The bridegroom’s speech is customarily the second of the wedding speeches given at a wedding reception and follows the parent’s of the bride speech. Public speaking is a common fear among many and giving wedding speeches may be just as fear producing as speaking in front of a large group of work associates. Knowing what [...] Read more »
Have A Seat! Should You Make A Seating Plan For Your Guests?
One question brides face is whether or not to make a seating plan for the guests at the reception. On one hand, a seating plan ensures that your tables are balanced and that everyone at the reception has a place to sit. On the other hand, creating a seating plan is a lot of work [...] Read more »
Losing A Member Of The Wedding Party
Four weeks before your wedding, a member of the wedding party pulls out. Dresses or tuxedos have already been paid for. What should you do? Wedding party members can withdraw for a number of reasons. When this happens, make the best of it. Dealing with a withdrawal on the bride’s side can be difficult, because [...] Read more »
Steve Martin Weds Anne Stringfield
Comedian and actor Steve Martin, 61, and writer Anne Stringfield, 35, were married in a private, moonlight ceremony in front of about 75 guests on July 28, at Martin’s home in Los Angeles. Stringfield wore a gown designed by Vera Wang and Martin wore an Armani suit. According to Reuters Canada, Martin and Stringfield’s guests [...] Read more »
Wedding Speeches by the Maid of Honour
There is no greater honour than to be asked to give a wedding speech. Traditionally, only three wedding speeches were given; the parents of the bride’s speech, groom’s speech and the best man speech. Today, this tradition has been tossed to the wind and others are asked to step forward and give a speech, or [...] Read more »
Afraid To Plan Your Own Wedding? Call In A Pro!
Weddings can be stressful to plan, especially if you’re not good at planning! Many brides today do not receive the same tactical support from family and friends they may have gotten in an earlier era. Couples are also waiting until later in life to marry, which means that many engaged pairs are working full-time, sometimes [...] Read more »
What To Do About Uninvited Guests
As your RSVP cards come back, you discover that you have more guests than you’ve invited. What do you do about uninvited guests? Read more »
Wedding Cars: Check Out All Options
The details of wedding planning can be stressful for every bride and groom. One of the fun choices that the couple will get to make is choosing from all of the possibilities of wedding cars. While many couples feel that their only option is the standard limousine, there are wedding cars that will showcase the [...] Read more »
What To Do When Your Guests Can’t Get Along
Weddings are meant to be a time for a bride and groom to share their happiest moments with friends and family. But what happens when two people on your guest list don’t get along? This is a common occurrence for an engaged couple whose parents have divorced. For the wedding guests, the prospect of meeting [...] Read more »
No Means No! The Adults-Only Reception
Every bride must decide whether the invitations to married couples will also be extended to the couple’s children. There are good reasons for not allowing children at a wedding reception, but ultimately it is a decision of the bride and groom to allow or disallow children. If you do not want children at your wedding, [...] Read more »
Wedding Speeches by the Best Man
After the wedding ceremony, the wedding party and guests usually attend a less formal wedding reception. This is a celebration where all who attended enjoy a reception dinner, wedding cake, dancing and spending time with the bride and groom on their first day as husband and wife. Few occasions bring about feelings of warmth, love [...] Read more »
Romijn And O’Connell Say I Do
Model and actress Rebecca Romijn, 34, and actor Jerry O’Connell, 33, have married. The western-themed wedding took place on July 14 in 38°C temperatures at the couple’s home in Calabasas, CA. This is the second marriage for Romijn, and the first for O’Connell. The bride wore a white lace Ralph Lauren dress. The groom wore [...] Read more »
Indoor or Outdoor Weddings
It’s another of those age-old questions a bride and groom face: indoors or outdoors? Regardless of your rationale, the choice almost always comes down to personal preference. An outdoor wedding may offer an unmatched view or a beautiful setting. It may also offer airplanes buzzing overhead, roadway noises, excessive heat or an unexpected downpour. The [...] Read more »
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
After the wedding is over, the real work begins! Thank you notes must be sent to all guests who attended the wedding, and to those who did not attend, but sent a gift. Read more »
Choosing a Wedding Reception Venue
When planning your wedding reception, the most important decision to make is where to hold it. What type of wedding reception venue should you choose? What amenities does it need to have? Here are a few ideas to get you started. First and foremost, check to see that the wedding reception venue is available for [...] Read more »
Disposable Wedding Cameras Enhance the Wedding Experience
Everyone loves a wedding. It is a time for friends and family to come together and celebrate their love for one another and for the bride and groom. The wedding day should be forever immortalized in photographs and so the bride and groom hire a photographer. In addition, the bride and groom should purchase disposable [...] Read more »
We Have An Announcement
Wedding announcements are a wonderful way to let friends and family know that you’ve gotten married, especially if you’ve eloped or had a small, quiet wedding. Do rules of etiquette apply when sending out wedding announcements, and if so, what are they? Read more »
Wedding Cars that Make a Statement
On the day of the wedding, the bride will need transportation to the ceremony, then the bride and groom will ride together to the reception, and finally, they will make their departure after the reception. This should be done in a style that fits the wedding and personal style of the bride and groom. There [...] Read more »
Wedding Speeches by the Father of the Bride
Wedding speeches given by the father of the bride, or the bride’s parent’s speech, are traditionally the first speech given at a wedding reception. Of all the wedding speeches given, the father of the bride speech is usually the most touching and sentimental. The symbolic gesture of “giving his daughter away†at the wedding ceremony [...] Read more »
A Lesson in Wedding Etiquette: Preparing Your Wedding Invitations
At first, you might be wondering if you have a need for wedding invitations at all. After all, you might want to trim your wedding costs, and invitations may seem as if they’re an unnecessary expense. Read more »
Satchel Bomboniere Boxes
There are few occasions in your lifetime that will remain fondly etched in your memory. Your wedding, the day that you and your beloved will begin your lives together as man and wife is one of these momentous events. In order to make it a day to remember, not only for you and your beloved, [...] Read more »
What To Expect When Your Bridesmaid Is Expecting
So, you’re marching through your wedding plans when one of your bridesmaids announces that she’s pregnant. This could be a tough situation. What should you do? There was a time when pregnant women didn’t go out much after they started showing, but those days are in the distant past. It’s not uncommon for a bridesmaid [...] Read more »
Wedding Cakes on a Budget
Wedding cakes are one of the traditions that everyone looks forward to at a wedding. Will the bride and groom feed each other nice and sweet or smear the cake on the other’s face? Regardless of how the bride and groom choose to handle this situation, one thing is always standard and that is the [...] Read more »
Wedding Invitations – The Five Most Common Mistakes
You’ve probably heard your share of wedding disaster stories over the years the wedding in which a wayward dog jumped into the wedding cake or the one where the bride forgot her pricey veil on the way to the ceremony. Read more »
What to Include in the Bridegroom Wedding Speech
The bridegroom wedding speech is a highlight of the wedding. This is the opportunity to thank all of the most important people as well as share some romantic and humorous stories. The bridegroom wedding speech should last around five minutes. This is enough time to thank everyone as well as provide enough stories to be [...] Read more »
Give Wedding Cake Boxes so Guests Can Take a Treat Home
Wedding cake boxes are becoming very popular. Wedding guests are often urged to take home some of the leftover wedding cake, since there is always leftover wedding cake. This can be a bit problematic without wedding cake boxes, so it is a good idea to plan ahead. Planning ahead allows the bride and groom the [...] Read more »
Disposable Wedding Cameras Capture the Unexpected
The bride and groom have many important decisions to make when choosing their wedding vendors and one of the most important is the photographer. The photographer is going to capture all of the most important moments of the wedding day. The photographer, as a professional, knows exactly where to be at the appropriate time in [...] Read more »
You’re Getting Married Where?
The majority of couples who plan weddings choose to have their celebration close to home, giving friends and family the option of attending without taking on too many expenses. An emerging trend, however, is the so-called “destination wedding” which takes place in an exotic location and may be attended by (usually) a small group of [...] Read more »
The Perfect Wedding Thank You Wording
Wedding thank you wording is very important. The bride and groom need to thank all of their guests for attending their wedding as well as for any gifts they might have received. Thank you cards should also be sent to those people who were unable to attend the wedding but did send a gift. The [...] Read more »
Helpful Tips on Creating Wedding Speeches
Giving a speech is a common fear held by many. This can be a stress-inducing event that causes your heart to race, your palms to sweat, and your voice to shake. These unpleasant reactions to stress can make giving wedding speeches appear insurmountable. The best defense to any stressful situation is to be as prepared [...] Read more »
Wedding Invitation Wording Essentials
There are certain essentials when it comes to wedding invitation wording. Guests need the right information in order to plan for their trip. This information is all supplied with the wedding invitation wording. Read more »
History of the Wedding Cake
Almost nobody can imagine their wedding day without a special wedding cake to make the celebration complete. The tradition of having a cake at weddings goes back hundreds of years to medieval Europe, and likely even beyond. Wedding cakes have probably been around since ancient Greece and Rome flourished. In ancient Greece, sesame and honey [...] Read more »
Wedding Insurance: When A Piece of the Rock Is Better Than Nothing At All
This isn’t news, but weddings are expensive! Insuring a wedding is becoming more common as the cost of weddings increase. A wedding insurance policy will cover the costs associated with cancellations and losses incurred when a wedding doesn’t go off as planned. Horror stories abound, but sometimes circumstances require that a planned wedding be moved [...] Read more »
Choosing A Wedding Celebrant
A wedding celebrant is the person who conducts your wedding ceremony and legalizes your marriage. A professional wedding celebrant can help you choose your style of wedding ceremony, or design one of your own creations. Finding a celebrant you trust and feel a good rapport with is crucial, since this person will direct the most [...] Read more »
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Personalised Bomboniere Boxes
You can probably count on one hand occasions where the entire event is fondly remembered down to the minutest of details. Your wedding day will almost assuredly be one of these occasions. You will want your wedding day to be perfect as it will be a day remembered for a lifetime. If you are not [...] Read more »
Second Hand Rose?
An article about second weddings which appeared earlier this week in USA Today has generated a lot of discussion. The second wedding, as it turns out, is a hot-button topic. The likelihood of being invited to a second wedding is high and grows as time goes on. According to the article, a study conducted by [...] Read more »
Traditional Wedding Invitations
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And Do You, Mary, Take This Blender…?
An item in a recent advice column caught my eye. A couple had RSVP’d to the wedding of two casual acquaintances, but decided that they no longer wanted to attend after having dinner with the soon-to-be-married pair. While at dinner, the engaged couple revealed that they had registered for expensive wedding gifts with the intention [...] Read more »