New York Wedding #1 - The City (White) Wedding

In New York there are a lot of beautiful landmark building that are huge tourist attractions. The buildings are beautiful at night all light up and added to the scenery of New York. They are defining features in the state and are the highlight of this wedding.

New York City Skyline at Dusk

Flowers:
New York's state flower is the rose, and what a perfect choice for the flowers of a wedding. With the theme for this wedding ultimately being the lights of the city, the obvious choice for rose colour would be white.

Wedding Bouquet

The Dress:
With this wedding highlighting the city and the buildings in it, the perfect dress would be one that shimmers and one with layers to represent the different floors of the skyscraper. Of course the wedding dress doesn't have to match the theme at all. A wedding dress has nothing to do with colour schemes or wedding themes it is about the bride feeling amazing and beautiful.

Tiered Princess Strapless Chapel Train Organza Satin Wedding Dress

The Shoes:

With a long dress the shoes barely get noticed. With this dress it barely touches the ground so with heels on the dress may not touch the ground at all and the shoes may be a little noticeable. Even if they aren't noticeable amazing shoes can help make the bride's day and she should love them. Matching the shimmer of the dress, the Damaris Shoes have beautiful diamond like designs on the front that would catch the light and shine. 

Make up, Hair, Nails and Accessories:

In the picture above of the wedding dress, the model has her hair up. Her shoulders and chest are left bare and without so much as a necklace even it is very noticeable. To above this, and still have and up do hairstyle the best thing to do is to wear a necklace. Hair style is always a personal choice, but with a strapless dress having the hair down or both up and down is a a good choice. When it comes to make up, white is usually associated with clowns and that's not what the bride wants to be remembered for. Natural make up is always the best, what the bride does normally is perfect and possibly a little added shine. For fingernails and toenails the best option is french tips.

The Bridal Party:
Even though the wedding colour is white, white should only be worn by the bride. An option for the bridal party would be black dresses with white in them. Black and white go well together and won't clash with the colour of the wedding. An Alexia Design Style 2610 would be a good choice, it is a chiffon A-line, spaghetti strap style dress and has a strip of white with detailing on the top. Another great choice would be Alexia Design Style 2100, it is a satin A-line spaghetti strap dress with a sweetheart neckline. It has a white section running from hip to floor and it has white designs around it.

The Invitations:
Perfect invitations for this wedding would be the Classic New York collection from MagnetStreet. It is a black and white type invitation highlighting the city and all it has to offer. The Classic New York invitation set also includes Enclosure Cards, and RSVP Cards.

Photographer and Videographer:
An amazing wedding photographer would be Ryan Brenizer. His portfolio speaks for itself and though his price is high he knows what he is doing and guarantees amazing pictures. Depending on the couple, if they are from New York they may know of other photographers and may want to go with them.

Sample of Ryan Brenizer's work

The Ceremony:
In New York, the couple does not have to be a resident of the state and they do not need to take blood tests to get their marriage certificate. This makes getting married their much easier and the process much simpler. City hall may not be an extravagant place to have a ceremony but it is a beautiful building and it fits the theme very well.

New York City Hall

The Rings:
This wedding is based on the lights of the city and the way they shine, perfect rings are diamond rings for this theme. The diamonds catch the light and twinkle. Of course wedding rings don't have to match the theme but it is always nice when they do.

Diamond Wedding Rings

The Reception:
The perfect place for a New York wedding that is centered around the city lights is Tribeca Rooftop. The view is amazing and the place is just as spectacular.

(Left: the inside part of the roof, Right: the roof top, Below: the view)

To go with the beautiful scenery a nice Glass Card Box would be perfect for the reception. It is see through and very much matches the theme of the wedding. Other options would be anything white, a simple box with a whole cut in the top wrapped in white paper or wall paper even would be beautiful. The perfect Guest Book for this wedding would be anything white but for a spectacular city, the wedding needs something spectacular like the Wedding Wishes Card and Envelope Guest Book.

Food:
The best way to start a New York wedding meal is with a Coney Island Clam Chowder (also known as Manhattan Clam Chowder). For the next course a great choice is New York Style Chicken Wings and/or Buffalo Style Chicken Wings. And the main course has to be Pizza!

Cake:
The cake for this wedding is a no brain-er it has to be New York Style Cheese Cake. The best part about cheese cake is that it is great by itself or it can be paired with any number of things and still work great. A perfect knife set for this wedding and cake would be WeddingMountain's Crystal Wedding Cake Serving Set and the perfect topper to match would have to be the Written in the Stars Bride and Groom Figure.

Cheesecake Wedding Cake

Centerpieces:
The best centerpieces for this wedding has to be Statues and Models of the city's most famous buildings. There could easily be a different one for each table and it is the theme of this wedding.
There is a whole site dedicated to such things called City Souvenirs and they even have a New York Collage type model with a few of the well know buildings and the Statue of Liberty. 

Thank You Cards:
Thank you cards don't always have to match, some couples choose to send photos of their wedding with a thank you note on the back or just a plain simple card. Anything is fine really, it's the gesture that counts. With an invitation set usually the Thank You Card will match the invitations like in this New York one.

Classic New York

Places to See:
There are a lot of beautiful places and things to see in New York. The most common tourist attractions would be the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and Time Square. Other great things to see are the Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central Terminal, Madison Square Garden, Bronx Zoo, and the New York Harbor. There are many museums including Whitney Museum of American Art, for music lovers Metropolitan Opera House, also Radio City Music Hall and for sports fans Yankee Stadium.

Flatiron Building