Conservations Before a Marriage: How Do We Handle Money?
| November 4, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
While many people believe that it is important to understand how money works, very few ever receive any instruction in its use other than, “Don’t spend it.” Many people are as unfamiliar with the dynamics of money and finance as they are about the dynamics of conflict. Many of us who carry the macho gene…
Planning a Wedding: The Wedding Loop
| November 4, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding Planning |
For many families, a wedding is a time to regroup and rediscover the ties that bind. Not only is a wedding a wonderful, life changing event for the couple, it is also a time when family members, scattered about the world, can renew old friendships and make new ones. Since we’ve become a “global community,”…
Weddings in Hawaii 101
| October 26, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
Weddings in Hawaii are gaining considerable popularity, as more and more bridal couples want to have destination weddings. Having a Hawaiian wedding allows the couple to have a grand holiday with all their close family and friends and then stay on for a romantic honeymoon as well. Here are some tips and things to remember…
Wedding Stress Busters
| October 24, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
There’s no doubt, these days, that planning a wedding has the potential to become a second full-time job. Someone has to think of everything, from how much money will be spent to who can sit next to whom without arguing. Then there’s the whole food-and-entertainment potpourri to orchestrate, not to mention invitations, flowers, photographs, etc.…
A Concise Guide to Customizing Your Wedding Ceremony
| October 3, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding Ceremony |
This guide has been created to help you make some initial decisions about formalizing your commitment through marriage. It will be especially useful to people who are considering having their marriage ceremony officiated by a minister of the Universal Life Church. What does the Universal Life Church teach? The Universal Life Church was conceived as…
Wedding Cakes Ideas
| August 4, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
There are literally hundreds of wedding cake ideas available to today’s bride and groom. With so much choice it can be hard to pin down your ideas and make a decision. Do you decide on tiers or just a flat cake? How many people has it to cater for? Do you want fresh flowers or…
Wedding Toasts Guide
| July 20, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
Most wedding toasts are given by the best man. In many cases, the toast is the final part of his speech, and is used to indicate the end of it. Many couples are also asking special family members or the maid of honor to make a toast as well. This article focuses on wedding toasts…
Far Away Weddings
| June 25, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
When my wife and I got engaged, we mulled over many possible locations for our wedding. Not one of them was in Toronto, the city we live in. My mother brazenly campaigned for us marry in my hometown of Tulsa, and Jennifer’s family secretly hoped we would have the ceremony in her hometown, Ottawa. We…
Medieval and Renaissance Weddings – Weddings in High Period Style
| June 25, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding Themes |
Weddings are, by their very nature, special events. Many couples feel the modern ceremony is drab and perfunctory and want to make their wedding more personal by modifying it in some way. These folk seek to make their weddings more personal by blending the ceremony with activities that are of special importance to them. It…
The Color of Love: Interracial Relationships
| June 25, 2011 | Posted by admin under Wedding |
In the movie “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner,” actor Sidney Poitier gives a riveting performance as the intense African-American suitor of a lovely Caucasian woman. Her parents do not approve of their interracial relationship and are quick to make their opinions known. That was the 1960s. Now as we look towards the beginning of a…
