Ceremony Decor - Palm Canopy

Beach weddings have a fairly wide range of decor possibilities for your ceremony (as well as some constraints). Usually, I like to think the 'less is more' approach works best, as it's pretty hard to improve on the beauty of Mother Nature. Take this photo for example.

We were at the lovely beach at Tulemar in Manuel Antonio. Wedding colors were pink and brown so we had alternating bows on the chairs. I HIGHLY recommend that you have chair covers if you're renting the plastic or folding chairs as they are pretty cheesy looking otherwise. If you're going with the bamboo folding chairs, they are gorgeous on their own. And don't overlook the impact of chairs on your overall design - there are more chairs than anything else at a wedding ceremony or reception. Strength in numbers and all that. If you have great looking chairs, you can cut back on other areas of decor and no one will notice.

This wedding wanted something fairly simple yet elegant. We went with a canopy covered in palm leaves, its leg bases wrapped in manos de tigre (a type of leaf). Lots of rose petals for the aisle and under the canopy to give a punch of color (as it was a grey day, this was super important). Aisle markers were large vases with water and floating orchids and pillar candles with sand. As you can see, the result was simple elegance. Beautiful!