Gorgeous pale pink touch to the wedding venue. Image credit Mickey & Minnie kissing blog.

Colour your wedding venue pink
Whether you are looking for a colour for your wedding venues in Yorkshire or elsewhere in the UK or just to add faint pink hues, the colour pink is versatile and multifaceted. Make it just a hint of pink or use a big paint brush to add bold and strong pinks as your main colour. Either way you will love the result.

Lovely wedding invitations using pink. Image and idea credit to Shine Invitations on Etsy

Pink invitations
Start the ball rolling with your pink theme. Pink the invitations. Add very delicate touches to the print material or splash on neon pink for a bold message. It will certainly get people’s attention. Also follow through with the same theme to your wedding venue labels and name tags. Don’t be shy.

Pink out the venue
As the image above shows, you can colour your entire wedding venue with pink. You can go with pale shades such as in the image, or use one of the stronger pinks such as fuchia to really make a statement.

Bridal bouquet in beautiful feminine colours providing a sophisticated look. Image Credit: Etsy

Bridal bouquet
It’s amazing what you can find on Etsy. In fact if you are ever stuck for ideas for your wedding or any other event just search Etsy using your main keywords and you will be surprised and mostly delighted with what you will find. This Bridal bouquet for instance is gorgeous. Shades of pink and blues for that very special sophisticated look.

Beautiful shades of pink for your special hand made shoes. Image and idea credit: Ponko World on Etsy

Add some pink to your outfit
You don’t have to be totally pink in your gown. But you can add some sophistication to your white gown. Add some hand decorated shoes to your outfit to make it especially gorgeous. Whether you have shoes that have lace added or wonderful swirly decorative patterns. Or even the name of your beloved on them, make a bold statement with your shoes.

What a fabulous idea for wedding favours. Use for table decoration as well. Image and idea credit: Sparkle and Comfort on Etsy

Pink wedding favours
Again a great find on Etsy. These gorgeous wedding favour boxes are by Sparkle and Comfort. Pop in pink coloured coated almonds, or pink marshmallows, pink M&Ms or a gorgeous pink rose. Either way use the boxes to decorate your tables with and to make use of for your wedding favours. Bound to be a huge hit.

Love is pink
Above all else remember that pink is the colour of love. Your wedding venue will be full of wonderful soft love when you use this lovely colour to decorate your ceremony and reception area. Your guests will love you for it.

Some great ideas for backyard weddings. Have fun!

Having your wedding in the backyard or garden of your family home can be great fun and have enormous sentimental value. As with everything else though, as wedding venues in Yorkshire, or else in the UK go, weddings at home have their own set of challenges.

The weather
Weather is your big unknown. Anticipating sunshine in the UK could be a bad bet. If you are therefore considering that it could rain, make sure that your backyard can handle the wet weather and make provision for it.

Not only will you need to ensure that your marquee is rain proof but also that your dance and walk areas have non slip tarpaulin covering so that hosts and guests don’t end up wading in mud.

Walk ways need to be covered to toilet facilities and don’t forget to check for disabled visitors that they have access to all facilities whether it rains or not.

Enough space
Your backyard might look like it could fit several football fields into it. But once your marquee is up and your parking space has been allocated as well as portable ablution facilities you could be left with a postage stamp. Be sure to work out what your space requirements are for your guests especially if you are having a sit down dinner party.

Remember the dance floor, space for serving of food and drinks, a place for the band or DJ, an area for the MC and speaker to stand and the list goes on. Also allow adequate space if you have disabled people in wheelchairs.

Equipment
If you are planning your wedding in your backyard odds are that you will need to bring everything on site. Tables, chairs, table linen, table settings, decorations right down to the ice buckets. Make sure you work out your numbers accurately. If necessary get help in the form of an event management company.

Permits and licenses
Holding a large party at home could disrupt the peace of your neighbourhood. You might need permits and licenses, for serving of food and drink, perhaps even first aid people, for additional parking requirements and the noise your party is bound to make. Sending a note of apology to the next door folk might not be enough. Find out from your local municipality what you need.

Crowd flow and control
It’s not that straight forward to think about the way a crowd will move when not used to working with this concept. And in general people also don’t anticipate that with some drink in them people can become unruly. So how to control this is quite important. Get extra people to help you on the day and make sure your walk ways are unobstructed and easy to navigate. And put up signs too to inform everybody where facilities can be found.

Let the venue play a part
Let your venue help with the mood and atmosphere. Use the trees to string your decoration and lights around, flowering shrubs can add their colours and pick up the general theme from what is available in the garden. By having the inside and outside in one colour palette will create a larger celebratory area than if you only decorate the inside of your tent or marquee.

Above all else have fun
More than anything else, make sure you have fun. The relaxed and homely atmosphere of having your wedding in your own backyard should be part of your wedding mood. Allow everybody to feel at home and to enjoy this special event with you.