Weddingbee Blog

I love our venue (which I will tell you about soon!). One of the things that sold us on it was its proximity to the water (something Mr. Guinea Pig really wanted). Another added bonus is that we will have a fantastic view of the sunset over the Chesapeake Bay! Our ceremony starts at 6 PM, and thanks to the Navy’s handy ’Complete Sun and Moon data’, I know that sunset on our wedding day will be at 8:05 PM.

(taken from our venue’s website)

The sun will be fairly low on the horizon by the time our ceremony gets underway, and our guests will be facing the water (and sun). So while I’m super excited for the sunset, I’m a little worried about our guests’ eyes during the ceremony!

(And now I’m humming ’bliiiiinded by the liiight….’)

We are going to do two things to help this: 1) make a note of it on our website and encourage our guests to bring sunglasses, and 2) have a basket of inexpensive sunglasses for our guests to use (and take)! Sort of like the basket of flip flops at the reception (which we will probably also do):

(from Mrs. Coconut - love the yellow!)

but with lots of sunglasses:

(image from here)

I think I’ll pick up a variety of sunglasses, and maybe even some crazy ones for fun!

(these are totally appropriate for a wedding, right?)

I’m thinking the Dollar Store will be a great option - that’s pretty much where Mr. Guinea Pig buys his sunglasses anyway (maybe I should call him Mr. Sunglasses Destroyer)!

I’d also like to write a funny note to put on the basket so guests feel free to take them, but what rhymes with sunglasses?!