Monthly Archives: February 2010

Setting a date? Want 10-10-10?

This sort of thing has been happening every year or so since 2001: brides contending for magical same-three-digit wedding dates that are easy to remember and in some cases, deemed lucky. Remember 07-07-07, a few years ago? (Seven is deemed a lucky number, a number that symbolizes perfection, divine abundance, and completion. Very romantic, as...

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Make Up? Make down!

You don’t really need us to tell you that your wedding is probably not the time nor place to be experimenting with teal eyeshadow or ultra-fake eyelashes. And it is our personal belief that Big didn’t get out of the car in the Sex in the City movie because Carrie, with her bluebird in her...

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From suitcase to bride: wedding gown travel essentials

Unless you plan on buying a plane ticket for your wedding dress, chances are you are going to have to pack that pretty little thing, either in a just-for-destination-wedding dress box, a shipping carton prepared by your dress shop or tailor, or an extra suitcase. Imagine arriving at your hotel. Imagine checking into your suite....

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Saying it with photos: We’re engaged!

Once seen as just an option on the wedding/engagement must-do menu, engagement photographs are fast becoming an essential piece of the action. Brides and grooms like to use these photos in their save-the-dates, on their wedding websites, or for hometown-newspaper wedding announcements. In fact, because engagement shots are so popular nowadays, many photographers will include engagement shots...

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Planning to wed? Then buy a planner!

Okay, breathe… breathe… If you just got engaged on Valentine’s Day you’re probably bursting with excitement. Before you grab your phone and start dialing the caterers, the florist, the baker, the church, you may want to get organized. It’s the best way to ensure you don’t go nuts and burn out, and eventually, wind up...

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Wedding Insurance: as essential as the sand at your beach wedding?

The words wedding and insurance are about as romantically matched as chocolate truffles and vinegar. However, since weddings can cost a small fortune, insuring the big day is one thing a bride might want to think about just in case. Especially in the case of a destination wedding, where a wedding dress on its way...

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To do or not to do: Writing your own vows?

It sounds like a good idea: two people promising to love one another for better or for worse, until death do you part, promising this great promise… in their own words. In fact, writing your own vows can be a wonderful thing. Saying how you feel, in your own words, is almost always seen as...

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Sit-down dinner or heavy hors d’oeuvres?

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