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Part Five – Seven Things to Cut From Your Wedding & Save Your Budget
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Here’s the fifth installment of things to cut from your wedding budget that noonewill even notice but will save your hard earned money:
5. Wedding Party/Ceremony/Reception Programs – A lot of work AND worry for something that will be glanced at and left behind. ‘But not everyone knows that my bridesmaid is my best friend from college?’ you ask. That may be true, but if you have a good MC at the reception, he or she will inform every one of that fact at the reception. As well, it give people something to talk about while at the cocktail reception or when finding their seats at the reception. ‘So, how do you know …’
Happy planning!
Part Four – Seven Things to Cut From Your Wedding & Save Your Budget
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Here is the next idea of what you can cut from your wedding that hardly anyone will notice or care about…
4. Champagne – The fact is it’s expensive and most people don’t really like champagne. You likely already have wine on the tables – cha-ching. Have some sort of bar – cha-ching. And now you want to open and pay for more alcohol for each guest to have a glass to raise to you, shout out ‘cheers’ (substitute here what ever your family traditional uses – ‘prost’, ‘valo’, ‘mazaltof’, etc.) so they can take a sip and thats it? Why not just use the wine already on the table, or the drinks they already have from the bar? Think about it!
Stand by for more ideas to keep your budget in check!
Good luck and happy wedding planning!
Wedding Reading – Excerpt from ‘The Five People You Meet In Heaven’
Friday, June 19th, 2009Every life has one true-love snapshot.
For Eddie, it came on a warm September night after a thunderstorm, when the boardwalk was spongy with water. She wore a yellow cotton dress, with a pink barrette in her hair. Eddie didn’t say much. He was so nervous he felt as if his tongue were glued to his teeth. They danced to the music of a big band, Long Legs Delaney and his Everglades Orchestra. He bought her a lemon fizz.
She said she had to go before her parents got angry. But as she walked away, she turned and waved.
That was the snapshot.
For the rest of his life, whenever he thought of Marguerite, Eddie would see that moment, her waving over her shoulder, her dark hair falling over one eye, and he would feel the same arterial burst of love.
That night he came home and woke his older brother, Joe. He told him he’d met the girl he was going to marry.
Excerpt from The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Life Has Taught Us That Love…
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Part Three – Seven Things to Cut From Your Wedding & Save Your Budget
Tuesday, June 9th, 20093. A Fancy (read EXPENSIVE) Wedding Topper – Sure, it might look nice to have the traditional ceramic or otherwise, mini bride and groom on the top of your wedding cake. Or those monogrammed letter cake toppers. Or fun to have the bobble head bride and groom. But really, if you are trying to cut your budget, this is the thing to slash. Why not substitute the topper with a few blooms that match those in your bouquet? Much cheaper and still looks great.
More ideas of things to cut from your wedding…coming soon!
Good luck & happy planning!
Wedding Reading From The Notebook…
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009I am nothing special. Of this, I am sure.
I am a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life.
There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but, I loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me this has always been enough.
Excerpt from the movie “The Notebook“.
How to Make your Diamond Look Bigger While Spening Less
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009When buying a diamond, here are some tips to help you spend a little less of your hard earned dollars and still come away with something that looks like you’ve lost your mind and spent a fortune. The cut, setting and shape are the key. Here are five ways to select diamonds, be it a wedding ring, earrings, or anything else, to make it look like you have more carats then you actually do:
1. Side Stones
A very classic style right now is the three stone engagement ring. The stones are said to represent yesterday, today and tomorrow. Its no coincidence that this setting ranks among the top engagement ring styles. When you have smaller side stones, there are more facets, more light catching angles and more oomph. which is what we all want, right girls?
2. Bezel Setting
When a diamond is completely encircled by a rim, it is called bezel setting. When set in platinum or white gold, the diamonds appear as one unit and look bigger than their individual parts.
3. One Word – Pavé
The pavé setting is so beautiful and it looks like a complete surface of diamonds but in reality, its many, many diamond clustered in tiny holes sitting in and on the band. Think of it as a ring ‘paved’ with diamonds. Although, the diamonds in a pavé setting will cost far less than one big single diamond, it is very labour intensive to set, so keep this in mind when looking.
4. Fancy Diamond Shapes
Cuts like the oval, marquis or the pear are considered fancy shaped diamonds. The shapes cost less and usually look larger than round diamonds of equal weight.
5. Illusion Setting
Mounting the diamond on a mirror-type plate before setting it into the band, is called an illusion setting. The mirror-plate in the back reflects more light and makes the setting appear larger and more brilliant. Many vintage rings have this type of setting. Do keep in mind that repairing this type of setting is more difficult and more costly as a result.
Good luck! Happy wedding!
Wedding Cake Trends – Move Over Fondant, Here Comes Buttercream!
Monday, June 1st, 2009By Sarah Bogle
This year has marked a turning point in wedding cakes — buttercream icing is in, fondant icing is out! Abandoning their dreams of beautiful cakes devoid of taste, brides are choosing wedding cakes that showcase taste as well as style. Bakers have seen the rise in requests for buttercream frosting with a smooth iced finish.
For me, this is a trend long overdue! An avid lover of all types of cakes (and yes, my waistline does show it a bit), I have been disappointed with most wedding cakes in the last few years. I will never forget the excitement I felt while admiring the most beautiful cake I had ever seen. The bride’s cake was a replica of a stunning European cathedral — complete with bell tower, stained glass windows, and baptistery. All the guests circled the cake table in admiration of the meticulously detailed fondant cake. None of the guests could wait to dig in!
But to all our dismay, the fondant was as as crispy and dry as melba toast. The flavorless cake was devoid of taste and lacked moisture. We drank our beverages to add enough liquid to swallow our first bite, then set our plates aside with disappointment. Plate after plate of uneaten wedding cake covered the dining tables. It was then that I realized it wasn’t enough for a cake to beautiful…it had to be edible and tasty too!
Don’t let this happen to you. In these tight economic times, save your money on intricately detailed cakes in favor of one whose taste is impressively delicious. Embrace traditional buttercream icings and preserve fillings. Ask your baker for their top flavor offerings. And, don’t underestimate the love everyone has for a moist white cake with buttercream frosting. After all, who doesn’t love a simple but freshly made cake?
Sarah Bogle is a wedding style expert and published author. After months of searching for unique & personalized wedding favors for her own wedding, she was disappointed by the lackluster options on the market. So with an entrepreneurial spirit, she formed her own artisan soap company to fill the void. Over a decade later, the Artisan Soap Shoppe LLC continues to provide truly custom wedding favors and bridal party gifts at a cost competitive price point.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sarah_Bogle