I am having a destination wedding in Antigua and looking for inexpensive ideas to decorate my post wedding reception in that theme.
Thanks!
My post wedding reception will be in NH..and in January!! Help!!
We did the same thing this past February. We were married in the Caribbean (just us) and had a "celebration" when we returned.
As for the celebration…
We didn’t do anything traditional. We had all of our guests dress in casual Caribbean attire (linens, bright colors, sandals, etc) and all of the food and drinks were inspired by the Caribbean (jerk chicken, a lot of fruits, etc). We opted to do only appetizers and desserts…because we it to be a social event…not because of money (a meal would have been less). With all of the appetizers…no one went home without a full stomach anyway! 
There was no first dance, no bouquet toss, no garter toss, no cake cutting…nothing like that. We already had our cake and our first dance. We wanted the party to be low key…very run and still romantic. We decorated with a ton of flowers and palms (all real, of course). There were a lot of baskets and different textures. We only used white Christmas lights and candle light for lighting….that made it "warm" and romantic.
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Ours was in Februrary and there was plenty of snow. We just made sure that the building was very warm. The candles helped with that also.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
I think having weddings by the ocean is really romantic.
maybe rent out a beach house for one day and have your wedding reception there.
Have your guests were those hawaiin flower necklaces and serve fruit beverages.
have some tiki poles and torches set up where you would want to pronounce your i do’s(;
instead of having rows with chairs, set up small tables so people can sit with eachother and have tropical flowers as the center piece.
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January 4th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Congratulations! Here are some ideas for you:
1. Try the Oriental Trading Company’s website. they have a ton of this kind of stuff, very cheap, for favors, decorations, etc. and they will ship (I believe) directly to your hotel.
2. sand and shells in hurricanes with candles are elegant, chocolates in the shape of sea shells, decorate with fresh fruit (Martha Stewart’s site has a lot of good ideas for that).
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January 4th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
We did the same thing this past February. We were married in the Caribbean (just us) and had a "celebration" when we returned.
As for the celebration…
There was no first dance, no bouquet toss, no garter toss, no cake cutting…nothing like that. We already had our cake and our first dance. We wanted the party to be low key…very run and still romantic. We decorated with a ton of flowers and palms (all real, of course). There were a lot of baskets and different textures. We only used white Christmas lights and candle light for lighting….that made it "warm" and romantic.
We didn’t do anything traditional. We had all of our guests dress in casual Caribbean attire (linens, bright colors, sandals, etc) and all of the food and drinks were inspired by the Caribbean (jerk chicken, a lot of fruits, etc). We opted to do only appetizers and desserts…because we it to be a social event…not because of money (a meal would have been less). With all of the appetizers…no one went home without a full stomach anyway!
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We just made sure that the building was very warm. The candles helped with that also.
Ours was in Februrary and there was plenty of snow.
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January 4th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
You should definitely have some beachy music, for atmosphere and dancing. Stuff like Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Gloria Estephan…….j
I know there are more, but that’s just top of my head.
Google it and fill up your ipod or make a CD.
Also, get some shells, starfish (any craft store) to place here and there with your centerpieces, or along the food table, tied w/ribbon around tiki torches, etc.
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