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Wedding flip flops: a match made in heaven

Wedding flip flops are all the rage these days, and its no wonder. With their easy, fuss free wear, their hours of lasting comfort, and their personalization capacities, not to mention their extremely low cost relative to other accessories pitched to a bride, wedding flip flops might be the easiest purchase a bride makes.

Most wedding flip flops are white but they can be blinged out to reflect what a special event a wedding is. If a bride has a little time on her hands and just a few simple materials at hand, she can create her very own pair of wedding flip flops.
First, buy a simple pair of white flip flops. Using a hot glue gun, glue sequins, rhinestones, or beads on the thong portion of the flip flop. A line of lace ribbon can be run along the outside of the footbed to complete the look. Wedding flip flops are especially appropriate for a beach wedding, as sand will necessitate removal of those spike heels before an injury occurs.

Wedding flip flops are also perfect for the reception following the service, after hours of standing on her feet greeting guests and smiling endlessly for photographs, the last thing a bride wants to worry about is the state of her feet!
Wedding flip flops can also be purchased online at a variety of sources. Some of them even have cut outs on the bottom that say “bride” and “groom” which leave stamped footprints in wet sand and would be a nice touch in some beach themed wedding shots. Perhaps one of the best reasons to go with wedding flip flops for your beach wedding is their repeat wearability. Let’s face it, those lovely white pearl crusted spike heels would definitely put your wedding over the top, but the chances of wearing them for a run to the grocery store is near nil. Wedding flip flops, however would be a nice memento of your special day, and can be paired with many post-wedding outfits for continued enjoyment.

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Express Your Gratitude with Personalised Bridesmaid Gifts

Giving a gift is the best way to express your love for someone. A gift makes you feel special and cherished. It tells you that you are remembered and loved. Hence, it becomes more unique when the gift is personalised. Imagine that you are going to get married. The day is getting closer and closer. The wedding bells are already ringing in your ears. You want the day that you have always dreamt of to be perfect, just as in your dream. But you are becoming more and more nervous as the day approaches. You feel that you are going to burst. What do you do? You call your bridesmaids, your band of soul-sisters who have always been with you, through thick and thin. The loyal friends who filled you with laughter, who help you relax and get rid of your fear. They are special; you know you couldn’t have done it without them. So won’t you like to thank them on your wedding day for being there for you? How about some personalised bridesmaid gifts?

One of the most popular bridesmaid gifts is the heart trinket. Engrave it with her name and the date of your wedding and she will remember it forever. This is a beautiful way to say ‘thank you’ to someone who has been there for you on your special day. This is one gift that will always remain as a beautiful keepsake with her.

Another gift that you can present your beautiful bridesmaid is a personalised bracelet. The personalised stretch pearl bracelet is a good option as the silver pendent can be engraved with personal message and name. This is a great idea for bridesmaids. A personalised hearts candle can be given to your beautiful bridesmaids as a thank you gift for taking part on your special day. It is a wonderful gift which will make her feel honoured.

The personalised Purple Ronnie mug with your bridesmaids name and thank you message from you is a great gift. It is the best way to make her feel special and to thank her for her support and presence on your special day. You can gift a jewellery box engraved with her name and a thank you message with the date of your wedding and your names. This will be useful and will also make her happy as she will know how special she is to you. There is a variety of personalised gifts you can choose from. Wine glasses etched with the name of the bridesmaid are quite fashionable. They can even be engraved with personal messages thanking her for the wonderful day. Other gifts like engraved photo frame, key chains are also very popular. Champagne bottles which are liked by everybody are ideal gifts for your dear bridesmaids. These can be personalised with any name and message. Some of these bottles also come with silk lined gift box. This gift is sure to make your bridesmaid flush with happiness!

Inexpensive maternity wedding dresses

Every girl in this world wants to be a mother and believed it as the most precious moment of life. Every bride feel more complete and happier as she has two gift same time. Variety of fashion wedding dresses available for pregnant brides in different materials that specially made for their pregnant bodies. A large number of pregnant brides get confused about how to get an inexpensive wedding dress. There is no need to worry about low-cost wedding dresses as ample choices available in maternity wedding dresses. Moreover, various styles available in maternity wedding dresses that cope with the current trends.

For the expectant bride soft fabric must be choose which not also give her womanish look but also healthy for her. Maternity dresses for wedding must be made with a fabric, which is lissome to avoid intimidating. As well as these dresses should be lightweight so that they make a stream and do not emphasize much on bally portion. To provide your body a thin look a knee length maternity wedding dress can be choose. If a pregnant bride wants to expose her hips a sheath made dress could be nice choice as this fabric stick to body and make the hip prominent.

When you reach the decision to get married, you can go to online web site where you can find your required cheap maternity wedding dress at a reasonable price and quality. To be look like a fairy princes always a wish of every women, make sure, when you buying inexpensive maternity dress does not mean that you have to compromise on quality. You can go to markets also and search out different shops you will find many sellers offering maternity dresses at affordable prince with latest design and trends. Some online sellers also put discount on maternity wedding dresses to attract the customers, which is another way to have inexpensive dress.

While buying cheap maternity wedding dresses make sure that it go with the latest trend rather to buy an old style to save money. This would ruin your great day. Some online shop also provides hire services and lends maternity wedding dresses for few days on nominal rate. You can go to their web site select a dress according to desired style and body type, choose the color and make an order. You no need to go their place rather they would deliver the dress at your door without charging extra.

BlueShore Productions

Attention brides who love wedding cinematography. International award winning BlueShore Productions will be holding a free wedding film giveaway for one lucky couple getting married in the summer of 2012. Package value worth over $6,000 USD.

All you need to do is like their popular facebook page and stay tuned for the announcement. Good luck!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/BlueShore-Productions/82963636919

Unique and Affordable Wedding Favours

Sticky BottlesLooking for unique & affordable Wedding Favours?

StickyBottles.co.uk provide a wide range of bottle labels that can be personalised with your own text & photo, not only do they make ideal wedding favours, but they’re also a fantastic way to create a unique, personalised gift for Weddings, Birthdays, Christmas, New Year and any other special occasion.

They offer much more than just personalised wine labels, they have bottle labels for Champagne, Rum, Beer, Vodka & more, create gifts with a personal touch no matter what type of drink someone likes.

Ordering is easy, just visit StickyBottles.co.uk, choose a design & then add your own special message, add it to your cart & checkout.

Your order will then be processed and dispatched quickly, and they’re currently offering 20% discount off your next purchase.

Belamour Wedding Photography

Every now and then, the Essex Wedding Services team go off wandering around the internet looking for wedding related sites to blog about. We like to see what new ideas other countries are adopting for their weddings, and today we’ve found a photographer in Minneapolis who caught our eye.

Kelly McSwiggan of Bel Amour Weddings has been transforming wedding photos into beautiful images since 2002 in the US. Her website http://www.BelAmourWeddings.com

Kelly’s passion is photographing people and the relationships between each other, she specialises in photojournalism style weddings, capturing the true spontaneity in the moment.
Her images are fun, relaxed, close, with lots of smooching! And according to her website, she often sheds a tear or two at the ceremony.
Kelly clearly cares a great deal about her clients, and this comes accross in her photography.
Why not take a look at her gallery page if you’re looking for some ideas for your wedding photos.

Poll : What item on your wedding budget are you willing to overspend on ?

When it comes to wedding planning, getting the budget correct is a huge priority, costs can spiral out of control if you are not careful. Quite often we hear couples have added a few more guests here and there, meaning costs increasing and the budget being squeezed.

It’s important to work out how much you can save between the point of getting engaged, and the end of the honeymoon. Write yourself a list of all the things you intend to buy or hire for your wedding, then set about getting some quotes. Once you have yourself a full list, and a good idea of what it will all cost then you have the basis of your wedding budget.

Today’s question, is what item on your wedding budget are you willing to overspend on ? By that we mean, you’ve set your budget and the item you truly desire costs more then you’ve planned for. In this hard economic times, at what point do you say to yourself, “no I’m not paying that”.

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earcandy: the top UK wedding Entertainment Company

Hi all, My name is Krystine Atti, I am one of the entertainment coordinators for earcandy. Having look after many wedding entertainment clients, I thought it would be useful to write a quick blog with some advice on entertainment for your wedding day. I know for most of you, entertainment and wedding bands can have a huge question mark next to it, alongside what colour will the flower girls wear and will I have an ‘up – do’ or a straight ‘Cleopatra’ hairstyle! So many concepts and styles to choose from.

Today, I will be writing about the first dance song. For some, this has already been decided and rehearsed (as you’ve forced your fiancée to dance with you in the living room over a thousand times). However, for some, you still haven’t found the ‘perfect’ song for the wedding band to sing on your special day… there are so many to choose from.

I’ve got a couple of suggestions here in hope that this makes the process a bit easier.

First: You and your partner could spend a night in, listening to as many songs as you can that best reflect your relationship (maybe a song that reminds you both of the beginning stages or a song that says a lot about your relationship). Once you’ve done that, you could think about whether you would like the wedding band to perform it, or whether you would like it played via CD or iPod. From our experience, a good band can make the right song a lot more personal and intimate.

Second: We’ve had a couple of clients who have discovered their partners have two left feet or cringe at the concept of dancing in front of large crowds. If this is you, DO NOT FEAR! There are a number of ways to manage this. The great thing about professional musicians is their flexibility. You could have your first dance song merged with a more up-tempo song. This will mean that the focus will be on you for only the first half, and then you can bring everyone to the dancefloor for the uptempo song.

One client had one of our bands perform ‘Etta Bond – At Last’ which segwayed into ‘Black Eyed Peas – Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Night’ halfway through. This worked out to be quite wonderful, as her bridesmaids and grooms men came up to dance relieving the nervous groom. We have a number of wedding bands for hire that are more than happy to compose this for you allowing you to have your special moment and allowing the party to start without an announcement! Something different and unique.

Hope this has helped some of you and triggered an idea!

Until next time,

Krystine
entertainment co-ordinater, earcandy

Wedding proposal tips and ideas

Proposal Tips and IdeasIf you are a man who wants to marry the girl he’s with, planning a romantic wedding proposal is going to be something that you will just simply have to do.
After all, it will be the moment that she decides whether or not she wants to be with you for the rest of your life – that means you should at least show some effort on your part to impress her.

A wedding proposal starts with a romantic idea and then planning it out the right way. Romantic ideas sometimes take a little bit of time to develop, and it might be hard for those who aren’t used to getting creative. Here are some of the most popular plans for proposals to help you jog your mind.

Propose at the place where you met. This isn’t only a meaningful place to propose, it’s also one that reinforces how much that location means to you. If you met at a nightclub or at a party, this might not be possible. But for those that met at a school or at a convention, it is very easy to retrace your steps.

Get some fancy reservations to a good restaurant, and propose there. This is, by far, the most common way to propose, but it’s common because it works wonderfully and is easy to plan out.

Make a vacation of it. If you have the money to do so, why not take her on a trip to a romantic destination like the Caribbean or Paris to pop the question? This will make it a vacation to remember, and it will also be a vacation that she will be boasting about for years to come.

Write it in the sky. If you want everyone to know your love for her, hire a skywriter to propose to her. This can be tricky, and can be expensive, but it’s going to be one of the most memorable proposals in your circle of friends.

Once you have got an idea of where you want to propose, you are going to have to make it happen. Make sure to tell her that it’s an important date, and start booking any reservations, tickets, and other necessities that you might need to think about.

Some proposals will take more effort than others, so you will also have to take into account the amount of work that you will have to do. If you aren’t the type to coordinate things very well, it’s best to stay with a very basic proposal, like one in a favorite restaurant. However, if you enjoy the idea of planning it out to be “just right,” then putting together a more involved proposal is a great idea.
After all, it’s going to be your wedding – you might as well do it in your style.

The article is written for Brillianteers, Global Diamond Engagement Ring Designers.

Unique wedding gift idea – The Wandering Minstrel

Wandering MinstrelsHere is something brand new and different for anyone who would like to buy something a bit different for the bride and groom.

The Wandering Minstrel will surprise the couple, in full medieval minstrel outfit and sing a special song all about them from the information that you give him. You can include their name, the occasion and the names of who the greeting is from. You can tell the story of how the couple met and fell in love, or why not tell the minstrel about their work, their achievements, their interests, and the celebrities that they adore. It’s best though when you tell them all the funny things that they say and do, and all of the funny things that have happened to them. You know all the private jokes that will make them laugh out loud, and all these details can all go into the song.

If that was all that happened it would still be amazing, but that is not all:

They will create a full band production audio CD of the special song, and print any photo that you supply onto the body of the CD too.

If that was all that happened it would still be amazing, but that is not all:

They will also create a stunning animated video featuring the song and all of the photos and videos that you supply. This is like the bride and groom starring in their own music video all about them.
If your reception venue is set up for this you can even show this video at the reception too.
The Wandering Minstrel will also produce a special DVD of the finished video, with a photo printed onto the body of the DVD.

As part of the surprise, The Wandering Minstrel will present the audio CD and the DVD video, plus a certificate style lyric sheet.

We believe that it is the best way there is to show someone that you love them. Currently available in London, Manchester and Yorkshire, and on DVD only worldwide.

Visit their website to see more video samples and read the testimonials from their very happy customers.
Contact The Wandering Minstrel to discuss your requirements on 01709 204941 / 07523396608 / miketheminstrel@yahoo.co.uk or view their facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/liveminstrelgreetings

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