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Listed are the posts for November 2008.

Spectacular Tropical Wedding Flowers

If you are going some place bright and warm for your wedding, you will find that the growing season is much longer there and that you can get some truly lovely specimens for your wedding. If you have free rein to decorate as you please without resorting to getting a hotel or venue to do [...]


Elegant Informal Wedding Receptions

Sometimes the key to a fun wedding reception is to keep it casual. But don’t forget that informal can still be elegant. Just because you choose to dress more informally doesn’t mean you shouldn’t distinguish yourself as the best dressed woman at the party. If you suggested that people dress informally for the reception, you [...]


Colors and Meanings of Bridal Roses

If you are interested in having roses used in your wedding, you’ll find that there are a variety of different colors that you can choose from. Of course you’ll find that different colors have different meanings. Although you’ll want roses that compliment your theme and wedding colors, you’ll want to keep the meanings of the [...]


Warm Up With a Winter Wedding

A Winter Wedding can be an opportunity to add rich, dark colors to brighten up the background of what can be a drab and cold time of year. Not only can you add rich, warm color through the wedding and reception, but add it to the bridesmaids’ jewelry and dresses as well. Winter weddings are [...]


It’s Your Wedding Day: Do It Your Way

Brides today want to do their weddings their own way, and to worry less about tradition. Many brides are opting for a dress in a pale color, such as a pink, ice blue, pale seafoam green, silver, platinum or champagne color. These dress colors can match your skin coloring and be re-worn for other formal [...]


A Little Cuban Flavor for Your Wedding

Every couple is looking for a way to make their wedding memorable. For a great time, use these Cuban wedding traditions for inspiration. Select one type of drink for your main beverage at the cocktail hour. You can choose Mojitos, the traditional Cuban hi-ball, or a big bowl of Sangria. Make sure that the cocktail [...]


Ooh la la: French weddings

Many wonderful wedding traditions originate in France. Do you know that even the tradition of raising a toast comes from France, where a small piece of toast was dropped into the couple’s wine mug (called ‘coupe de marriage’), to wish them a healthy and prosperous life? Another borrowed tradition that is gaining increasing popularity, is [...]


Handsome Engraved Gifts for Groomsmen

Many couples want a unique gift for the wedding troupe. You will find a range of personalized mementos for the groom’s friends online; you will have many great choices from which to pick. Your search should contain the term “gifts for groomsmen”. The results will lead you to sites that offer specialized gifts for groomsmen. [...]


Where Do Wedding Rituals Originate?

Many of our current wedding rituals have a long history behind them. For instance, if you’ve wondered where the term “jumping the broom” started, you only have to go back just a few centuries and look to the Deep South. Although there are various beliefs on its origin, some believed it was from Africa, others [...]


Blending Cultures in a Wedding

A marriage is a union of two people, and sometimes, those two people come from very different cultures. The truth is that love often sees past cultural boundaries, but actually getting two different cultures to blend for a wedding can be something of an interesting feat. If you are looking to make sure that both [...]


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