By now, we are all aware of the tragic flooding in the midwest and our hearts certainly go out to all affected by the floodwaters.
Some good news has emerged, however, from this unfortunate situation. Iowa National Guard Specialist Curtis White and his fiance Dannie Ritter, whose wedding plans were tarnished by the devastating floods, were married on a Columbus Junction, Iowa highway last week. The community came together to make their wedding dreams come true in the midst of chaos and cleanup. What a great story!
The bride wore a white t-shirt that sums up her feelings on the big day - it read, “Come hell of high water.”
If your wedding is approaching, I’m sure you’ve felt some stress by now, but don’t let that stress trick you into this thinking it’s cold feet. Wedding stress comes in many forms and what might seem like cold feet right before your wedding, could just be a side effect of any stress you might be under. IDO Sugar offers 4 ways to combat these feelings to help calm you down:
Open up to your fiance and try working through it together.
Brain dump on a friend, you might just need to get something off your chest.
If talking is not an option, try writing it down.
And lastly, just find some alone time with as in a long drive walk or bicycle ride or even a movie by yourself to take your mind off wedding planning.
TLC is looking for couples getting married that think they can dance and would want to dance on camera. This is your opportunity to surprise your guests with a production of a first dance at your wedding. They are looking for couples getting married in May, June, or July in the Southern California area. Send an email to firstdancecasting@gmail.com for more information or to set up an interview.
As you get closer to marriage, you probably have seen that it’s taken some patience to deal with one another through this wedding planning process. It’s no secret relationships take work and here’s a good article from ZenHabits labeled “The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship“. It’s a good read and a good reason to take a step back and look at how you live within your relationship. The list of seven things to avoid in your relationship includes things like jealousy, resentment and unrealistic expectations. Have a look and see if you’ve been guilty of any recently.
As I drove into work today, I saw that gas has risen to $3.36 a gallon! It got me thinking about how the costs of anything that needs to be transported (i.e. flowers, food, people) are increasing. And since the wedding industry is filled with small businesses that don’t have the huge budgets of a national company, many may have to pass on some of the cost to their customers: you the bride. I’m not saying all wedding vendors will, but some may have to. So for today, I thought I’d pass on some budget saving ideas to help cut your costs:
Consider having your ceremony and reception at the same location
Do you own hair and makeup
Use online RSVP with your wedding website(hint hint: we offer that free) rather than send RSVP cards
Use fewer flowers and more candles or even buy silk flowers
Make your own centerpieces (there’s lots of great DIY projects out there)
Combine favors and place cards
Only have your cake/cupcakes for dessert (I see so much dessert get wasted anyway)
Only serve beer and wine and limit bar time if need be
And think about getting married during the day or on a sunday
There’s lots of ways to cut costs, but the idea here is be smart with your money right now and be conscious if your guests have to drive or fly a ways to get to your wedding. You can still have a great wedding and spend less.
Weddings have many colors associated with them, but if you’re looking for ideas relating to a specific color theme, our new Wedding Ideassection contains images of a few of the popular colors people tend to incorporate into the wedding as well as images with ideas for all components of your wedding (i.e. cakes, dresses, favors, etc).
Here’s a sample of images from weddings using green as a main color. It’s just a sample of the many images you can find in our Wedding Ideas section.
Photography credits are found with each photo contained in Wedding Ideas.
Ann Taylor Celebrations has a great sale that’s still going on. They’re selling bridesmaid dresses for as low as $59.44! The sales lasts until this Tuesday the 26th according to WeddingBee so don’t wait too long. This a great way to look amazing and save your bridemaids some money…something will definitely appreciate.
WeddingBee also has a discount code for another 25% off: 104001599.
As destination weddings are becoming increasingly popular, couples planning their ceremony may have activities, or the ceremony itself, planned around sunset. Lucky for everyone Weather.com has a sunset calculator to help with this very thing. Sunset probably doesn’t matter as much to summer weddings, but couples planning their weddings from October through April could benefit from knowing when sunset is.
Weather.com also contains tips for planning your destination wedding and honeymoons that can be helpful as well.
Katherine Heigl’s new movie 27 Dresses opens this friday in theaters nationwide. Katherine Heigl is sure draw crowds so get your tickets early. Here’s the trailer for your viewing pleasure.
As you explore options for your honeymoon destination, check out Conde Nast’s Hot List Hotels for 2007, you might find your perfect location here or at least gain some ideas about where you’d like to go.
