hobbies, screen printing or just for carrying. These tote bags come in a full selection of colors for only $1.49 Each. I already purchased mine! cheaptotes.com

 

Maybe buy a tote that already has an Eco-friendly message and can be reused for a grocery bag. These totes are all-natural cotton and printed with a "go green" Eco-conscious message: "Reuse, conserve, recycle, sustain." Each bag measures 14.5"L x 16"W. www.beau-coup.com

Try to screen print something onto the bag that pertains to the area where your wedding will be. You can also buy the printable paper from office supply stores that can be ironed on. Going for a nautical look? Go here for a free printable anchor: marthastewartweddings.com

*Keep the monogram of your initials or your names and wedding date to a little tag since most guests may not want to use their bag again if it's not their style or has initials that are not theirs.

{Organic Wednesday} Savannah Bee Company

Savannah Bee founder Ted Dennard was first introduced to honey as a 12-year old boy on his father’s Coastal Georgia retreat property when a battered old pickup carrying beehives rattled into his life. The bee-covered driver of that flatbed truck was Roy Hightower, an elderly beekeeper scouting sites suitable for gathering “Swamp Honey” from the White Tupelo tree. In return for a place to keep his bees, Roy offered young Ted an education in that magical, buzzing world, but with a prophetic word of caution, “Son, bees sort of become a way of life.”

Returning home to Savannah, Ted kept bees along the Altamaha River, extracting his honey and pouring it into beautiful found bottles, and crafting lip balms with the wax from his hives. Mixed with luscious essential oils, his lip balm formula was hand-poured into tiny tins and given as gifts to friends and family. When he started selling his home-extracted Tupelo around town in 1998, people loved the purity and richness, and the word spread quickly. “I was bottling honey in the kitchen and keeping bees on the roof,” he recalls. When more Savannah stores wanted to sell his honey, he moved the operation to his garage. The little business continued growing, until he was forced to ask himself the ultimate question: To bee or not to bee?

With his passion blossoming into a business, Ted decided that he couldn’t ignore the potential, so in January of 2002 he quit his job, mortgaged his house, and put all his money into the venture—the Savannah Bee Company. He expanded the honeymaking “plant” into an old 800 square foot classroom at the Oatland Island Wildlife Preserve, where he paid his rent in honey. 2010 finds Ted operating a 40,000 square foot warehouse on Wilmington Island, a bridge’s distance from the City of Savannah. Savannah Bee operates three retail stores, bottles two distinct lines of world-class honeys, and manufactures a luxury beeswax-based body care line. Today’s operation is stark contrast to the days in Ted’s kitchen, but his passion has never changed. “I just love it,” he says. “I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

How can honey help my allergies? Local honey is great and by all means support your local beekeeper and perhaps it may be better for allergies.  The Apimondia world beekeeping congress believes that honeycomb (no matter the geographical origin) is best for allergies and asthma.  Ted believes both statements above: that honeycomb is best and that you should support your local beekeeper. If you have problems with allergies try the honeycomb first and if you can’t get it from your local beekeeper then buy any honeycomb.  To reduce allergies with honeycomb therapy, enjoy a daily regime of eating 1 tablespoon of raw honeycomb once in the morning and once in the evening.  Swallow the comb, or chew like chewing gum for 20 minutes and spit out.  Delicious!

www.savannahbee.com

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Need some inspiration and ideas??

My favorite: Honey perfection, Tupelo Honey is the gold standard by which all other honeys are measured. Two weeks every spring, White (Ogeche) Tupelo Trees bloom in the Southeastern swamps with fine sunburst-shaped flowers that glisten with nectar. Savannah Bee Company Tupelo Honey has buttery undertones and mellow, clean-finishing sweetness like a thick, slow-moving river of liquid sunshine. Tupelo Honey complements a variety of foods, but is so delicious, we like it best just with a spoon! KSA Kosher Certified.

I can't get enough of this! When I finish my jar I need to get another one because it is amazing!!

Royal Jelly, the most precious product from the hive, is combined with propolis to nourish and moisturize the skin. Packed with vitamins, lipids and amino acids, Savannah Bee Company Royal Jelly Body Butter promotes skin elasticity and smooths skin texture. Rich, softening pecan butter and a delicate blackberry scent add the final touches to this luxurious formula. 99.7% Natural ingredients. A Savannah Bee Company Best Seller. 

 

Welcome gift bag ideas or gifts for your bridal party

Savannah & Hilton Head Unique Wedding Ideas

Lowcountry Lovebirds

A white dove release is such a breathtaking experience that will lift the spirits and be remembered by all in attendance. White doves have long been a symbol of love, fidelity and peace. Their flight represents togetherness and unity as they join in flight and leave together. Doves mate for life and are committed to their mate and family. This is a very environmentally friendly wedding option.

Packages range from 6 doves released from a basket for $300, 12 doves for $375, 18 doves for $450, or as many as 22 doves for $525. They can also be on display in a beautiful decorative cage for $100.

Now my favorite part of the dove releases are that they can be a symbolic gesture for remembrance of a family member who has passed on along with a lovely poem or prayer. Some people actually use the Lowcountry Lovebirds at funerals since they are such a beautiful expressive act. Tear!! As many people know my father was not at our wedding so we said something during the ceremony, and lit a candle with some words of memory at our reception, but having doves at our outdoor wedding would have been AMAZING!

The coolest part that I found out after talking with Tina, was that after their release they are instinctively drawn to go back home to their mates and offspring, they will circle the area, figure out where they are, then head home, and go right back into their cages!! The doves are able to fly home from several hundred miles away!!!

Contact Tina Harris

(912)429-9708

lowcountrylovebirds@comcast.net

http://lowcountrylovebirds.com

Basket Concepts, Inc.

Premier Custom Designed Theme and Gourmet Gift Basket company located in the Low Country on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. All baskets are custom made and priced accordingly. These can be wonderful for welcome baskets when your out of town guest check into their hotel or for your bridal party.
Call today to order your Custom Designed Gift Basket 843-686-4518
90 Beach City Road, Hilton Head, SC 29926 

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