We hope the below information will assist you in planning your special occasion

See also Meeting Space Vendor

Obtaining a Marriage License – To obtain a marriage license you must go to the Register of Deeds Office in the Brunswick County Government Center on Old Highway 17 in Bolivia. Call 910-253-2690 for necessary documentation.

Who Can Marry Us? – Most churches have policies against marrying anyone who is not a member of their church. Alternatives are:

• Magistrate’s Offices
  1. Bolivia – 910-253-4471
  2. Oak Island – 910-278-4193
  3. Southport – 910-457-6614
• Ordained Ministers -
  1. Rev. Betty Jo Blackmon – 910-278-9510
  2. Jim Brown – 910-457-7203 or 800-726-4717
  3. Rev. William J. Tapp,Jr. – 910-278-1590

Why Get Married on the Beach

Where Can We Get Married? - Check permit requirements at the following:

• Brunswick Town State Historic Site – ruins of the old Episcopal Church 910-371-6613
• Chapel @ South Harbour Village – 910-454-7500
• Old Baldy Lighthouse – 910-457-5000
• Bald Head Island Chapel – 910-457-1183
• Battleship NC – 910-251-5797
• Southport Community Building Observation Deck – 910-457-0665
• City of Southport – Franklin Square Park, Waterfront Park, Keziah Park – 910-457-7911
  (must also get permit from Police Department)
• Town of Oak Island – beach, scenic walkway, one of the numerous waterway parks – 910-278-5595
• Orton Plantation Gardens or Chapel – 910-371-6851
• Town of Caswell Beach – beach or Oak Island Lighthouse – 910-278-1555
• At Sea – list of charter boats in our Business Directory.
• At a Bed & Breakfast Inn – check list of inns in our Business Directory.
• At The Big Lake in Boiling Spring Lakes – City Hall – 910-845-2614
• On a Pier – check for a list in our Vacation & Residents’ Guide Business Directory.
• In a Winery – Silver Coast Winery, Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach – 910-287-2800.
• Looking for a Place to hold the Reception? Click Here
  

SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE WEDDING

• Discuss Budget
• Hire Wedding Coordinator
• Compile guest list
• Engagement photos (to be included in newspaper announcement & save the
  date cards).
• Save the date cards ordered and mailed out to out-of-town guests only.
  

Book Your Vendors

• Ceremony Site
• Officiant
• Reception Site
• Caterer picking a caterer
• Rehearsal dinner Site
• Limousine transportation booked
• Florist (ceremony, reception, bouquets, boutonnieres, etc.)
• Band, DJ
• Ceremony musicians
• Photographer
• Videographer
• Wedding Cake Designer
• Rental company (chairs, linens, trees, candelabras, etc.)
• Accommodations (hotel rooms for guests)
• Wedding gown
• Bridesmaid Dresses
• Mothers’ Dresses
• Ice sculptor (optional)
• Balloon Decorator – reception site (optional)

Discuss Reception

• Style – Sit Down, Buffet, Food Stations, etc.
• Formal, semi-formal, informal, traditional, non-traditional
• Theme – Colors
• Favorite décor idea (hearts, beach, favorite flower, etc.)
• Plan Honeymoon

FOUR TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE WEDDING

• Finalize Guest List
• Order and address wedding invitations
• Wedding Bands
• Gift Registry
• Groom, Groomsmen, Fathers’ Tuxedos
• Beauty Appointments
• Hair, Massages, Nails, Facials, Waxes, etc.
• Reception Site
  1. Location of each table (cake, gifts, guestbook, reserved tables, assigned seating, food stations, buffet tables, ice sculptures, photo backdrops, etc.)
  2. Will the bathrooms be decorated, have favor baskets, or attendants?
  3. Special people that have not been included (aunts, Uncles, cousins, etc.) possibly can be guest book attendants,
  4. favor attendants, greeters, scripture readings, ushers, etc.
• Rehearsal Dinner Site
  1. Discuss rehearsal times with officiant
  2. Compile a guest list

ONE TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE WEDDING

• Meet with coordinator and begin agenda. Go over details worksheet.
• Marriage license
• Order wedding programs
• Finalize guest list for rehearsal
• Order rehearsal invitations and mail
• Final wedding gown fittings
• Buy gifts for attendants, parents, etc.
• Order favors and assemble, if necessary
  1. Beverage napkins
  2. Cameras
  3. Bubbles
  4. Unity Candles
  5. Place Cards
  6. Personalized Candies
  7. Personalized Ribbon/Boxes
  8. Personalized foam cooliers, etc.
• Child care services – adult reception/out-of-town guests
• Mail wedding invitations (6-8 weeks)
• Choose Music
• Ceremony
  1. Prelude
  2. Processional
  3. Bride Entrance
  4. Readings
  5. Unity Candle
  6. Recessional
• Reception
  1. Cocktail Hour
  2. Introductions
  3. First Dance
  4. Father/Daughter Dance
  5. Mother/Son Dance
  6. Bridesmaids
  7. Cake Cutting
  8. Bouquet/GarterToss
  9. Champagne Toasting, etc.

Accommodations:
Bald Head Island Limited Vacation Rentals — 800-432-RENT
Bald Head Vacations & Sales — 910-470-2253
Better Beach Rentals — 877-441-0009
Brunswick Coast Properties — 910-448-0189
Brunswick Inn Bed & Breakfast — 910-457-5278
Cape Fear Realty — 910-457-1702
The Captain's Bridge Suites — 910-457-6401
Captains Cove Motel — 910-278-6026
Coastal Vacation Resorts — 910-278-5405
Comfort Suites — 910-454-7444
First Market Place Realty — 866-457-1931
Hampton Inn- Southport — 800-HAMPTON
The Inn at River Oaks — 910-457-1100
Island Resort — 910-278-5644
Lois Jane’s Riverview Inn — 800-457-1152
Margaret Rudd & Associates, Inc. REALTORS — 800-486-5441
Marsh Harbor Inn — 910-454-0451
Oak Island Accommodations — 800-243-8132
Oak Island Inn — 910-278-1689
Ocean Crest Motel — 910-278-3333
Old Baldy Associates, Inc. — 910-457-5551
Priority Sailing — 910-454-4479
Southport Inn — 910-457-1864
Southport Realty — 910-457-6401
Theodosia’s Bed & Breakfast — 800-656-1812
Woodside RV & Trailer Park — 910-457-6564

Bakeries

Shakey Britches — 910-454-0144

Bands:
Frankie Gerald Solo-Combo — 910-755-6664

Beauty Salons:
Great Clips — 910-457-6016
Maria's Hair Design Studio — 910-454-0224
Serenity by the Sea Day Spa 910-454-0704
Watertown Hair — 910-457-4734

Boat Charters:
Boss Lady Charter Boat Service — 910-278-3433
Bullfighter Sportfishing Charters — 910-713-2130
Cape Fear Maritime Passenger Co., LLC — 910-457-5302
Endless Summer — 910-253-0531 or 910-612-3279 cell
Get Reel Charters — 910-294-2005
Kelly Allen — 910-524-7245
My Way Charters — 910-619-1274
Parrot Head Charters — 910-754-5342
Priority Sailing — 910-454.4479
Starship Cruises — 910-454-4000
Scuba South Diving Co. — 910-457-5201
Yeah Right Charters — 910-845-2004

Bridal Registry:
Cat on a Whisk — 910-454-4451
Longaberger — 910-454-9880
Simplicity Gourmet — 866-897-7601
Traveling Dolphin — 845-3464

Bridal Salon:

A Carolina Wedding— 910-686-2690

Cakes - Wedding:

Lowes Food Store — 910-457-0657
Shakey Britches — 910-454-0144
Turtle Island Restaurant & Catering — 910-278-4944
Wal-Mart Super Store — 910-454-9909


Catering Firms:

Bald Head Island Management — 910-457-5000
Bella Cucina Italian Restaurant & Deli — 910-454-4540
Bon Appetit Restaurant & Catering — 910-796-0520
Cape Fear Restaurant & Lounge — 910-457-9222
Caterings Unlimited, LLC — 620-9846 / 269-4042
Coastal Catering & Events — 910-845-2516
Dinner is Ready!—294-2433
Elisa's Caribbean Pot — 910-253-4745
Greek Boys — 910-279 – 3606
Live Oak Cafe— 910-454-4360
Marco Enterprises — 910-754-3582
Michael's Seafood Restaurant & Catering 910-458-7761
Sticky Fingers Restaurant & Catering — 452-7427
Sunset Slush-Italian ice pushcart — 910-575-2020
Surfers Restaurant — 910-454-8252
Taylor Cuisine & Catering Inc. — 910-454-0088
The BarbequeHouse—910-201-1001
Turtle Island Restaurant & Catering — 910-278-4944
Village Market & Deli — 910-454-7575

Concierge Services Heading:

Cape Fear Concierge — 910-454-0240 or 910-368-7112 (cell)

Cosmetics:
Essentials Spa Care — 910-471-4598
Serenity by the Sea Day Spa— 910-454-0704

Entertainment Consultants:
DJ America & Video — 800-804-8869
Key Productions — 910-457-5243
Shoresound Productions — 910-253-7515

Fitness Center:
Curves for Women — 910-454-8365
Southport Yoga Center — 910-454-0231

Florists:
Basketcases Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets — 910-457-6285
Brunswick Town floris t — 910-457-1144

Invitations and Favors:

The Designatorium - 910-616-4278

Jewelers:

Blue Crab Blue — 910-454-8888
Cape Fear Jewelers — 910-457-5299
Island Jewelers— 910-278-1101
Renee's Fine Jewelry — 910-231-7887

Magistrate Offices:

Bolivia — 910-253-4471
Oak Island — 910-278-4193
Southport — 910-457-6614

Nail Salons:
Serenity By The Sea Day Spa — 910-454-0704
10 Penny Nails & More — 910-457-6245
Watertown Hair — 910-457-4734

Ordained Ministers:
Rev. Betty Jo Blackmon — 910-278-9510
Jim Brown — 910.457-7203 or 800-726-4717
Rev. William J. Tapp, Jr. — 910-278-1590

Party Supplies:
A Tent Event — 910-256-6404
3 Cheers Party Rentals — 910-448-0231
Party Suppliers — 910-791-7024
Party Time — 910-454-4577

Photography:
Anne McGowan Photography, Inc. — 910-470-6980
Bella Rose Photography —910-547-0501
Boswell Photography II — 910-278-7957 or 866-878-8984
Joe's Photography — 910-754-8318
Photos by Phyllis — 910-278-1873
Piner Photography — 910-798-2334
Zeb Starnes Creative Photography — 919-477-6751

Porta-Potties:
Rent-A-John — 910-791-8333
Waste Industries — 910-253-4177

Pre-Marital Counseling:

Arlene Bauer, MS, LPC, NCC — 910-457-5628
East Coast Counseling & Consulting — 910-278-2544

Publications:

The Cape Fear Wedding Planner —910-392-5228
Carolina Wedding Guide 910-259-8323

Register of Deeds Office, Marriage License:

County Government Center - Hwy. 17 Bolivia — 910-253-2690

Table Linens:

Oak Island Linen & Beach Rentals — 910-454-0876
Party Suppliers — 910-791-0024
Sharon's Linens—457-9280

Tents:

A Tent Event — 910-256-6404
3 Cheers Party Rentals — 910-448-0231
Party Suppliers — 910-791-0024

Transportation:

A Step Above Limousine — 901-579-0861
Southern Hospitality — 910-457-4949

Travel Agencies:

Carlson Wagonlit Astro Travel—800-759-7404
CruiseOne — 910-791-6078
Mary Munroe Bald Head Vacations & Sales Inc. — 910-470-2253
Port City Travel — 910-253-0511
Soaring Away Travel — 910-845-5040
ThinkWise Travel — 910-278-4740
Traveling Dolphin — 910- 523-1850

Wedding & Event Video Productions:

Blue Water Media — 910-454-8990
DJ America & Video — 800-804-8869
USC Web&Video Productions — 910-457-4358

Wedding Planners:

A Carolina Wedding — 910-686-2690
Brunswick Coast Properties — 910-448-0189
Wonderful Weddings-Barefoot Beach Chapel— 910-278-9510

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