Tips For A Green Wedding

Going green is the theme for just about everything these days as we strive to better our environment. So when it comes to planning your wedding, why not go green there as well? Here are some tips to help you go green on your big day:

Look for invitations printed on recycled paper.
Use organic foods when possible for receptions and rehearsal dinners
Use local vendors if you can. This will help with your community and will cut back on energy used to transport items.
If you are renting cars for transportation, research for cars and limos that have been converted to reduce emissions.
Send leftover food and flowers to a good home after the party–do not let them be thrown out.
Instead of party favors for guests, make charitable donations in the guest honors.

Marriage Tips

Marry is a work that is very important in our life. each couple wants to get the partner that make happy forever. In the marriage of the matter that most must be paid attention to am readiness between the man and the woman in facing the new life. There is tips especially for the candidates of marriage , that is:
1. prepare bounce before being convinced am ready, postpone first
2. prepare basic material to live tangga
3. Learn to be the couple who understands the requirement partner
I hoped tips this am useful for all the of marrieage that immediately will marry. and dont forget to give our partner a special ring, to remind us when the marriage got trouble on the way. ring is special thing in marriage.

What Kind Of Frosting For Your Wedding Cake?

Here is a quick summary of the different types of frosting you may find yourself choosing from when it is time to order your wedding cake.

First is the Buttercream Frosting. This is rich and creamy and is easily mixed with food coloring for making different colors of frosting. Buttercream is often used for fancy decorations like shells, swags, basketweaves, icing flowers. But just like it’s name, buttercream icing is made mostly from butter, and is not a good choice for summer weddings outdoors.

The Fondant frosting is the stiff icing that you see on cakes. It is made with gelatin and corn syrup and looks smooth when made. It is best used for decorating with marzipan fruits, gum paste flowers, or a simple ribbon. This type of frosting will not need refrigeration.

Royal Icing
This is the icing that you see on the faces of gingerbread men. It’s white, shiny, and hard, and does not need to be refrigerated. It’s used for decorations like dots and latticework.

Ganache
This chocolate and heavy cream combination can be poured over cakes for This frosting gves a glass-like chocolate finish, and is made of chocolate and heavy cream. It can also be whipped into a filling that stands up well between cake layers. But like the buttercream, this is not a good choice for heat or humid weather.

Christmas Engagements?

I am betting that many new engagements occurred during the holiday season–which will make wedding consultant business owners happy. But with money so tight in the economy these days, many brides to be may be choosing to skip the bridal consultant fees and plan their wedding on their own.
If you are among those newly engaged, and are trying to decide how to plan your wedding, the best thing to do first is create a realistic budget. A wedding that consumes savings may be wonderful, but will leave some couples devasted when the big day is over.
Things to budget for include fees for the ceremony location, reception, wedding dress, bridesmaid gifts, flowers for the bridal party as well as the ceremony locale, band/ music for the reception,rehearsal dinner, grooms tuxedo, groomsmen gifts, and of course, the honeymoon. And don’t forget about centerpieces for the tables at the reception, license fees, and invitation costs.
There are so many expenses involved in weddings and couples need to take the time to write, plan and revise their expected costs so their budget will cover everything. Get started planning as soon as possible, especially if there will not be a wedding consultant involved. Write down the major areas of expense, and then go back and see where you can creatively cut costs. Perhaps make your own centerpieces? Plan the rehearsal dinner in a backyard instead of an expensive fancy restaurant? Make unique gifts for the wedding party?
By planning early and being creative, couples can save on the costs of hiring a wedding consultant, and have a beautiful wedding that they can afford.

Spending Unnecessary Dollars

Getting married is very expensive these days. But you can have a great wedding without breaking the bank. Just plan on doing lots of the work yourself. Do not hire a wedding planner. I think this is such a waste of money. If you are grown up enough to get married, you should be grown up enough to handle all the things that go with planning a wedding.
Decide a place that you can afford to have the wedding at. It can just be a hall. Even if the place is not the most desirable, you would be amazed at what several balloons and decorations can do. Candles can make a room feel warm and inviting and are often only $1. Plus you can send these home as little reminders of your wedding.
Plan on making the meal yourself. You can save tons of money doing this. Catering is so expensive and often home cooked meals are so much better anyway.

Please Send Cash

I saw this today on Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog and it deals with a touchy topic… how to politely request cash, instead of tea towels and cake stands.

As more couples marry later in life, and often live together first, they don’t need household items as wedding gifts. Your friends and family don’t want to buy you gifts you won’t use, but it can be a bit awkward asking for cash gifts.

In this situation, a diplomatic maid-of-honor or best man can let guests know that you don’t need a blender but you are saving for a down payment. Or you can ask – politely – for your wedding gifts to be contributions to your honeymoon instead.

Via Registering For Gifts | Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog

My cousin’s wedding wasn’t agreed by my aunt

My cousin with her boyfriend planned to get married before the beginning of 2009. She and her boyfriend has everything planned and ready. Now, their only obstacle is my aunt and my uncle. They are so strongly oppose this wedding, and they want my cousin to wait for 1 or more years. Because of this, my cousin was depressed and upset lately, due to the fact that she can go on wedding without her parents’ participating.

The major reason that my aunt and uncle oppse this wedding is her boyfriend has no stable income for the family. He has no house, no sufficient fund to fund this wedding arrangement. They were worrying that she might not live in comfort or might facing financial difficulties too, if she married him.
First of all, he has no house to start a family with. After married, my cousin still has to live with my aunt and uncle. Second of all, he has minimal money to fund this wedding party and ceremony. Finally, he has no stable income for a new family. After all these reasons to consider, my aunt and uncle just want her to wait a couple years to get marry.

I understand that love not unnecessarily counting on money. But without stable finance, a happy marriage might also facing unpleasure time sometimes.

Hidden Charges

The Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog has a recent post on paying for your wedding photographer.

Many wedding photographers will appear to be a great deal when the bride and groom review their packages. But, when your wedding is over and you want to order reprints you might find the low cost deal you thought you were getting just got very expensive.

I recently saw a wedding photographer who charged next to nothing to shoot the wedding and is even willing to travel up to 300 miles for the wedding at no charge. But, once the wedding is over, you have to fork over $25 for a 5×7 and $30 for an 8×10. There goes the savings!

This is really good advice specifically for photographers, and good general advice as well. Make sure there aren’t hidden charges associated with your other vendors either!

Via The Deal You Think You Are Getting | Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog

What To Do 12 Months Before The Wedding

12 months before your wedding, you’ll need to pick your overall wedding theme. Sit down with your fiancé and talk about how many guests you’ll be having and what your budget will be. Is he from a large family, where dozens of cousins will be hurt if they’re excluded? Or would he prefer a smaller destination wedding? Who does he want in the wedding party? Will your ceremony and reception be held in the same place?

This is also a good time to talk to your mother and future mother-in-law about their hopes for your wedding. Do some scouting work now, while your plans are still vague, so you know their priorities. Maybe your mom wants a sit-down dinner, or your new mother-in-law knows a great florist. You don’t have to take all their advice, but listen to it. Later on, you may be able to avoid strain by remembering what’s most important to your mom and his mom, and compromising there.

Read the rest at Wedding Planning Countdown: One Year | Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog

Sweetheart Tables

Are you considering a sweetheart table instead of a head table for you wedding reception?

The sweetheart table is a cozy table for two that replaces the traditional head table. A sweetheart table can allow the newlyweds to sit facing each other, a more intimate arrangement than having dinner in a row with your attendants. It also allows your bridal party to spend dinner time with their own dates and families, a good system if your bridesmaid brings a date who doesn’t know any other guests, or your best man has young children.

Via Wedding Seating Trends: The Sweetheart Table | Wedding Bureau Photographer Blog

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