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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Flower Girl Basket Crackers

We're in the wedding off-season, so we're back at telling interesting anecdotes and giving tips for your wedding here on our blog! Check us out each week for a new tip or story!

We love flower girls and the cute things they do during weddings. Recently, we were able to add this story to the list.

It was a lovely November afternoon, and the processionals had begun. Bridesmaids and groomsmen walked down the aisle and stood waiting. The maid of honor made her entrance and took her place. Next were the ring bearer and flower girl, brother and sister, children of the maid of honor. The ring bearer, not quite two years old, ran down the aisle to his mom as fast as he could go. His 4 year old sister, the flower girl, stood watching him before reaching into her basket to throw some rose petals. Instead of petals, however, she pulled out a bag of crackers apparently meant to keep her little brother quiet during the ceremony. She held them up waiting for someone to take them so she could do the job she was meant to. Eventually, rose petals, not crackers, covered the aisle before the bride appeared.

The wedding ceremony was beautiful. Watching from the front row, the ring bearer sat in his aunt's lap, happily munching on crackers.

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wedding Season is Here!

Wedding Season is almost upon us, and we at Sunset Beach Weddings are so excited to meet all of the couples coming to the beach this year to get married!

Here is a photo feature of a few of last year's newlyweds having a good time. Enjoy!

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Ken and Heather Delo

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Getaway Car

The Get-Away-Car

One of the fun traditions associated with weddings is decorating the newlyweds' car. Even at a beach wedding, we love to see family and friends take the time, and sneaky planning, to send the couple off with their best wishes.

With a little forethought, there is ample time to accomplish decorating the vehicle undetected. If the couple is staying at the same location as the ceremony, for example a beachfront condo, the parked car is an easy target. The couple is busy getting ready and will not need to travel to their ceremony location. If the couple does need to travel to get to the ceremony location, the perfect time is during photography. After the ceremony, we go straight into photography, starting first with family, moving on to wedding party, and finally spending time with the couple alone. Our beach wedding photography lasts approximately one hour after the "I do's", plenty of time to surprise the Bride and Groom with a special send off.

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Here's a bunch of keywords

We like to write relevant blogs that help you with your wedding plans, but sometimes we just write some keywords that help us with search returns in google, yahoo, and bing. Here are some of them!

We cover Pensacola Beach, Destin beaches, the beaches of 30a, of course Panama City Beach, Okaloosa Island, and Perdido Key. Florida Beach Weddings on the white sand beaches of Florida's Emerald Coast. Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Inlet Beach, Seacrest beach, Seagrove Beach, Watercolor, Grayton Beach, Blue Mountain Beach, Dune Allen Beach. Miramar Beach, Sandestin weddings.

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Friday, March 2, 2012

Shell Island - Panama City Beach

There are many reasons couples choose to have a beach wedding. Some love the ocean, some don't want the hassle of a big wedding back home, and some are just adventurers at heart! Recently, when one couple asked if we would perform their beach wedding ceremony on Shell Island, we jumped at the chance.

Shell Island is an undeveloped barrier island located on the Gulf of Mexico just east of Panama City Beach. Only accessible by boat, you have to take a shuttle to and from the island. While, we didn't find too many shells the day we were there, the white sand and emerald green water are amazing. Spring or fall are perfect times of the year to visit this natural beauty.

Are you this adventurous?

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Photo Ideas for Grooms for Florida Beach Weddings

Here's the next library in our winter series of Sunset Beach Weddings photo features! Groom's (Ideas for the Boys). Photos of some of our Grooms this year on their beach wedding ceremonies.

See this photo set on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.316091231771495.66784.105008406213113&type=1

Google Plus: http://tinyurl.com/6sul7n9

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Pirates!

The beaches of Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast are known for many things, beautiful white sand, beach weddings, and festivals. There is always something fun going on at our beach communities. Pensacola Beach has an amazing Seafood Festival, Destin hosts a Fishing Rodeo, Sandestin sponsors a Wine Festival plus so much more!

One of our couples at Sunset Beach Weddings decided to coincide their beach wedding with Panama City Beach's Pirate Festival. Together we planned a lovely morning beach ceremony, leaving time for them to attend the Pirate Festival later that evening. All their guests were excited for the festival too and could be heard discussing plans as soon as the ceremony ended. During the photography session, something really special happened. A pirate boat sailed by the beach and fired off the cannon! Those were two happy newlyweds.

Ken and Heather Delo

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!!

It's a day of love! Even with the commercialism, it is nice to take a moment to think about our special people. Maybe we try a little harder after Valentine's to show each other how much we care. Here at Sunset Beach Weddings, we get excited for Valentine's day for many reasons, but one is that many couple's get engaged today! To celebrate today, we've put together a photo set of some of our couple's with hearts on their minds and in their hands taken from some of beach weddings in 2011.

You can see it here on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/7jj5vte

And here on Google+ : http://tinyurl.com/7q95ml2

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Winter Photo Features on our Facebook Page!

Sunset Beach Weddings gets excited in the winter waiting for wedding season, so we like to reminisce a little and give our couple's ideas for their weddings. We've been doing this every couple of weeks over the last few months. If you haven't seen all these features, check them out!

"With this Ring" - A feature on wedding rings can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.302400346473917.64748.105008406213113&type=3

"Flower Girls & Ring Bearers"- Just like it sounds, photos of 2011's Flower Girls and Ring Bearers can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298548060192479.64091.105008406213113&type=3

"Cakes" - Some of the wedding cakes our bride's have had this year. They look delicious! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.286293428084609.61908.105008406213113&type=3

"Sunsets" - One of the reasons you come to the beach is for the beautiful sunsets, here's a few that we've seen in 2011. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.280518475328771.60483.105008406213113&type=3

"Bouquet Ideas" - There are many flower choices for bouquets, where do you start? Here are some ideas! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.267636179950334.58503.105008406213113&type=3

Watch our Facebook page for another feature next week! http://www.facebook.com/sunsetbeachwed

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

With This Ring

With this Ring...Happy Valentine's to all our Newlyweds. Here's another winter feature of rings, ring bearer "pillows", and manicure ideas... You can see it on facebook here: http://tinyurl.com/6vwufwq

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

A Sunset Beach Photography Feature: Flower Girl and Ring Bearers!

During the off-season winter months, we like to recap our year and at the same time, showcase some of our weddings. This time, we've put together a small sampler with the kids in mind. Go to our Facebook page HERE and check out our sampler of Flower Girls and Ring Bearers HERE. If you're a reader of our blogs, you'll even see a photo of the ring "bear"er himself!

Some of our other features can be seen as well.

Cakes

Sunsets

Bouquet Ideas

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

I'm going to marry Thomas the Train!

Sunset Beach Weddings is a family owned and operated company. As part of the family, our teenage son, often is involved in setting up and clearing the beach ceremony site.

After one wedding in Panama City Beach, he was toting chairs back to the van, while a beach-going family who had witnessed the ceremony was also packing up to leave. They reached the boardwalk about the same time, and the youngest daughter told him that she was going to get married on the beach too. She didn't stop there, however, announcing that she intended to marry Thomas. I arrived in time to catch the following exchange.

Our Son, "Who's Thomas?"
Little girl, "You know, Thomas the Train."
Our Son, "I don't think you can marry a train."
She did not seem concerned.

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

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Monday, January 9, 2012

How do you like my starfish?

Everyone loves a beach wedding. At Sunset Beach Weddings, our brides are often approached by well wishers before their processional begins. Our grooms are congratulated by other beach patrons. After being pronounced husband and wife, you may hear applause from condo balconies.

One bride, in Panama City Beach, had a unique experience. As I met with a bride and her father before the ceremony, a young girl came up the boardwalk towards us. It isn't unusual for little girls to stop and tell a bride how pretty she is, or "I love your dress!" Well this particular young lady had no interest in any of that. She walked straight up to the bride (obviously she must be the most important, all dressed up like that) and stuck out her beach pail for inspection. "How do you like my starfish?" she asked. The bride peeked into the bucket and told the little girl it was a lucky starfish. They both walked away with big smiles.

Ken and Heather Delo

Sunset Beach Weddings

(850) 366-8054