If you’re wanting to do the wedding floral arrangements yourself, discount warehouses like Walmart, K-Mart and Target have inexpensive wedding flower kits to consider. However, dollar stores still seem to have the most affordable sourcing items to use for pew bows, table decorations, etc., when you need large quantities of generic decorative ribbons, pins and vases.
For arrangement ideas, you can go to most libraries to look at former issues of wedding magazines for the bridal bouquet as well as for the arrangements for the bridesmaids. Even outdated issues can give you fabulous ideas for your own wedding.
Bridal stores with up to 50% off as well as live floral arrangement links are on this blog site; however, if you are strictly focused on help with the arrangements as you want to do them yourself, check out the link below.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Bride Unveiled
When you dreamed of a wedding as a child, did you envision a room full of tuxedo’s and a bride sporting a long train with a nearly as long flowing veil? Most young people do.
The veil is one of the last iconic symbols in a wedding ceremony, though it is sadly seen less now as women want to show their faces from the onset for photo opportunities and videographers. It appears that traditional wedding veils have been replaced most often with a hair piece, an umbrella and/or flowers in the hair. If you are into tradition, there are sites that offer wedding veils.
To find out more GO HERE
The veil is one of the last iconic symbols in a wedding ceremony, though it is sadly seen less now as women want to show their faces from the onset for photo opportunities and videographers. It appears that traditional wedding veils have been replaced most often with a hair piece, an umbrella and/or flowers in the hair. If you are into tradition, there are sites that offer wedding veils.
To find out more GO HERE
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Plan ahead for the Passport Hustle
Even trips to Mexico require a passport these days. It’s a good idea to obtain your passport a few months before you book your honeymoon. It would be sad for your significant other if you booked an exotic honeymoon location, then not be able to get your money back if there is an issue with your social security number, birth records, driver’s license, or delay from a major back log at the passport office.
Before you do anything, locate your original birth certificate or obtain a certified copy of it along with your original social security card. It may be easier to fill out the passport forms at the same location you have the photos taken, preferably a post office as they will know which original and certified items you need to produce in order obtain your passport successfully.
If you need your passport in less than a week, then you will have to use a reputable passport service company who can physically walk the paperwork through the government offices for you.
To find out more GO HERE
Before you do anything, locate your original birth certificate or obtain a certified copy of it along with your original social security card. It may be easier to fill out the passport forms at the same location you have the photos taken, preferably a post office as they will know which original and certified items you need to produce in order obtain your passport successfully.
If you need your passport in less than a week, then you will have to use a reputable passport service company who can physically walk the paperwork through the government offices for you.
To find out more GO HERE
Monday, December 13, 2010
Why and What is a Wedding Favor?
No one is really sure exactly where and when wedding favors came into play. Most claim it is a European influence from many generations past. Favors are nicknacks in many forms and price ranges often personalized with information of the wedding being attended.
As a side note, "southerners" don’t seem to practice the art as much as the "northerners" within America when it comes to giving actual gifts as "favors" as guests depart. Favors seem to be a trend that this generation wants to embrace in whatever form the favor takes in their part of America in the same way Santa has worked his way in to help represent the winter holiday season.
The most common forms are edible treats that are often personalized by the cardboard container that houses them placed at each guest’s position at the reception table (pastel colored Jordan almonds being the most popular), and/or chocolates with personalized wrappers.
In this generation, you will even see tokens of appreciation at a bridal shower. When personalized invitations are ordered, the couple often purchases personalized napkins and matchbooks for their reception as well. Then, of course, there are bigger favors in the form of keepsakes and fairy tale items like the wedding album and the unity candle set.
A unique favor item recently appeared at a reception that were miniature photo holders of the couple to take home. Now that’s a good way to help people remember your wedding...show them your faces!
To find out more GO HERE
As a side note, "southerners" don’t seem to practice the art as much as the "northerners" within America when it comes to giving actual gifts as "favors" as guests depart. Favors seem to be a trend that this generation wants to embrace in whatever form the favor takes in their part of America in the same way Santa has worked his way in to help represent the winter holiday season.
The most common forms are edible treats that are often personalized by the cardboard container that houses them placed at each guest’s position at the reception table (pastel colored Jordan almonds being the most popular), and/or chocolates with personalized wrappers.
In this generation, you will even see tokens of appreciation at a bridal shower. When personalized invitations are ordered, the couple often purchases personalized napkins and matchbooks for their reception as well. Then, of course, there are bigger favors in the form of keepsakes and fairy tale items like the wedding album and the unity candle set.
A unique favor item recently appeared at a reception that were miniature photo holders of the couple to take home. Now that’s a good way to help people remember your wedding...show them your faces!
To find out more GO HERE
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Candid Camera Shots are some of the Best Wedding Photos
One of the latest fads for weddings whether an all-out grand affair or on a tight budget is to have at least one disposable wedding camera on each reception table. Often the camera itself has a label placed on it with a number or name tag of the guest who has volunteered to take photos from their table so the wedding party designee assigned can make sure he/she has picked up each camera given out at the reception at the close of the event.
Though disposable cameras are at nearly every convenience and grocery store these days, ones that are reasonably-priced specifically decorated to look appropriate to a wedding celebration are hard to find. If you are in need of some wedding-wrapped disposable cameras for your upcoming celebration that won’t break your piggy bank, click on the link below.
To find out more GO HERE
Though disposable cameras are at nearly every convenience and grocery store these days, ones that are reasonably-priced specifically decorated to look appropriate to a wedding celebration are hard to find. If you are in need of some wedding-wrapped disposable cameras for your upcoming celebration that won’t break your piggy bank, click on the link below.
To find out more GO HERE
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Romance is a Lifetime Commitment!
Once you’ve said: "I do," don’t kill the romance by filling all your spare time with wedding plans. Intimacy is key to reducing stress levels during your engagement period, especially if you’ve planned your wedding to take place at least a year after your accepted proposal. Take one night off each week to be with each other doing something you would have done prior to the engagement. Don’t kill the mood by discussing wedding plans. I’ve located a book that claims to have 4000 romantic ideas, which should help keep the love blooming for years to come!
To find out more GO HERE
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Let there be Light...Lots of Light...and a Unity Candle!
Nearly everyone feels the romance of a wedding ceremony that contains lots of lit candles. Various members of the wedding party can be tasked to light the various candles needed at different stages of the wedding ceremony. While ambiance is the reason for the candles throughout the chapel, the unity candle is the one with the most meaning.
A unity candle is a new favorite tradition for the bride and groom to light together, then relight every anniversary (though most choose to display it proudly in their china cabinet on the mantle, or in a bookcase never to be lit again). This unity candle lighting ceremony can be accompanied by music from CD or a live entertainer, have an additional vow, or be done in complete silence.
Having enough candles for the entire ceremony as well as the reception can be expensive. A Unity Candle is often priced from $50 to $100 or more yet can still be an ugly generic simple white base displaying a generic oval or rounded edge wedding invitation glued with cheap beads to the candle.
Making the candles yourself in the months prior will allow you to really personalize your wedding. And, at the same time, create more social gatherings with your friends and key members of the wedding party through candle-making parties.
Imagine the power to have the perfect "made with love" unity candle comprised of your own beads, wax accents and actual wedding announcement, and also the ability to have candles everywhere for the ceremony from the chapel to the reception hall (inside and out) for less than wholesale. Creative friends typically want to help with everything concerning your wedding. Learning a new craft and possibly a new hobby is a task they could get excited about.
If you decide to do your own, once you’re done with your candle making sessions for the wedding ceremony, if you have the extra time and some extra wax, you could create a tasteful smaller set to take with you on your honeymoon to continue the romance.
To find out more GO HERE
A unity candle is a new favorite tradition for the bride and groom to light together, then relight every anniversary (though most choose to display it proudly in their china cabinet on the mantle, or in a bookcase never to be lit again). This unity candle lighting ceremony can be accompanied by music from CD or a live entertainer, have an additional vow, or be done in complete silence.
Having enough candles for the entire ceremony as well as the reception can be expensive. A Unity Candle is often priced from $50 to $100 or more yet can still be an ugly generic simple white base displaying a generic oval or rounded edge wedding invitation glued with cheap beads to the candle.
Making the candles yourself in the months prior will allow you to really personalize your wedding. And, at the same time, create more social gatherings with your friends and key members of the wedding party through candle-making parties.
Imagine the power to have the perfect "made with love" unity candle comprised of your own beads, wax accents and actual wedding announcement, and also the ability to have candles everywhere for the ceremony from the chapel to the reception hall (inside and out) for less than wholesale. Creative friends typically want to help with everything concerning your wedding. Learning a new craft and possibly a new hobby is a task they could get excited about.
If you decide to do your own, once you’re done with your candle making sessions for the wedding ceremony, if you have the extra time and some extra wax, you could create a tasteful smaller set to take with you on your honeymoon to continue the romance.
To find out more GO HERE
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Cruising without a Bruising for your Honeymoon
Newlyweds are taken advantage of when cruising as most are first time cruisers. A few vital things to pack are often the most forgotten and most critical: motion sickness pills, antihistamine tablets, aspirin, and your own digital camera.
While the ship has sea sick medication at the reception / information desk, they often run out mid way through the cruise. They rarely give out aspirin, rather, they direct you to the ship’s store to buy two tablets for up to $5 a packet. The cruise sets many money traps for new cruisers, so get ready. If you are taking a cruise, ask experienced cruisers for advice before you book the trip.
As a first time cruiser, you’ll want to buy every photo of the ship inside and out. These can be as much as $20 each, ten being an additional $200 before tax, hence the suggestion to bring a digital camera as you can take photos of the ship yourself. Alcohol, soft drinks and bottled water are additional. There are upgrades for nearly everything that is not "included" in your all-inclusive package and most newer ships have un upscale romantic restaurant, spa, and room service menu that have an up charge for each service.
Be very aware of excursions, which are your tour shore trips. Excursions often cost more than the cruise itself. Honeymooners will often book these tours, which are non refundable upon booking, before they get on the ship. Most of them will wind up skipping various excursions to spend romantic time togther, because they are way too tired from staying up all night, or are combating a monster hang over from the ship’s many night clubs, comedy shows or casino action. There is an ebook that helps you get the same exciting tours the ship is offering for a fraction of the cost. Check out the link below for more information.
To find out more GO HERE
While the ship has sea sick medication at the reception / information desk, they often run out mid way through the cruise. They rarely give out aspirin, rather, they direct you to the ship’s store to buy two tablets for up to $5 a packet. The cruise sets many money traps for new cruisers, so get ready. If you are taking a cruise, ask experienced cruisers for advice before you book the trip.
As a first time cruiser, you’ll want to buy every photo of the ship inside and out. These can be as much as $20 each, ten being an additional $200 before tax, hence the suggestion to bring a digital camera as you can take photos of the ship yourself. Alcohol, soft drinks and bottled water are additional. There are upgrades for nearly everything that is not "included" in your all-inclusive package and most newer ships have un upscale romantic restaurant, spa, and room service menu that have an up charge for each service.
Be very aware of excursions, which are your tour shore trips. Excursions often cost more than the cruise itself. Honeymooners will often book these tours, which are non refundable upon booking, before they get on the ship. Most of them will wind up skipping various excursions to spend romantic time togther, because they are way too tired from staying up all night, or are combating a monster hang over from the ship’s many night clubs, comedy shows or casino action. There is an ebook that helps you get the same exciting tours the ship is offering for a fraction of the cost. Check out the link below for more information.
To find out more GO HERE
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