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Social Wedding Posts – January 2012 in Review

February 1st, 2012 | Rss Feed

We are starting 2012 off in the right direction. Please see our best social wedding related posts. You can check us out on Facebook with our link in the right sidebar to follow us!

January 2 - Unbelievable Story – Swedish woman finds wedding ring after 16 years, on a carrot - http://yhoo.it/tgkG33

January 3 - Video posted by GMA on Yahoo! – Wedding Trends 2012: Liposuction, Breast Lifts for Brides-to-Be? - http://bit.ly/wA18OG

January 3 - Just for a laugh – BofA: New Bride Can’t Deposit Wedding Checks Because She Didn’t Take Husband’s Name http://huff.to/yrd7gM

January 4 - Hot news story on MSN – Destruction of wedding dresses sparks outrage, disbelief - http://on.today.com/yrcGyM

January 4 - Wedding Saving Tip – Skip save-the date cards. Instead, save trees and send emails through services like Pingg http://bit.ly/vdzP1u

January 5 - Article on MSN – 50 Genius Wedding Cost Cutters -http://bit.ly/whYh7Z

January 5 - Wedding Saving Tip – People are smart and they can follow a basic wedding ceremony without a program. Save the money unless necessary.

January 6 - The next BIG celebrity wedding Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel?http://huff.to/yPfOvo

January 6 - Easiest wedding centerpiece? Buy a potted plant and a pot that suites your wedding style. Then, care for the plants with sun and water as needed until your wedding day. Hope you have a green thumb!

January 7 - A retro DIY project for place cards – Get music cassettes and create your own custom label with the guest’s name on it.http://amzn.to/tKhpOv

January 8 - Planning a late-night wedding reception party fest? Consider a late snack before guests drive home like burgers, tacos, and pizza.http://mcd.to/xD77As

January 9 - A photo album of upcoming 2012 celebrity weddings http://on-msn.com/xsRT5a. Includes Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, Britney Spears, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Mario Lopez and LeBron James.

January 9 - Picture of Vera Wang’s wedding dress for Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott - http://bit.ly/wPksax

January 10 - Found a great article thought we would share for decor ideas – 10 Great Etsy Shops You Need to Know - http://bit.ly/xsh1wj

January 10 - Trying to lose a few lbs before the wedding? New Year: New You: 5 easy ways to get fit at home for Under $50 - http://abcn.ws/zkjzGI

January 10 - OMG – This is a very funny photo at a wedding. No one is safe from the photographer; including the alter boy!http://imgur.com/gallery/bBs7D We all have seen photos like this. Sometimes they make the best pics – photojournalistic photography! Check out Wedding Photojournalist Assn for more infohttp://www.wpja.com/

January 11 - A unique guestbook is to have a dictionary http://amzn.to/rzKipJ with colored pencils. Then, guests circle a word and write a story about it on the page that describes the bride and groom. Better yet, go to a garage sale and get an older edition to add a more unique aspect.

January 12 - Creating a DIY centerpiece? Check out supplies from Michaels, Joanne’s, Pier 1, Target, Hobby Lobby, Walmart and local craft stores! You can do it! I read today that 90% of Americans are within 15 miles of a Walmart.

January 14 - Wedding Saving Tip – Skip printing menus for every guest. DIY Project – Make your own giant menu from particle board and chalkboard paint

January 15 - Love music? Download the sheet music for your favorite songhttp://bit.ly/rrEnn9 Then, roll the paper for a candy favor or cover.

January 16 - Wedding Saving Tip – Want to save cash on your wedding cake? Use real flowers vs sugar flowers as they are less expensive to buy than make.

January 16 - Great wedding video of the groom and groomsmen dancing for the bride to Justin Bieber’s Baby Baby Baby. http://bit.ly/wbmcTW

January 17 - Pinterest is an online pinboard. We found their page for wedding events with very cool picture ideas. Check it out! http://pinterest.com/all/?category=wedding_events

January 17 - Wedding Reception Tip – Having a low-lying table centerpiece? Be sure it is lower than 14″ so that guests can talk with each other effortlessly.

January 18 - 12 months before the wedding, decide on a wedding budget. Utilize our wedding budget calculator: http://bit.ly/vB2xqX

January 18 - Feel Good Story – Cancer Diagnosis Leads To Impromptu Weddinghttp://news.yahoo.com/video/portlandmewmtw-18230145/cancer-diagnosis-leads-to-impromptu-wedding-27910134.html via @YahooNews

January 19 - Wedding Saving Tip – Skip a second reception dress. Purchase a comfortable wedding dress that you can dance all night long in

January 20 - ad wedding story but a reminder to live life to the fullest! – Man Marries Dead Girlfriend In Joint Funeral And Wedding Ceremony In Thailand - http://aol.it/xrf3r8

January 20 - Add some flare to wedding invitations with personalized stickers. Visit Partyink on Etsy as an example. http://etsy.me/tiwycj

January 22 - According to The Wedding Report – The total average wedding spending for 2011 was $25,631, a 3.4% decrease from the 2010 total of $26,542.

January 23 - Wedding Honeymoon Saving Tip – Top 5 Travel Sites To Help You Save Money article - http://bit.ly/z6zpLF

January 24 - Wedding Tip – Spend money on what matters to you. If you will throw away napkins, then why get them printed? Instead, upgrade photography package as your pictures will last a lifetime!

January 25 - Wedding Saving Tip – If you are watching every penny and have pretty handwriting, skip a calligrapher – Plus, print on your PC as there are many special fonts available.

January 26 - Interesting wedding photographer’s story online – Why Wedding Photographers Prices are “Wack” - http://bit.ly/x7oGSD

January 30 - Wedding Saving Tip – DIY project, decorate your vehicle with a Just Married theme and skip paid for transportation. Also think tandem bike.

January 30 - Wow! Interesting wedding photo album – Dad missed brother’s wedding, photoshopped him in - http://imgur.com/a/rSXoc

January 31 - A picture of a sign at a wedding venue. Not your typical wedding location! http://bit.ly/y6EeI8

January 31 - Not sure what to do with your flowers after the wedding? Donate them! Consider senior center, nursing home, church or hospice center. Keep in mind that hospitals will not accept flowers due to health risks.

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Wedding Colors by Season

January 3rd, 2012 | Rss Feed

Brides and grooms choose their wedding theme for many reasons. Maybe they have favorite colors that they want to incorporate into their theme, like purple and teal. Maybe they have a special time of year they prefer, like Halloween or Christmas. They also may have a special theme in mind, like the roaring 20′s or antiques. There are many way of incorporating these things into your wedding day. You can incorporate them into your flowers, linens, centerpieces, invitations, etc. If you are choosing a color, or colors, into your theme, why not choose colors that are associated with the season you are getting married?

If you are getting married in springtime, you may want to choose pastel colors. Think about pastel pink flowers, accented with yellow, wrapped in a baby blue ribbon. You can choose white chair covers tied with large pastel green ribbons. You can also select to have more than one color or you can stay with a single color within the color range.

Getting married in the summer? We suggest to brighten up your color pallet. Look for vibrant blues, purples, greens, pinks, etc. Think about cream colored invitations with royal blue lettering. Centerpieces are a good place to add color into your wedding also. How about large white mums and deep greenery in a clear vase that is wrapped in a brightly colored ribbon.

Want to have a Halloween/Fall wedding? The best colors for this time of year are deep reds, rust, orange and golden yellow. Although there are plenty of flowers in those colors, don’t forget that fall foliage can be incorporated also. Since the season is fall, which is when the leaves fall off the trees, think about using twigs and leaves. Twigs in a large vase look very nice as a centerpiece. Instead of sprinkling confetti or glitter on the table, try placing different colored leaves around.

Last but not least is a winter wedding. This can be a very beautiful time of year. There are two ways to look at winter weddings; look at it as winter, cold and snowy, or as Christmas themed. If choosing the winter wonderland theme, go with blues, whites, silvers and crystals. You can take bare branches painted white and place them into a vase. Wrap the vase with a white ribbon with silver glitter throughout. Now hang crystals from the branches. You can also do this same option with snowflakes hanging from the twigs. Another idea to incorporate winter wonderland into your wedding is by adding snowflakes to your wedding invitations. If choosing Christmas as your theme, you may want to think of reds, greens and even black. When thinking of flowers, think of poinsettias and holly.

No matter what you choose, use any opportunity you can to add your own touch of personality to your wedding. Keep in mind that if you get plants and flowers in season, it will be less expensive to buy them at that time they are in season.

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Wedding Sheet Music Theme

December 14th, 2011 | Rss Feed

What is sheet music? Sheet music is a music composition on sheets of paper. Sheet music is important to your music performers so that the can perform the music notes to your desired music composition. A music composer can include a harpist, guitarist and pianist. Brides and grooms can also have ensembles compose music pieces during the wedding ceremony or reception entrances. Ensembles, like a quartet, can include musical artists and instruments such as a piano, string and wind instruments.

Sheet music can be easily found by searching Google. However, a vast collection of sheet music can be found on the website MusicNotes.com. Musicnotes.com is the leading Internet-based sheet music store offering nearly 200,000 pieces of digital sheet music and guitar tablature.

Are the bride and groom music fans? Bridal couples can create their own music themed wedding receptions.

Print sheet music and roll them up into cones. Then, fill them with Hershey kisses or confetti.
Use sheet music as table place mats or table names.
Have your favorite song’s sheet music printed on edible paper. Then, create a unique wedding cake by covering the cake with the edible paper.
Fold sheet music into creative origami to accent reception tables.
Fold sheet music into useful wedding accessories such as flowers and pin wheels.
Print sheet music as a watermark. Then, create your very own customized wedding guest book.
Wrap votive candles with printed sheet music as a favor.
Use concert tickets as save the date cards.

Having a music themed reception? We would recommend classic colors such as black, white and silver. Having a photo booth? Consider blow-up musical instruments as props such as guitars and saxophones. Add a music theme to any wedding cake with enlarged musical notes as a cake topper. Also consider incorporating guitar picks as wedding favors.

Music is a great way to set the desired mood and atmosphere at any wedding ceremony and reception. You can also include it into a music theme.

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Unusual and Unique Guest Books

October 17th, 2011 | Rss Feed

One way to add some personalization to your wedding is with an unusual or unique guest book. There are several ways to accomplish this. One idea is to get a mat for a picture frame. Choose what size you want the inside picture to be, then add a mat a good three inches larger than that picture. For instance, if you want an 8×10 picture, then pick a mat that is about 11×13. This should give your guests enough room to sign or leave a short message. You can always choose a larger mat if you have invited a lot of guests to the wedding.

If you enjoy puzzles, then a puzzle is another option. You can get a blank puzzle from almost any craft store. Put the puzzle together and leave out a few pieces for your guests to sign. You will have a puzzle to put back together whenever you like. You can also go without putting the puzzle together first and leave the pieces for your guests to sign. Then have fun trying to put the puzzle together.

Another option is a photo booth. Your guests have their picture taken, and then they can attach the picture in a scrapbook and leave a message. This works especially well with a black scrapbook and colored gel pens. Make sure your adhesive is acid free. You can have a table or box full of props that your guests can use to personalize their photos. Think about adding cool props like hats, feather boas, funky glasses etc.

If you don’t mind something a little larger, try this. Put different stationary at each table (or at a designated table). Have your guests write a short story about the bride and groom. Stories like a fun camping trip you went on or something guests remember about the bride and groom’s childhood. Guests can also choose to just write you some words of encouragement. At the end of the reception, have someone gather all the pages and then you can either have someone bind the pages or you can bind them yourself. Binding yourself is a simple project. Punch two to three holes in each page, line them up, and thread either string, twine or ribbon thru them.

These are just a few ideas for something to add a personal touch to your wedding.

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Wedding Song Poem – Candy Bar Poem

October 11th, 2011 | Rss Feed

Many years ago while at a wedding, I noticed that someone created an enormous wedding card/guestbook that included candy bars. With sayings like, with no more Twix up your sleeve and Red Hot nights, I thought “what a great idea”. See their candy bar guestbook!

No more Care Free days. No more Twix up your sleeves. It’s time to say “I Do ” to your Bit-O-Honey. When you slip on the ring, don’t be a Butterfinger. Shower her with a Skor of Hugs & Kisses for absolute no Riesen. May you have Red Hot nights and even more Hot Tamales. Mix a Big Hunk of Kit Kat to smooth out the Rocky Road. Snickers at the Milk Duds cuz U-No your Extra special. You can feel like a 100 Grand knowing your Starburst will be there even if you get Chunky. On PayDay the Milky Way will be within your reach. You’re always a Mr Goodbar and we hope this will Krackel you up and make you want to Mamba. Now this is the most “tasteful” card you will receive. Don’t you agree? We all wish you Whoppers of happiness.

However, being the music fans we are, we thought that we could do the same as a wedding song poem. You can use the poem as a guestbook, a custom place mat, or any other fun idea you may have. You select your favorite songs to include in the poem. My songs are just to get your creative juices flowing. We made the song poem alphabetical but you can make it how you like.

Wedding Song Poem

A Wink And A Smile -

By Your Side -

Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe

Dancing In The Street -

Everybody Have Fun Tonight -

For My Wedding -

Get Down Tonight

Have I Told You Lately -

I Finally Found Someone -

Just The Two Of Us -

Knock On Wood

Let’s Get Married -

Me And You -

Nothing Else Matters -

On This Day

Party Crowd -

Questions -

Round About Midnight -

Save The Last Dance For Me

Take My Breath Away -

Unchained Melody -

Viva La Vida -

We Are Family

XOXOXO -

You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me -

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

A – A Wink And A Smile – Harry Connick Jr.

B – By Your Side – Sade

C – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe – Barry White

D – Dancing In The Street – Martha & The Vandellas

E – Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung

F – For My Wedding – Don Henley

G – Get Down Tonight – KC & The Sunshine Band

H – Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

I – I Finally Found Someone – Bryan Adams & Barbara Streisand

J – Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers

K – Knock On Wood – Amii Stewart

L – Let’s Get Married – Jagged Edge

M – Me And You – Kenny Chesney

N – Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

O – On This Day – David Pomeranz

P – Party Crowd – David Lee Murphy

Q – Questions – Jack Johnson

R – Round About Midnight – Thelonius Monk

S – Save The Last Dance For Me – The Drifters

T – Take My Breath Away – Berlin

U – Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

V – Viva La Vida (“Long Live Life”) - Coldplay

W – We Are Family – Sister Sledge

X – XOXOXO – The Black Eyed Peas

Y – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me – The Miracles

Z – Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – James Baskett

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