Wedding Cake Toppers
Thought of as more traditional, especially with elegant of cakes of royalty, cake toppers have been around for centuries. Whether your cake is a four tiered cake, or even just one large sheet cake, the cake topper is something that can be a memorable keepsake, something passed down from generation to generation, or even something that is meant to give your guests a laugh. [caption id="attachment_726" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Image: istockphoto"][/caption] What does your cake topper say about you and the groom? Your wedding cake topper will be the subject of many photographs. Remember…it will be looked at for many years, so it is ...
Adventures in Veil-Making
Bride’s Eye View There comes a time in planning a budget wedding where you have to put your money where your mouth is. Or, in my case, put our money where my head is. I have decided to follow all the advice I’ve read about “using your own creativity to save money,” and make my own veil. I first considered this idea the day I bought my wedding dress. The shop attendant, Nancy, brought out a number of veils for me to try on with the gowns. Although I was mostly concentrating on choosing a dress (and/or feeling like a princess), I ...
Gotta Be Chocolate
Choosing the Wedding Cake This week we’re making a big commitment. We are going to choose our cake. Oh, how I’ve dreamed of this day. The day we go around to all the bakeries in town, taste cake after cake, and choose the most delicious of all. I’m not particularly concerned about how this cake is going to look. I care about how it is going to taste. I have been to approximately seven hundred weddings where the cake includes tiered stands, latticework icing, fake greenery, a waterfall, and an entire garden of flowers, yet the actual cake tastes like sawdust. [caption id="attachment_701" ...
Asking Your Attendants
Bride’s Eye View I Promise I Won’t Make You Wear an Ugly Dress Lee and I have been the best of friends for a very long time. We bonded in middle-school math class over the antics of our goofy teacher, and our friendship has been growing stronger ever since. Despite attending different high schools and living on the opposite sides of town, then choosing different colleges and careers, we have somehow managed to stay close. I can’t imagine asking anyone else to be my maid of honor. [caption id="attachment_693" align="aligncenter" width="423" caption="Image: istockphoto"][/caption] Of course, I should say matron of honor. At Lee’s wedding ...
Will You Marry Us?
Bride’s Eye View Let’s see, we’re really getting through this wedding planning stuff. Dress? Check. Location? Check. Rings? Check. Minister? Uh, well… This little detail is turning into a big problem. Gary and I are at a loss for what to do here. So far we have gone to great lengths to ensure that everything about our wedding is warm, personal and comfortable. But we’re coming up short when it comes to choosing the person who will perform our marriage ceremony. [caption id="attachment_690" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Image: istockphoto"][/caption] Although both of us were raised in church-going households (of the semi-regular attendance variety), neither of us ...
Planning
The Many Flavors of Cake
Years ago, wedding cakes came in two basic flavors: white or yellow. Once in a while,...
Wedding Cake Toppers
Thought of as more traditional, especially with elegant of cakes of royalty, cake...
Mix-and-Match Wedding Favors
Wedding favors come in every shape, size, color and theme. The favor market has exploded...
Fashion & Beauty
Adventures in Veil-Making
Bride’s Eye View There comes a time in planning a budget wedding where you have...
Finding the Perfect Wedding Dress
Bride’s Eye View I can’t put it off any longer. I realize this is an odd sentiment...
Fabrics for Your Wedding Gown
Like everything else that goes into planning the wedding, choosing the fabric and...
Engagement
Shopping for Your Own Ring
My mom’s ring is beautiful. I have been wearing it since Gary proposed. But I am...
Valentine’s Day Engagements
A Sweetheart of a Proposal Before you know it, Valentine’s Day will be here...
Making the Day Yours, Too
A groom is often kind of the participant at the wedding in most aspects. For the...
Etiquette
Eastern Orthodox Weddings
The term Eastern Orthodox is used to define all of the Orthodoxy sects of Christianity...
Dancing Daze
Dazzling Dance Steps for your Wedding Reception As you imagine twirling across the...
Ethnic Wedding Traditions
Borrowing from cultures There are certain wedding traditions that are popular worldwide—even...
Honeymoons
Honeymoon Registry
The Gift that Keeps Going One of the new up-and-coming trends in bridal registry...
Honeymoon in the Alps
Chamonix is located in eastern France at the foot of Mt. Blanc, the highest mountain...
Exotic Honeymoon in Petra
Petra, one of New Seven Wonders of the World, is a city carved out of the limestone...
Real Weddings
Asking Your Attendants
Bride’s Eye View I Promise I Won’t Make You Wear an Ugly Dress Lee and I have...
Will You Marry Us?
Bride’s Eye View Let’s see, we’re really getting through this wedding planning...
Vanessa’s Wedding Surprise
In early September, Broadway veteran Lin-Manuel Miranda married Vanessa Nadal at...