Love at the closing of our days is apprehensive and very tnder. Glow brighter, brighter, farewell rays of one last love in its evening splendor. Blue shade takes half the world away: through western clouds alone some light is slanted. O tarry, O tarry, declining day, enchantment, let me stay enchanted. The blood runs thinner, [...] Read more »
Keeping A Lid On The Wedding Budget
For a bride-to-be who is planning a first wedding, the number of choices can seem overwhelming. Common sense often goes out the window when decisions that affect the wedding’s bottom line must be made. How can you plan a wedding, stay on budget and still have what you want? In most cases, wedding planning is [...] Read more »
Ivana Trump Marries Italian Actor
Ivana Trump, former model and ex-wife of billionaire Donald Trump, married Italian actor Rossano Rubicondi in front of 500 guests at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, on April 12, 2008. The bride and groom were married in a civil ceremony conducted by Judge Maryann Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s sister. The former Mrs. Trump, 59, [...] Read more »
Connecting Your Wedding Theme With Wedding Favours
Brides often plan to provide their guests with small wedding favours as a token of thanks and appreciation. Providing guest favours can be difficult, however, often because no clear choices emerge! If you’re stuck on what to provide for your guests, try some of these ideas: For a beach wedding, try something with shells, or [...] Read more »
Book Chronicles Love Affair With White Wedding
Author Katherine Jellison has recently penned “It’s Our Day: America’s Love Affair With The White Wedding.” In the book, Jellison examines the modern American wedding from 1945 to 2005. According to Jellison, a professor of history at Ohio University, an elaborate wedding is a relative newcomer to the scene. Most couples and their families did [...] Read more »
Keeping Your Wedding On Budget
Budgeting for a wedding is difficult because it involves so many tough choices. Most couples overshoot their budget, but a wedding doesn’t have to be unbearably expensive. The average Australian wedding is approaching AUD$40,000. If that doesn’t seem like it’s in the cards for you, the best time to control your costs is early in [...] Read more »
Elizabeth Emanuel Designs Low Cost Wedding Wear Line
Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed the wedding dress worn by Princess Diana, has developed a line of moderately priced wedding gowns. Emanuel, whose designs usually retail in the thousands of pounds, has four new dresses that will sell for less than £500 each. The line was created for BHS, a High Street department store. The collection, [...] Read more »
Bride Loses SUV Wedding Dress In One Day
A bride-to-be in Tucson, Arizona in the US appealed to the public for help in retrieving her wedding dress, which was in the back seat of her car when it was stolen from a Tucson shopping mall car park. Christina Xelowski-Burns had just picked up the dress after her final fitting and stored it in [...] Read more »
Wedding Venue Closes Leaving Couples Stranded
A wedding venue in Suffolk in the UK closed without notice, leaving several couples who had paid deposits without a place to hold their weddings. Although the deposits have been returned to each couple, couples involved must now locate new venues for their events. Lewis Jones and Sarah Ratcliffe, of Ipswich, received a letter from [...] Read more »
Toronto Couple Observes Earth Hour During Wedding Reception
A Toronto couple, Susan Forshaw and Andrea Gaudreau, observed Earth Hour as it rolled through their wedding reception. The couple married in front of a group of family and friends at the Beaver Creek Resort in Gilmour, Ontario, about two hours drive from Toronto, in a fireside wedding ceremony. Following the ceremony, the guests were [...] Read more »
2008 Wedding Trends
Wedding planning Web site myweddings.com reports that the site is seeing an increase in the number of casual weddings, and weddings that are highly customised to suit the wedding couple’s tastes. Ecologically friendly weddings are growing in popularity. Eight of ten couples who are using the site to plan their wedding report incorporating at least [...] Read more »
Couple Wins £25000 One Month Before Wedding
Stefan Peddie and his bride-to-be, Becky Johnson, have won a Postcode Lottery prize of £25,000 just one month before the pair plans to marry. The couple, who met years ago as students in Chicago, in the United States, have been planning a wedding for some time. Ms. Johnson, 35, who is an American citizen, encountered [...] Read more »
Strolling Wedding Receptions Emerge As New Trend
Strolling wedding receptions are emerging as a new trend. The strolling format, which provides guests with small samples of food in lieu of a traditional sit-down dinner, are gaining in popularity. Most of what happens at a wedding reception is mingling and eating, and the strolling reception provides support for both. The cost of a [...] Read more »
After-Party Latest Wedding Trend
A new trend is emerging among couples who marry: the “happily-ever-after” party, which takes place after the reception or the day following the wedding. The after-party allows couples to spend more time with their guests, and family members with whom they may not have spent time during the reception. While many a couple’s wedding reception [...] Read more »
Maternity Bridal Designers Head Straight For White
You’re pregnant, or have been married before, but you still want to wear white? No problem! According to MaternityBride.com, white is the most popular dress colour today for expecting brides. More designer are offering white maternity dresses and many brides are choosing them, breaking with what turns out to be a relatively modern tradition. For [...] Read more »
Marriage Rate Down In UK Church Weddings Up
According to the Office for National Statistics in the UK, the number of weddings taking place is decreasing. In 2006, the number of marriages fell by four percent over those recorded in 2005. The figures are part of a longer-term trend observed in recent decades. 236,980 marriages were recorded in 2006, the lowest since 1895, [...] Read more »
Wedding Invitations from Kardella
If you’re looking for wedding invitations, Kardella Kreations has a large selection of printed and blank invitations, DIY precut cards and personalised items that can help make your wedding memorable. Read more »