50th Wedding Anniversary Ideas -
Families are very spread out anymore, and sometimes planning a wedding can be more complicated than it used to be. Even sharing photos with family has become something you have to spend a fortune on, or you simple dont do it because of cost. Luckily, the Internet is something that many have access to, and it has made sharing details and photos with those who live far away. Wedding sites have popped up all over the place, and many of them are free. Wedding sites can be used to show your guests details about the wedding they may need to know when traveling from a distance. You can have maps to your ceremony and reception there, as long as information about local hotels, rates, and information about places to eat and things to do when they are in town. You can share your engagement photos and anything else you want if you set up wedding sites in advance of your wedding date. Important information like when you ceremony is to start, how soon to arrive, and information about your registry if you have one can be included as well. These wedding sites are also great for after the wedding. You can put up your favorite wedding photos once they are done and returned to you. We all love to share them, but printing copies for everyone who may be interested in them is quite an expensive endeavor. These wedding sites can allow those who were not able to attend see photos from throughout the day of you and your new spouse and of everyone who attended as well. You can put up your professional shots if you would like, or you can use the space to put up candid shots of the guests. Most free wedding sites have a limited amount of storage space for photos, though they probably hold more than you might suspect. You can also build your own wedding sites from scratch, but you may have to pay for hosting if you want to have a lot of photos there. The very best feature is that you can get a free message board from anywhere online and attach it to your site for well wishes, communications and anything else that may pop up. If you get a lot of well wishes online you can then print them out to save and add to your collection of cards and gifts from your wedding.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Wine Wedding Favors
The day of the beach wedding was beautiful. The temperatures were warm and there was only a slight breeze coming off the ocean. The moon was close to full so the evening promised to be lovely also. Due to the warmth of the day the beech was very busy. The day was so nice that many of the sunbathers and swimmers were reluctant to leave. There was a problem finding parking for the wedding guests, this was one thing that the bride and groom had not considered. Another thing they did not consider is that strangers would move the ropes of the area where the ceremony was to be held. It took time to find a space on the beach that was large enough to accommodate the wedding guests. Once we were all in place the minister signaled the musicians to begin playing. Their music could barely be heard above the radios, talking and screaming of the beach dwellers. The bride made her appearance and the ceremony started. Many of the people that were spending the day on the beach came over to watch the ceremony.
The reception went much smoother and everyone had a very nice time. The bride admits that she should have listened to the minister regarding the beach wedding. She did not like how many strangers were standing around as they were trying to say their vows. She had wished for a nice weather day, but did not realize the amount of people that would stay on the beach to enjoy the nice day.
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One of the more popular new traditions for wedding receptions has been to give out wine wedding favors. These are quite often a full sized bottle of wine with a label that is personalized to the bride and groom. Not everyone can do this, as this can be quite expensive, but if you can afford to do it, it might be a great touch to your wedding. Not everyone drinks wine, but they will still love the favor nonetheless. If you look hard enough, you may find mini bottles of wine, or even bottles of champagne for the same purpose. The choice will be up to you. If you want to give out wine wedding favors for your wedding, you can find many places online that offer you this service. Some may have the wine, but some just have the personalized labels that they can print for you. You may save money by going to a local winery and buying the wine yourself. Not only will you love choosing your own wine, you will be helping your local winery get the word out about their product. You may get a discount for buying bulk as well. If you want to have everyone drink your wine wedding favors at the reception, you can hand them out early, or have them sitting on the tables when the guests arrive. Some people have wine already chosen for their meal, and the wine for the favors may not match the meal. If this is the case, save your wine wedding favors until when people begin to leave. You might even leave a note at each table to let guests know they should pick up their favor on their way to out to be enjoyed at a later date. To personalize your wine wedding favors, you might want to have a picture of you and your new spouse on the label, as well as your wedding date and anything else you might think is relevant. You might also want to include some information about the wine. You should always include the name of the winery and contact information for them. You should also include basic information about the wine such as what meals it might go well with, or how to store it. Some people know nothing about wine, and including this information on your wine wedding favors will be of much help to them.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Cookie Cutter Wedding Favors
Personalized Wedding Gifts -
I had never seen cookie cutter wedding favors before I got one at a wedding last year. I dont know if they are a new tradition or if they have been around for a while, but I thought they were very cute. What a great idea. They may be more common than I know, or they may just be coming up in popularity now. Either way, if you are looking for a great idea for a favor for your wedding but you are drawing a blank, this might be something you want to consider. You can find a cookie cutter in almost any theme. Just think about what your wedding will be, and then look for the perfect cookie cutter wedding favors to go with your theme. If you have a fall wedding, you may want to get one in the shape of a leaf or perhaps a pumpkin. You can add a poem to your cookie cutter wedding favors and tie it on with a ribbon. You can probably find these in bulk at your favorite home store, or you may want to look online for some good deals. If you cant find what you want anywhere, make sure you check eBay. Just make sure the ones you are getting are brand new and made of the material you are looking for. You can find already made cookie cutter wedding favors online that you can order. They may come with a poem already tied on, and you can in most cases get them personalized with your name, wedding date and anything else that you may wish to include. There are many places that now have them, so go ahead and shop around for the best deal you can find. Watch the shipping prices though. Your good deal might be wiped out with really high shipping prices if you arent careful. This is a huge problem on eBay, so almost look at that before you even consider what they have to offer. To make your cookie cutter wedding favors even more special, you may want to include cookies in a jar with your cookie cutter. You can find these or you can make them yourself. A cookie in a jar is basically the dry ingredients for cookies all put in one jar so you just have to take them home, add the wet ingredients and back your cookies. If you want to add this to your cookie cutter wedding favors, make sure you do a cookie that requires a cutter. One popular choice might be sugar cookies. You can even add a baggie of toppings to add to the cookies.
I had never seen cookie cutter wedding favors before I got one at a wedding last year. I dont know if they are a new tradition or if they have been around for a while, but I thought they were very cute. What a great idea. They may be more common than I know, or they may just be coming up in popularity now. Either way, if you are looking for a great idea for a favor for your wedding but you are drawing a blank, this might be something you want to consider. You can find a cookie cutter in almost any theme. Just think about what your wedding will be, and then look for the perfect cookie cutter wedding favors to go with your theme. If you have a fall wedding, you may want to get one in the shape of a leaf or perhaps a pumpkin. You can add a poem to your cookie cutter wedding favors and tie it on with a ribbon. You can probably find these in bulk at your favorite home store, or you may want to look online for some good deals. If you cant find what you want anywhere, make sure you check eBay. Just make sure the ones you are getting are brand new and made of the material you are looking for. You can find already made cookie cutter wedding favors online that you can order. They may come with a poem already tied on, and you can in most cases get them personalized with your name, wedding date and anything else that you may wish to include. There are many places that now have them, so go ahead and shop around for the best deal you can find. Watch the shipping prices though. Your good deal might be wiped out with really high shipping prices if you arent careful. This is a huge problem on eBay, so almost look at that before you even consider what they have to offer. To make your cookie cutter wedding favors even more special, you may want to include cookies in a jar with your cookie cutter. You can find these or you can make them yourself. A cookie in a jar is basically the dry ingredients for cookies all put in one jar so you just have to take them home, add the wet ingredients and back your cookies. If you want to add this to your cookie cutter wedding favors, make sure you do a cookie that requires a cutter. One popular choice might be sugar cookies. You can even add a baggie of toppings to add to the cookies.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The Wedding Theme
For Weddings -
I work in a social service agency that employs over a hundred people. We come from all different backgrounds. The agency employs professional staff as well as support staff. We have good benefits and most of us enjoy our work. I have been there for several years so I have developed good friendships along the way. We work in units of about twenty people. Even though I am not close to everyone in my unit I know basic information about their lives. One of the women in our unit is helping her daughter plan her wedding. One day we both arrived early for a staff meeting. As we were waiting for the meeting to start I asked her how the wedding plans were developing. She said that her daughter was struggling with a wedding theme. I thought this was an odd thing to struggle with. I thought a wedding theme would be that you were getting married. I mentioned this to the co-worker. She told me that several of her daughters friends had theme weddings and she wanted one also. Her daughter was going to school in the eastern part of the nation, so I decided that this kind of wedding planning must be something that is done in that part of the country. The concept of a wedding theme was interesting to me so I asked my co-worker what kinds of things were being considered. She said that her daughter loves history so she was thinking of having a Victorian wedding. She and her attendants as well as the groom and his attendants would wear clothing from that period. The decorations and the food at the reception would also be from that time period. The groom works in computer design, so he was not interested in stressing the historical wedding theme, he wanted a futuristic theme for the day. She said that this was causing a conflict for the couple and that they were running short on time for ordering what type of dresses the women would wear. By this time the rest of our unit had joined the meeting so the subject was dropped. That evening I was sharing this information with my daughter. She recently got engaged, but is going to finish her masters degree prior to getting married. She said that she had read about having a wedding theme in one of the bridal magazines she bought. She agreed with me that planning that type of wedding would involve added stress. She is planning on having the exchanging of vows be the theme for her wedding.
I work in a social service agency that employs over a hundred people. We come from all different backgrounds. The agency employs professional staff as well as support staff. We have good benefits and most of us enjoy our work. I have been there for several years so I have developed good friendships along the way. We work in units of about twenty people. Even though I am not close to everyone in my unit I know basic information about their lives. One of the women in our unit is helping her daughter plan her wedding. One day we both arrived early for a staff meeting. As we were waiting for the meeting to start I asked her how the wedding plans were developing. She said that her daughter was struggling with a wedding theme. I thought this was an odd thing to struggle with. I thought a wedding theme would be that you were getting married. I mentioned this to the co-worker. She told me that several of her daughters friends had theme weddings and she wanted one also. Her daughter was going to school in the eastern part of the nation, so I decided that this kind of wedding planning must be something that is done in that part of the country. The concept of a wedding theme was interesting to me so I asked my co-worker what kinds of things were being considered. She said that her daughter loves history so she was thinking of having a Victorian wedding. She and her attendants as well as the groom and his attendants would wear clothing from that period. The decorations and the food at the reception would also be from that time period. The groom works in computer design, so he was not interested in stressing the historical wedding theme, he wanted a futuristic theme for the day. She said that this was causing a conflict for the couple and that they were running short on time for ordering what type of dresses the women would wear. By this time the rest of our unit had joined the meeting so the subject was dropped. That evening I was sharing this information with my daughter. She recently got engaged, but is going to finish her masters degree prior to getting married. She said that she had read about having a wedding theme in one of the bridal magazines she bought. She agreed with me that planning that type of wedding would involve added stress. She is planning on having the exchanging of vows be the theme for her wedding.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Online Wedding Planner
Wedding Packages -
The Internet has proven to be a lifesaver of sorts in all areas of our lives. We can handle all of our finances online, buy a house online and now even plan our wedding online. With an online wedding planner all you need to do is fill in some standard information and youll be well on your way to a happy and successful wedding day. The way these programs work is fairly straightforward. Depending on the size and location of your wedding you can use an online wedding planner to help you choose the venue as well as plan the meal. An online wedding planner can even compare the cost of dresses or tuxedo rentals, which helps you save not only valuable time in research but also money as well. A calendar is essential when it comes to planning an event like a wedding. Of course picking the actual date of the marriage is the first step, but you also need to jot down other notable dates including when to send out the invitations, when to confirm the menu with the caterer and when wedding dress fittings are scheduled for. An online wedding planner can take care of all of this. In fact your online wedding planner may also have a feature that sends you automatic email reminders of notable dates so you dont forget a thing. If you are utilizing the help of a family member or perhaps a maid of honor, you can send them the link to your online wedding planner too. Theyll be able to quickly check what needs to be done and add anything you may have overlooked. A wedding can be a stressful time for the bride-to-be so having someone else with access to your online wedding planner looking things over will ensure that the day goes as smoothly as possible. One feature that some planners have is the ability to keep track of who is and isnt attending your wedding, along with their contact snail mail or email addresses. This is such a help when it comes time to send out all of those thank you notes after the big day. You simply log into your online wedding planner and youll have the guests name, their address and what they gave you as a gift. It makes the process of saying thank you so much easier. Finding one is easy with a simple search. Its a great idea to begin using one early in the wedding planning process as its better to plan earlier rather than later. With the aid of an online wedding planner, the only hitch that day will be the one between you and your fiance.
The Internet has proven to be a lifesaver of sorts in all areas of our lives. We can handle all of our finances online, buy a house online and now even plan our wedding online. With an online wedding planner all you need to do is fill in some standard information and youll be well on your way to a happy and successful wedding day. The way these programs work is fairly straightforward. Depending on the size and location of your wedding you can use an online wedding planner to help you choose the venue as well as plan the meal. An online wedding planner can even compare the cost of dresses or tuxedo rentals, which helps you save not only valuable time in research but also money as well. A calendar is essential when it comes to planning an event like a wedding. Of course picking the actual date of the marriage is the first step, but you also need to jot down other notable dates including when to send out the invitations, when to confirm the menu with the caterer and when wedding dress fittings are scheduled for. An online wedding planner can take care of all of this. In fact your online wedding planner may also have a feature that sends you automatic email reminders of notable dates so you dont forget a thing. If you are utilizing the help of a family member or perhaps a maid of honor, you can send them the link to your online wedding planner too. Theyll be able to quickly check what needs to be done and add anything you may have overlooked. A wedding can be a stressful time for the bride-to-be so having someone else with access to your online wedding planner looking things over will ensure that the day goes as smoothly as possible. One feature that some planners have is the ability to keep track of who is and isnt attending your wedding, along with their contact snail mail or email addresses. This is such a help when it comes time to send out all of those thank you notes after the big day. You simply log into your online wedding planner and youll have the guests name, their address and what they gave you as a gift. It makes the process of saying thank you so much easier. Finding one is easy with a simple search. Its a great idea to begin using one early in the wedding planning process as its better to plan earlier rather than later. With the aid of an online wedding planner, the only hitch that day will be the one between you and your fiance.
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Importance of Wedding Ceremony Songs
Used Wedding Dresses -
Most people choose to include music in their wedding ceremony. It has been a long standing tradition to have music for the arrival of the bridal party, and also to have a special song for the brides last walk as a single women. There is always music that is played after the couple has been declared as married, and this music follows them from the church for their first moments as man and wife. Wedding ceremony songs can be whatever you want, and you dont have to go with the traditionally used songs if you dont wish to do so. When it came time for my husband and I to choose our wedding ceremony songs, I was sure I didnt want to use the usual Here Comes The Bride tune when I walked down the aisle. I had childhood memories of that song, which often included the addition of words that were not so flattering. I wanted something different. When it came time to choose our wedding ceremony songs, we decided to meet with the organist to choose some traditional songs there were fit for a wedding, but may not be as popular. What I didnt count on when choosing wedding ceremony songs was the emotional state of my husband. Hes not usually openly emotional about anything, and he often bottles things inside. This never bothered me because he is pretty much the same as most of the men I have known in my life, both family and friends included. When we were listening to some of the wedding ceremony songs we were considering, the organist also played the song I didnt want. Much to my surprise, tears sprung from the eyes of my husband-to-be and he blurted out that he always imagined me walking down the aisle towards him with that song playing. With a few tears, I was overruled, and we ended up using it because I knew how much it meant to him. When it comes time for you to choose your wedding ceremony songs, you dont have to go with the traditional if you dont want to. You can find suitable songs all over the Internet, and your organist, pianist, or whoever may have suggestions for you in regards to wedding ceremony songs. Take your time in making your decision and find something you both like. Just watch out for your groom, he may really surprise you. Make sure you make him part of the process as well.
Most people choose to include music in their wedding ceremony. It has been a long standing tradition to have music for the arrival of the bridal party, and also to have a special song for the brides last walk as a single women. There is always music that is played after the couple has been declared as married, and this music follows them from the church for their first moments as man and wife. Wedding ceremony songs can be whatever you want, and you dont have to go with the traditionally used songs if you dont wish to do so. When it came time for my husband and I to choose our wedding ceremony songs, I was sure I didnt want to use the usual Here Comes The Bride tune when I walked down the aisle. I had childhood memories of that song, which often included the addition of words that were not so flattering. I wanted something different. When it came time to choose our wedding ceremony songs, we decided to meet with the organist to choose some traditional songs there were fit for a wedding, but may not be as popular. What I didnt count on when choosing wedding ceremony songs was the emotional state of my husband. Hes not usually openly emotional about anything, and he often bottles things inside. This never bothered me because he is pretty much the same as most of the men I have known in my life, both family and friends included. When we were listening to some of the wedding ceremony songs we were considering, the organist also played the song I didnt want. Much to my surprise, tears sprung from the eyes of my husband-to-be and he blurted out that he always imagined me walking down the aisle towards him with that song playing. With a few tears, I was overruled, and we ended up using it because I knew how much it meant to him. When it comes time for you to choose your wedding ceremony songs, you dont have to go with the traditional if you dont want to. You can find suitable songs all over the Internet, and your organist, pianist, or whoever may have suggestions for you in regards to wedding ceremony songs. Take your time in making your decision and find something you both like. Just watch out for your groom, he may really surprise you. Make sure you make him part of the process as well.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Beach Wedding
Beach Weddings -
One of the public health nurses that I work with has been talking about getting married for several years. She has been engaged for three years and recently gave birth to the second child that she and her fianc have. Several months ago she announced that they had set a wedding date. They decided that they were going to get married on the fourth anniversary of meeting each other.
As she started making calls for the wedding she discovered that she could not find a place for the reception. Rather than change the date the couple decided that they would have a beach wedding instead. The couple lives close to a large public beach. There is a pavilion close by in a large park. They decided that the ceremony would take place by the water and the reception would be catered in the pavilion. The brides uncle is a minister and he did agree to perform the beach wedding, however he warned the couple that this arrangement does not always work out the best because the beach is a public place. The couple felt that he was exaggerating. They thought that strangers would respect the privacy of a gathering of people attending a beach wedding. The plan was to have an early evening ceremony followed by a light supper and dancing.
One of the public health nurses that I work with has been talking about getting married for several years. She has been engaged for three years and recently gave birth to the second child that she and her fianc have. Several months ago she announced that they had set a wedding date. They decided that they were going to get married on the fourth anniversary of meeting each other.
As she started making calls for the wedding she discovered that she could not find a place for the reception. Rather than change the date the couple decided that they would have a beach wedding instead. The couple lives close to a large public beach. There is a pavilion close by in a large park. They decided that the ceremony would take place by the water and the reception would be catered in the pavilion. The brides uncle is a minister and he did agree to perform the beach wedding, however he warned the couple that this arrangement does not always work out the best because the beach is a public place. The couple felt that he was exaggerating. They thought that strangers would respect the privacy of a gathering of people attending a beach wedding. The plan was to have an early evening ceremony followed by a light supper and dancing.
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