Potted Plants as Wedding Centerpieces: a Growing Trend
Bring Mother Nature into your wedding with living potted flowers and herbs to coordinate with your wedding theme. Make your own pots and wrap as unique wedding decorations, centerpieces, place markers and/or favors.
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Decor for Wedding Planning
To save money on wedding decorations seek locations that are naturally festive or decorative; they may require less, if any, wedding decorations at all.
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Wedding Flowers - Formal or Not?
Be sure to match your wedding style with it's formality. If the wedding is formal, the bouquets should be formal too. This is achieved using upgraded floral species, with symmetrical designs, balance and repetition. Casual bridal bouquets can be more eclectic and asymmetrical.
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Saving money using blank invitations
In this economy, many people are discovering new ways (and some old) to cut wedding costs. You can get the same invitations that the big printing houses resell to you with printing on them, and run them through your home computer or take them to your local Kinko's where they will personalize them.
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of Breckenridge, Colorado 80424 — 970-389-7900
Lemon Water for Glowing Wedding Skin
Keeping skin clear before wedding day is not always easy. Try drinking lemon water instead of soda or alcohol. Lemon is a good cleanser for the whole body, inside and out. Drinking water also helps shed excess weight or water retention and bloating.
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of Sherman Oaks, USA — 818-501-5222
Wedding Venues at Affordable Prices
Choosing a site for you reception can be a shock when you find out how much they want just for the site. Consider looking at local clubs such as the Elks, Eagles, Masonic Lodges and others. Their fees tend to be much lower than other venues and you can save a substantial amount of money.
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of Coalinga, California, USA — 866-707-2626
Save Money Sending Wedding Invitations
Sending a single page wedding invitation saves you money, not only on the invites, but on postage too. The elaborate invitations with pockets, ribbons and two inner envelopes are beautiful, but heavy, and postage can add up quickly. Alternatively, you could include a separate reception card, which is classy and won't weigh you down. take your invites to the local post office to get them weighed before mailing so you're sure about the cost of postage.
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of Lompoc, USA 93436 — 805-757-2315
Questions To Ask a Wedding Photographer
When interviewing photographers ask these questions. How many years experience do you have? Will you be the photographer at my event? Do you bring an assistant or additional photographer? Do I receive all images on disk? How long after my event will I see my proofs? Do you have references?
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Valentine's Day for May and June Brides!
With so many weddings in May and June, be sure that yours is on your guests’ calendar first! Save-the-Date cards ask your guests to reserve that date for your event. When should May and June brides mail theirs? Plan for that Save-the Date to arrive by Valentine's Day! For that to work, get started
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of Kansas City/Nationwide, USA 66007 — 913-636-3130
Can you afford a destination beach wedding?
Absolutely! Choose a resort that offers free weddings and work with their groups department to negotiate a discounted rate for your guests. Give guests 6-12 months notice. Booking 15 rooms usually means a free room for you! Throw a fun reception back home with pictures and video from the wedding.
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Choosing a Wedding Invitation
When shopping for wedding invitations, bring pictures or samples of invitations you like, color swatches and someone whose judgment you trust. A good ball park figure of how many guests are on your list helps as well. Armed with these you can narrow your choices quickly and easily find an invitation that works for you and your budget.
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Comfortable Wedding Shoes
Bridal shoes are a very important part of your attire for this special day. You'll be on your feet for hours, so be sure to select comfortable shoes! Make sure to break in your new shoes prior to the wedding. Wear them around the house to make sure they don't give you a blister and to scuff up the soles a bit so you don't slip.
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of Wayne, NJ, USA — 866-721-8800
Destination Wedding Save-the-Date Tip
When planning a destination wedding it is advisable to send out your save the date cards 6-12 months in advance. This allows your guests ample time to secure their travel plans.
A cute "save the date" idea is a postcard from your destination.
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of Maui, Hawaii, USA 96788 — 808-572-4957
Care-free Sandal-less Beach Wedding!
Make a splash at your Beach Wedding by going sandal-less! Instead of worrying about those pesky glass slippers getting caught in the sand or tripping over rubber flip-flops, so not chic, get the glam on wearing faux sandals! Ideal for beach or medieval weddings paired with ring-bracelets!
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Candies Make Useful and Fun Wedding Decorations
Single color M&M's for your reception allow you to offer a popular candy that perfectly coordinates with your wedding decor & theme. Use candies as decoration in interesting glass vessels on each of the reception tables or have the popular candy buffet which doubles as decoration and a yummy addition to your dessert choices and wedding cake.
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of Pewaukee, USA 53072 — 262-696-4076
So, You Want to Hire A Singer
When hiring a musician, it is important that you treat them as you would a Florist or Baker. This means:
1. Have your songs already chosen before contacting
2. Contact them months in advance
3. Give them ANY details that they need to know as soon as possible
4. Do not change your music a week be
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of Strongsville, USA 44136 — 440-260-4122
Themes
Create a wedding theme for decorating your reception site that makes your guests think of you and your groom. If you enjoy wine or met in wine country then choose a wine theme. If you are golfers and golf together then choose golf as a theme. Or combine your likes to create a unique theme.
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of Raleigh, North Carolina —
Uniquely Yours
Do you have an heirloom that has been in your family for generations? Perhaps a fine bone china tea set? Why not incorporate the pattern in your wedding invitations and set the tone for things to come. Culminate your special day with tea favors bearing tags with the design.
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Wedding Planning with Less Stress
Some key factors that will significantly reduce wedding planning stress are having a positive attitude, starting your planning as early, working within a budget, sharing tasks with others, finding good wedding vendors and suppliers and daily exercise.
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Planning a Wedding on a Budget
When planning a wedding on a budget, and looking to save money on a wedding gown, consider ordering a bridesmaid's gown in ivory or white. It will be far less expensive than a traditional wedding gown.
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