The cost of fresh flowers will make a significant impact on your wedding budget. If you’re watching your pennies carefully, but still want to have beautiful fresh flowers at your event, consider your choices carefully. Choose flowers that will be in season at the time of your wedding. This seems obvious, but many brides fall [...] Read more »
Wedding Gift Theft – A Growing Trend
An enormous amount of planning goes into a wedding and reception, but most couples never give a second thought to security for their event. Wedding receptions, especially large ones, can be the ideal place for a thief to “hide in plain sight.” More couples are reporting that gifts are being stolen directly from their receptions. [...] Read more »
Retired Rugby Star Johns Weds Publicist
Retired rugby league star Andrew Johns married Channel Nine publicist, Catherine Mahoney, in a tightly guarded Shark Island wedding ceremony in front of 150 family members and friends. The bride wore a Johanna Johnson dress of silk satin, and a silk tulle veil. The groom wore a grey suit. Few details of the ceremony were [...] Read more »
The Appeal Of Simplicity
With the average wedding cost now hovering around $40,000, it’s no wonder that the emerging trend is simplicity. Weddings have become very elaborate affairs, due in some part to the lavish, public weddings of many celebrities. Many couples are waiting to marry until they’re more established financially, and can spend more freely on weddings. Even [...] Read more »
Classic Wedding Invitations for a Traditional Wedding
Classic wedding invitations are perfect for any type of wedding; however, they are most often seen for traditional weddings. Classic wedding invitations are simple, elegant, and beautiful which is why they are considered classic. Read more »
Bride Sues Florist For $400K
A florist in New York is being sued by a bride for more than USD$400,000 for using flowers that did not match the bride’s colour scheme for the reception. Posy Floral Design Studio substituted pastel pink and green hydrangeas in table centerpieces that were supposed to be have rust and green hydrangeas. According to the [...] Read more »
Choosing the Right Beach Theme Wedding Invitations
Beach theme wedding invitations are a necessity for any couple that is planning a beach themed wedding, a wedding on the beach, or a destination wedding to a beach location. It is important that the couple includes the theme throughout their wedding planning process, and beach theme wedding invitations are the perfect way for the [...] Read more »
Photographer Surprises Bride With Wedding Photo Gift
Karen Cline of Mansfield, Ohio in the United States received a precious wedding gift 27 years after she and her husband Mark were married. The pair wed in 1980 in a very simple ceremony. The bride borrowed her sister’s gown and made all of her flowers. The couple, who were 18 and 19 at the [...] Read more »
1 Corinthians 13:4 TLB
Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud. Read more »
Beautiful Butterfly Wedding Invitations
Butterfly wedding invitations are the perfect way to complement a butterfly themed wedding. Butterflies are a beautiful theme for weddings because not only are they physically beautiful, but they are also carry a lot of meaning in their very existence. Read more »
Beach Wedding Invitations for a Beautiful Beach Theme Wedding
Beach wedding invitations are a necessity when a couple is planning a beach wedding. This may be an actual wedding on the beach, a destination wedding, or simply a beach theme wedding if the couple loves the beach but does not have the option of holding the wedding on the beach. Beach wedding invitations range [...] Read more »
Comedian Drew Carey To Marry Nicole Jaracz
Comedian Drew Carey proposed to his girlfriend Nicole Jaracz on October 9. Carey, 49 is currently the host of the long-running game show programme “The Price Is Right,” having recently assumed the hosting duties from Bob Barker. He is also the host of The Power of 10, and starred in The Drew Carey Show, and [...] Read more »
Wedding Colours For 2008
The newest colours for 2008 weddings are yellow and silver. Yellow made a big splash on the runways for the 2008 bridal collections, so expect to see plenty of it in the coming months. Yellow makes a great addition to a daytime wedding, and can easily blend with darker colours for an evening affair. Yellow [...] Read more »
Runaway Ring Returned For Second Time
A US man in Deerfield, Massachusetts who lost his wedding ring for the second time has gotten it back, thanks to the curiosity of the man who found it. John Carney was dumping rubbish last week when he noticed a man’s gold wedding band partially buried in the dirt. The ring was engraved with the [...] Read more »
Planning A Wedding Part III
As you move into the three to four months immediately before your wedding, your advance planning will start to pay off. Mail out the invitations, giving your guests ample time to respond. You’ll need to supply the caterer with estimated counts – although the actual guest count won’t be needed until just few days before [...] Read more »
Planning A Wedding Part II
After your venue is booked, get to work on finding your dress. Wedding dresses can take months to be delivered and properly fitted, so don’t let this task wait until the last minute. Give a minimum of twelve weeks from the time you order for the dress to be received, then plan for fittings on [...] Read more »
Planning A Wedding Part I
If you’ve just become engaged and your wedding is 6 months to a year (or more) away, how soon should you begin planning? It’s never too early to start planning, but the more early planning you do, the smoother your event will be. Establish a timetable early on for your event, and you’ll save yourself [...] Read more »
Wedding Traditions to Follow
It would be nearly impossible to cover every single wedding tradition on a single page. Every religion and every culture has their own wedding traditions. These are the wedding traditions that have become part of many weddings regardless of religion or culture! The bouquet toss is one of the most fun wedding traditions. All of [...] Read more »
Flowers: Fresh Or Silk
Flowers are a staple item at most weddings. Much of the floral industry is devoted to supplying fresh flower arrangements for weddings and other special occasions. Brides-to-be will need to make a choice about whether to have flowers or other greenery at the wedding, and if flowers are to play a role, will they be [...] Read more »
Television Host Montel Williams Marries Tara Fowler In Bermuda
CBS television talk show host Montel Williams and Tara Fowler were married in Bermuda on October 6, 2007 in front of 60 family members and close friends. The couple have been engaged for more than a year, having met in Florida two-and-a half years ago. Williams proposed to Fowler while they celebrated Williams’ 50th birthday [...] Read more »
Wedding Planning 101
It would be virtually impossible to give a complete Wedding Planning 101 course in this limited space. Wedding Planning 101 would require an entire textbook, maybe even two. In this limited space, you will learn the most important aspects of wedding planning and you will know which direction to go in when the time comes. [...] Read more »
How to Choose Your Wedding Accessories
All eyes will be on you on your wedding day. There is more to looking fabulous than a gorgeous gown, great hair, and a man in a tux. The bride and groom each need their own accessories in order to complete their outfit and look absolutely fabulous on the biggest day of their lives! Men [...] Read more »
Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden Set Their Wedding Date
Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden have reportedly set an October 13 date for their wedding. The pair has planned what is expected to be a lavish wedding in Laguna Beach, California. Ritchie, an actress who has appeared with pal Paris Hilton in MTV’s The Simple Life, recently revealed that she is expecting a child with [...] Read more »
Choosing A Song For Your First Dance
One of the focal points of your reception will be your first dance together as a married couple. Most couples put a lot of thought into choosing a first dance song because it represents the way they feel about each other, and will bring back wedding memories each time they hear it. Some couples even [...] Read more »
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An Invitation To A Wedding
Wedding invitations transmit a lot of information to wedding guests, so your choice of invitation is important. Invitations come in an almost endless spectrum of styles and colours. Read more »
Beth Torbert Marries
Canadian punk rock star Beth Torbert, who performs as Bif Naked, married Vancouver Sun sports writer Ian Walker in a traditional wedding ceremony at St. Andrews Wesley United Church in Vancouver, British Columbia. The bride wore a cream-coloured mini-dress with a detachable long skirt and a pink veil. Walker wore a black tuxedo. The couple [...] Read more »
Planning To Pay For The Wedding
It’s no secret that the cost of a wedding is headed ever upward. While as many as 75 percent of couples pay for their own celebrations, some parents still get in on the act. For brides-to-be who are already in the planning stages of an event, this comes too late, but a new trend in [...] Read more »
Pamela Anderson and Rick Solomon
American actress Pamela Anderson and Rick Solomon have reportedly married in a private ceremony in Las Vegas. The couple were issued a marriage license on Saturday, September 29. No details of the ceremony were available. Anderson was a regular on the television programme Baywatch, and has appeared in several films. She was previously married to [...] Read more »
Wedding Etiquette and the Matter of Money
When it comes to weddings, there is a whole list of etiquette rules you should follow. There are proper procedures for toasts, for dealing with your bridesmaids, for sending out wedding invitations, and for planning the reception. At times, it may seem as if there’s no end to your “to-do†list. As a result, it’s [...] Read more »