Hawaiian business owners are lamenting their losses in the wedding industry, as fewer Asian couples are making the trek to the islands to marry and spend a honeymoon. Certain businesses that depend on Japanese weddings have been particularly hard-hit. One wedding chapel formerly saw only Japanese couples schedule weddings there, but over the past two [...] Read more »
Wedding Dress Made From WWII Parachute Lands In Museum
A wedding dress made from a WWII Air Force parachute has resurfaced at the Lake County Museum in the US state of Illinois as part of an exhibit devoted to World War I. Following the war, nylon was scare in civilian circles, so US Air Force pilot John Smelcer sent the nylon parachute to his [...] Read more »
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Marry In Private Wedding
American actress Scarlett Johansson and actor Ryan Reynolds have married in a private ceremony which took place on Saturday, September 27at a “remote wilderness resort” outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Few details of the event were available to the press. Johansson had earlier announced that the couple would delay their wedding date until after the [...] Read more »
Owl Delivers Wedding Rings For US Couple
A US couple who married in Balgonie Castle near Glenrothes and Edinburgh in Scotland persuaded a local falconer to help them incorporate an owl into their wedding ceremony. The bird was trained by falconer Wayne Poole to deliver the couple’s wedding rings to the wedding party. Celeste Allen, who is a teacher, wanted to incorporate [...] Read more »
Spending Decisions And Wedding Planning
Spending and saving on wedding expenses has always been at the center of every bride’s wedding plan. With the average cost of a wedding approaching AUD$40,000, and with similar expenditures found around the world, some brides are taking a different approach to their Big Day. But where should brides apply cost-cutting measures to achieve the [...] Read more »
Number Of Australian Weddings Up
Despite uncertainty in the economy and the rising costs of weddings, the number of weddings taking place in Australia is up. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released 2007 figures that show that the number of weddings in Australia is up to its highest level since 1990. The bureau noted 116,000 weddings in 2007, up two [...] Read more »
Inviting Singles To Your Wedding
Every bride-to-be confronts the issue of inviting a single person to her wedding. Should an invitation to a single person always include an invitation for a guest? This is one area where etiquette and finances clash. Brides looking to reduce headcount may view a single guest as an opportunity to cut corners, but etiquette rules [...] Read more »
Church Of England Vicars Participate In UK’s National Wedding Show
A team of vicars from the Church of England participated in the UK’s National Wedding Show, held 10-12 October in Birmingham. The National Wedding Show was expected to attract as many as 15,000 visitors, and the Church of England was just one of 300 exhibitors at the event. Part of the reason for the move [...] Read more »
Couples Offer Cheese Cakes At Weddings
Some couples are migrating toward a new trend in wedding cakes: stacked cheeses standing in for more traditional fruitcakes. The wedding “cake” is made from a stack of assorted round cheeses, and decorating them, much like a traditional wedding cake – save the frosting and other surgary decorations. The trend seems to have started in [...] Read more »
UK Couple Wings It For Wedding
Darren McWalters proposed to Katie Hodgson in the Brazilian rainforest and wanted a wedding that would outdo his proposal. McWalters got his wish as he and Hodgson stood on separate aircraft wings to make their wedding vows on August 5. The two airplanes, along with a third that carried the Reverend George Bringham, flew 1,000 [...] Read more »
Beyonce Knowles Shows Off $5 Million Wedding Diamond From Jay-Z
Singer Beyonce Knowles showed off her $5 million diamond wedding ring at the Conde Nast Fashion Rocks concert in New York City on September 5, 2008. The eighteen-carat flawless center diamond is part of a ring designed by jeweller Lorraine Schwartz. The ring was clearly visible on the red carpet as Ms. Knowles entered the [...] Read more »
Wagner College Offers Wedding Planning College Course
Wagner College, on Staten Island in New York City, is offering an 8-week wedding planning course. The course is taught by two professional wedding planners, both of whom have planned more than 400 weddings combined. The course covers weddings, cultural customs, wedding attire, catering, flowers, bridal shows, transportation, budgeting, etiquette, event planning and the planner’s [...] Read more »
Groom Takes The Plunge – With The Best Man
A Sydney groom and his best man were seriously injured when they fell 15 metres down a rocky embankment upon leaving the wedding reception at the Manly Pier Restaurant. The men were exchanging farewells and engaged in a bit of horseplay when they accidentally bumped a gate near the edge of the embankment. The gate [...] Read more »
Low Cost Weddings
For brides planning a wedding today, cost is a growing concern. Brides from all over the world have stepped up to the challenge and are trying to plan the most cost-effective weddings possible. Employing tactics like buying their dresses on eBay, using do-it-yourself invitation kits, visiting the local supermarket just before the wedding to pick [...] Read more »
Lucky Groom Survives Lightning Bolt On Wedding Day
A man preparing for his wedding was struck by a bolt of lightning just a few hours before the ceremony. Mike Speck, 54, from Evergreen, Colorado in the United States, was preparing his backyard for the ceremony when a bolt of lightning struck both him and his neighbor’s home simultaneously. While Speck walked away with [...] Read more »
Rock Slide Bride Plans Wedding In 24 Hours
The mettle of a Canadian bride in Whistler, British Columbia was torture-tested when an overnight rockslide cancelled the bride’s original wedding plans. Tracy Mercier awoke on July 30 to discover that an overnight rockslide on the Sea-to-Sky highway had closed off the main route to her wedding site in Whistler. Her wedding, an elaborate three-day [...] Read more »
UK Couple Finds Unpleasant Surprise At Wedding
Victoria Elliott and Daniel Robinson had planned their wedding for more than a year and would have exchanged vows at the Orton Hall Hotel in Orton Longueville, Peterborough had it not been for the discovery of some World War II-era incendiary devices that were unearthed at the hotel as the guests began to arrive. Workers [...] Read more »
Wedding Cake Savings
Budget-conscious brides looking to save money on their weddings are turning to bakery fakery to save a bundle. A common element for most wedding receptions is the cake, but a traditional multi-layer wedding cake can cost hundreds – or even thousands of dollars. To help avoid busting the wedding budget, some brides are using fake [...] Read more »
Princess Dianas Wedding Dress Designer Auctions Famous Pink Chiffon Blouse
Elizabeth Emanuel, who gained notoriety for designing Princess Diana’s wedding dress, has announced that she will auction the pink chiffon blouse she loaned to Lady Diana Spencer for a Vogue Magazine photo shoot shortly before Diana became engaged to Prince Charles in 1980. The chiffon blouse, designed by Emanuel, was worn by Lady Diana for [...] Read more »
Brides Are Turning To Do-It-Yourself Wedding Invitation Kits
In an effort to cut wedding expenses, more brides are looking for do-it-yourself wedding invitation kits. The most popular kits include elegant and stylish papers that give a unique look to an invitation. Brides aren’t interested in sacrificing quality, colour or style, however, they are looking for a variety of papers, cuts and colours that [...] Read more »