What are your bachelorette party plans? I-Volution, Inc conducted a study recently on the most popular trends in bachelor parties and bachelorette parties. They found that due to increasing fear of a recession, there has been a trend for more bachelor and bachelorette parties to be held at home and more economical than previous years.
So here’s what they found as the most popular trends this year:
Bachelorette Parties:
- Attending musicals/plays
- Instructional exotic / pole dancing lessons
- In-home exotic male entertainer
- Spa day
- Dinner and drinks out
Bachelor Parties:
- Bar hopping
- In-home female dancers
- Golf weekends
- Paintball
- Attending a concert/sporting events
These actually sound a lot like what we have been doing for years, except maybe the “instructional exotic / pole dancing lessons.”
What are your bachelorette party plans?
Oh, and you might want to let your friends know what kind of party to expect!
If you want to be a DIY bride but aren’t quite to the point of being able to do everything yourself, or you just want to save some money by printing your own wedding invitations or other wedding stationary, then this is for you. Brides Magazine has joined up with Gartner Studios to produce a line of wedding invitations and wedding invitation accessories including print-your-own wedding invitations, save-the-dates, wedding programs, place cards, etc.
Here’s what Brides Editor In-Chief Millie Martini Bratten said about the collection:
“The BRIDES Wedding Collection was developed with the expertise of the BRIDES editors and more importantly with what we knew brides-to be want — affordable current trends, designs and colors, so she can really put a unique and stylish stamp on her celebration.”
The collection will be sold in Michaels Stores starting this month!
The wedding industry is booming, do you want a piece of the pie?Here’s your chance.The Wedding Planning Institute provides wedding planner certification training online and has just announced that it is providing hands-on training at hundreds of colleges across the US.WPI’s certification is recognized by The Association for Wedding Professionals International.The hands-on training will allow students to assist at actual weddings, tour venues, and meet with professional wedding vendors.
The training is 10-weeks of classroom training.To find out more check out WPI’s website.
Want to leave it to the professionals?Find a certified wedding planner here!
Do any of you wedding planners out there have experience with WPI?Please let us know the real deal!
There’s alot to think about when planning your wedding. Not to mention it is something you probably haven’t done before. Everybody has advice, you try to get information from wedding blogs but who can you trust?
Well, here’s 5 videos covering some of the most important aspects of planning your wedding. Each one has advice and tips from wedding professionals!
The first one covers shopping for a wedding dress. This can be a duanting task as well as a very important one. The folks over at My Wedding Hero put together this great video with some wedding dress shopping advice from a shop owner.
This second video has some great advice about selecting and working with your wedding venue and caterer, especially if you are looking at booking an “all in one” venue.
Here’s a video from Get Married about designing your bouquet from none other than David Tutera, Preston Bailey, and more.
Another aspect of looking good on your wedding day is making sure your makeup is done right! Since you are going to spend alot of time in front of the camera you must do your make up a little different. Don’t leave it to chance. Checkout this video to find out how.
Finally, a big question that everyone wonders about. Do you need a wedding planner? Yes, the cost money. But, can a wedding planner actually save you money? Will having a wedding planner make your planning experience and wedding day alot less stressful? Find out in this video.
Sick of all the wedding planning?Want to save a bunch of money?Don’t care if you have a big wedding?Well here is a unique and fun option.
The Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority is hosting aGroup Wedding, Vow Renewal and Civil Union Ceremony at Boardwalk Hall, February 14, 2008. The ceremony is free for all couples and their guests, and will include a wedding cake and photo opportunities.You will have to register online to be apart of this.You will also have to get a New Jersey marriage license.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years.Now it’s time to get back to work!
Want to make your own photo album for your wedding, engagement photos, or honeymoon or even make a unique wedding guest book for your guests at the reception?But are you afraid you can’t DIY?Well here’s a great solution I stumbled across!It’s a website called Picaboo.Picaboo really looks like a great product and service!But the best part is it’s cheap!
All you have to download the software for free, create your album using their great ideas and templates, then place your order!
The photo album will be delivered to you and you can share it online!The online album can be viewed by anyone you choose and multiple copies of your book can be ordered in any size!
Check out the Picaboo website and see what they offer!
Don’t worry you are not alone.You may have heard that the #1 fear of most people is public speaking while fear of death is #5!
Here are five tips to help you out with your wedding speech:
1.Don’t drink too much!You may think this will help calm the nerves.Which it may, but maybe a little too much.Most likely this will result in a more embarrassing situation for you and the bride and groom.Then you will wake up in the morning feeling like an idiot!
2.Don’t read your wedding speech word for word.This looks stiff and impersonal.See the next tip for more!
3.Don’t try to memorize your wedding speech word for word.This will put a lot of pressure on you.If you mess up one word it can throw the rest of your speech off.Try jotting down an outline and being a little spontaneous.It will come off much better with the audience.
4.Try to mingle with the crowd a little.Meet people you don’t know yet. This may make you feel a little more comfortable with your audience.
5.Be confident that what you are going to say sounds good!Practice. Try your wedding speech out on a loved one.
Not feeling too inspired?There are free websites that can get you started with things to say like ChargeYourGlasses.com.They give you some unique phrases to include throughout your speech.
Are you and your fiancé a “bold, adventurous duo?” More importantly, do you want a free wedding? And, do you want a free 2009 Dodge Journey? Well I’m sure most of you can easily answer 2 of these 3 questions with a resounding yes!So here’s the details…
Dodge has announced a new contest call “The Journey of a Lifetime”
Here’s what you win:
A free wedding that will be held at the Chicago Auto Show on Valentines Day 2008. (This is where the bold and adventurous part comes in)
Free wedding dress
Free reception including, cake, flowers, and more for 100 guests
Free music from a Journey cover band.
Here’s what you have to do:
Couples can register online at http://www.DodgeJourneyOfALifetime.com for a
chance to be married at the Chicago Auto Show. Residents from Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky can
register online, beginning Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 12:01 a.m. (ET) until
Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. (ET). To enter, potential contestants will be
asked to answer the question, “Why should Dodge select you to start your
‘Journey’ of a lifetime together at the Chicago Auto Show on Valentine’s
Day, February 14, 2008?” and submit a photo of themselves as a couple. All
participants must be 18 years or older and hold a valid driver’s license at
the time of entry.
The finalist couples will be announced during the week of Jan. 21. The
winning couple will be selected that week and married on Thursday, Feb. 14.
You’ve all seen disposable cameras on the tables at weddings.Did you ever wonder what happens to all those pictures taken by all the guests?For most guests they never get to see those pictures.Sure, the disposable cameras can be great for the bride and groom, but in many cases those great pictures captured by their guests wind up in shoe boxes and are forgotten about.
Well, here’s a unique idea.ITheeSnap.com provides premium quality disposable cameras.After the pictures are taken, you ship the cameras back to them.They scan and upload the photos onto a secure web photo album that all your guests can visit to view, download, print, and comment on the photos.They also provide the couple a DVD with all the photos as well as 4X6 prints!
In case you missed it, yesterday, November 20th was Queen Elizabeth’s 60th wedding anniversary!
To mark their anniversary, this past Monday the Queen and her husband Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a service at Westminster Abbey where they got married. Also at the service were 30 family members and 2000 guests! Then yesterday, on their anniversary, they traveled to Malta where they lived as a young couple from 1949 – 1951.
So, how do you throw a royal wedding? I can’t give you all the answers but the Queen released 60 facts about her wedding that might give you a few ideas. If not, I still found them to be interesting reading!
The wedding industry is booming, do you want a piece of the pie?
You’ve all seen disposable cameras on the tables at weddings.
In case you missed it, yesterday, November 20th was Queen Elizabeth’s 60th wedding anniversary!
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