4 Ideas for a Fun Spring Wedding

The birds are chirping, trees are budding, and flowers are popping up all over. Spring is in the air! What better time of year to have a wedding than in the spring with all it’s new life and new beginnings. Spring is very symbolic of starting your new life in wedded bliss. If you are romantic and sweet you couldn’t have picked a better time to get married. Let’s look at a few things that will help you pull together you spring wedding. We will start with your choice of colors. It is important to pick colors that are relevant to the season. When you think of spring generally... [Read more...]

Top 4 Great Wedding Favors To Make Your Wedding Memorable

Wedding favors are very important while planning your marriage. They are a part of the bridal tradition, and make the matrimony memorable for the guests. There are many types of wedding favors, and you can select any kind of favor that you fancy. Generally it is a good idea giving a favor that the guests can use. Here are some types of favors that you can consider for your marriage: Camera favors You can use disposable cameras as wedding favors. There was a time when disposable cameras were the talk of the town, and used at every marriage or social event. These single-use cameras are low cost,... [Read more...]

3 Ideas For Places to Plan Your Destination Wedding

If you are looking for a private, intimate wedding, that is unconventional, then you should really consider a destination wedding. Basically what that means is planning your wedding in a location that isn’t near where you live. It can be in the same state, but usually is in another state or out of the country. Often brides will choose a place that is significant to her and her fianc; if he proposed to you at a vineyard in California, or while vacationing in St. James. Or it can be a place that you view as the perfect wedding location. I would like to look at a few places that are very popular... [Read more...]

Shopping For Perfect Bridesmaid Gifts

As far as preparations for a wedding go, you probably already know there is so much to do and so many things to buy to ensure the occasion goes according to plan. With all this on your mind, it’s important that you remember to find that special gift for your bridesmaid. Bridesmaid gifts are given to show just how much you value the role your bridesmaid is playing on your wedding day, the most important day of your life. The giving of bridesmaid gifts has become a kind of tradition and is now almost always a part of the wedding plan. Once you really start looking at all of the option for bridesmaid... [Read more...]

1 Beautiful Wedding, 1 Special Wedding Favor

So many decisions !!!! I suppose my childhood ideals about what goes into making a wedding happen is a little different when it actually does happen. The simple “Yes, I will marry you,” is far from simple once you start thinking about planning your wedding, let alone the reality of it all. I had barely said yes when my thoughts started racing and my heart started pumping, and all the while though it was probably only a few seconds – my fiance Michael sat there calmly and smiled at me. He handed his cell phone to me without a word: I grab it wanting to call my parents, my sisters... [Read more...]

3 Tips For a Truly Unique Wedding

Weddings are nothing new, since the beginning of mankind we have had some form of a wedding ceremony. There is something very special about two people committing their lives to each other until death. Through the years there have been massive changes in what the ceremony looks like and what it should consist of; often imposing very strict guidelines for what is and isn’t appropriate for the wedding. Today however, we are free to do almost anything we want for our ceremony. This opening of doors brings with it a new challenge; you don’t want to have the same old boring wedding as everyone... [Read more...]

Guide For Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Travel

If you are thinking of travelling to Mexico, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo travel may be an alluring attraction. Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo can be found on the Pacific Coast in the Guerrero state. Zihuatanejo is the original fishing town, and now is the home of a tourist resort called Ixtapa. Ixtapa is very modern and a hot spot for travelers around the globe, while Zihuatanejo has kept its charming and traditional Mexican culture. Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa can be found on a beautiful bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The bay is a perfect place for boaters to dock during the winter and enjoy the warm climate.... [Read more...]

20 Years Ago and a Childhood Promise

I know it must have been a difficult decision for Justin and Casey to ask me to give a congratulatory wedding speech. It’s usually the best man who gets up, champagne flute in hand and a story mixed with lots of funnies, maybe some sentimental stuff, with an ending of “I truly wish them all the happiness and joy, etc etc …” When they asked me I was surprised; actually I was blown away. Casey and I go way back, but we hadn’t really been in touch for years. She called me about a years ago and told me she and Justin were getting married and wanted me there: told me she... [Read more...]

1 Wedding Dress, 4 Bridesmaid’s Dresses, and Everything Else

Haps, my wedding planner, and I had pretty much everything arranged. We were way ahead of schedule. I was a stickler for getting things done before necessary: that way I had time to deal with the unanticipated, and to make any rearrangements if I was so inclined. We finally decided on the “venue” as Haps liked to call it. There was a new Grand Marriott hotel that had a wonderful (sizable) ballroom: they wanted exposure for events and we wanted a good deal. It worked out for both of us. The hotel had a much publicized chef, Simon, and catering staff. We met with Simon. He wowed us with... [Read more...]

1 Dream and Our Wish Upon a Star

My day was exhausting. Very little seemed to be going the way I wanted it to. Here it was only seven months from my wedding and I had yet to make a final decision on where to have it let alone select the invitations, printer, menu, florist … I could go on and on but even that wears me out. I was, am, so good and comfortable organizing events for other people as well as for organizations, but it seems that when it comes to my the most important day of my life as yet I am stuck in the trappings of what I call wedding quick sand. I got home, changed, made myself a good strong cup of tea, and... [Read more...]