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Published on September 1st, 2009 by dorischua, under Bridal Accessories, Personalized Wedding, Tropical Wedding, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning & Wedding Shopping, Wedding Reception. (No Comments).
If you want to do something peculiar for your marriage and win the appreciation of the people, you can opt for a theme for your wedding. Instead of following the same old traditions for the marriage, you can choose a wedding theme such as tropical wedding, beach wedding, garden wedding, and be a face out of the crowd. These days, a majority of people are turning their mind towards the themed weddings.
Theme weddings turn out to be very exciting for the guests as well as the couple. You can enjoy your day more, if you have opted for a marriage based on a theme. Selecting a theme for the marriage is not a new concept of course, as many people have started doing this for a long time to make their celebration more effective and vivacious.
The theme of the wedding should be proposed and accepted by both the partners. Make sure that you inform your guests well in advance about the theme, so that they can search and hire the type of dress that matches the theme of your party. The concept of wearing dresses according to a mentioned code is widely accepted and preferred by most of the guests. People, who come to attend the party, enjoy wearing new dresses, as they get a chance to get rid of the formals they have been wearing for long.
There are a variety of wedding themes available. You can either opt for a traditional theme that will date you back to the early 1960’s. You can ask your guests to wear apparels of that time. The music of the same time can enhance the atmosphere of the party. You can arrange for special dance troops to perform the dance that reminds you of the olden times and also hire a palanquin for the bride.
The other choice can be the western style, where all guests as well as the couple will bloom in western outfits. Western music will steal everybody’s heart accompanied by western dance.
If you love to have fun, then you can opt for the Disney wedding, where everybody will have to dress themselves like cartoon characters. The air will have a child like smell there, with people running, laughing and playing all around. This theme will turn out to be very interesting if opted. There can be many more themes of the same sort, like you can choose to have a beach or tropical wedding, where the decorations will be done as if the party is being held near a beach. You can ask your guests to wear apparels that suit the cool atmosphere of a beach party. You can arrange for a beach dance and beach music accompanied by some wine.
If desired you can create your own themes as well and enjoy the pleasure of a themed wedding. Themed weddings are gaining popularity among all major sectors of the society these days. Guests admire and value such sorts of occasions.
Published on March 10th, 2009 by dorischua, under Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning & Wedding Shopping, Wedding Reception. (No Comments).
Planning a wedding is never a breezy task, so is creating the perfect wedding reception. You have read about the 6 Top Wedding Shopping Tips for an unforgettable wedding reception, here are six more tips to make sure your wedding shopping and planning goes on well without a problem.
1) So you have done your wedding shopping. Now it’s time to create a schedule of events for the wedding reception and give a copy to everyone in the main bridal party. This should include the names of those who are responsible for specific things such as ensuring that the guests have somewhere to hang up their outdoor clothing, and who the wedding reception venue personnel should talk to if they have a problem.
2) Keep things simple. Everyone wants a unique wedding reception, but unique doesn’t have to be complicated. The less elements there are to your wedding, the easier you will keep control of things going the way you want them. If you are planning a themed wedding, try to make it a visual thing rather than going all the way and serving a Victorian banquet menu – you can have a Victorian wedding without serving pheasant! That makes your wedding shopping alot easier too!
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3) Experiment with your hair and accessories before the wedding day, ideally after you are finished with your wedding shopping. If you’re going to color your hair, or perm it, or add extensions, or even have it cut, this should be done the week before so that your hair has time to settle before your wedding day. Make sure that the style you choose will work through the wedding, and then the wedding reception. If you’re having a change of clothes, can you get out of your wedding dress and into your next outfit without ruining your hairstyle? Make sure one of your bridesmaids is able to help you tuck any stray hairs back into place throughout the day.
4) Make sure you get what you’re paying for when planning a wedding. If your bridal reception includes wedding reception decorations, check what this means in advance so you’re not disappointed on the day. Otherwise, you might need to do your wedding shopping for decorations on your own. Ask the venue organizer to show you what they will provide. Will the venue charge you extra for cutting the wedding cake if they haven’t provided it? Will they allow you to bring your own wedding cake and/or wine onto the premises? Small details such as this can add stress to your wedding day so sort them out in advance.
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5) If you’re booking a DJ for the wedding reception, ask them for a play list so that you know the kind of music that they will provide. Ask if they will take requests. Ask if they will interact with the guests at your wedding so that you can make announcements etc through the DJ once the music begins. If not, you would need to get some music CDs during your wedding shopping. Once the meal is over, and everyone is enjoying themselves, the DJ or band become a central part of the wedding reception so don’t go on someone else’s recommendation – check it out yourself.
12. Have fun. Having done all your wedding shopping and delegated most of the organization on the big day to your friends and family members, relax and enjoy the day as it happens. Planning a wedding is tough enough and it may not be 100% what you thought it should be, but as long as you and your husband have a great day full of love and laughter surrounded by the people you care about, then that’s all that you should remember in the years to come.
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Published on October 28th, 2008 by dorischua, under Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning & Wedding Shopping. (No Comments).
Today everyone wants a great and perfect wedding and they want it to go off without a problem. This can be done with a little planning ahead of time. Whether you have a few weeks, a few months or a year, you can be sure that your wedding will be the brilliant and a perfectly flawless wedding.
To plan the perfect wedding takes some time and effort but it is easy to get started. When you are at the beginning stages, you’ll need to sit down with your fiancé and decide together what you want. Always decide together at least in the beginning stages so that both of you are on the same page.
Organize your thoughts about what you want and what you want to get done, you can then get started with the details. We recommend that you get a big three ring binder or sometimes there are bridal books that you can get. Keep everything in one place as you go in order to plan the perfect wedding.
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How do you want your wedding ceremony to look? What type of flowers do you want in order to have the perfect ceremony? What type of music? Do you want a theme wedding? These are all questions that should be answered ahead of time in order to have the perfect wedding. Look through magazines for styles that are current. Talk to your friends and family about musicians. Proper planning is what makes perfect weddings.
Here are a few tips:
1. When looking for a florist find someone that is known to your friends or family. Be able to tell them you heard about their work from your friends. Make sure that the florist will be available for your date and check on the types of floral arrangements they have done before. A good florist should be able to help you choose the flowers for the occasion without charging you an arm and a leg to get it.
2. Find a caterer that specializes in the food you want. If you decide on a theme wedding make sure they specialize in the type of food for the theme. Ask around about this one too because you want someone who can bring the full set up from plates and eating utensils to the food. Be sure to book the caterer ahead — usually the further ahead you book the better able to find a good caterer.
3. Musicians should be interviewed even if they are referred to you or if you have heard them before because you will want to know what they play. You can choose from a live band to a DJ or classical music and this will all depend on where you want the music during the ceremony. Obviously a DJ would be reserved for a reception.
4. Make sure that all the bridesmaids and best men are fitted by a certain time so that they are ready the day of the wedding ceremony.
Planning a perfect wedding is possible you know, and we hope that these tips will help you achieve the flawless wedding that everyone wants.
