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Wind & Hair Advice

Beach Wind & Messy Hair Advice ~ GREAT ADVICE FROM 1600+ beach weddings experience ~ THIS cannot be emphasized enough!!! Nothing ruins your wedding photos like hair / bangs of a Wedmate (or an important Guest) flapping loose, unpinned, unsprayed in your eyes and mouth due to wind whipping because: It absolutely WILL flop in your eyes and mouth, always And now you have a large, hairy “squid” covering your face in pics! Frustrated, clawing, repeated hair-flipping, distracted SCOWL faces in your wedding photos,

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13th & 14th Awards Earned!

David and Margo Sears, co-owners and operators of Beachpeople Weddings, are pleased to announce being 2019 ­recipients of more service excellence awards in the wedding industry.  This brings their grand total of earned awards to 14 since 2013. What does that mean? This means they remain among the top 2% of 250,000 wedding vendors on the East Coast of the USA. Voters for these annual awards were 150+ of their former clients of photography and officiating, thus ratifying these prestigious awards

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Our Signature Shell Horn Herald

A Triton seashell horn (a.k.a. “conch” shell) blowing by our Officiant/Minister is included in all our ceremonies at no additional charge. It’s an ancient tradition, classy, coastal, fun, elegant and sublime! Like church bells and trumpet fanfare, the ancient tradition of the shell horn heralds the beginning of a new marriage and calls in blessings and good fortune for the happy couple. When done properly, the Triton shell produces a low, gentle sound that can carry for miles across land and sea. The

Baby Blessing, Christening, Dedication or Baptism

Yes, besides beach weddings, we offer these, too! Love us some sweet babies and children! ANY FAITH, any wording, any religious ritual you want for spiritually acknowledging and celebrating your Baby’s sacred presence in your lives. It’s fun, sweet, meaningful and a bonding celebration with loved ones. We also do this for bigger children, teens, parents, pets or whomever wants a great blessing! For the ceremony and items, for $150 we offer: indoors or outside, on beach, in garden, in chapel, in a

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Sky Lanterns: Read this before you buy

Couples ask about using Chinese Sky Lanterns at their beach weddings. However, they are banned as illegal fireworks in North Carolina and South Carolina, due to the huge fire and death hazards they present. Cheryl Turner of South Carolina wrote this informative article about them: “Lately, I’ve been asked about releasing Chinese Sky Lanterns. After much research and phone calls to State and Local Fire Marshals, these are under the category of Fireworks. The State of South Carolina has banned them.

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Myrtle Beach Has Beach Weddings Restrictions

Myrtle Beach Prohibits Beach Weddings: The law of the City of Myrtle Beach, SC prohibits commercial beach weddings within city limits on beach — see details here online (scroll down on link): www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/things-to-do/weddings-honeymoons/know-the-rules/. They offer 1 exception–its allowed above the high tide line at a few older oceanfront hotels that were “grandfathered” in (such as The Sea Mist Resort). However, non-commercial weddings ARE allowed everywhere there. What’s the difference? “Commercial” is when you pay ANY people to do their work ON the beach (such as minister,