I’m a born-and-raised Southern California girl (not too many of us blogging out there), so I’ve never been to a wedding where it was colder than 70 degrees. Yep, that would be true. Even when decorating weddings, the rare time we had a wedding when there was rain, it was still at least 50 or 60 degrees — apparently, that’s still warm to East Coasters. Hey, what can I say? It’s sunshiney out here. Heheh.

Photo by Flickr’s ZekiZeki

However, I got to thinking the other day. Is it just me, or when we think of our weddings, we think of outdoors, sunshine, warm weather, bared shoulders and long necks, gazebos or beaches? That’s all warm weather stuff. Its odd, because I’m of the opinion that cold weather clothes are actually more fun to wear. Not only that, the cold weather lends itself to spectacular surroundings — not decorations, mind you, although, weddings held in cold weather climes almost look as if they’re decorated by God.

For example, check out this fountain. I’ve shot fountains before — in fact, I love shooting moving water — but I can’t think of a more gorgeous picture than this one. The ice almost looks like diamonds decorating the fountain. Cold weather seems lend itself to really dramatic photos. I’ll show you what I mean.

Photo by Flickr’s shavonweddingsilks

For example, this bridal bouquet. Can we saw, wowza?! Just the contrast between the creamy white roses and the deep red berries is amazing and really dramatic. I think most brides tend to think of lots and lots of flowers, but I’ll tell you a secret — there is a lot more drama and impact when you use just a few flowers in a purposeful way. Florists won’t like me telling that secret.

Photo by Flickr’s LASawyer

I’ve never seen a wedding ensemble like this in Southern California, with good reason, but I bet those adorable white hand muffs come in handy in cold weather climes. And seriously, who wouldn’t love to wear a wedding dress with accessories like these? It’ll make you feel like Princess Diana. Heheh.

Photo by Flickr’s ndulj

Another reason why you might want to have a winter wedding — to incorporate Christmas decorations. C’mon, seriously, you never thought of that? Whatever. You don’t even have any flowers in this guest table arrangement, just silver ornaments, glass vases, silver and iridescent white tinsel and lots of candles. Talk about cost cutting! It should also be noted that while you will probably have buy fewer flowers for a winter wedding, but will likely have to pay more for the few flowers you do buy.

Photo by Flickr’s LeeLeFever

I am kind of adding this photo for the heck of it. Isn’t it gorgeous? Not only does she get to wear all white, with that adorable hood to protect her head, it’s snowing! You can’t set up a scene like that.

Photo by Flickr’s luv to travel

So like I was saying. If you end up having your wedding in winter, don’t fret. You may have to spend more on buying flowers (because I’m betting flowers in the Midwest and on the East Coast are much more expensive to ship in winter of all seasons, than it is to ship to the West Coast in any season), but you may save money on your reception site since weddings don’t seem to be as popular in winter as they are in summer. Not only that, you may be able to save on decorations. Honestly, decorations are there to heighten your environment, and who needs man-made decorations when you’ve got a scene like this outside your window?
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