Make Your Summer Wedding Cool

By Author: Meenu Bahuguna
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Shiny sun and clear skies are perfect for an outdoor summer wedding. But the blistering heat outside can spoil the fun. Let us learn some tips on how to stay cool in summer and make summer wedding a great success.

What if your wedding is all set to take place during the scorching hot months of May and June? Worse, if it happens in one of hottest tropical countries like India! Although the sweltering heat can wreak havoc on all your wedding preparations, nonetheless a few tricks can set your wedding apart. Maybe you can’t do much about the weather, but you certainly can beat the heat.

If the heat and the tension of the forthcoming wedding event are boggling you down, then here are a few sane ways of beating the heat and keeping it just about cool!

Bring in water fun

Talking about water in summers is not just cool, but also fun. Now you can turn your summer wedding just fun and bring in water by way of a pool side wedding. Plan your wedding by a pool, or lake or any water body to bring in the fun and allow your guests to cool themselves off post the wedding.

Schedule it in evening

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... order to turn it into a calming event, plan your wedding in the evening. Since, Indian weddings mostly happen post sunset, it’s a wee bit of good news for couples tying the knot in an Indian way.

Keep it light

Instead of going for the traditional heavy bridal attire, plan for something simpler, more light. Keep your wedding couture minimal to enjoy the wedding rather than perspiring out under that heavy bulky garment. Incorporate light breezy pastel shades for your summer dress and keep the jewellery light. As a bride, you will definitely look a refreshing change.

Air it well

The wedding venue should be well lit and ventilated. If not, try and bring in air coolers, fans and every possible gadget to keep the temperatures from soaring.

Keep sunscreens and umbrellas handy

To safeguard your sweltering guests from getting anymore cranky, keep the shades handy. These could be by way of tents, umbrellas or even sunscreens to help them stay cool.

Hydration is important

The best way to keep your guests stay cool is to keep them hydrated. Bring on those fluids, the summer quenchers like lemonades, ice tea, ice popsicles, golas and aam panna.

No heavy food

Summer means light food or food that goes down easily without causing any trauma to the digestive system. Usually marriages are all about oily and greasy food. On your wedding, you can opt for a formal, yet a light menu. Add fruit salads, veggies, fresh fruit sorbets etc. to keep it light on stomach.

Bring on ice creams

Don’t forget to sign off the menu with fresh fruit ice creams and sorbets in various flavours. Be it mini ice cream cones, flavoured ice cream lassi, ice cream sandwiches or ice cream sodas, make it colourful and cool with desserts.

Let the clear blue skies, radiant sunshine enhance the mood and spirit of your wedding, rather than spoiling the fun. For everything else, you can go for the tips suggested above and with these handy tips, you can make your wedding extravagant, while keeping it cool and simply colourful. In addition, you can also choose to visit the wedding websites that provide the best guidance and tips on Indian wedding cards, bridal make up etc. that can light up your wedding.

The author of this article is associated with BollywoodShaadis.com, renowned wedding website India. It provides all the advices and tips that can jazz up your wedding day.