Showing posts with label Theme Weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theme Weddings. Show all posts
Monday, March 25, 2013
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Frugal Wedding Ideas
A wedding on a budget may be a tight rope walk. However in the long run, it pays off. Here is how to plan a frugal wedding for a financially secure marital bliss. A budget wedding or a frugal wedding may sound like an oxymoron to many of you. But it's a reality.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Wedding Arrangement Ideas
Wedding arrangement ideas comprise the floral arrangement, table decor, and seating arrangement. You shall get plentiful ideas in this article that will help to make your wedding a splendid one. Read on.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Its All About The Date 11-11-11 Congratulations to Today's Wedding Celebrations
The numerically-minded and superstitious, today is also a once-in-a-century event - 11/11/11.
Across the world, people are attributing all sorts of meanings to the day. In China, many are celebrating 11/11/11 as "Singles Day." The idea being that all those 1s in the date are symbolic of people who are on their own.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Enter to win a FREE 10-DAY Weddingmoon in Unbelizable Belize!!!
Belize's unspoiled beauty, history and nature create the backdrop as your participate in the "Maya Marriage of Many". As the 5,126 year old Mayan Calendar draws to an end in December 2012, it is a time of renewal, rebirth, and new beginnings.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Grooms Cakes: How to Design a Cake That's All About Him
by Just Weddings
The grooms cake has been a long-standing tradition, especially in Southern weddings. While the wedding cake was meant to represent the bride, the grooms cake was meant to represent, well, the groom. These days, couples are moving back towards that tradition of having two cakes at the wedding. Paired up with an elegant wedding cake, there is another cake with the groom's personal interests in mind. Grooms cake ideas range from sports to hobbies to patterns, depending all on what his passions are. Often the groom's cake is a surprise that is given by the bride. As tradition would have it, the cake is actually meant to be the bride's gift to her future husband.
Sports
Sports are always a classic when it comes to the groom's cake. Many men love sports and most men have at least one sport they adore. A grooms cake idea can include designs that are fashioned after a particular sport. Hockey fans, for example, can have a sheet cake decorated like an ice hockey rink – players included! Football fans can have a football field with their favorite team's logo in the center and even a scoreboard on the side with the bride and groom as the names of the teams. Baseball fans can have a cake sculpted to look like a bat and baseball cap with tickets to the wedding sticking out. If the groom has a particular team he is a fan of, a grooms cake can be carved into a team's logo or even just use the team colors as the inspiration.
Hobbies
Some men are more into a hobby than a sport. Hobbies can include gaming to fishing to yard work. Depending on the groom, you will want to at least integrate a hobby as the theme or use it as the entire cake decoration. For example, for the man that loves to fish, a large 3-D cake sculpted like a fish coming out of water is a unique selection. For men that love to play video games, a grooms cake that is carved to look like an Xbox or Playstation, with the remote included, is another popular choice.
All About Him
Sometimes it is hard to select just one thing to fashion a cake after, especially if the groom has multiple favorites on his list. Create a two-tiered cake showcasing all of the favorites of the groom. For example, have one tier focus on his career or education, while the other tier focuses on hobbies, sporting teams or even just has a list of his favorite bands written right on the cake. The more personal touches you can add to your groom's cake, the more he'll love it.
Source for sports cake: The Hudson Cakery
Source for fish cake:Cakes VA
This post was originally published on JustWeddings.org.
The grooms cake has been a long-standing tradition, especially in Southern weddings. While the wedding cake was meant to represent the bride, the grooms cake was meant to represent, well, the groom. These days, couples are moving back towards that tradition of having two cakes at the wedding. Paired up with an elegant wedding cake, there is another cake with the groom's personal interests in mind. Grooms cake ideas range from sports to hobbies to patterns, depending all on what his passions are. Often the groom's cake is a surprise that is given by the bride. As tradition would have it, the cake is actually meant to be the bride's gift to her future husband.
Sports
Sports are always a classic when it comes to the groom's cake. Many men love sports and most men have at least one sport they adore. A grooms cake idea can include designs that are fashioned after a particular sport. Hockey fans, for example, can have a sheet cake decorated like an ice hockey rink – players included! Football fans can have a football field with their favorite team's logo in the center and even a scoreboard on the side with the bride and groom as the names of the teams. Baseball fans can have a cake sculpted to look like a bat and baseball cap with tickets to the wedding sticking out. If the groom has a particular team he is a fan of, a grooms cake can be carved into a team's logo or even just use the team colors as the inspiration.
Hobbies
Some men are more into a hobby than a sport. Hobbies can include gaming to fishing to yard work. Depending on the groom, you will want to at least integrate a hobby as the theme or use it as the entire cake decoration. For example, for the man that loves to fish, a large 3-D cake sculpted like a fish coming out of water is a unique selection. For men that love to play video games, a grooms cake that is carved to look like an Xbox or Playstation, with the remote included, is another popular choice.
All About Him
Sometimes it is hard to select just one thing to fashion a cake after, especially if the groom has multiple favorites on his list. Create a two-tiered cake showcasing all of the favorites of the groom. For example, have one tier focus on his career or education, while the other tier focuses on hobbies, sporting teams or even just has a list of his favorite bands written right on the cake. The more personal touches you can add to your groom's cake, the more he'll love it.
Source for sports cake: The Hudson Cakery
Source for fish cake:Cakes VA
This post was originally published on JustWeddings.org.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Stacy & Bob's handmade bluegrass talent show wedding
Real Weddings: Midwest US By Offbeat Intern on July 06, 2011
Photos by Photographer
The offbeat bride: Stacy, actor, arty/crafty goddess, and office drone
Her offbeat partner: Bob, musician and farm equipment service manager
Location & date of wedding: Hidden Hill Nursery and Sculpture Garden, Utica, Indiana — September 25
We wanted it to be casual, musical, and fun. It was going to be a crafting test for my mad crafting skills, as well as for handmade touches by family and friends.
We are over 40 (well, I am anyway) and Bob has been married before, so we didn't want a wedding party or many of the other typical wedding traditions. Instead, Bob's daughter served as our lone wedding party member as Maid of Honor, ring bearer, and vow book holder.
We walked ourselves to the wedding stage that had been built by both of our dads and decorated by moms, friends, and cousins. Everyone walked in behind us. In place of a wedding party, our closest friends and family were "VIPs" and wore ribbon corsage award pins made by me.
We wrote our own vows, had a special moment with the daughter of the groom, and gave her a necklace made by an aunt.
Bob and I had actually gone to high school together and dated briefly back then. We reconnected as adults on Facebook and we knew it felt right. We had love notes from high school and present day hanging in the trees.
We had barbecue from Famous Dave's with pie and cookies instead of a wedding cake. And we were serious about not doing a traditional reception. We had a really great bluegrass band called Relic to start out the entertainment. Then we had an open mic night and talent show. The plan was to have a variety of music mixes at the ready on the iPod but we had so many amazing performances and special toasts that we barely got to play any of them!
We set up a homemade photo booth with mustaches and lips-on-sticks. There was also cornhole bean bag games and a golf "closest to the pin" competition. The two of us performed some musical numbers as well.
Tell us about the ceremony: I really loved when our officiant said:
"Real love is not total absorption into each other; it is looking outward in the same direction together. Love makes burdens lighter because you divide them. It makes joys more intense because you share them. It makes you stronger, so you can be involved with life in ways you dare not risk alone. It should never be said of either of you that you show more concern for a friend than you do for each other. More kindness, gentleness, and concern needs to be shown in the privacy of your own home than anywhere else. Indeed, your home should be a haven from all the confusion and craziness the world will create."
Then he asked the guests:
"And to all of you witnessing the vows they are about to make, will you do all in your power to support these two persons in marriage?" Witnesses: "We will."
Our biggest challenge: Doing everything ourselves was a challenge. The morning of the wedding was overwhelming having to get up super early to put everything together ourselves. There were plenty of people there to help us with our vision, but vocalizing what we needed done was a challenge. Finally when it seemed our vision was coming into focus, we left instructions with family and friends for remaining to-dos and went to have massages and get ready. THAT did the trick!
My favorite moment: It was great to just hang out with everyone before the ceremony. Everyone was involved with the wedding from planning and setup to ceremony and reception. And everyone was special, not just a wedding party. Our officiant was a friend of mine from college. Having it at a family location made it feel comfortable and the barbecue and pies were a hit!
Reading our own vows and having a special moment with Bob's daughter was super special and tear-inducing. Hidden Hill provided an abundance of photo opportunities and things to do for everyone.
Lastly, all the Maker's Mark was a gift from Bill Samuels, Jr. (the owner of Maker's Mark), who is a friend of Bob's uncle. That went over really well. And it was special because our first adult date was a visit to the Maker's Mark Distillery.
My funniest moment: We had the officiant say: "If anyone here thinks that these two should not be married, they really don't care." It really lightened the mood and set the tone for the day.
Then for our talent show, we had a steampunk duo called White City Rippers who performed with a theremin and an accordion. It was a head-scratching hoot!
My advice for offbeat brides: Be ready to give up on some ideas that you don't really need or for which you don't have time or money. For example, we really had a vision of having mismatched vintage plates and things for all the tables. Then it became just for the head table. Then we realized that since we weren't having it at a reception hall or having a catering service, we'd have to clean up all the dishes. In the end, we had nice scalloped-edged plastic plates.
What was the most important lesson you learned from your wedding? Having the love and help of family and friends was what made it the most remarkable and memorable. There are certain things that you dwell on the day of the wedding, but just let it go and enjoy the moment and the day.
Care to share a few vendor/shopping links?
•Vintage fabric banners: Etsy seller Jumpupanddown
•Design your own buttons: Etsy seller Marajane01
•Awesome pies: Williams Bakery (812) 284-2867
•Barbecue: Famous Dave's
•Jam labels: Etsy seller Gersoncurse
•Bands: Relic Bluegrass Band and The White City Rippers
•Groom's outfit: Gentlemen's Emporium
•Bride's dress and petticoat: Audey
•Custom Rings: Etsy seller AdziasJewelryAtelier
Photos by Photographer
The offbeat bride: Stacy, actor, arty/crafty goddess, and office drone
Her offbeat partner: Bob, musician and farm equipment service manager
Location & date of wedding: Hidden Hill Nursery and Sculpture Garden, Utica, Indiana — September 25
We wanted it to be casual, musical, and fun. It was going to be a crafting test for my mad crafting skills, as well as for handmade touches by family and friends.
We are over 40 (well, I am anyway) and Bob has been married before, so we didn't want a wedding party or many of the other typical wedding traditions. Instead, Bob's daughter served as our lone wedding party member as Maid of Honor, ring bearer, and vow book holder.
We walked ourselves to the wedding stage that had been built by both of our dads and decorated by moms, friends, and cousins. Everyone walked in behind us. In place of a wedding party, our closest friends and family were "VIPs" and wore ribbon corsage award pins made by me.
We wrote our own vows, had a special moment with the daughter of the groom, and gave her a necklace made by an aunt.
Bob and I had actually gone to high school together and dated briefly back then. We reconnected as adults on Facebook and we knew it felt right. We had love notes from high school and present day hanging in the trees.
We had barbecue from Famous Dave's with pie and cookies instead of a wedding cake. And we were serious about not doing a traditional reception. We had a really great bluegrass band called Relic to start out the entertainment. Then we had an open mic night and talent show. The plan was to have a variety of music mixes at the ready on the iPod but we had so many amazing performances and special toasts that we barely got to play any of them!
We set up a homemade photo booth with mustaches and lips-on-sticks. There was also cornhole bean bag games and a golf "closest to the pin" competition. The two of us performed some musical numbers as well.
Tell us about the ceremony: I really loved when our officiant said:
"Real love is not total absorption into each other; it is looking outward in the same direction together. Love makes burdens lighter because you divide them. It makes joys more intense because you share them. It makes you stronger, so you can be involved with life in ways you dare not risk alone. It should never be said of either of you that you show more concern for a friend than you do for each other. More kindness, gentleness, and concern needs to be shown in the privacy of your own home than anywhere else. Indeed, your home should be a haven from all the confusion and craziness the world will create."
Then he asked the guests:
"And to all of you witnessing the vows they are about to make, will you do all in your power to support these two persons in marriage?" Witnesses: "We will."
Our biggest challenge: Doing everything ourselves was a challenge. The morning of the wedding was overwhelming having to get up super early to put everything together ourselves. There were plenty of people there to help us with our vision, but vocalizing what we needed done was a challenge. Finally when it seemed our vision was coming into focus, we left instructions with family and friends for remaining to-dos and went to have massages and get ready. THAT did the trick!
My favorite moment: It was great to just hang out with everyone before the ceremony. Everyone was involved with the wedding from planning and setup to ceremony and reception. And everyone was special, not just a wedding party. Our officiant was a friend of mine from college. Having it at a family location made it feel comfortable and the barbecue and pies were a hit!
Reading our own vows and having a special moment with Bob's daughter was super special and tear-inducing. Hidden Hill provided an abundance of photo opportunities and things to do for everyone.
Lastly, all the Maker's Mark was a gift from Bill Samuels, Jr. (the owner of Maker's Mark), who is a friend of Bob's uncle. That went over really well. And it was special because our first adult date was a visit to the Maker's Mark Distillery.
My funniest moment: We had the officiant say: "If anyone here thinks that these two should not be married, they really don't care." It really lightened the mood and set the tone for the day.
Then for our talent show, we had a steampunk duo called White City Rippers who performed with a theremin and an accordion. It was a head-scratching hoot!
My advice for offbeat brides: Be ready to give up on some ideas that you don't really need or for which you don't have time or money. For example, we really had a vision of having mismatched vintage plates and things for all the tables. Then it became just for the head table. Then we realized that since we weren't having it at a reception hall or having a catering service, we'd have to clean up all the dishes. In the end, we had nice scalloped-edged plastic plates.
What was the most important lesson you learned from your wedding? Having the love and help of family and friends was what made it the most remarkable and memorable. There are certain things that you dwell on the day of the wedding, but just let it go and enjoy the moment and the day.
Care to share a few vendor/shopping links?
•Vintage fabric banners: Etsy seller Jumpupanddown
•Design your own buttons: Etsy seller Marajane01
•Awesome pies: Williams Bakery (812) 284-2867
•Barbecue: Famous Dave's
•Jam labels: Etsy seller Gersoncurse
•Bands: Relic Bluegrass Band and The White City Rippers
•Groom's outfit: Gentlemen's Emporium
•Bride's dress and petticoat: Audey
•Custom Rings: Etsy seller AdziasJewelryAtelier
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