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Wedding Planning: The Location & The Dress
By Melissa Cummings, RN It can be difficult trying to figure out a starting point when planning a wedding. While planning my wedding, I realized the two major components were the location and the dress. The very first thing a bride should do is figure out where the ceremony and reception will take place. This will dictate all of the decisions to follow; the dress, the food, and the general feel of your special day. Ideally you should book the location six to eight months...
The Knot: A Royal Wedding Gown by Sarah Burton
A wedding symbolizes the beginning of the first phase of a new life for the bride and groom as they form a new family unit. When the planning begins, many diverse elements of the wedding day vie for attention. But for the bride, the gown she'll wear is often her top priority. After all, she's dreamed about it since she was a little girl—that one perfect dress fit for a princess. Recently, the whole world saw the dress chosen by a youngwoman for her real-life royal wedding. Some...
Unique Marriage Proposal: Will You Marry Us?
It took a cat food commercial of all things to remind me just how touching a marriage proposal can be. Of course, we know a proposal is one of the most personal events of a lifetime, but each is as different as the two people involved. From the stereotypical "down on one knee" to a "will you marry me?" written in smoke across a blue sky, proposals all have one thing in common--the fervent desire to evoke that one magical word "yes." Back to how a cat food commercial can possibly...
Planning a Wedding: Part 1
I love talking about weddings - especially now that mine is over and done with! It was one of the most stressful events I have ever had to plan, but it was well worth it. I think the best advice one bride can give to another is to break the wedding into small pieces and tackle them one by one. Start with a big picture, to get the general idea of what you would like to see, but then break it down and give yourself a timeline. There are many books and organizers online and in bookstores...