Is there any more effective way to express your love than to get married with a wedding ceremony in the same month as Valentine’s Day? Putting the symbol of love all around our wedding day struck me as a wonderful way to celebrate marriage. The first thing I bought was a gorgeous bridal tiara that I picked out over the Internet. There were many wonderful decorations and supplies to choose from, such as the invitations I bought. I mailed out small cards that had two silver-colored hearts on the front of them for our invitations. The only thing I really had to do was write in the information, like the place and the date, and the rest was already filled out in beautiful calligraphy when we got them.
When the invitations were completed, I had to go forward with putting together the exact products that I would use. I bought large scarlet bows made of velvet to put on the church pews with a ribbon that would run from one pew to the next. The altar was beautifully decorated, with wonderful candle holders and candles, including our unity candle which was adorned with a heart made of red roses. There were also red and pink roses to help with the décor of the wedding site and red and white roses in my bridal bouquet. I even went as far as to have caged doves to be released as we exited the church.
The wedding apparel that would be worn by those who were going to be in the wedding had already been selected. As a flower girl basket, I decided to go with a gorgeous white satin with lovely lace and satin bows on each side. The rings also had a white satin ribbon on them, with a white pillow that had a gold double hearts wedding insignia on it for our ring bearer. My bridal tiara was a pretty good match for the one that I picked out for the flower girl to wear in the ceremony. She wore a pretty pink dress, made for a flower girl, and she did such a wonderful job as a flower girl and looked so brilliant that I thought she did look like royalty. So did the ring boy, he was quite elegant in his little tuxedo with a red boutonniere in his lapel. He did his job of taking care of the rings marvelously, and he was in perfect harmony with the rest of the wedding ceremony. They both made me very proud.
Our tables looked so elegant and they were decorated in the perfect hearts wedding style with flowers, hearts and beautiful little votive candles to add a touch of romance to the atmosphere.The centerpieces we made up were exquisitely done with flowers and little cupids mixed throughout. The placecard holders were little silver hearts with matching placecards and as a thank you for coming to our wedding and reception, each guest received an adorable little wedding favor heart gift that makes a wonderful keepsake of the most important day of our lives that they took the time to share with us. One of the ladies at our reception told me that she has been to themed heart weddings before, but this was the best one she has been to so far.
Everything at our wedding and reception was the perfect picture of a true valentines day wedding with all the hearts and flowers imaginable. I’m just glad I had the internet to turn to, it made everything so much easier.