Veil for Summer Weddings

Summer weddings are very popular, and usually have gorgeous weather - but that lovely sun comes with lots of heat as well. No bride wants to look flushed in their wedding photos or have to fan themselves to stay cool during the reception. While the location of your wedding and your dress may be effected by the warm weather, you may be surprised how well the right veil can help your flawless wedding look remain perfect.

Shoulder Length
If you are a summer bride sporting a strapless gown, a short wedding veil can perfectly accompany your ensemble. Most short veils are elegantly cut above or around the shoulders. This design can not only provide you with a classic look that accentuates your shoulders and chest area, but the short veil can actually help to decrease perspiration created from lack of air flow.








Fingertip

Fingertip wedding veils are amongst the most popular veils for summer brides. The fingertip veil consists of layers of fabric that strategically extend down to where your fingertips end, drawing the eye to your hip area. Fingertip veils not only help to accentuate your body by providing you with the illusion of a longer, dove-like neck, but they can also coordinate with almost any type of wedding gown.


Elbow Length
Similar to the fingertip veil is the elbow length, another popular summer selection. The beautiful layers of fabric that create this veil are slightly pulled in order to highlight the contours of your face. While this veil works to accentuate your body in all the right placess, it only extends down to your elbows demanding attention at your waist. Many brides who plan on wearing their hair in a goregous up-do will choose the elbow length to finish off their look.

Cathedral Veil

For the summer bride that wants to wear a longer and more traditional veil, the Cathedral extends beautifully to the floor. Cathedral wedding veils are meant to be worn with floor length weddign gowns. Most experts believe that this veil looks the best when paired with a dress that dons a train as well. Cathedral wedding veils can either be solely behind your back, or can be combined with a blusher veil for an extremely traditional look. A blusher veil usually hides the bride's face during the wedding ceremony, and is removed at the end right before the reception. Cathedral veils are known for highlighting your beautiful dress.

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Custom Veils

Although short, fingertip, elbow and cathedral wedding veils are the most popular designs for summer weddings, they are not your only options. A summer bride can also turn to customization to provide them with a unique veil for their special day.

When creating a wedding veil, it is important to choose a style that really speaks to you, as well as the type of wedding you have planned. While some brides choose a veil that portrays simplicity and classic elegance, others stride for a veil that speaks creativity and unique style with added embellishments such as crystals, pearls or beading.

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Floral Design

For summer weddings, veil options come in a variety of different patterns such as the ever-popular floral design. When choosing veils that don a bold pattern, such as the floral motif, it is important to make sure that the design compliments your wedding gown instead of overshadowing it. The general rule is that your wedding gown is the center of attention and every other details merely helsp accentuate its' beauty.

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Lace

Lace is very popular, and very common, fabric used on many gorgeous veil designs for decards! Adding lace to your veil is a great way to maintain the elegant and traditional look of a beautiful and classic bride. Lacey wedding veils are usually best accompanied by breathtaking pearl jewelry.

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Trimmed

When creating or purchasing a wedding veil for a summer wedding, it is essential to consider the trim of your veil. In past years, wedding veils and trims have been various shades of white and off-white. However, newer trends have allowed for an explosion of colours to be subtly incorporated into your veil. Adding colour to the trim can work extremely well for any summer wedding dress, and can coordinate with your overall wedding colour scheme. With the new trend of colour-accented gowns, your entire ensemble can be beautifully accented in your favourite colour.

Blusher

Like the look of a blusher? Then just wear that alone! This allows you to still maintain the classic look, without doning the whole veil as well. Just a hint of elegance and tradition in a new stylish way.

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Thanks to newer trends in wedding veils, there is no longer one style that fits all. You can easily find the wedding veil that is perfect for your summer wedding by highlighting all of your best assets. The perfect wedding veil will also help make you feel like the most beautiful bride in the worlD1

Wedding Cake Style Ideas

Here are some fresh ideas, and a few bold statements, that you can make with your wedding cake. These are great new trends that we are seeing lots of now to add a spice of personality to this traditional element of your wedding.



Graphic Sugar Appliques
Big sugar flowers are still lovely, and very popular, however the latest in wedding cake add-ons isn't your typical garden show anymore. More abstract sugar-made designs seem to be bursting from the cakes. A few pretty applique ideas can be seen below, as well as paisley, ruffles, lace cutouts and starbursts are coming to the forefront.

Creative "Stamped" Patterns

For a unique, one-dimensional look, ask your baker to "stamp" a fun pattern onto your cake using a paintbrush or edible dye and a stamp. The bold result creates a very different look. Don't go overboard - you'll want to limit the designs to just a few tiers to keep it from looking too busy.

Chandelier Inspired

Always loved lighting and chandeliers?! Have your wedding cake reflect your interest. You can ask you baker to include chandelier elements on the cake, or even have it set up to look like a chandelier on display.

Fabric Fun

Skip the typical allover buttercream swirls - the new way of texturizing a wedding cake is with fabric-like elements, like all-over white fondant designed to look like eyelet or crocheted lace. You can work in the design of your dress to make the cake look similar in style. Ask your baker to frost delicate lace-like accents around the tiers or to use sugar appliques to create a ruffle look.

Retro Accents and Colours

It really is true that trends come back around, and now we're seeing retro make an appearance on cakes. Go for black-and-white, or even a mint green-frosted cake, softened with a small, black bow on the bottom tier for a funky '50s look. Or get a classic Grace Kelly-inspired style by askign for a white cake banded with champagne ribbon and accented with a sparkly silver brooch. In the same way, throw back to the 1920s with pink and gold-toned frosting and flapper-esque accents, like edible beads and sugar-painted feathers.

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Cake Buffets
There's no rule saying that you are only allowed to have one cake, so order what you want. You can have a trio of coordinated cakes for your cake table, or an assortment to offer guests. This is great if you have specific dietary needs, such as lactose intolerance or gluten free. To get the cakes to match, come up with a design, motif or colour scheme to work with, and ask you baker to vary the design from each cake. It's eye-catching and a great alternative to a stand-alone.

Middle Tier Treatments

Traditionally the focus on the wedding cake is all on top, but this does not need to be the case. Consider moving the cake topper or some decoration elements to the middle cake tier for an entirely new look.