Due to sudden changes Matt and I had to relocate our wedding. I searched and searched to find the perfect place in the forest and nothing seemed to work. Thank goodness for Matt’s dad Joe we finally found a spot right here in our home town… Long Beach! Overall it seems that it is going to work better for everyone. More of our family and friends will be able to attend!! We will be having the ceremony right on the sand next to the pier during sunset. After the ceremony we will be having our reception at the end of the Belmont Pier. It is great location over looking the water with the beautiful Long Beach city lights and Queen Mary in the distance.
It was difficult for me to adapt my ideas to a bohemian beach theme at first but I got some inspiration and am excited to make it happen!! Another great thing is that we will have a whole week to decorate!!!
I really am hoping to have a Wedding Arch Chuppah Canopy. I searched online for several hours to try to find the best deal either by renting one or buying one. I discovered that not many places carry what I was looking for and when I found something close it was more than I wanted to pay (over $120 for ok looking ones and about $250 for nicer ones), so I checked out about creating my own Chuppah. They are really not difficult to make and I can use a number of different materials. I originally wanted to make one of bamboo but I’m not sure if I prefer to use birch branches instead. I found an amazing deal on bamboo poles and they have a lot of offerings of free shipping which can be the most expensive part.
Here are some images of what I’m hoping to build =)
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