Wine themed favors are surely the rage and these wine stoppers will add a memory-filled moment to each bottle your guests uncork. Modern and practical, these sturdy stoppers feature a perky molded chrome heart shape on top of a chrome base wrapped with a thin black liner for a snug fit. Each Fashioncraft exclusive favor measures 4 ½” x 1 ¾” and comes individually packaged in a white gift box for an elegant presentation.
4/8/10
Wedding favors : Heart Wine Bottle Stopper
Wedding Music And Songs
Open Arms (piano version) by Jonathan Cain. I am pretty sure I have found the perfect song to walk down the aisle to. One of my favourite bands is Journey and when I heard this version I loved it right away!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQZFnsqJJk
2/18/10
Modern Trend Designer Wedding Dress 2010
Modern trends for designer wedding dresses and wedding gowns will ensure a fashion-forward look for your 2010 wedding.
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2010 Alfred Bridal Gowns 0020 $309.00 |
12/29/09
12/10/09
Tips for Raise Cash for a Wedding
Tips for Raise Cash for a Wedding. About how my wedding would cost more than my college education . There is no doubt that a wedding is an extremely expensive affair, and recently I read that many people are taking out loans to pay for their weddings. I also heard of an extremely egregious story of a woman who took nearly $200,000 out of the equity of her home to pay for her dream wedding in a castle in France. Since many of my friends are getting married this year, I felt that I should write an article about how to raise cash for a wedding if your parents are not footing the bill.
Start Saving and Planning Early - When my husband and I visited venues for our wedding, I overheard a couple say that they saved for six months to get enough cash for a deposit on the venue. Then they booked a wedding date two years in the future so that they could save for the rest. This is a venue that charged $1500 for a deposit and about $7000 for the entire event. I think this young couple definitely had the right idea. They knew that it took them six months to save $1500, and they could save the rest in two years and pay it off on their wedding date. They are also wise in booking their venue early because this year the venue they chose raised prices by 16%, but they were able to lock into the lower price last year.
Consider Asking for Cash Gifts - In a previous article about Chinese culture I mentioned that we prefer to give cash gifts. On our wedding invitations to friends and family we gave information for our gift registry and also said that red envelopes are welcome. As a result we received quite a good amount of cash gifts which we appreciated very much. Depending on the size of your wedding and the generosity of your guests, sometimes it is possible to fund an entire wedding just by cash gifts. In China most weddings are paid for upfront by a groom's family, but the hosts are generally able to recover their expenses from the guests they invite.
Get Corporate Sponsorship - I heard about this idea a couple years ago. Some brides and grooms are "selling out" their weddings to corporate sponsorship. For example, some brides have invitations sponsored by paper companies and indicate the company's names in the invitations. Others turned their wedding into a giant marketing event in a ballpark to reduce the costs. This may seem tacky, but you could have a large event on a small budget because many things are paid for by sponsors. It still takes time and effort to find willing sponsors if you are willing to go this route. It basically turns your special day into a giant marketing event.
The bottom line is that starting a married life together with wedding debt is probably not the best idea. It may take years to pay off a debt incurred in one day, and that may make that wedding day not such a sweet memory.
Start Saving and Planning Early - When my husband and I visited venues for our wedding, I overheard a couple say that they saved for six months to get enough cash for a deposit on the venue. Then they booked a wedding date two years in the future so that they could save for the rest. This is a venue that charged $1500 for a deposit and about $7000 for the entire event. I think this young couple definitely had the right idea. They knew that it took them six months to save $1500, and they could save the rest in two years and pay it off on their wedding date. They are also wise in booking their venue early because this year the venue they chose raised prices by 16%, but they were able to lock into the lower price last year.
Consider Asking for Cash Gifts - In a previous article about Chinese culture I mentioned that we prefer to give cash gifts. On our wedding invitations to friends and family we gave information for our gift registry and also said that red envelopes are welcome. As a result we received quite a good amount of cash gifts which we appreciated very much. Depending on the size of your wedding and the generosity of your guests, sometimes it is possible to fund an entire wedding just by cash gifts. In China most weddings are paid for upfront by a groom's family, but the hosts are generally able to recover their expenses from the guests they invite.
Get Corporate Sponsorship - I heard about this idea a couple years ago. Some brides and grooms are "selling out" their weddings to corporate sponsorship. For example, some brides have invitations sponsored by paper companies and indicate the company's names in the invitations. Others turned their wedding into a giant marketing event in a ballpark to reduce the costs. This may seem tacky, but you could have a large event on a small budget because many things are paid for by sponsors. It still takes time and effort to find willing sponsors if you are willing to go this route. It basically turns your special day into a giant marketing event.
The bottom line is that starting a married life together with wedding debt is probably not the best idea. It may take years to pay off a debt incurred in one day, and that may make that wedding day not such a sweet memory.
rose wedding bouquet ideas and designs
Rose wedding bouquet ideas and designs most bridal bouquets and flower displays include roses. If you're planning a wedding, consider planning your bridal flowers and wedding bouquets around one of the symbolic themes attached to the color of roses. It doesn't matter if you're the only person who understands the significance of the color scheme. It's your day, it's your wedding, and it's your choice. You'll find a few ideas for each color below to jump-start your own creativity.
Symbolic Themes
Everyone knows that red roses symbolize romantic love, but fewer know that a thornless red rose signifies love at first sight. The other colors bear symbolic meaning as well. For example, a few of the better-known meanings include:
• White rose - the rose of purity and innocence
• Lilac rose – another symbol of love at first sight
• Pink rose - symbolizes grace, gratitude and gentleness
• Yellow rose - signifies joy
• Red and white (bi-colored) rose – the symbol of unity
• Coral rose – the rose of desire
• Red and yellow (bi-colored) rose – symbolizes happiness
Mix roses with complementary bridal flowers such as baby's breath and lilies for a traditional look. Mix roses with unexpected flowers such as hydrangeas, peonies, dahlias, delphiniums, tulips, orchids and wildflowers for an unusual look. Don't overlook flower buds. Use them in addition to flowers in full bloom. Add interest with greenery, trailing ivy and vines, ribbons, and berries.
White
For a pure white bouquet, consider calla lilies, pure white lilies and white roses. Add baby's breath to provide a hint of green, or add a few light pink roses close to the center of the bouquet.
Mix a few small, delicate pastel-colored roses with larger white roses if you want to add color.
For a pure rose bouquet, select a nosegay, a small compact bouquet with no greenery, or select a cascade bouquet with trailing greenery. Use stark white roses tied with a simple white or silver ribbon for a nosegay bouquet. Add trailing ivy for a cascade bouquet. For a holiday wedding, accent the bouquet with red and green, and make liberal use of berries and holly.
Lilac
Mix lilac roses with blue and purple wildflowers for a delicate look. For a white and lilac or pink and lilac mix, use calla lilies and roses. For a larger, cascading bouquet, add dramatic flowers such as hydrangeas, dahlias, delphiniums, and calla lilies in purple and blue hues for a stunning effect.
Pink
Mix pink roses with Oriental lilies for a bold bouquet. Stargazer lily provides a perfect complement to the pink rose with its vividly speckled petals. Use a mix of 2/3 roses and 1/3 Stargazer lilies for an arm bouquet or a hand-tied bouquet, and use 2/3 lilies to 1/3 pink roses for the floral splays for a bolder look. Alternatively, consider mixing dahlias and hydrangeas with the pink roses. Pink roses and pink and green bi-color hydrangeas with greenery make a beautiful round or cascading bouquet. For a cascading bouquet, add Queen Anne's lace.
For an arm bouquet, mix a variety of pink long-stem roses with white cluster lilies.
Yellow
Mix a variety of yellow roses with pale yellow carnations. Add big, floppy mums in white or coral for accent. Another idea is to use pale yellow roses as the central color in a round or cascading bouquet of pastel roses. For a spring wedding, consider yellow roses intermingled with yellow and pink bi-colored tulips and/or white and pink double daffodils.
Coral
Coral adds the perfect complement to an ivory wedding dress. Coral and red creates a stunning bouquet, and so does coral and white. Use coral as the accent color or the predominant color. Create a vibrant display with mums in the fall, Asiatic and Oriental lilies in the summer, peonies in the late spring, and calla lilies in the winter.
Red and Yellow (Bi-colored)
Use a predominantly yellow color scheme and dot with red roses and red and yellow-bi-colored roses. For a spring bouquet, mix solid tulips with the bi-colored roses. For a summer wedding, add dahlias for larger bouquets, or add snapdragons with a velvet texture to smaller bouquets.
Feel free to mix and match the ideas above to suit your personal preference, and don't be shy about trying unusual combinations. Unusual combinations often create the most beautiful wedding displays and bridal bouquets.
Types of Bouquets
Select your bouquet type early, because the size and shape of the bouquet may dictate which flowers you'll use along with the roses.
• Round – traditional bouquet that can include flowers and greenery
• Nosegay – small compact bouquet
• Cascade – elongated and elaborate, dense with flowers at the top and tapering toward the bottom with trailing greenery
• Arm bouquet – long-stemmed flowers gathered and carried in the arms, similar to a pageant bouquet
• Hand-tied – simple cluster of flowers, tied with a bow or ribbon, with the ends exposed
• Single stem – one single long-stemmed flower with the emphasis on decorative features such as trailing ribbons
• Basket – a basket of flowers, often used in outdoor weddings
• Wrist – a sophisticated look, more like a corsage than a bouquet
Red and White (Bi-colored)
Scarlet and white add pure drama to a wedding. Mix deep red and pure white roses with baby's breath and white lilies. Use either red or white as the accent color, rather than an equal mix in the bouquet. Use an abundance of white lilies and roses for the floral displays, and dot with scarlet roses to continue the dramatic effect.
Wedding Ideas to prepare great wedding party
Wedding Dress at the first store I walked into, I tried on a dress I thought I loved. It was a bit above my price range and the lady was a little pushy, so I decided to browse another store. I ended up taking the floor sample of another dress, one I really loved, and because it was the floor sample (50% off), it met my budget! Don't get sucked into buying a dress that's more than you can afford. Just because it's your wedding dress doesn't mean it's a free pass to overspend. You still have to pay for it, and once the day is over, you'll wonder why it was so important for you to get that dress. Take your time and look around. Be open to used wedding dresses or floor samples, as well as renting. Don't bother looking at dresses beyond your price range -- sooner or later you'll find a dress that you'll absolutely love. There is a "perfect" dress at any price range.
wedding Ring
Those who know me already know why I didn't get a diamond engagement ring. I did research eco jewelry and synthetic diamonds, but decided I really didn't want an engagement ring at all.
Wedding Banquet
There's no beating the price for a Chinese wedding banquet, and the food is delicious. They provide the seat covers, free. They provide a sound system and microphones, free. They provide a screen (for slide shows), free. There is no corkage fee (we brought Two-Buck Chucks from Trader Joe's). There is no cake cutting fee. It's not necessary to put up a lot of decorations because it's a restaurant -- it's already decorated (unlike most banquet halls in hotels). Our menu: 10 course meal plus dessert.
Wedding Shoes
I know someone who spent thousands on a pair of Manolo Blahniks to wear on her wedding day. Even if you have a dress that doesn't cover your feet, it'll still be overshadowed by your hair, makeup, and dress. Unless you're loaded and have the money to burn, it's not worth spending a fortune just for the shoes. If you're willing to spend that much on shoes, go ahead and get a pair that you'd wear down the streets of New York City, a la Carrie Bradshaw. For your wedding, a cheap pair of strappy sandals (I did flip flops), would truly make little difference.
wedding registry
It was a no brainer for us to not register for gifts. Cash is what most Chinese guests like to give (we're practical like that), and for any friends who asked, we confirmed that we weren't registered anywhere and asked for cash gifts if they felt inclined to give something. Cash means we don't get anything we don't really need. Saves us the hassle of having to return anything.
wedding ceremony
We skipped the "walk down the aisle" production. That saved several thousand for space rental and decorations. Instead, we took a weekend trip to San Francisco and got married at their beautiful City Hall. On the wedding day, we went to Caltech to shoot pretty photos. Skipping the ceremony also means I didn't need bridesmaids, and all the costs associated with it (and my friends didn't have to "work" at my wedding either!).
wedding honeymoon
We skipped the honeymoon. We both like to travel and know that we'll plan a trip for the two of us when it's a good time (and a good deal). Granted, we dated for 8 years before getting married, so we don't necessarily need that time away.
Wedding Centerpieces and Favors
We skipped the fancy centerpieces. Flowers and vases are expensive -- even if you try to DIY. I bought 20 baskets from downtown for $2 each, and filled it up with candy and cookies for the guests to snack on while waiting for the food. We also skipped the favors. We decided guests don't really want or need to bring something back with them that has our name and wedding date on it. Instead, we placed note cards with markers and stickers for guests to write us a note, so we can have keepsakes from each of the guests.
wedding entertainment
We skipped the DJ, and asked two of our friends to be MC's to faciliate a game that involved audience participation. Traditionally, the guests request a bride and groom kiss by tapping their chopsticks against their plates (it makes quite a racket). We made it into a kissing raffle -- everytime the guests started tapping on the plates, we picked a couple's name out of a bowl and that couple had to go up on stage and kiss. Then we would imitate them. It lasted throughout the evening and everyone was entertained.
wedding Ring
Those who know me already know why I didn't get a diamond engagement ring. I did research eco jewelry and synthetic diamonds, but decided I really didn't want an engagement ring at all.
Wedding Banquet
There's no beating the price for a Chinese wedding banquet, and the food is delicious. They provide the seat covers, free. They provide a sound system and microphones, free. They provide a screen (for slide shows), free. There is no corkage fee (we brought Two-Buck Chucks from Trader Joe's). There is no cake cutting fee. It's not necessary to put up a lot of decorations because it's a restaurant -- it's already decorated (unlike most banquet halls in hotels). Our menu: 10 course meal plus dessert.
Wedding Shoes
I know someone who spent thousands on a pair of Manolo Blahniks to wear on her wedding day. Even if you have a dress that doesn't cover your feet, it'll still be overshadowed by your hair, makeup, and dress. Unless you're loaded and have the money to burn, it's not worth spending a fortune just for the shoes. If you're willing to spend that much on shoes, go ahead and get a pair that you'd wear down the streets of New York City, a la Carrie Bradshaw. For your wedding, a cheap pair of strappy sandals (I did flip flops), would truly make little difference.
wedding registry
It was a no brainer for us to not register for gifts. Cash is what most Chinese guests like to give (we're practical like that), and for any friends who asked, we confirmed that we weren't registered anywhere and asked for cash gifts if they felt inclined to give something. Cash means we don't get anything we don't really need. Saves us the hassle of having to return anything.
wedding ceremony
We skipped the "walk down the aisle" production. That saved several thousand for space rental and decorations. Instead, we took a weekend trip to San Francisco and got married at their beautiful City Hall. On the wedding day, we went to Caltech to shoot pretty photos. Skipping the ceremony also means I didn't need bridesmaids, and all the costs associated with it (and my friends didn't have to "work" at my wedding either!).
wedding honeymoon
We skipped the honeymoon. We both like to travel and know that we'll plan a trip for the two of us when it's a good time (and a good deal). Granted, we dated for 8 years before getting married, so we don't necessarily need that time away.
Wedding Centerpieces and Favors
We skipped the fancy centerpieces. Flowers and vases are expensive -- even if you try to DIY. I bought 20 baskets from downtown for $2 each, and filled it up with candy and cookies for the guests to snack on while waiting for the food. We also skipped the favors. We decided guests don't really want or need to bring something back with them that has our name and wedding date on it. Instead, we placed note cards with markers and stickers for guests to write us a note, so we can have keepsakes from each of the guests.
wedding entertainment
We skipped the DJ, and asked two of our friends to be MC's to faciliate a game that involved audience participation. Traditionally, the guests request a bride and groom kiss by tapping their chopsticks against their plates (it makes quite a racket). We made it into a kissing raffle -- everytime the guests started tapping on the plates, we picked a couple's name out of a bowl and that couple had to go up on stage and kiss. Then we would imitate them. It lasted throughout the evening and everyone was entertained.
11/5/09
Satin Halter Dress Crystal Pin Prom Formal Prom Bridesmaid
Sleek long medium-weight satin halter dress with rhinestone pin accent at waist, side boning on the bodice, matching scarf, fully lined with tulle bottomed slip for elegant fullness at the bottom, zip back.
Strapless Taffeta Bridesmaid Prom Long Dress
Gorgeous taffeta strapless dress with boned bodice, full skirt with pull-ups, floor length, fully lined with tulle petticoat, wide detatchable satin ribbon belt, matching scarf and optional spaghetti straps included, zip back with corset cinch tie for a good fit. Junior sizes XS-3X.
Wedding informal bridal gown by sean
Wedding Dress Gown - White Bridal Gown, Informal Bridal Gown, Ball gown by Sean Collection (B8013) White by Sean Collection.
10/20/09
Best Wedding gown with features flowers halter v-neck
Best Wedding gown with features flowers halter v-neck
Best Silver and White Princess Wedding Dresses 2009
Best Silver and White Princess Wedding Dresses 2009
Best women wedding dress
A wedding dress or wedding gown is clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony. When choosing wedding dresses, women almost always opt for white. White has always been the color of purity and innocence, which is why, historically, it was the dress color of choice.
10/16/09
Wedding shoes : Grace Lindsay
The intricate detail of pearl and silver beading make up the beautiful crossed straps. Combined with an adjustable slingback that is made comfortable with the addition of a bit of elastic. Classic tapered heels measures 3.25" tall. Available in three neutral shades of fine silk satin: white, candlelight-ivory, and champagne. This shoe is not dyeable.
9/30/09
Wedding shoes
Dozens of beautiful bridal shoes for every bride and budget
White leather high heeled ballerina pumps, £520, from Christian Louboutin
8/24/09
David Tutera for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Photo Album
Treasure your memories in classic style with our David Tutera for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Photo Album. This elegant Disney memory book features blank pages so you can personalize the layout and design using self-adhesive photo corners and decorative crystal gems. Your favorite images will live happily ever after! Imported.
David Tutera for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Crystal Toasting Flutes
Celebrate your dream come true with our David Tutera for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Crystal Toasting Flutes. This pair of elegant Disney flutes feature a delicately etched Cinderella carriage icon and swirl pattern that dances up from the stem to the rim of the glass. Remember your special day by toasting on anniversaries and special occasions with these unforgettable symbols of your happily-ever-after. Imported.
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