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Theme Weddings Ideas

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Some engaged couples don’t want to have a traditional wedding; they want something a little different.  Perhaps you don’t like to do what everyone else is doing… or you want your wedding to reflect your unique personalities and interests.  Whatever the reason, theme weddings can be as different from traditional weddings as you want, and lots of fun too!

Here are a few theme wedding ideas:

Motorcycle Wedding

Invitations should be motorcycle-related and programs can feature a picture of the happy pair on their motorcycle.
Have a Harley Davidson cake topper on your cake.
Table decorations or party favors can be temporary biker tattoos, tire gauges, toy motorcycles tied with biker ribbon, biker-shaped chocolate, etc.
Wear leather motorcycle jackets over the white dress and in place of the tux jacket.
The wedding reception can be at your favorite biker bar.
The food can be more casual.
Leave the wedding or reception on a motorcycle – complete with a tin can train.
If you’re getting married in Las Vegas they have a total motorcycle wedding package!

Beach or Tropical Wedding

Use invitations with a sunset over the ocean background or in the shape of a beach ball or palm tree. There are many choices available.
Party favors can be small seashells and polished rocks, or leis. The table can be decorated with small fish bowls with sand and shells.
Have plenty of drink umbrellas available for the reception beverages.
Slip in several Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffett, or IZ to the music line up.
The wedding cake can have tropical flowers on top, or even artfully carved tropical fruit.
Instead of the usual attire, the bridal party might wear tropical sun dresses and the men can wear matching (or not) tropical shirts.  Appropriate footwear would be sandals.

Sports Wedding

Whether you participate in a sport or are ardent fans, choose your sport and you’ll find many props to go along with it.
Wedding cake toppers – They come in just about any sport you might want.
Include your team’s uniform by wearing it at the reception.
The reception decorations should be in your team’s colors including the tablecloths and  napkins.
Try decorating the tables with a piece from your sport, such as an upside down small football helmet, filled with flowers.
Wedding favors can be posters, shot glasses, balls (such as tennis balls if your theme is tennis) or anything you can buy in bulk from your favorite fan shop.

Mardi Gras Wedding

Use colors that symbolize Mardi Gras – like green, gold, and purple in your reception decorations.  Don’t forget the balloons and confetti too.
Even if the bride wears a white wedding gown, she can be playful and wear the symbolic beaded necklaces.  The groom’s party can wear vests in Mardi Gras colors as part of their formal tux attire.
Masks for party favors would be a big hit, as well as bead necklaces and gold coins too.
Go all-out with the food and offer gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, or beignets.
For the music – New Orleans jazz, of course!

These are just a few ideas for themed weddings.  There are as many themes as there are interests so choose whatever theme you want and start thinking creatively.

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Unity Candle Ceremony For Weddings

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Candles have become a popular part of modern wedding ceremonies, with the most popular being the Unity Candle rite. The Unity ceremony cannot be traced back to ancient traditions and is not a part of any religious tradition that can be pinpointed.

Its use in wedding ceremonies is approximately 30-50 years old, depending on who you talk to and is apparently most popular in the United States. While the ceremony, itself, is simple, its use can be a particularly beautiful way to draw the families and friends closer to the bride and groom.

The Unity Candle ceremony uses three decorated candles, two tapers and a large pillar in the center of the tapers. The color is usually white, but some brides have ordered candles that complement their wedding colors. Others have decorated the Unity Candle, the large pillar, with a copy of the wedding invitation or a picture of the couple. Flowers or strands of white pearls have also been used to create personal candles for the ceremony.

Since there’s no proof of historical ceremonial traditions for a Unity Candle rite, the actual wedding ceremony can be anything the couple wants it to be.
Usually, at the start of the wedding ceremony, the mothers of the bride and groom light the two taper candles. After the couple completes their vows, they light the Unity Candle together with the two tapers. The Unity Candle is usually saved and relit on anniversary celebrations.

The symbolism behind that simple ceremony represents the permanent merging of the bride and groom into one family. If the couple blows out the two tapers after lighting the Unity Candle, it symbolizes leaving their families and starting a new family together. If they don’t blow out the tapers, it has been said to symbolize continuing love for the couple from each family.

One beautiful variation of the simple candle ceremony involves all the guests and is a beautiful representation of the love and support that friends and family feel for the couple, their unity. A candle is given to each guest as they are seated. At the start of the ceremony, the first guest’s candle is lit and the flame is passed on to each guest in turn until all candles are lit. When the last guest’s candle is lit, the bride and groom light their Unity Candle.

This ritual is particularly beautiful because it makes every guest an actual part of the ceremony and not just observers. The backdrop of flickering candles while the couple recite their vows is truly something that will be remembered by everyone in the chapel that day. Candles draw people together and this Unity Candle Service is designed to do just that.

One thing to keep in mind, however, is that some churches do not allow this
ceremony to be part of their service. Be sure to check with the church or
chapel before you book it for your wedding.

Many brides decorate their own Unity Candles and others purchase them from stores or candle makers. Some have elaborate setups, including a candelabra that elevates the pillar, symbolizing the strength of the new union. The candles can be simple or highly decorated or molded into meaningful shapes, depending on your tastes.

Adding the Unity Candle to a wedding ceremony is a special way to bring the families and friends of the bride and groom closer together on this special day.

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7 Questions To Ask Before Your Wedding

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

It is easy to get carried away with your wedding plans and be totally consumed with the details for months before the big day. Regardless of how long you and your intended have known each other, or lived together, there are questions that need to be discussed between you if you want a good marriage.

For all its glamour and excitement, your wedding lasts one day in the rest of your life. Discussing the following questions could have a real impact on whether or not the two of you marry at all.

There are seven major points of contention that can make or break a marriage over time: sex, career demands, living location, money/finances, household chores, individual pet peeves and whether or not both of you want children.

1) Are your sexual preferences compatible?

You need to know whether or not either one of you has a sexually transmitted disease. Get tested together and be positive. Do you like sex at the same time during the day and on the same or similar frequency? Are you both willing to experiment?

A married couple’s sex life is a major part of their marriage and examining your sexual compatibility before you wed will predict marriage bliss or disaster. Even if you were living together before you got engaged, openly discussing what is expected after your marriage will go a long way to making your marriage a pleasant experience.

2) If you are planning on being a two-career family, the time constraints and the opportunities for advancement are two topics that need to be discussed fully in advance of your wedding.

Do either one of you expect to work long hours and weekends? Will either one be expected to travel out of town and overnight frequently? Will one of you need more education or training?

3) Where will you live and in what type of housing arrangement?

Apartment? House in the suburbs? Do both of you like the same living environment, like small towns, big cities or suburbs?

4) How do both of your really feel about children?

Do you want any? How many? When do you want to start building your family? Will you both continue to work after the first child is born? If yes, who will take care of the child while you both are at work? Can you afford daycare or a live-in nanny?

5) Do you have deep differences on how you spend your money?

Who will pay the bills? Do you argue now over spending money for gifts, dates or holidays? Are you in debt already? How will you save for your retirement?

6) Household chores are the starting point for many an argument in lots of marriages. Discuss who does the household chores, cooks and washes the dishes. Who goes to the grocery store or gets the oil changed in the cars?

Some chores are left to the weekends by married couples who both work. Who is going to mow the lawn or plant, weed and water the garden? Will you both recognize that your weekday jobs are stressful to both of you and that stress is not a reason to claim an inability to do more than watch TV on weekends?

7) Have you identified each other’s pet peeves and tried to change your own behavior to keep peace in the relationship?

Little things can cause a lot of bad feelings in a marriage and it is a good idea to get these pet peeves settled before they cause a tear in the fabric of your marriage. Discuss whether or not it bothers you if the cap is left off the toothpaste or the toilet paper roll is not replaced the way you think it should be.

When you are discussing these questions and you get “that feeling” that makes you feel uneasy or that you should have said “no” instead of “yes” when one of you popped the question, slow things down and rethink your pending marriage.

A wedding is an event, while a marriage can span forty or fifty years, or more. Don’t ignore major differences and think that you can just live with them. It doesn’t work that way.

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Wedding Cake Topper Ideas

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

There are many decisions you need to make for your upcoming wedding, aren’t there?  Let’s take a look at one of them, “what should go on top of my wedding cake?” in more detail so you can consider all your options before you make a decision.

* Do you want a cake topper that you can keep forever and ever?  Or would you rather have it be something less permanent? 

* What shape will your wedding cake be in?  Is it a traditional 3 tiers or something different?  You can have it custom made any way you want, including the cake topper.

* Does your wedding have a theme?  If so, you’ll want your wedding cake topper to be an extension of that theme.

* Are you a traditionalist?  Or do the two of you like to be different?

* Do you want a topper that’s eco-friendly and can be eaten or composted (like flowers)?  Or a plastic molded token that can be saved as a fun memento of your special day?  Or would you rather have a crystal topper that would look great afterwards in your china hutch?

Hopefully your head is not spinning with these questions as they are meant to help you narrow your focus on what you truly want.

Bride and Groom Cake Topper

You don’t have to have the original man in tux, woman in wedding gown topper unless that’s what you want.  The bride and groom can be in military gear, scuba gear, hiking gear, beachwear, or representing whatever your interests are.  You can have elegant or funny bride and groom toppers.

Flowing Flowers

Create a memorable topper with flowers.  The flowers can be whatever you want, in whatever color you want, and can trail down all tiers of the cake.  Make them edible flowers so no one has to fuss with removing them (unless you want to preserve them later).  If you go this route you should put someone in charge of making sure the flowers get from the florist to the cake decorator at the appropriate time.

Themed Topper

If you have a theme, you can easily find something to go on top of your cake.  For example, beautiful sea shells for a beach-themed wedding. 

In fact, there are wedding cake toppers for just about anything that interests you two – dolphins, frogs, bears, horses, trees, knights and damsels, rednecks (really!), Harley-Davidson motorcycles, golfers, The Simpsons, firefighters, cars, chariots, baseball, doves, butterflies, etc.

Crystal on Top

If your wedding is elegant, plan for an intricate crystal piece on top of your cake.  It can be the traditional bride and groom, monogrammed initials, swans, roses, lilies, bells, or hearts.  Some of the crystal pieces can be engraved on.

Take note that as your wedding day plans evolve, you might change your mind on your topper.  That’s perfectly okay as long as you pick out your new wedding cake topper in plenty of time for your cake decorator or caterer to implement the change.

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Making Wedding Memories Come Alive With Scrapbooks

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Your wedding day is undeniably one of the most special and memorable days of your life. Because of this, you will definitely want to keep all the mementos and souvenirs of that unforgettable day. You want to have a way of looking back at that day and be able to smile as you remember how it was and how it felt. One great way of going back in time, is through a scrapbook, and creating one for your wedding day is a good way of remembering that day and preserving all those memories.

To get started on your wedding day scrapbook, it’s a good idea to first organize your thoughts and plan what kind of results you want for your scrapbook. Think about the timeline – what periods are you planning to cover? Are you going to focus on your relationship from the courtship, to engagement, to the wedding day, and until the honeymoon? Or are you going to focus on just the ceremony and reception? After deciding on that, you can then think about what you want your scrapbook to look like. It’s time to come up with a theme or color scheme that can really reflect not only you but the two of you as a couple.

The paper boards you use for your scrapbook can be anything you like, although creams and whites are usually used to echo the elegance and simplicity of the wedding. Some, though, use black boards in order to make the neutral wedding colors pop out.

Making a wedding scrapbook isn’t limited to the photos from the ceremony and those taken professionally. Sometimes, the most candid and amateur shots carry the most emotion. It’s good to include these because they can give you a real sense of what your wedding was like. You can also include memorabilia from the wedding like flower petals, a swatch of cloth from your wedding dress material, confetti, place cards, the invitation, ribbons – practically anything that catches your fancy. Add decorative scrapbooking materials such as beads, paper flowers, and borders to give more life to your pictures and mementos. You’ll easily find other decorative materials in book stores, craft stores, and specialty scrapbook stores. Also, don’t limit yourself to the smooth borders and rectangular shape that photos usually come in. Play it up by using specialty scissors to create fun and fancy borders. You can also add more to your memories by journaling straight onto your scrapbook; telling a story, sharing a good quote, or including a caption. Try to include the most memorable details; this way, you’re getting a most vivid a flashback as possible.

Remember, though, that scrapbooking is supposed to be fun and not meant to stress you in any way at all. Take your time, let your inner artist take the wheel, and create your scrapbook as you feel it. This way, you’ll create the most genuine collection you can ever make.

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Photographer For Wedding Ceremony

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Many couples get caught up with the planning of all such obvious details of their wedding – such as cakes, wedding jewelry, clothing and gifts for members of the wedding – that they often underestimate the importance of choosing the right wedding photographer. It is important to remember that the choice of photographer will be responsible for the capture moments and memories that may be the most important day in your life! With this in mind, you want to exercise great caution when choosing a wedding photographer before there is no second chance.

As you can imagine, wedding photography is one of the most difficult types of professional photography. A wedding photographer should make every kind of beautiful, shooting in many places all types of weather conditions – and do all this in the shortest possible time. At the same time, your wedding photographer should have the personality to complement you the most joyous day. Take your time and follow some simple suggestions are discussed below, and you will surely be satisfied with the result.

To start?

Personal referrals or ask friends, relatives and colleagues for suggestions, is a great place to start. Typically, people who have had positive experiences with photographers more than willing to share this information. In addition, you already have some idea of the identity of the photographer, before you actually meet. After compiling a preliminary list, visit the Web site of each photographer and thoughtfully review his or her online portfolio. If the portfolio looks attractive you are likely that the photographer can be a good fit. Then, call or email each photographer on your list. Due to this initial contact, you can determine the presence of the photographer, the type of work they specialize (Candide, or traditional), as well as cost estimates, and that you will get paid for it.

Schedule meetings with photographers who seem most appropriate and ask to review their portfolios in person and discuss in more detail. Ask each of them to show you the complete portfolio of a wedding – it will give you a clearer idea of what to expect, than a set of choice shots from various events. Pay attention to whether the photographer is adept at images of individual expressions and personalities. Ideally, these meetings should include the bride and groom and the bride’s parents because all you’re interacting with the photographer.

What questions do you ask?

Be sure to write down all your questions in advance, and take careful notes during meetings. Although most professional photographers will provide you with a clear plan of their services and fees prior to your meeting, you are likely still many questions to ask. Remember that the more information you have, the more confident and relaxed you will feel on your special day. Below are some questions, kindly http://www.iqphoto.com, you may wish to consider asking:

• How do you show me pictures for selection (for example, electronic evidence, contact sheets, online gallery, etc.)?
• Will you help me choose the final pictures?
• How do you make it easy for friends and relatives to order reprints?
• What are the costs of different levels of coverage?
• There are varying degrees of coverage?
• What are your photography style, journalistic, traditional, blended, etc.?
• How to duplicate prints, albums, accounts and extensions, thank you cards, etc.?
• What is your time frame for preparing photos for my choice?
• What about the participation of the session?
• How long do I need to get my mind as to which pictures I want and how much?
• How long have you been in business?
• What kind of warranty comes with my hiring you?
• What is your philosophy for photographing the wedding?
• Will you have an assistant?
• Do you have travel fees?
• How much is your overtime fee?
• What do you plan to do at my wedding to my wedding photographs unique and personal to me?
• Do you have a backup?
• Will you be shooting my pictures personally?
• Will you use film or digital?
• What is your payment policy?
• Do you give any guarantees on their services and photographs?
• What is the possibility of fading photograph?

How much will it cost?

Here are some points, courtesy of http://www.elegala.com, which will help prepare you for what you might expect to pay for wedding photos:

• Plan to allocate a significant part of your wedding budget to ensure photographs are perfect. Expect to spend at least $ 1000 for a professional wedding photographer to document your event. Albums and prints are usually extra. Other additional services that can increase your bottom line include additional hours, additional photographers, custom albums etc. etc. Add on too much more – and your photography budget could quickly creep to $ 5000 and even more!

• Cut Extra and buy the basic package of wedding photography from a qualified photographer. , If you pay for the photographer’s expertise only, you provide great picture – and you buy yourself some time to accumulate on the album customs and prints after the wedding.

• Get proof! To this end, try to find a photographer, which enables you to preserve evidence. Many photographers consider themselves to be photographers only – artists not in the business of selling photographs. After a hard day, they will pass on your proofs and be on your way. They Yours To Keep – you can print them in any way, please, or save them for printing after you’ve saved some cash.

• Enter the digital age with digital photos. It’s cheaper than film, as well as technological advances in equipment – digital images are no longer a sacrifice quality. Many photographers have taken the digital step – resulting in savings for you!

• Cut Time … more of your event, the more it will cost to document it. Since photographers often charge based on the number of hours they will spend at your wedding, shorter / smaller wedding celebration will provide greater savings in your photos of the budget.

Making a commitment

At this point, you should have a reasonably clear idea of where the photographer is best suited to capture your memories of your wedding day. Once you have decided should be prepared to leave a deposit to reserve dates. You may still wish to reassure himself, to ask about the last few details. For example, to find out what the policy is the photographer for a wedding-date change and what alternatives, if he or she is not available in the backup date. Also, ask about their policies abruptly canceled. If you feel the photographer is right for you, then sit back and commit themselves with confidence that you’ve done well formed, intelligent decisions in planning the most important day of your life.
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Wedding Venues Surrey

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Finding the right wedding venue is critically important.

You want to have a beautiful surrounding, a calm atmosphere, and a generous size to cater for all your guests. You might even want to get married at a venue other than a church.

So, to help you find you way through all the wedding venues in Surrey, Surrey Weddings has compiled a list.

See wedding venues in Surrey for the complete list, plus wedding advice, articles and many other wedding suppliers.

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Wedding Photobooks – An Ideal Wedding Gift

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Wedding photobooks are a great gift for the newly weds. Their wedding photos can be uploaded to the Photobox web site, and turned into a beautiful photobook, giving them a lasting memory of their wedding day.

 

If you want standard prints, you can get up to 40 free prints from Photobox too.

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New Wedding in Surrey web site launched

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Another brand new wedding in Surrey web site launched today!!

If you’re planning on getting married in Surrey, the Surrey Weddings directory site has everything you need.

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