With every woman's different interests, busy schedules, and life being different from they were in the 50's, wedding days no longer has to fall into the June Cleaver mold. Throw the traditional wedding day schemes out the door. There are other alternatives to having a wedding that a bride and groom will enjoy rather than going into debt more than a house cost.
Pool or Beach Wedding
Rather than having a wedding by the pool or on the beach, have the ceremony in the pool or in the ocean. Bathing suits or other pool or beach attire can be the ceremonial garb rather than a wedding dress and tuxes.
Brides and Bridesmaids Attire for the Pool or Beach Wedding
Juicy Couture Beach Bandeau Swimdress
These cute, stylish swimdress can be worn bride and bridesmaid during the ceremony. While these particular swimdress are strapless, it can be a great alternative to a bridesmaid dress for the wedding ceremony.
After the in-water ceremony, a Juicy Couture Smock Cover-up can be worn over the swimdress for a formal-style reception by the bride or bridesmaid. Also, a La Blanca by Rod Beattie Terry Dress that is a halter style cover-up that could be worn as well over the swimdress.
These items were found at Nordstorms under women, swim shop, one-piece. There is other various swim wear for women at Nordstorms that can also fit into a beach or pool wedding party ideas.
Grooms and Groomsman Attire for the Pool or Beach Wedding
Depending on how gutsy the groom and groomsmen are the beach or pool attire can vary. Many swimming trunks are more in fashion with male strippers and daring young men with hot bodies. The grooms and groomsmen may opt for stylish shorts to wear over their bathing suits.
Zoo Wedding
Weddings at the zoo can be a fun and offbeat way to have a wedding. Many zoos have areas that are filled with foliage that can be used as the backdrop for any wedding. Not only is the foliage beautiful, often these areas are in the hot spots of the zoo.
One example of a zoo with quite the foliage and a view is the Oklahoma City Zoo on the east side. Not only is there quite a bit of foliage, a small lake can be used as part of the back drop.
Another example of a backdrop for a wedding is at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The Sedgewick County Zoo has a Rain Forest Area that they fill with tropical animals and foliage.
Attire for the Wedding Party at the Zoo
The wedding party at a Zoo Wedding can wear any type of animal or floral print attire. There are many styles of animal and floral print dresses for the brides and bridesmaids. For the groom and groomsmen, there are safari shorts and shirts that can be worn on this special day.
The bride and bridesmaids could wear floral print halter dresses with a lea or a floral ring made for their head. Animal print shirts and khaki style shorts or pants can be worn by the groom and groomsmen as another option for this style of wedding.
These are only two ways that a wedding can become non-traditional, but there are more ways to have a wedding that fits into everyone's likes and can be just as memorable as a traditional wedding at the church with all the flowers, fancy wedding dresses, and cakes.
