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Homemade favors for weddings can be inexpensive without looking cheap. Wedding Favors like these are perfect for planning a wedding on a budget. This one turns a bottle of bubbles into a Bubble Flower.
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Welcome brides, grooms, and future wedding guests I’m Harmonie Krieger your host for nuptialstv.com your video guide to planning your wedding and beyond. On this edition of Nuptialstv we will be covering planning the perfect wedding ceremony: traditional vs. the non-traditional.
Congratulations your getting married now what’s the next step? One of the first decisions, in planning the perfect wedding, is which type of wedding ceremony to have, traditional or non-traditional.
The perfect wedding exists in the minds and hearts of the bride and groom. Planning a wedding, a perfect wedding, requires the bride and groom to communicate their love, their expectations, and their customs into one single ceremony. There are many twists and turns on the road to planning for that perfect wedding. It’s important to understand that the style of ceremony will dictate different types of customs to be followed. There are expectations associated with each one and it’s up to the bridal couple to help narrow the field down.
A religious ceremony is considered a traditional wedding. It will take place in a house of worship such as a church or synagogue. It would be officiated by a rabbi, a minister or member of the clergy. Traditional religious ceremonies usually call for formal wear with a number of attendants and very traditional music.
Civil or non-traditional ceremonies can be held anywhere such as on board a yacht, on a cliff top, on a beach or even in a family backyard. The officiate is a Justice of the Peace (including relatives or friends who have been certified). There is no set theme for a civil or non-traditional ceremony. Bridal couples can wear beach clothing, Halloween Costumes or even get married on horseback.
The differences between the two are the rigidity of form associated with the first and the freedom with the second. The bridal couple will determine what their priorities are and the type of ceremony they want to have. Familiarity with traditional themes and ceremonies are important when dealing with religious weddings. A sense of adventure and fun can be explored in civil and non-traditional weddings.
Become aware of the wide variety of options available to couples in their wedding choices. The key to planning the perfect wedding is found in truly listening to each other. Be open to hearing each other’s thoughts, dreams and expectations.
Thanks for watching nuptialstv.com,you’re your host Harmonie Krieger offering Congratulations for the Groom and Best Wishes to the Bride!
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Slideshow for our wedding on September 22, 2007
Planning a wedding on a small budget can be done using a bride share method, where two brides split the cost of decorations, flowers or chair rentals. Consider having a wedding on a non-weekend to cut costs with creative ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on weddings.
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To conduct a wedding rehearsal, make sure everyone knows each other, get everyone’s attention, play the ceremony music and make sure everyone knows where they are going. Keep everyone organized at a wedding rehearsal with helpful advice from a certified wedding planner in this free video on weddings.
Expert: Debbie Tannacore
Contact: weddingdesignsbydebbie.com
Bio: Debbie Tannacore is a certified wedding planner in Nashville, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
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Hey everyone. I’m Izabella Wentz, a newly wed for nuptials tv. Here to share my wedding story . I am going to share how I planned for my wedding.
The first thing I had to plan was our engagement party. I have never really planned anything before, so it was very stressful for me. I would recommend planning an engagement party for anyone who will be planning a wedding, as “practice”.
We knew what date we wanted our wedding and we knew we wanted to have a destination wedding. We wanted our dear friends and family to come on vacation with us. We both think that everyone needs to go on vacation more often. After all, had we not gone on vacation to Cancun, we would have never met!
We chose Jamaica as our destination and we booked a resort. Our days were mostly spent meeting with a wedding coordinator who told us about the various options and locations for the ceremony, as well as the services offered by the hotel. They were able to provide the food, the cake, the flowers, salon services and just about everything on site.
We had set up meetings with the florist, baker, various DJ’s and photographers as well as food tastings. It was a lot of work, but we did get to squeeze in some beach time and decided to “test out” the spa services and got relaxing massages.
I’m Izabella Wentz congratulations to the grooms and best wishes to all you future brides.
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I was thinking about this because my hubby’s twin brother is getting married and he is super involved in the planning. He even looks at bridal magazines and pictures of dresses with my future SIL.
I thought this was interesting because my hubby was very laid back about our wedding planning. He was more of a "whatever you want, honey" type of guy. : )
It’s amazing how different they are in regards to this! They’re identical by the way.
So how involved would you say your fiance is in the wedding planning?
Just curious. : )
He pretty much says "uh huh" "Ok" "Sure" and my favorite "Do whatever will make you happy". There have been a few things he said no to, but we’re both Gemini’s so I know if I just ask him another day he’ll say ok LOL.
He did have a groomzilla moment where he announced loudly "It’s MY wedding" but after I gave him *the look* he went back to playing his video game and hasn’t made a peep since.
I’m getting married next year, and I love my mom and do want her involved in the planning, but lately I feel like it’s starting to become her wedding, not mine 🙁 Every time she asks me what I want and I give her an answer, she always makes "suggestions" of other things I should do. I don’t want to hurt her feelings or alienate her, but I want this to be enjoyable! Am I being unreasonable?
It really depends on who is paying for the wedding. If you are paying for it, then tell her what you want and put your foot down.
If she is paying for it, then you need to very gently explain to her that you understand that she is excited about planning your wedding but that this is your wedding and you are not happy with, X, Y Z (fill in the blanks). I’m sure she is just trying to be helpful and is getting over excited about everything.
Good luck!
Learn how Jen, a New York Googler, used a Google Docs template to create a guest list for her upcoming wedding.
Go to the template gallery at http://docs.google.com/templates, search for “wedding guest list”, and get her template for your own event.
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I think it must be different for every couple; what has been the part of planning your wedding that you’ve used the most mental energy in figuring out?
Deciding on a budget and figuring out how many flowers and/or decorations to buy. We literally sat down with pen and paper at one point drawing and designing what we thought would look best for the venue. That was a real pain and very exhausting.
