Biggest wedding trend for 2013: It's all about the guests. Let’s face it: you’ll be much too busy primping, posing for photos, and getting married to worry about whether or not every single guest is enjoying themselves.
So why not plan ahead and find great ways to entertain guests and minimize potential wedding stress? Centrepiece Games. Before we get to the games, a word of advice.
10 Wedding Reception Activities to Break the Ice. Wedding receptions are a special day for both the bride and groom, as well as the invited guests.
Marking the beginning of a beautiful relationship, the wedding reception is a time for the family and friends of the newly weds to meet each other, hit the dance floor, and take advantage of an open bar. Unfortunately, guests may not be familiar with each other, and even though booze might be flowing, getting the guests involved in wedding reception games is a great way for breaking that initial uneasiness and serve as a means for entertaining conversation and mingling. These ten wedding reception activities will spice up the night and leave guests talking for weeks to come. 1.) The Kissing Games. In a recent article, I explored the various ways cultures approach the wedding kiss.
These traditions got me thinking about all the fun games guests play to encourage the bride and groom to smooch during the wedding reception. Perhaps the most familiar scene is the clinking of a champagne flute with a silver spoon. The ritual originated in medieval times when guests offered a clinking toast to their hosts as a symbol of trust and good wishes. Borrowing from ancient pagan traditions, Christians adopted the gesture as a way to chase away the devil so the newlyweds can kiss. "Here Comes the Bride" alternatives for ALL kinds of processionals. My fiancee and I are going to be walking into the ceremony together and then meeting in the middle.As you can imagine, the traditional "Here Comes the Bride" wouldn't really fit us too well.
That being said, does anyone know of any alternatives to that song? Groomsmen Survival Kits. Member 565 posts Busy bee Taking inspiration from several other bees and Google searches, these are part of our gifts to the groomsmen (they will also be given a pocket knife with engraving of their name and our wedding date).
They contain four types of liquors, specific to the individual’s likes as well as a shot glass (hopefully they wait until after the ceremony to drink them ). Deodorant Chapstick Tylenol Wet wipes Shout wipes Wisp Mini toothbrushes Tums Gum 966 posts I like the little bottles of alcohol and shot glass too. 590 posts Great idea!!! 80+ free wedding printables: a huge list of downloadable DIY wedding projects. Ok, first: do you have the ULTIMATE downloadable printable, the Offbeat Bride Checklist?
If not, you should definitely grab that. There are hidden freebies all over the web: downloadable templates, patterns, fonts, fingerprint trees, and more. The Ranty Bride: {Fun Fact} I Pick the Best Wedding Music OR Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile - Kiss My Tulle. I take selecting music very seriously.
I'm a fan of songs across all genres, though, being from Cleveland - where Poison still sells out - I have a soft spot in my heart for glam rock. Image Courtesy of: Duane Cochran Regardless, picking music that will keep your guests dancing is harder than it may seem. You need songs that will keep people of mixed ages, backgrounds, and rhythmic ability shaking what their mamas gave them, while mixing in an adequate amount of slower stuff because it's a wedding, and people (i.e., moms) like an excuse to force other people (i.e., dads) to slow dance. 50 Romantic Wedding Hairstyles Using Flowers. There’s something so romantic about a bride with flowers in her hair don’t you think?
And contrary to popular belief, they’re not just for trips to San Francisco. Lovely and Romantic Bridal Hairstyles. Planet of Women- Health, Fashion & Beauty Latest Woman Health News, Fashion Trends, Beauty and Wellness tips Lovely and Romantic Bridal Hairstyles March 28, 2013 by admin 2 Comments Wedding is probably the most beautiful and pleasant day in women’s life.
Casual wedding invitations and the insanity of writing out "Two Thousand and Fourteen" Love is in the Air Wedding Invitations When I got engaged, I never thought that figuring out which words to use on our invitation would be harder than figuring out which invitations to use. Choosing the invite was almost instinctual, whereas figuring out how to word the damn thing became a freaking internal struggle. It became my tomboy-ish, anti-formal, easy-going ways fighting against the years of Cotillion training and the voices of my old-money-Southern-society family members chiding me about how certain things are "just done" in this family.
If my parents had it their way, the invitations (and the whole wedding in general!) Daily Wedding Inspiration. If you’re a diamonds-are-a-girl’s-best-friend kind of girl, we’re about to introduce you to your second-best friend: 77 Diamonds. Borrowing its name from the year when the first recorded diamond engagement ring was given—to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximilian I of Austra in 1477—this London-based online boutique boasts the largest selection of conflict-free diamonds in the world, offering a dazzling array of both loose diamonds and chic diamond jewelry, from vintage-inspired cocktail rings to delicate drop earrings. Handmade Wedding Rings + 4 Reasons to Buy Handmade. Posted September 21, 2011 | 15 Comments You may have heard that a diamond lasts forever… but we think a handmade diamond or gemstone ring lasts forever + a day. We kid, we kid. If you’ve been an avid Emmaline Bride reader for awhile, you know we have a big ol’ heart for all things handmade.
And, as you may have guessed, handmade wedding rings are no exception. If you are gearing up to pop the question, we recommend handmade wedding rings as an option.
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