tips for brides worried about rain on their wedding day
Aug 16, 2008
This weekend’s endless rain has reminded me that Colorado isn’t immune to Seattle-type rainy days. I know that a rainy wedding is on the top of the “wedding day disasters” list, so I wanted to share some tips for making a rainy wedding fabulous.
Besides the obvious “have a back-up plan for your outdoor wedding” tips, I think there are a couple of things you can do to make rainy wedding pictures awesome.
#1: Have a cute umbrella ready
Adorable, elegant, or just plain hilarious umbrellas can make rain on your wedding day kind of fun and exciting! There are tons of cute umbrellas just waiting to make your wedding pictures pop, so having one that you love waiting in the wings could make rain not seem so bad!
Here are a couple of fabulous umbrella resources:
Bella Umbrella has the most stunning vintage and modern umbrellas and parasols for purchase or rent. (I can totally see parasols being adorable props for sunny weddings!)
#2: Ditch the heels for rainboots
Is it just me, or can you totally see a bride holding a yellow umbrella with yellow rain boots peeking out from under her poofy white dress being the cutest thing ever in the whole world?!
Target has a ton of rain boots online from pink to polka dots to strawberries to these most awesome boots ever.
What a Pair has a giant selection of cutie patootie rain boots.
And if it were me, and I wasn’t doing the yellow boots/yellow umbrella thing, I’d be rocking these frog boots. (Or maybe the ladybug or bee ones.)
#3: Have fun with it!
I think the key to any wedding day mishap (weather or otherwise) is to just have fun with it or around it. (I can totally see a bride holding hands with a flower girl jumping in puddles. With the dry cleaner passing out nearby.) :P As long as you look like you’re having fun, the pictures will reflect that!
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Comments
Super post & well timed! I was just thinking about umbrella possiblities for my sister's wedding next weekend in COS--any suggestions for nearby umbrella resources? Any cute boutiques? (I'm from OOT) I'm afraid we didn't think of this in time to order from the super cute Seattle stores...
Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer Aug 17, 2008 at 08:24Hi Cristina--thanks for the note! Fortunately we don't have any rainy wedding pictures to share (just snow)! The benefit of living in a high altitude desert--you can get away without rain for a long time! :) Oooh, Kara--I can totally see you rocking the orange boots! Since it's an outdoor ceremony, though, I'll still hope for dry skies! :)
kara Aug 17, 2008 at 08:02This post, and my orange Hunter rain boots, has me almost hoping for rain! Now I just need one of those cute umbrellas. :)
cristina troncp Aug 16, 2008 at 03:57Hi!!! just loved your tips!!!! rainy day in the wedding is the nightmare of any bride, and you teached just how to make it fun! i thougth we would see some pictures here to exemplify, so... if you have any.. show us!!! love this blog!