category "Wedding Tips & Advice"
a helping hand for the blushing bride
Who said that hot, balmy days are vital for weddings? There is so much more to the cooler months than we think, not least because of the special offers you can score both at wedding venues and the places at which you ...
I'm sure you've read them – the stories of couples who, spontaneously and very last-minute, decide to get married. Somehow they manage to pull everything together with ease and in the fervour of the moment, declare ...
Do a Google search for 'alternatives to honeymoons' and you'll get plenty of alternative honeymoon destinations (like staying in a treehouse in Sweden) but little advice about what to do if you're not going on honeymoon ...
A lot of brides benefit from hindsight and share the things they wished they had or hadn't done on their wedding day. We've collated the top 10: Losing perspective – this is a biggie - during the planning it is ...
Don't know about you, but where I come from, the groom is saddled with the honeymoon. The bride gets to worry about just about everything else, but the honeymoon is up to him. This is your moment, so to speak, to ...
One of the most difficult parts of planning a wedding is deciding who sits next to whom. Think I'm joking? Try getting it wrong. It boils down to over two hours for a couple of agonised guests who try hard not to ...
What to do if you're not a regular church-goer but the whole idea of a traditional church wedding, including the boys choir, is something you would love? Even if you forego the boys' choir (I hear they're rather thin ...
The speech. A guy's got to love you to marry you, for if there's one thing they most fear it isn't waiting for you to appear at the church door, it's having to write and then say a speech. As well as including a few ...
It's all very well that you've gone to extraordinary lengths to find a great photographer for the day, and are paying him a small fortune to take the right pics. But how can you make sure that he doesn't catch you in ...
The concept that one is not really married unless one does so in a church whilst commonly held, is hardly the whole picture. Millions of people are married daily, and many of these ceremonies take place in places and ...
If you're a bride with a sense of humour you need to get yourself a copy of The Irreverent A-Z Wedding Guide: South Africa written by Francesca Bourke and Martin Heller. Who is this book for? It's for those brides ...
Since we're here to help you avoid the pitfalls that are most common to weddings, we thought it only fair to prepare you for common mistakes people make with their weddings. The average South African wedding ...
Reflecting on marriage - what is it? And what is it for? Marriage is also called matrimony or wedlock and is a legal contract or a social union between two people that creates kinship; an institution involving ...
It might be helpful to first look at the difference between priests, vicars, pastors and ministers – it can get a little confusing, especially for those of us who are not frequent visitors to church, who choose a ...
Most wedding food, although artfully presented and overly bounteous, is not only dead boring, but leaves one feeling as though you'd much rather have popped out for a local curry. Try something original ...
No matter how easy you think it should be to ask your guests for cash, rather than the time-old list of household items you feel obliged to need in order to set up home, there will always be those horrified by the very ...
There are a number of ways to slash the alcohol budget at your wedding and still manage not to appear tightfisted when it comes to splashing out: Get in your own booze – find a flexible venue and buy in your own, ...
If leap-year's significance is irrelevant to you, and having him pop the question is all important, then just how do you get him to propose without making it patently obvious, or leaving copious numbers of Bride ...
Ah, the blank pages of a wedding guest book! If you're lucky, your bride and groom are creative and rather than a blank page, they've provided you with props, colours and ideas. Because these days guest books at ...
Getting a perfect make-up look for the big day is as important as the dress itself. We've selected the top make-up tips from make-up artists around the globe to help you. Stray as little as possible from your usual ...
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