Articles Archive for April 2009
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Fairy Tale Wedding Invitations
Having a themed wedding provides for a unique wedding experience, one that you, your friends and family are sure to never forget. A themed wedding can also offer you a plethora of choices for your decisions, starting with themed wedding invitations. Let’s look at a few examples of themed wedding invitations.
Classic/Traditional Wedding
A classic / traditional wedding can also be viewed as a themed wedding! If you are thinking about going with an older style, you should choose invitations that match that idea. Beautifully scripted fonts on foil paper or cursive fonts on plain white paper stock with a textured border are both good examples of a classically themed wedding. You may also choose from a pink or purple so you can offset the more traditional white.
Everything is blooming roses
Flowers are a quintessential part of any wedding, and many couples choose roses as their wedding flower. Roses, along with calla lilies and daisies are the three most popular flower choices for weddings today. This common choice doesn’t have to be ordinary by any means. You may want to also think about taking your lilies, roses and daisies and putting them on your wedding invitations. Yes, this may be a common theme, but by choosing these beautiful wedding invitations, embossed, embellished or embedded in a beautiful color of card stock paper, they can provide you with the opening to a beauty inspired wedding.
Autumn weddings
Having an autumn wedding offers plenty of choices for themed wedding invitations. With beautiful and rich colors exploding in the fall, you can choose some of these impressive tones to accent your invitations. Colors of gold, dark red, browns and olive greens can offset each other beautifully. Couple these bold colors with seasonal aspects like leaves, trees, pine cones and the great outdoors and you have a beautiful wedding invitation.
Winter weddings
Winter wedding themes offer the unique clean aspect of crisp white coupled with icy blues. Snow, ice and frost may also be beautiful accents to your winter themed wedding invitations.
Your wedding destination
If you are hosting your wedding at a vacation destination, do not be afraid to use the destination as a theme for your invitations. If you are travelling somewhere warm and sunny for your wedding, use sandy beaches, sunshine and oceanic scenes to accent your invitations. Put together invites that provide a sneak peek at the rolling ocean encroaching on a sandy beach with the palm trees blowing in the warm breeze. Invite your guests to have some fun in the sun while celebrating your special day.
Western themes
Are you a western couple? Cowboy and cowgirl meet and ride off in the dusty sunset on a pair of magnificent horses? The couple is fully equipped with cowboy boots and hats. Use this theme in your wedding invitations to invite your friends to a western inspired wedding. Accents such as cowboy boots, cowboy and cowgirl silhouettes, spurs, cowboy hats and more can provide an interesting embellishment for your wedding invitation theme. Horses, corrals and ropes can also be used to accent your western theme.
Love is in the air
Of course, many couples are going to choose love as the underlying theme of their wedding. It makes perfect sense; their love for each other is what makes this wedding possible. Love as a theme does not have to be boring. The first thing most people think of when they think “love” is hearts. Heart themed wedding invitations can range from intricate scripted hearts to chunky pink hearts and everything in between. Hearts with flower petals embossed on a high quality paper stock will give you an interesting love-inspired themed wedding invitation.
Another choice for love-inspired invitations is interlocked rings. While this is common, it is no more ordinary than you are. Use interlocking rings as an accent in a deep shade of purple or blue to offset your other colors. This is where you can really get creative.
Your wedding should be your fairy tale romance, so choose something interesting like horse drawn carriages or a surprising castle for the background of your invitations.
Clip art of couples and wedding parties is also a standard in the wedding invitation industry. However, you can mix this up and make it unique to your own wedding by using your own silhouettes as the background for your invitation.
Make your invitation your own
Regardless of the theme of your wedding, you can create a unique, individual wedding invitation that couples the theme of your wedding with your own personal style. Even if the overall theme of your wedding is love or romance, take your own personal ideas of what this means to you and find an invitation that speaks from the heart. Hearts, flowers, rings, silhouettes and more can all be used to embellish your day.
Choose textures and layers
Even ‘standard’ wedding invitations can be embellished and really ‘pop’ when you add some texture to the paper. You can also try layers of different textures and physical embellishments. Ribbons, rings and paper trimmings can add depth to any wedding invitation.
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Wedding Planning »
You’ve met the perfect man, and you have the perfect ring on your finger. How do you plan the perfect wedding? While wedding planning can be stressful and overwhelming at times, there is a way for you to make things perfect for you and your husband to be. All it requires is a little communication and patience while you make w hat seems like a never-ending list of choices and decisions. Breaking your wedding planning down into sections and considering the following questions should have you well on your way to planning your perfect wedding.
First, you will need to choose the kind of reception you would like to have. Are you planning a large wedding, or a more intimate gathering of friends and family? Talk with your relatives and soon to be in-laws to get an idea of what their needs are, as their concept of small may be quite different than yours. Once you have a general idea of how many guests you will have, you can then visit reception possibilities and talk with them about what they offer. Remember that the places you choose to visit have most likely hosted many weddings before yours, and they present suggestions that you haven’t thought about. It is perfectly okay to not have all the answers immediately, and many reception sites will gladly let you take their information so you can spend time considering what they have to offer. If you have questions, be sure to ask them, as this is a great way to see how flexible the site and staff will be to meet your individual needs. Of course, you will need to determine your wedding budget, as the reception will be where you spend the most money.
The next item on your list is to choose the food and the wedding cake. It’s a great idea to sample the food at each reception site, preferably the same food you might choose for your wedding. The time of day that you choose to get married will also impact your food choice. If you choose a mid morning wedding, you might prefer to have a brunch buffet, while an evening wedding calls for more a more formal presentation. Whatever you choose, do not hesitate to ask for references from whoever will be providing the food at your reception. These references will take you beyond the food preparation and help you evaluate service and accuracy.
Flowers, invitations, music and photography are all personal choices you will make based on the style you desire for your wedding. These are also areas that you can trim your budget if you need to. Considering a simplified invitation and less formally arranged flowers can literally save you hundreds of dollars. The perfect wedding does not necessarily need to be the most expensive one! Use your creativity and you will find that your wedding is just as perfect as the man you’ve chosen to marry.
Disney Wedding Questions »
So I need help picking a wedding song for my wedding and I really love Disney I love lion king and all those classics and I also love everything else!
so I need help
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Wedding Dresses »
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Wedding Favors »
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Wedding Favors »
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Wedding Cakes »
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Wedding Planning »
The amazing part about your wedding is that you can really put your personality into it and get everyone really excited. You can have a themed wedding that your guests will really love because they will be sucked into the excitement, glamour, and mystery of your reception. If they are really having a great time at your party then it will become one of the most memorable that they have ever been to and they will love you for making it such a great time for them. No matter what your theme is, you can always add in some extra candles because there are so many different kinds. You can really get the romantic and loving mood set with candles at the tables and used as decorations in various places at your wedding reception.
There is honestly no better way to get your guests into the party and make them feel the love that you and your new spouse share. Especially romantic candles are candle lamps because the shade makes the light for the flame even more ethereal and incandescent so your guests will feel a sense of mystery and enchantment when they walk into the room. The best part is that they get to bring one of these wonderful decorations home with them and they will have a physical remembrance and keepsake from the special day that you made them a part of. They will all love displaying these amazing favors in their own homes to look at and remember all the great memories that they made while celebrating your special day with you. Here are a few examples of the ways in which you can incorporate these directly into your décor.
Pumpkin Coach Candle Lamp:
This will add even more mystery and enchantment to your wedding because it comes directly from one of the most perfect fairy tales of all time. With these wedding favors right out of the Cinderella story you will certainly be setting the pretext for a living happily ever after like in every fairytale that you ever dreamed of. If you are having a princess or fairy tale themed wedding then this will go absolutely perfectly and will add a romantic air to the party that your guests will really appreciate.
Calla Lily Candle Lamp:
This candle lamp is the perfect representation of delicacy. Flowers represent eternity and that is exactly the message you want to give to all of your guests on this night that you and your new spouse have entered into an eternal bond with each other. The great part is that this will also reflect the mood and beauty of the bride, capturing her unique beauty but also showing the delicacy of a woman. Calla lilies are traditionally used as decorations at weddings because of these reasons that I have mentioned.
There are really just so many options out there for you that you should just start looking. I am sure you will find the perfect wedding favors if you just put in a little bit of time and effort for your decision.
Wedding Planning »
The Spanish Balearic island of Ibiza has long been known as a tourist Mecca. Its year-round sunshine, stunning beaches and exciting night clubs have drawn visitors for decades. In fact, Ibiza has something of a reputation as a party destination. While it still maintains a healthy nightlife, tourism proponents are trying to shift Ibiza’s image. In addition to its penchant for partying, Ibiza weddings are now putting the island on the tourism world map.
Ibiza weddings have become almost an industry unto themselves. Tourism officials and private businesses alike have begun aggressively marketing Ibiza weddings to couples. Wedding planning services have sprung up all over the island. Wedding planners have developed symbiotic relationships with hotels, caterers and florists over the last several years. All of this is in a deliberate and concentrated effort to attract marriage-minded couples.
It appears that all this networking is paying off. Ibiza is acquiring a reputation on the world market as a wedding destination. Ibiza weddings are gaining popularity particularly among Europeans. However, the industry is increasingly catering to North American couples as well in recent years.
One reason that Ibiza weddings are gaining momentum may be society’s departure from the ‘traditional’ ceremony. Fewer couples today have religious ties compared to those of 20 years ago. Couples of today are less likely to feel a strong need to marry in a church or synagogue. A large percentage of couples feel no ties to a particular religious edifice or religion. Instead, they are more likely to choose a wedding venue based on location and style.
Another fact fueling the Ibiza wedding industry is the highly mobile and often transient nature of today’s couples. Couples are much less likely today to settle in the towns they grew up in. More often than not, marrying couples are not originally from the same town. Employment opportunities tend to lead couples to move around, often hundreds of miles from their hometowns. Today’s couples are more likely to consider a wedding venue abroad since they have loose or no ties to a hometown.
Ibiza weddings also offer the element of romance. The island boasts a variety of backdrops and settings for a memorable celebration of love. Couples can choose from beaches to mountain settings for an outdoor scenic ceremony. The island is also home to majestic and quaint old churches for those who prefer an indoor setting. An abundance of hotels means no shortage of venues for a magnificent catered reception.
Ibiza is particularly popular with same-sex couples. Same-sex marriages are recognized and permitted by Spanish law. The island promotes itself as an open-minded community of people that welcomes all types of couples. There is little prejudice to be found, making Ibiza an ideal location for both same-sex and heterosexual couples.
Naturally one of the biggest hurdles facing non-Spaniards who want an Ibiza wedding is the distance factor. Fortunately Ibiza’s many wedding-planning services recognize this challenge. Most specialize in planning long-distance weddings.
Close communication with clients via phone and Internet ensure that every couple’s needs are catered to. Planning agencies can help with every aspect of the event, from the ceremony to the reception. They will arrange services with florists, drivers, photographers and caterers.
They will also make hotel arrangements for the couple and their guests. Virtually no detail is too small to be attended to. Couples can rest assured that their Ibiza wedding will be all they dreamed of.
Information includes the Ibiza weather plus for new visitors an Ibiza map
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Disney Wedding Questions »
Hello yahoo answer family. My fiance and I are going to include his children in our wedding. They will be included in the wedding invitation, unity candle ceremony and there will be a part where my fiance and I will say vows to the kids and they will get a special ring and they will be going on the honeymoon with us to Walt Disney World….So the problem comes, I need to find a wedding cake topper with the couple and three kids. We are getting married August 10, 2008, Serious answers only. We thought about how we want the ceremony and we feel we both want the kids to feel included and know that the wedding is about all of us united in a family.
Thank you in advanced.
