Coastal Sunset

Anyone who has spent more than a little time around me, knows all about my coastal sunset wedding. Or, as I like to refer to it, the "I was robbed" wedding. I guess I need to, at some point in my life, get over it. Get over what, you ask? The fact that my sunset beach wedding was washed away by Hurricane Charley the night before the event. Now, I can honestly tell you that at the time, I just wanted to be married, and I did not care HOW it happened. If my husband and I had to get hitched while riding out the 20 foot storm surge on a plant ledge near my grandma's ceiling, that's how it was going to go down.

But in hindsight, and especially now that I create for weddings on a regular basis, I am so bummed about how all of the hard work that went into my wedding was made even HARDER by having to move everything indoors. We had plastic everything, because it was an outdoor, casual wedding. We had no music or entertainment whatsoever, because it was the BEACH, people. Who needs entertainment when you're on the beach? We had no shoes, no decorations, and no real plan except to get married and hang out with friends on the beach until we retired to our seaside condo for the night.

I am happy to say that although we crammed a rehearsal, a rehearsal dinner, a ceremony, and a reception into one afternoon, I married the man I love that day, and no hurricane can decimate that. So...it's all good!!

Every now and then, though, I daydream about having one of our monumental wedding anniversaries (10 years ago I thought it would be our 10-year anniversary, but I'm laughing now at how quickly that arrived!) on the beach, renewing our vows, and having the wedding reception we forfeited. When I saw this picture the other day...

http://venuesafari.com/venue/four-seasons-nevis-luxury-destination-wedding-location/

... I started daydreaming again. Thus, this week's Coastal Sunset inspired Watercolor wedding suite.

Here's the inspiration board.

1. http://venuesafari.com/venue/four-seasons-nevis-luxury-destination-wedding-location | 2. sunsetbeachwed.com
3. www.caciqueweddings.com | 4. http://blog.troygrover.com/surf-and-sand-wedding-photography
5. www.labellebride.com/2010/10/26/california-wedding-san-diego-diy-wedding-photos
6. (this is the only link I could find for this picture): http://www.clasf.mx/lamparas-chinas-de-30-cm-para-eventos-paquete-de-10-pzas-mdn-en-le%C3%B3n-2804939
7. wedluxe.com | 8. awhitecake.com

The original inspiration image has such an ethereal feel to it, and I wanted my design to reflect that. I thought about using an oil pastel effect, but in the end, watercolors just seemed the best way to bring the viewer right to the ocean's edge. And then I was so in love with the strands of lights and globes, that I added a few of those to the evening sky.

Although this design was inspired by a coastal sunset, it would be perfect for any outdoor, evening wedding. After all, a sunset sky doesn't only happen at the beach, right?

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