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Wedding Hair Styles
Some of my favorite trends for wedding hair are Curls, asymmetry and vintage inspired looks.Curls -Curls are an awesome way to add detail and they can even be utilized to construct the shape of your style in beautiful and various ways. Hair pieces or extensions...
Beach Wedding Dresses
So you’re a bit of a free spirit. You’d like to get married with a breeze in your hair, the sun on your face and the sound of waves lapping on the sand. You’d like to carry a colorful spray of tropical blooms ? Sounds like you?Well then, you need to think...
Wedding Cocktail Hour and Reception Music
As we all know music can make or break a wedding celebration. We've found many couples to have their ceremony musicians or DJ , continue to play into the cocktail hour offering appropriate music to set the tone for the rest of the evening .Most couples...
How to Beat Wedding Planning Burn-Out
How to beat Wedding Planning Burn-OutSet a wedding-free zone in your house. Planning a wedding will start off with just a pile of invitations in the living room. Then there are bridal books everywhere, inspiration pictures take over your desktop home screen and...
Questions to Ask a Marriage Celebrant
These days there are so many marriage celebrants to choose from that picking just one can seem like a daunting task. By asking the right questions and a doing a little research, you should have no trouble in finding the perfect marriage celebrant for you and your...
Tips on Hosting a Summertime Outdoor Wedding Ceremony and Reception
Imagine this... Mid July and your guests are patiently gathered around awaiting your entrance, on the beach, by a lake, on a plantation. Unfortunately, the picture gets a little blurry by droplets of perspiration rolling down their faces while swatting away...
Grooms Look Good In Tuxedos with Tails
Grooms look great in tails, but most of them refuse. They say they don't want to look like a penguin. Go to the tuxedo store with him to try on several different tuxedos. Have him try on a tail coat, just to make you happy. Explain to him that you aren't wearing the...
Wedding Planning on a Budget
Let’s Talk Wedding BudgetThe most asked question by newly engaged is budget. No one wants to think about it, they don’t want to talk about it and they definitely do not want to deal with it. It’s the ever-dreaded wedding budget. No matter how hard you may try to...
Interviewing Wedding Photographers? Ask Questions
Hi Gang!Here are some helpful questions to ask while you are interviewing wedding photographers.Do you shoot both digital and film?What exactly is included in your packages?How many hours of coverage do we get? What is the charge for overtime?What is the deposit and...
WEDDING TOASTS-WHO GOES FIRST?
Wedding Toasts-Who goes 1st?THE ENGAGEMENT PARTYAt this event, the first toast is made by the father of the bride in the form of an announcement of the engagement. This typically occurs midway through the party once all of the guests have arrived and have had a chance...