For brides who want something pretty and feminine, but are weary of pink, yellow is a hot alternative. If the color yellow makes you think of fuzzy baby chicks or iconic smiley faces, think again! When done right, yellow is fun, fresh, and sweetly elegant.
Five Ways to Avoid Wedding Disaster
There are many ways to plan a wedding that you won’t enjoy. Your best friend says you MUST do the bouquet toss, although you think it’s the silliest of customs. You want to cry as you cut the over-your-budget wedding cake you ordered to please your mom. Your guests are cold and wet after an unexpected shower at your outdoor ceremony… Don’t let this happen to you! From the Wedding Examiner, an LA-based creator and conductor of hundreds of civil and event weddings a year, comes Five Ways to Screw Up your Wedding, in 5 Parts. Read and be warned!
Don’t bore your wedding guests with a lengthy floor show
There’s the happy couple’s first dance. Then there is the father/daughter and the mother/son dance. Then we segue into the son and mother-in-law, then son and grandma dance together, etc… “What is appropriate?” is the question posed to Miss Manners. “How long should the dances be, and how many should there be?”
As usual, Miss Manners’ answer is smart, practical, and, of course, mannerly. The idea is for the bridal couple to open the dancing, not to give a private dance performance featuring all their relatives!
Mother of the Bride speaks
There’s nothing like a mother’s love, especially when agonizing over wedding gowns and color schemes. Wondering what your mom is really thinking as she helps you pick out invitations and register for gifts? Diane recently walked her daughter down the isle, and here she shares some thoughts and lessons learned. From trying on wedding gowns to lining your dancing shoes with moleskin, here are one mother of the bride’s top 10 tips!
Bride Accessories: Putting the “Oooh!” into Something Blue!
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
According to Yahoo Answers, “blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding as evidenced in proverbs like, “Marry in blue, lover be true.”
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- …
- 102
- Next Page »