category "Wedding Tips & Advice"
a helping hand for the blushing bride
Simple and beautiful decoration ideas for your wedding needn't be tedious or expensive. Here's how: Location, location, location You're going to spend a lot less on décor if your venue is already a beautiful space ...
These days you don't even need to have your camera with you, as the average cell phone takes really good pics. But is it 'gracious' to allow one's creative urge to take over just to get the shot, when there is a ...
The major mantra, when it comes to the bride on her wedding day, is keep it low key. Anything that comes close to OTT is just that - over the top. Here follow beauty tips your friends may be too busy to think of ...
Weddings tend to happen in spates. Once one of your friends marries, and it's not long before at least another three join the ranks of Mr and Mrs. This can leave their guests feeling more than a little pinched (outfits, ...
I had pre-marital counselling. We thought it was a good idea. Kind of like a tick from someone who agreed we were indeed as compatible as we thought, and could probably go the long haul. Whilst a lot of couples who ...
Weddings of our friends tend to happen in waves. There is seldom just one wedding. Once one of the group has started the trend, others follow, and before long, you're attending weddings more often than seeing a ...
Bridal salons and wedding planners appear to agree that there is a rising trend amongst grooms to be more involved in the planning of their own weddings. Even wedding proposal coaches (there are such things?) say that ...
The term 'slow wedding' is emerging in contradiction to the OTT style weddings that are the product of a wedding industry in overdrive. Many marriage partners are so busy doing and over-achieving on the wedding ...
Just what is the difference between the speech and the wedding toast? And who gives them? How many toasts should there be at a wedding? I've got to be honest and say that I left all of the 'pomp and ceremony' up to ...
Despite the claim that 99.5% of long distance relationships don't work (this statistic comes from a single guys' website where being single is rather a status symbol), some who meet and conduct relationships, despite ...
I didn't know this, but gold wedding bands – the circle of everlasting love – do not last quite as long we might think, according to a recent study. A chemist in Vienna (who obviously has a lot of time on his ...
A friend of mine made a really pertinent remark recently. She said that modern day society are frightened of a little discomfort. This was said in reference to our capacity to turn to pills the minute a slight headache ...
Including children in your wedding falls into two categories: involving your own children in a second marriage union, and involving other people's children in your wedding (using them as flower girls and pages ...
For those green brides out there concerned with the carbon footprint of the average wedding dress, upcycling - or remaking cast-off items into something different and better - is the height of fashion chic. And with ...
These days, with marvellous level entry cameras on the market, and the fact that every second person's brother-in-law takes really great pics, one does start to second guess the whole wedding photographer ...
There is the tradition, whether or not you choose to follow it, to buy the bride a gift. That is the groom, buys the bride, a gift. The bride has spent weeks, if not months, planning, directing, delegating, doing and ...
Whilst the cold steadily sets in around the country there are still brides out there hoping to wear barely there wedding attire, despite the weather. And one way of doing this is to choose shoes that keep you feet warm ...
It was very interesting recently to read a couple of articles that highlight an emerging phenomenon – that marriage is only for those who can afford it. The articles are American, but the same probably holds true ...
We've looked at whether or not you can / should change your name on getting married before. But it's a good idea to ask your friends to see how their choices have impacted on them. Sometimes asking frank questions ...
I recently read an article entitled – 'Women want to be married by 30' and swallowed. Yes I know that I'm way past 30 and thus not technically qualified to comment, but I'm also way past 30, which means that I sooo ...
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