Friday, October 15, 2010

60 th Birthday Invitaiton


 We just loved how this Birthday Invitation turned out! The classic panel invitation was dressed up with a silver ribbon, flourish and some bling !

Weddingstar Accessories!


We carry wedding accessories from Wedding star.com including toasting flutes, cake toppers, serving sets, guest books unity sand ceremony vases, sand and more in stock at our store. You can also special order any item from Wedding star.com from us and get free S&H to our store. Stop in to see our in stock items and/or special order!

Napkins for All Your Events!


 




We have a wide selection of imprinted napkins for ALL of your social events! Personalized napkins add just the right touch to a wedding, baby shower, graduation party, bridal shower, anniversary party, business event and more!

Stop in to view our catalogs or look online at the links below. Remember, we ship for free to our store!

Carlson Craft Napkins & More - view here
Nuart Napkins - view here
Sylart Napkins - view here

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Beach Modern Summer Wedding Dresses

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New Elegant Evening Dresses 2010

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Graceful White Chiffon Cummerbund Wedding

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knee length wedding dress asymmetrical skirt wide waist band, suitable enough for your semi formal wedding such as garden, backyard and beach

Beach Wedding Gown Lace Dot

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asymmetrical skirt, lace dot strapless neck for informal wedding

TS21019 Prom Homecoming Cocktail Gown

Printed Silk. Adorable homecoming dress by Tony Bowls has a strapless neckline with shirred bust, beaded band under bust, and a super cute gathered skirt.

High-quality chiffon wedding dress

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White wedding dress features its one-shoulder design and empire silhouette . This dress is available in white,ivory,silver,pink,champagne,and available from size 2 to size 28.Please select the color,and if you don't,the one shown on the picture will be your choice.We also offer a made-to-measurement service if you need.
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Plan a Wedding in the Twin City Quarter


At the Twin City Quarter, we understand that your wedding day is one of the most important occasions in your life. Our professional wedding planning staff will make certain that your special day is one of fabulous memories that will last a lifetime!

Flexibility is critical to the success of any wedding! At the Twin City Quarter we understand that whether you’re planning for 50 guests or for 500, you require the special attention, personal service and an eye for detail that will make your wedding perfect. Let a professional put your mind at ease by taking care of all of the critical details involved in planning a spectacular wedding.

Please contact us for a complimentary consultation to discover all the special services and amenities the Twin City Quarter can offer you to insure your wedding day is perfect. Our certified wedding professional will be happy to work with you to provide the personal attention to insure you have wonderful memories of your special day!

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Using a wedding carriage

Imagine if you will, the sounds of hooves striking the pavement as you make your way. To the wondrous surprise of your guests to find the most magical of storybook sights…you arriving in an elegant wedding carriage drawn by two magnificent Clydesdale. You may think this is possible only in a fairy tale. Surprisingly, this dream is not as far away as you may think. Whether it’s your destination wedding, honeymoon, vow renewal, proposal, anniversary, or just that special evening. Plantation Carriages can make your dreams reality.

Wedding in Glacier Park

Glacier Park Wedding Resort is the ideal location for an unforgettable wedding. Imagine walking down the aisle facing the majestic mountains of Glacier National Park. On this very special day, let the beauty and grandeur of Great Northern Whitewater Resort be the setting for making your wedding dreams come true. We are nestled against the dramatic backdrop of Glacier National Park – with views that are almost indescribable. A wedding here will be talked about for years.

Planning Your Michigan Wedding

Congratulations on your upcoming Michigan wedding! If you’ve decided to plan your wedding in this charming state, you already know how much Michigan has to offer engaged couples. From four lovely seasons to a wealth of local venues and regional foods and wines, you can find everything you need to plan an unforgettable wedding day. To pull it off successfully, be sure you start planning well in advance before the big day.

More are insuring wedding plans


NEW YORK — Fantasies of the perfect wedding never included banquet halls going bust or lovebirds losing their jobs.
But a calamity can sneak up on you while you’re consumed with creating your dream day, especially during a recession.
For couples who plan ahead, there is a safeguard. Wedding insurance can cover costs when the unimaginable happens — the power goes out or the groom falls ill — and the party is over before it even began.
In the second year of this recession, more weddings are being protected by insurance, several insurers said.
“The economy is driving the sales because of the potential for job loss and the potential for vendors going out of business,” said Rob Nuccio, program administrator for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, who said policy sales are up about 20 percent this year. “With wedding insurance, you can get that money back and keep going.”
And as the financial markets have fallen like so many rose petals, there are about twice as many wedding insurance claims as there were two years ago, he said.
“They’re way up over last year because of the economy,” said Nuccio. “Two years ago we didn’t see it. Now we’re seeing it.”
One claim came from mother-of-the-bride Carol Carrier, who bought a policy from Travelers last year as she helped plan her daughter’s nuptials in Hartford, Conn. Six months before the Columbus Day weekend event, she learned that their venue, a restaurant with a banquet hall, had abruptly closed. The owner disappeared, along with Carrier’s $2,000 deposit.
She and her husband scrambled to find another location. They signed a contract with the new owner of their original venue, but the original deposit was not honored.
“That’s not a small amount of money to just throw away,” said Carrier, of North Granby, Conn. “Considering the stock market’s behavior of late, $2,000 is a significant loss.”
Carrier, who paid for the $25,000 wedding, had spent nearly $300 on the policy, which paid her back the deposit.
“The premium was pretty small compared to the cost of the wedding,” Carrier said. “We felt it was probably a good safety net.”
Nuccio, who has sold the insurance through RV Nuccio & Associates for Fireman’s Fund since the early 1990s, says many claims these days are because of job loss (if the policy owner qualifies for unemployment insurance), loss of deposits (if a vendor or location goes out of business), photography coverage (if pictures are lost or damaged), and brides and grooms changing their minds about tying the knot.
The Fireman’s policy offers “change of heart” coverage in cases where the bride or groom calls off the wedding more than six months beforehand and someone else, like a parent, is paying for it.
Another company, WedSafe, backed by Aon, says policy sales are up 50 percent this year, in part because of the economy.
WedSafe and Travelers, both of which began selling wedding insurance in 2007, said most claims come from problems with caterers, photographers, halls and other wedding businesses.
“This indicates some wedding venues and vendors are facing the same financial challenges as other businesses,” said Alan Tuvin, vice president of product management for Travelers.
A wedding policy can reimburse you for money you can’t get back if the big day is canceled because a storm shuts down airports or a burst pipe floods a hotel kitchen. There’s coverage for lost or stolen wedding jewelry, and damaged or missing gowns. If the photographer doesn’t show up or the pictures are damaged, policies may pay to reassemble the wedding party and restage the ceremony so new photos can be taken. There’s also coverage for military deployment and liability, which some venues require in case someone gets hurt.
Policies can be bought for as little as $95, depending on how much is being spent on the wedding. Nuccio says $250 would buy good coverage for a $30,000 wedding; about $2,400 for a $250,000 event.
WedSafe says fewer than 10 percent of weddings are insured. The Wedding Report, a market research company, estimates that 11 percent of the 2.1 million weddings in the United States last year were insured.
For some wedding planners, insurance is a must, and they see more couples at least asking about it.
“When I first heard of wedding insurance I was doubtful of its practicality,” said New York City planner Stella Inserra, who began recommending insurance in January. “Nowadays, it is a necessity.”
Melissa Wagner, a planner in Allen, Texas, bought a policy for her own wedding, coming up in October. “I am a very cautious person who does not like bad surprises,” Wagner said. “I’ve seen vendor issues no one could have predicted.”
While not everyone is sold, Nuccio says couples without insurance whose weddings get canceled usually end up eloping, not recreating their bridal banquet.
“Who should buy wedding insurance?” Nuccio said. “Whoever can’t afford to put on the same event twice.”

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Plan a Wedding Reception to be Successful


Planning a Wedding Reception is not as simple as one might expect. In order to schedule a Wedding Reception to be successful there are several things that must be seriously taken into consideration before the Reception. Most couples that organize a Wedding Reception will not have any experience or to know how to keep their Reception from becoming a out of control nightmare. Even those who claim to know how to coordinate a Wedding Reception will ordinarily just end up repeating all the misguided things that leads to the events falling apart.
There are so numerous tactics that Wedding vendors will use to try and get the Wedding Reception to end early. They either don’t care about how special the day is for the Bride or Groom, or they were intentionally attempting to make it end so they could go home. Every single one of the vendors has the ability to literally destroy the celebration by causing the events to happen in the wrong order or at the wrong time. They understand that this will cause the guests to start leaving directly after the dinner. And that is just when the celebration is supposed to kick into high gear! I can guarantee you that almost everyone in the Wedding business knows that this is a fact. In order to coordinate a Wedding Reception to be a success you must know what all their tactics are so that you will be able to prevent them.
These tactics are used so often that most Brides and Grooms who are coordinating their own Wedding Reception have actually started to imagine and consider that this is the normal way of organizing the events. The Bride and Groom who are planning their own Wedding Reception will unknowingly end up organizing their Reception into the ground, The Bride and Groom must be aware of all the things that could possibly go wrong and why. The Reception can be guaranteed to become into a great success, but only if they know what all the nightmares are and how to avoid them.
Do you know what is even better then the Bride and Groom having the time of their life? It is when they actually hear from their guests that it was the unsurpassed Wedding that they have been to.
Priceless!!
Learn everything you need to know to Plan a Perfect Wedding Reception.
You only have one chance to plan everything the right way.

Tips For Planning Your Fairy Tale Wedding


Is there such thing as a perfect wedding? Certainly and it varies from person to person. We all have our own idea of how we imagine ourselves getting married; many have carried this idea from childhood. Whether it is a traditional view, in a church, with the long white gown or something more bohemian, each is as important as the other because it is yours.
No matter what type of wedding you have in mind, one thing is for sure and that is to make your wedding everything you have dreamed requires a little premarital planning. Yes planning. Although many of us would like to remain spontaneous, a wedding is still a momentous time in your life and if you want everything to come off as it should, it will take a little forethought.
Planning doesn’t have to be painful. It just requires a calendar and a whole lot of events that have to be put on that calendar so everything will fall into place at the right time. What types of details will have to go on the calendar? Here is your list, some of these items you will not need, and many of them you will. Nevertheless, the list will help guide you through all of the details as you prepare for your special day. They are listed in the order of time, from the moment the question is popped to the special day.
- Choose the style or theme for your wedding. If this involves a color scheme, settle on that as well. Will your wedding be classic formal, formal, semi-formal or informal?
- Discuss your wedding budget. How much do you want to spend or not spend? Try and stick with the budget the best you can.
- Where will you have your wedding? Explore possible chapels, churches or even resorts, or outdoor places that you love. Once you find your perfect place, don’t forget about the security deposit.
- If you are going formal, choose your honor attendants, bridesmaids, groomsmen, and ushers and invite them to participate in your ceremony.
- Brides will need to select their bridal gown and veil, which may mean reordering it. At the same time you can select your bridesmaid gowns and accessories. Place gown orders, for each maid, at the same time, to assure an identical dye lot.
- Interview caterers. Once you have made your final choice, be sure to secure the date with a signed contract and a security deposit.
- Compile your guest list. Remember, you have five lists to combine and refine. Yours, his, your families, his family’s and your master list of the four.
- Begin interviewing wedding photographers, video graphers and musicians.
- Send your engagement announcement to the local newspaper.
- Select your wedding cake, giving careful consideration to style, flavors, size, decoration and color.
- Order wedding invitations, announcements, thank you cards and personal stationary.
- Reserve your florist, plan your floral display and order all wedding flowers.
- Choose your wedding music, secure musicians and soloists.
- Consult with your travel agent and discuss honeymoon destinations. Make arrangements early for lowest airfares.
- Select tuxedos for your groom, his attendants and fathers of the couple. Measurements should be submitted to the tux shop within the next month. It is preferable for attendants to be measured at the formal wear shop to insure proper fit and minimize returns and exchanging garments the morning of the wedding.
- Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests.
- Arrange transportation or limousine service for the wedding party to the ceremony and reception.
- Discuss final menu options and costs with your caterer. Confirm arrival and departure times.
- Order wedding favors and imprinted items such as napkins, matches and engraved attendant gifts.
- Arrange for rental of items needed for your ceremony and reception. Items such as, candelabras, arches, alter baskets, kneeling bench, flowing punch fountains, china, crystal, flatware and silver serving accessories, if desired.
- Begin counseling sessions with wedding officiate when required.
- Begin addressing invitations and announcements.
- Draw map to ceremony and reception for inclusion in your invitation.
- Finalize your “Order of Service” for the ceremony and order wedding program.
- Arrange for physical examinations and blood tests if required to obtain marriage license in your state.
- Select a location for your rehearsal dinner and make necessary reservations.
- Confirm formal wear shop has received measurements of your male attendants. Follow up immediately with anyone not yet fitted.
- Schedule alterations and final fitting for your wedding gown.
- Schedule fittings for bridesmaids and flower girls.
- Finalize honeymoon plans and confirm reservations.
- Make arrangements for your “Bridesmaid Luncheon” and other “Pre-Wedding Parties and Events”.
- Discuss and finalize details with the following: Pastor/Officiate Church Soloist, Caterer Florist Baker/Cake Decorator, Bridal Shop, Tux Shop, Limo Service, Photographer, Video Grapher Travel Agent, Musicians/DJ Jeweler/Engraver, Rehearsal Dinner Site
- Schedule appointment with hairdresser for bride, attendants and mothers. A popular alternative today is to hire a hairdresser and makeup artist to meet with the wedding party at the church.
- Complete trousseau shopping.
- Send wedding invitations four weeks prior to your wedding date to local/regional guests. Guests needing to make travel arrangements should receive their invitation six weeks in advance.
- Apply for your marriage license. Be sure to call ahead for a list of required documents.
- Confirm rehearsal plans with your officiate and church wedding coordinator. Send Thank You cards as gifts begin to arrive.
- Groom’s “Bachelor Party” should be at least one week prior to wedding.
- Begin packing for your honeymoon. Decorate for ceremony and reception, if possible, early in the day. Confirm delivery times with your party rental shop.
- Attend rehearsal dinner.
- Present attendants with your gift of appreciation during the rehearsal dinner, if not given previously at the “Bridesmaid Luncheon” or “Bachelor Party.”
- Give Best Man the officiates fee in a sealed “Thank You Card” for delivery after the ceremony.
And there you have it. The list may seem overwhelming but this is why you want to schedule everything out in a calendar and take it day by day. With this, you can then have your perfect fairy tale wedding after all.

Picking Out Wedding Hair Accessories


A bridal look is perhaps unfinished without wedding hair accessories and with the superb line of wedding hair accessories in the stores these days; you could not have more to do!
Wedding hair accessories such as crystal, pearl and diamante hairpins and amazing hair combs. The exclusive collection of crystal hairpins provides you with some of the exclusive items such as Daisy Hair Pin, Diamante Hair Grips, Rosebud Hair Pins, La Perla Hair Pins and many more. All these are artistically designed to meet the customer’s needs. You can get some trendy and fashionable sets of hairpins according to the color and design of the bridal gown.
Jewels, beads and flowers are highly admired wedding hair accessories as they add some shine and color and can match in with your color scheme and jewelery. Pins and hairgrips with sparkling gems create a dazzling effect, whilst small flowers can be sprinkled amongst the locks or wired to a hidden comb to compliment a French pleat.
Tiara’s and Veils need to praise your bridal hairstyle but not hide it. If you have chosen a large floor-length veil, your hairdo needs to be strong enough to hold its shape until you take the veil off. Some veils look a lot better sat at the back of your head under a roll or a mass of curls. As a common rule, the hair shouldn’t be worn longer than the veil.
Bridal hair accessories are indispensable and give the bride a perfect look. If you need more information on wedding hair accessories, please feel free to get in touch with ChezBec.com

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Planning a Wedding in home


Do you feel overwhelmed with your goal of having the perfect wedding? Do you feel pressured when thinking about how to make your dream day become a reality? Planning a wedding can take months of preparation and can become stressful, especially for the bride! If you want to have great ideas for your wedding, then read on and learn about unique wedding ideas that can add life, twists, and joy to your wedding!

1. Journal Book
During the wedding reception, pass around a nicely designed wedding journal among your guests. Have them write short notes, stories or messages about or to the bride or the groom. Of course, you need to keep this journal as part of your wedding keepsake.

2. Potted Plants as Centerpieces
Instead of having the usual flower centerpieces which can be quite expensive, why not have a very unique and earth-friendly centerpiece for your wedding reception? Use small potted plants as centerpieces to your guests tables and you will be surprised at how this unique wedding idea can add life and twist to the usual wedding scene.

3. Candle Pots and Lanterns for Decoration
The light emitted by candles and lanterns create you a magical glow compared to the traditional lights. If your wedding is in the early morning, at dusk, or at night, use candles or lanterns to create a wonderful venue. You can opt to place big lanterns on specific places or use lots of candles in some corners for an amazing effect.

4. Kid’s Corner
While most weddings are often adult events, you cannot help but have a throng of tiny guests especially if your friends are married. Have one corner at the reception set aside for kids so they will not get bored through the reception program. Have face painting, free balloons, free caricatures, or even a playing area. After all, these kids deserve some of the fun and action on your wedding.

5. The Wedding Ceremony
If you want to break away from the usual church or hall wedding, then do a fun wedding ceremony that is far from the traditional. Have a beach wedding where you can go barefoot and get adorned by a shell necklace. Have a garden wedding where you will be surrounded by color and flowers. Have a pool wedding where guests can swim, drink and be merry right after the ceremony. Up to spending much? Rent a yacht and have a floating wedding and reception. There are many unique wedding ideas for themes and venues. Explore those ideas so you can have the wedding you want most.

6. Uniue Wedding Favors
Unique wedding ideas are not limited to the program, the reception or even the theme. You can make your wedding day memorable to you and your guests by giving away unique wedding favors. If you got married on the beach, give bottled sand as keepsakes. If you had a nature themed wedding, give away small potted bamboo plants as wedding favors.


7. The Traveling Wedding
Another unique wedding idea is to celebrate a wedding is to have a traveling or mobile wedding. If your guest list is short and if your guests are up to it, then you can have a roving wedding. Start off with a bridal shower party at one place, move on to an exotic ceremony in another state, then have a grand wedding reception somewhere new to family and friends. This can create lots of great memories not only for the bride and groom but also for friends and family.

Best Wedding Cake Stands


Wedding cake is the most important desert in a wedding ceremony. The cake is normally large, multiple layers and beautifully decorated with fresh cream and icing. Most of the time, small statue of bridge and bridegroom is included on the cake. Other accessories such as kitty cat couple and crystal dove pairs are used to decorate the cake. Wedding cake stands are used to support the multiple layers cake. Here are some of the best wedding cake stands around.

Round Gallery Stand

The first one on the list is the Round Gallery stand. This type of stand is made of metal and glasses. It features a shredded frosted glass plateau with sculptured metallic design. It does not cost much and very affordable, just around $50, to have this simple but elegant wedding cake stand.

White Horse Carriage Stand

This type of stand comes in multiple tiered. A 3-tiers wedding cake stand will have three layers of cake on it. The iron design for the stand includes white ceramic horses and carriage with folding plate. Some of the common colors are lime green, champagne, pearl white and date red.

Roman Romance Stand

This artistic stand is inspired by the roman romance story of everlasting love. The most important feature of this beautiful stand is its scroll work. The scroll pattern featured with wave’s movement embossed on the sides of this stands. It is also attached to the top perimeter for creating a remarkable presentation for the cake.

Silk Wedding Flowers Stand

Silk wedding flowers stand displaying multiple tiered buffer servers with chrysalis glass plates. The top is decorated by a few single pieces of metal finial. The bottom part of the stand is also decorated by two pieces of folded silk cotton.

There are many other type of stands apart from the one mentioned above. However, the best wedding cake stands are simple but elegant and beautiful.

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Love is really beautiful and when you see couples that really love each other, it really warms your heart. These couples usually end up wanting to get married because they want to commit 100% to each other and show one another that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Marriage is a very beautiful and holy occurrence; however it can also be quite stressful.

There are just so many things you need to keep under control and decide upon that it can quickly become quite overwhelming. Especially the question of what type of wedding ring to buy is one that has been hunting men for as long as I can remember.

The number one rule when it comes to buying the perfect wedding ring is to follow your heart and go with what feels right. In the end all that really matters really is that you love each other and that you want to stay with each other forever. However, there are a lot of different things you should consider when going shopping for a new wedding ring and following a couple of simple steps will make everything a lot easier for you.

The first thing you want to consider is what your budget is and how much you are willing to spend. There is no point in going out and buying a really pretty ring that you really can’t afford. You have to remember that the main thing that counts is the thought and that put in the time and effort to find something unique and special for your wife to be.

The next thing you want to consider is what kind of gold you want to go for. White gold is one of the most popular choices these days and this is mostly because of the very classy and stylish look it has. White gold also looks really good together with gems.

When you choose the kind of diamond you want to get there are a lot of different things to consider like the clarity, what kind of cut has been used, the reflection and of course the size. Make sure you get the jeweler to guide you and help you find a ring that is in accordance with your wishes and budget. The last and most important step is of course to present the ring to your wife to be and declare your love

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The Wedding Ring – Customs and Traditions

Undoubtedly, everyone at least one time has walked by a jewelry store’s front window and paused to look at the beautiful arrangements of wedding ring styles on display. For many single people, just glancing at such a wedding ring display may make you dream of the day you will marry.

For married couples, whether you have been married for quite a while or only for a few years, viewing a wedding ring display may bring back memories of your own wonderful wedding celebration. In all cultures, wedding ring symbolizes the unity and fidelity of two people, but these different societies also have different customs associated with the wedding ring.

Wedding Ring – Differing Traditions
Generally accepted as common knowledge, the wedding ring, in many places referred to as the wedding band, is a ring usually made of a precious material such as gold and silver. Depending on the culture’s tradition and customs, it may be worn on the third finger, more commonly known as the ring finger, on either the left or right hand. The wedding ring symbolizes a commitment by one person to another. In most Anglo – Franco cultures, such as the United States, UK, and Western Europe, the wedding ring is worn on the left hand. While many Eastern European cultures such as Slovakia, Germany, Finland, Russia, and Poland, the wedding ring is worn on the right hand.

With many cultures, the wedding ring is the final gift given from one spouse to the other. In almost every culture the wedding ring is preceded in the relationship by an engagement ring. In most Western Cultures, including Western Europe and the United States the husband and wife will engrave their names and the wedding date as a sign of their commitment to each other.

In both the United Kingdom and the United States, the responsibility of caring for the soon to be joined man and wife falls to the best man. The best man is responsible for carrying the rings to the altar and presenting them to the individual officiating, who in turn will present the rings to the bride and groom so that they may exchange them. In some instances, the rings may be carried on a pillow by a “ring bearer” usually a male child, who will present them to the best man at the altar.

Why is the Wedding Ring Worn on the Ring Finger?

During the Renaissance, it was generally accepted that the “ring finger” located on the left hand contained the “vena amoris”, also known as the love vein.

Now, each time you happen to wander by a wedding ring display at the local jewelry store in the mall, you will have and idea of what the wedding ring has meant to people of various cultures through history. You will also have an idea of what it could mean to many men and women who are looking forward to their wedding day.
 

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