The most important part of the wedding ceremony for your guests, is usually the meals that you serve. This is the best time for them to mingle around with other friends and relatives. The breakfast is usually a simple affair. Idlis, vadas and upma are the foods commonly served. You can also serve a small dessert with this, like kesari bath. Just ensure that you are serving the best, strongest South Indian coffee that you can find.

unch is an elaborate affair. Always start the meal with the serving of a paaysa. This is supposed to signify sweet beginnings for the couple. The lunch should consist of several vegetables, dals, sambar, rasam and yoghurt. You can also include special rice dishes such as chitranna, vangi bath, bisibele bath etc. The most important course for the South Indian Wedding is the dessert. Usually 2 or 3 sweet items are included, which could be laadoos, badhushas, mysore pak etc. Chirotis and Penees are the more exotic desert options.

Ironically, the dinner served in a South Indian wedding is a complete mix of all Indian cuisine. Chaats, Dosas, Puris, Naans, Rotis, Pulav and Paneer dishes are served. Desserts usually include, rasgullas, rasmalai, gulab jamuns, gajar halwa and ice cream. Most South Indian weddings do not have non vegetarian food as a part of the main wedding. A few days after the wedding, a Non Veg Party is thrown to close friends and relatives of the bride and groom. The party includes biryani and kababs and alcohol maybe served.

Wedding flowers are one of the biggest parts of any wedding budget, so saving money on them should be a top priority for any bride and groom. To save on money and to keep within your budget you should consider buying the flowers wholesale. Especially when the flowers are in season like spring it is a great time to purchase wholesale because of the stock of flowers. Remember to check your arrangement in a mirror with you holding it so you would picture how it would look like to someone else’s view. This is a new generation and silk wedding flowers are the rage.

White wedding dresses come in a wide variety of shades of white; you want to make sure that the flowers that you choose will coordinate with your wedding dress so you should match it with a swatch. Professional florist know accent the flowers just so, so they will attract attention to you in the way that you want. There is no shame in learning from the success and failures of others and doing so will generally save you a lot of grief. Your florist will help you with which flowers are seasonal if you are still unsure as to what to go for. Your local florist can recommend the many colorful options available.

The bouquets can be the same color as the bride’s bouquet or a different color. Bouquets can also be fashioned by keeping in mind the family tradition. Any good wedding florist should have at least a few sample bouquets they can show you. If no live bouquets are available, however, be sure to look through the photo book the florist has. Ensure that gift bouquets are ordered for the mothers. Problems arise because of last-minute flower substitutions due to weather or transportation issues, which may be more expensive.

Since summer is the most popular time for weddings, it is very important to decide in advance the type of wedding flowers wanted by the bride. Since the florists are bound to be busy with many other weddings, the bride should be sure of her choices. Florists will also deliver all the flowers to your destination. Flowers in the center of the table always makes a good center piece, your guest will want to take these home and make your wedding day memorable.