In a rather peculiar design, the 4-foot “I-Fairy” robot, conducted the ceremony complete with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails.
unsurprisingly perhaps, the manufacturer Kokoro Co, claimed it to be the first time a marriage had been led by a robot.

The wedding took place in Hibiya Park, in Central Toyko, with the I-Fairy wearing a floral wreath – conducting the wedding on a rooftop of a restaurant.
The robot was apparently controlled by a man behind a curtain just a few feet away.

Blushing Bride Satoko Inoue, 36, who works at manufacturer Kokoro said “This was a lot of fun. I think that Japanese have a strong sense that robots are our friends. Those in the robot industry mostly understand this, but people mainly want robots near them that serve some purpose,”

If you’re interested in copying the Japanese robot wedding, then an I-Fairy can be purchased for 6.3M Yen. (Apparently!)

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To see the CCTV footage in full -> Bride starts wedding shop brawl

Wedding Shop owner Hekmay Putruss asked the lady to leave the store, after some “bad-mouthing” the confrontation ended with an almighty brawl, all down to the fact a staff member refused to make alterations to the ladies’ wedding dress.

Mr Putruss said “She started threatening me, saying ‘you don’t know who I am, I’ll call my husband to kill you, to teach everyone here a lesson’.”

Shortly after, three men arrived at the wedding shop, whilst it was filled with customers, and shoved Mr Putruss into a display cabinet, then tackled him to the floor.

Bridal mannequins were used as weapons in the shop in Oakland County, Michigan, USA. When police arrived at the store, all three men were arrested and later charged with assault.

No matter how stressful your wedding planning is becoming, we’re sure they’d be no brides from Essex who would react in such a manner.
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Perhaps there was a flurry of engagements in Essex over the Christmas period, if you got engaged then just complete the little form to join our mailing list so we can tell you about any special offers that our services have for 2010.

If you’re planning your wedding, and are daunted by the thought of saving up for your wedding budget, then consider something similar to this crazy couple from the States. Pete and Andrea are on a mission, to save up for their wedding that they are planning for July this year, but they are doing it slightly differently by collecting aluminium cans to claim the recycling refund that their state offers for each can.

Andrea Parrish, 25, and Peter Geyer, 29, from Washington, have already collected more than 18,000 cans which are currently sitting in their living room. The couple said: “Saving the environment and throwing a killer party… what could be better?”
Their target is 400,000 cans, and have accepted cans as gifts from well wishers – if they reach their target they will have collected around 5 tonnes of aliminum sitting in their house, an expect to earn around $3800 (£2375) for their efforts.

The pair have even set up their own website to help advertise their mission, so if you’re feeling generous, or just want to have a nose at such a great story, their website is www.weddingcans.com

I’m sure there are plenty of weird and wacky ways to save some money for your wedding day, so if you think you’ve heard of a better one then complete the form below and let us know.

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After reporting possibly the first facebook status update at the alter last week , we thought it only right to tell you about a Facebook group setup to decide whether a couple get married in fancy dress or not.

The group was set up by Bec Miller who states “100,000 people join and Bam and I will have a fancy-dress wedding,” The Facebook group has already attracted around 900 members – and with your help, you can “vote” for their special fancy dress wedding.

Join the Facebook group

MS Miller started the group as it was her childhood dream to wear fairy wings as she walked down the aisle. Her original plan was to achieve a mere 1,000 members to the group but her fiancée deemed this too easy, especially as their achieved 700 members in under two weeks.

The Facebook group has even found Bec a “sponsor” in the form of costume shop, Escapage, who have offered the couple full clothing for the couple and their child Vitani.

The wedding is set for 1st April, so Bec has only a short period to find the necessary 100,000 Facebook group members – although the rumour is that Bec and Bam (?) have verbally agreed that 10,000 members could be a comprise.

Ms Miller invited everyone to join the group to help her wedding campaign, stating “the more the merrier” – So get yourself along and join the Facebook group today, and ensure the poor groom gets his fancy dress costume for his wedding day ! You can find the group here – 100 000 people join and bam and i will have a fancy-dress wedding.

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The minister was in on the joke, and announced that the groom was busy updating his relationship status at the earliest opportunity, leaving the wedding guests in fits of laughter.

He also Tweeted: “Standing at the altar with TracyPage where just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss my bride.” Before doing so, he passed his new bride a phone for her to also update her Facebook status from “in a relationship” to “married”.

The un-named groom said on YouTube : “This was just done to be funny – we really don’t Facebook THAT often:).
“I have a lot of family scattered around the country and we all use Facebook a lot to keep in touch. So when Tracy and I were engaged, most of my family found out via Facebook because we updated our statuses.

If you can’t believe this would actually happen in the middle of someone’s wedding ceremony, here’s the clip for you to see :

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The idea is simple, you spend your hard earned money on a beautiful wedding dress, take part in your dream ceremony, marry the man of your dreams surrounded by your nearest and dearest. The perfect day.

Then, you trash your wedding dress…… yes, ruin it forever. You up for it ?

We think perhaps this tradition won’t be quite as popular as wearing a garter, or throwing the bouquet over your shoulder, this new wedding tradition certainly isn’t for everyone. However, it does seem to have one very significant benefit going for it, hilarious, entertaining wedding photos. That is if you can get your wedding photographer to agree to it, you wouldn’t want to ruin your wedding dress and then miss out on the fun memories.

These kind of photos require skill and good timing, here is a collection of various “Trash the Dress contest” run by the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) who hold an annual competition.

Goal......

I take this bride...

Dress Dive

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Yesterday we blogged about the newlyweds who sued their wedding photographer over his pathetic attempt to capture their special day on film. But that article left us thinking, what are the worst wedding photos of all time ?

So here we’ve compiled our worst 10 wedding photographs for your amusement

Number 10 – Drunken Bride
Looks to us that this bride would rather spend her big day with her big bottle rather then her new husband.

Boozy Bride

Number 9 – The Happy Couple
This wedding photo clearly captured the magic of the day, with the beaming bride delighted at her choice of husband.

The Happy Couple

Number 8 – Half a wedding dress
The wedding photographer snapped away whilst the bride suddenly realised she’d only ordered half a wedding dress.

The garter is the same size as the skirt

Number 7 – Bridal Bathroom
“Dear wedding photographer, please ensure you take plenty of photos of me and my bridesmaids relaxing before the ceremony.”

Who's holding the toilet paper ?

Number 6 – Katie Price aka Jordan
Yes, well, Katie’s wedding dress choice proved everything we need to know about that girl’s sophistication.

Remember those knitted toilet roll holders ?

Number 5 – Stripper’s Wedding Dress
I bet the groom loved this dress, and his mates, and their football buddies, just not her new mother in law perhaps.

Wedding Bikini

Number 4 – Beached Whale spoils wedding day
The wedding photographer wasn’t quite alert enough to pause whilst this lady walked through the background. Some Photoshop editing required here.

Porkie Passer By

Number 3 – Groom snogs Best Man
Probably the least flattering wedding photo of all time, how to make the bridal party all look stupid at once.

I love you man, I've always loved you

Number 2 – Class and Decorum on your Wedding Day
The photographer needed no zoom lens here, it was obvious who the “happy pair” where.

What a happy couple

And at Number 1 - The wedding photograph that has to be the worst of all time, just imagine the bride’s face when she sat down to look at her wedding photos after returning from her happy honeymoon.

Bum Deal for the Bride

Think you’ve seen worst wedding photographs ? Leave your comments below and we’ll try and beat these 10 howlers soon.

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Snog Marry Avoid Wedding Special

The BBC3 TV show, Snog, Marry, Avoid are trying to put together a wedding special, and are looking for people who are planning their wedding in the next few months…. is that you ?

For those of you who have never seen Snog, Marry, Avoid, it’s a fun programme that involves overly glamorous or more often, simply outrageous people, who favour a “fake wedding” look over their natural beauty.

A computer called P.O.D. (Personal Overhaul Device) who does not compute their “fakery” reveals to them what the public think of their image, by asking passers by in the street whether they would choose to Snog, Marry or Avoid them. The P.O.D. then arranges them a makeunder rather than a makeover, leaving them a more natural wedding look.

So if you’re wedding is planned for the next 3 months, and fancy getting involved in a bit of fun on the BBC, get in touch with Kerry on the following email address – kerry.plant@endemoluk.com and tell her Essex Wedding Services sent you along.

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Their video was uploaded to YouTube and has since been watched by people all over the globe, entertained by Brian and Katie’s “unique” funny wedding dance.

Busting their killer moves in a 6 minute melody of their favourite tunes, the happy couple have really started married life having great fun as a couple.

Watch the wedding dance below.

Click here for lots more brilliant funny wedding videos

Will you be entertaining your wedding guests like this on your special day ? What do you think of their wedding dance ? Let us know with your comments below.

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