Archive for November, 2007

Winter Theme Weddings - Ideas For Brides And Grooms Who Want An Elegant Winter Wonderland Wedding

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Are you planning a winter theme wedding?
Close your eyes and picture winter. What do you picture? I bet that whether you live in an area that experiences real winter or not, you see sparkling, crisp snow that is so white it sometimes looks bluish. Winter Wedding colors and wedding attire
Winter is best represented by white, [...]

Trials of the Wedding Minister

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

I performed a wedding for our next-door neighbors. They are a younger couple, he once-divorced, she not previously married. They are great people, Mighty Alright in their open-heartedness and fun-loving natures. When they discovered that I “had been” a minister (ministers never lose their ordinations unless they are stripped of them for some major infraction), [...]

Savings On Designing Your Own Wedding Ring

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Having made up your mind to get married you are confronted by a host of hard decisions which accompany saying “I do”. There is, the photographer, the invitations, the church and naturally your wedding jewelry. The selection of wedding rings is one of the most important decisions of all as they are symbolic of your [...]

2008 Wedding Color Forcast and Trends

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Color trends for weddings are continually changing. Each spring designers preview what color or colors they think will be the hot trend for the following year. The wedding color trend for 2008 will bring a fashionable new color scheme and a monochromatic color palate to brides to select from.
Yellow was all over the runways this [...]

Trends In Wedding Gowns and Dresses

Friday, November 9th, 2007

For many brides, tradition has flown out the window. Wedding dresses or gowns are any style and any color you want. White weddings, where the bride wears white to attest to her virginal status, have been mostly been put aside for weddings where the bride wears white because she likes the color. Here are a [...]

10 Ways to Have an Eco-Friendly Green Wedding

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Green weddings have become very popular over the past several years. With more people becoming aware of our environment and how the decisions we make impact our environment, many couples are choosing to incorporate eco-friendly ideas into their wedding plans. Here are ten tips to make your wedding more environmentally friendly.
1. Attire - For your [...]

11 Reception Tips Even the Bridal Magazines Don?t Know (Or Forgot to Write About)

Friday, November 9th, 2007

1.  Be specific with your vendors.  It’s your dream wedding, so the better you articulate details of your dream to those you’ve hired, the easier it is for them to deliver on their promises for a memorable event.  Tell your hall, pastor, baker, florist, photographer, DJ, etc., EXACTLY what your expectations are and how you [...]

7 Tips To Surviving The Bridal Expo Jungle!

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Do you remember that scene in “Mean Girls” when Lindsay Lohan is daydreaming about the high school girls as if they were animals fighting in the wild? (It was hilarious!) Well, I can tell you… that scene reminds me of the chaos at the Bridal Expo!
Bridal shows can be completely OVERWHELMING for a bride. There [...]

Wedding Planning - Pack for the Ceremony

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Do not forget the license! It has happened. Would not you be embarrassed if at the rehearsal or the run-through the day before your wedding you were asked about the license and you did not have it. In the enthusiasm and the excitement of the coming event it is easy to forget such an important [...]

Wedding Unity Ceremony

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Celebrate your union with a wedding unity ceremony, because it will be an appropriate way to include and welcome children into the new family being formed. It stresses the importance of a child and his cooperation in the unity of a new family.
There are 3 versions of celebrating wedding unity ceremony, the first one is [...]