Wedding table decorations
Wedding tables are the center of attention during the reception, aside from the bride and the groom of course. Wedding table decorations should be carefully planned out, as it will be the focal point during most conversations and eating during the reception.
Wedding table decorations can be the highlight of your wedding theme, or can be a complementary alternative.
Here are some ideas to help you plan your wedding table decoration ideas:
1. For dimmer venues, use tealight candles in little glass boxes, to be placed along side each table setting. This adds a dreamy atmosphere while not making it too difficult for guests to find their food.
2. Large clear glass bowls filled with sand and floating candles make a great centerpiece. Add shells to the bowl if you are having a beachside wedding for an accent. Use white and green flowers to go with the shells in the bowl for colors that are close to nature.
3. Sprinkle rose petals on tables for a romantic touch. 
4. Use a variety of small, medium and large candles for the centerpiece. Wrap them together with string and colorful beads for extra shimmer. Sparkly ribbons or lace are also a good alternative.
5. Select your china according to the theme of your wedding. If you are having an informal wedding, simple white porcelain plates with gold or silver edges are good. 
Informal weddings are more appropriate for using for creative china. Square plates are also fun. For more formal weddings, you can use a gold tinted pad instead of a placemat.
6. Simple and plain dining ware deserves a more extravagant centerpiece. Use simple white dining ware and clear crystals, but for the centerpiece, use gold and silver embossed vases, about 3 or 4, and fill them up with tulip buds in various colors. The richness and drama of the colors do not need any more accents from dining ware and are a great highlight on their own.
7. Wrap chairs with organza ribbons in dark shades of ivory or gold, and use table napkins of the same color. Tie alternating styles of flowers on each chair for some variety, and use simple matte gold plates. For the centerpiece, use a lilac and ivory combination for flowers and candles.
8. For something different, use a square table, and square plates. Choose one color and work around lighter shades of it for the table settings. For example, ice blue table cloths to go to with ice blue ribbons around the chairs. Table napkins come in a shade or two lighter, and leave the plates white for some contrast.
9. Instead of using just one vase with flowers, mix them up by placing more of smaller vases with colorful flowers as a centerpiece.
10. Place about 3 or 4 bottles of wine in each table, and use dark roses to complement the dramatic colors. Include a photo of the couple in each table.
11. For a minimal look, use clear glass plates with white and silver accents. For the centerpiece, a large clear glass vase with long stems of flower buds in it, instead of a bunch of leaves and open flowers. Metallic and rich table and chair covers can add some sparkle, and use only one flower at the back of each chair.
12. For a more rustic look, work with shades of bronze, red, and deep blue. Use brown place mats with white plates, and use deep red cloth to drape the chairs and tables. Deep blue accents can be placed in the table napkins and colors of the flowers. Sprinkle red rose petals and almonds on the table cloth, with a few pieces of palm leaves on the border of the centerpiece.
13. For beach weddings, give it an extra refreshing touch by using a large clear bowl of fruits as a centerpiece.
14. Depending on the color of your theme, fill the centerpiece bowl with fruits matching the theme to give a variety in texture.
15. Use raspberry and gold for a refreshing table theme. Cut the flower head off, and display them in little glass containers, what you would normally use for tea lights. Place the flowers on the perimeter of another centerpiece of short red candles. Use matte gold plates and blush pink table napkins and chair drapers.
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Children’s wedding favors
Children at weddings are not unusual. Traditionally, there is at least the flower girl and the ring bearer who are in the wedding party. But often couples choose to include or invite other children to the wedding. If you are having children attend your wedding there are a number of ideas which you can incorporate into your wedding to keep them entertained.
If your budget allows, you can ask the reception venue if they have a separate smaller area that you could rent to use as a children’s entertainment room. You can hire a child care provider (or two, if you are having many children) to monitor the room. You can also set up the room with party supplies, toys, a TV, rent videos, or even include a video game box with games. You may also want to consider hiring a children’s entertainer - maybe a clown, a magician or a favorite character. Face painters and balloon makers are also popular choices. The point is to have a separate “party” just for the kids so the adults in the next room can enjoy adult time without worrying about kids spoiling the wedding.
With any kid’s party, children love to receive “goodie bags”. Just as you would hand out wedding favors to your guests; you can also hand out wedding appropriate favors to the children attending like personalised wedding love heart candy. The new wedding favors for 2008 bring a bunch of kid friendly gifts that most children would enjoy receiving. Our favorite though, and a bestseller, is Mini Classic Gumball Dispensers. These retro inspired blue gumball 
machines stand 5 inches tall and dispense a real Double Bubble gum ball with every crank of the wheel. Another great children’s wedding favor is Mini Gumball Slot Machines, and just like the dispensers, with a pull on the handle and a spin of the wheel, you are rewarded with a gumball. Of course there are traditional children’s wedding favors such as wedding inspired coloring and activity books, Bride and Groom teddy bears, piggy banks or rubber ducks.
With a bit of imagination you can create a fun atmosphere for the children in your wedding and give them something special and memorable to take home with them.
Written by Erica Tevis
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Personalized Wedding Gifts
When those special friends or family members are heading into matrimony, personalized wedding gifts are always appreciated. As two people join their names together to make one special unit, having reminders of their unity by monograms, names engraved, and personalized wedding gifts become treasures handed down through the generations.
Whether it’s monogrammed glassware, engraved photo frames, 
or unique gift sets, personalized wedding gifts are a treasure. There are many different ways to personalize a wedding gift, including engraving, embroidery, special silk-screening, and lamination. No matter what it is that you’d like to have personalized as a wedding gift, there’s a good chance that it can be detailed.
It usually doesn’t take long to get specialized personalized wedding gifts and shopping online is one way to find them quickly and easily. Ordering personalized wedding gifts is a matter of choosing the gift, and then the type of personalization. Many websites offer quick efficient service at a minimal cost for personalized wedding guests.
You’ll be amazed at how quickly your personalized wedding gift will arrive, but of course, the sooner you order, the more secure you’ll be. 
Most websites will state exactly how long it will take to personalize your wedding gift and give you an estimated time of delivery before you even pay for it. Personalized wedding gifts are a great way to show how much you care about the unity of marriage, and the ability to personalize their lifestyle.
Treasures are handed down through the generations and are made extra special by personalization.
It’s always a warm, cozy feeling to pull a personalized wedding gift from your great grandparents wedding out of a box of mementos. Sharing the history of your family through the generations with personalized gifts marking dates, times, and the who, what and where of a special day is a great way to learn and remember.
As the years go by during a marriage, personalized wedding gifts become more and more special to the owners. A way of remembering wedding vows, as well as friends and family, personalizing your wedding gift for the special couple can give years of personal enjoyment and use. It’s easy to shop online for personalized wedding gifts and the variety is immense. You’re sure to find something special for the special couple commemorating their day and be able to make it a personalized wedding gift.
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2008 Fall and Autumn Wedding Favor Ideas
It seems as if summer just arrived, but Fall brides are already thinking about the putting the finishing touches on their upcoming wedding. If you are planning a fall themed wedding or event, or are looking for new fall wedding favor ideas, there are plenty of options for 2008 including some new eco-friendly fall wedding favors.
Decorating an autumn inspired wedding is one of the easiest weddings to plan - you could use so many different favors just as decorations alone. If you are using a specific color scheme - you don’t have to limit yourself to just one color either. Duel colored weddings are trendy this year, and lucky fall brides can utilize all the colors of the season without going into color excess.
Here are some of our top picks for 2008 fall wedding favors which can also double as your reception decorations:
First, let’s think about the first thing your guests will see when they enter your reception location: your escort table! Your escort table holds your escort cards, but if you are not having assigned seating, only assigned tables, this would be your place card table. You could use miniature gold chair boxes which fit the colors of the season, while displaying your table assignments in elegant vellum. Or perhaps if you’re a bit more of a traditionalist, small maple leaf place card holders certainly will fit your scheme. For the eco-loving bride, we would suggest fall scented pine cones with your place cards tied in satin ribbon to each pine cone.
Next, let’s move to inside your reception location and focus on your tables. 
To bring the season inside, you may want to decorate each table with a landscape of Natural Selections fall themed candles which come in an assortment of golden yellow, pine green and chocolate brown glass with natural leaves attached to the outside of the glass. Or for a pop of “wow” you can arrange a selection of faux candied apples on each place setting. Personalization is also a hot trend for 2008 and you can incorporate this trend with personalized silk fall leaves scattered across the tables in lieu of rose petals. For the eco-friendly crowd the Natural Selections Rattan design candles with real cinnamon sticks will add a lovely scent to the room while giving your guests a warm autumn feeling.
If you are having a candy bar, might we suggest filling the bowls with candy in all different colors and shimmers? Chocolate hearts in gold or red foil, Jordan almonds in burgundy, ivory, yellow, gold and green, cinnamon hearts, fall colored M&Ms or even personalized fall themed Hershey kisses would make wonderful candy treats. If you plan on giving out candy for your wedding favors, why not try the “Unexpected Treasures” favor box tins which come pre-tied with a bow and come in over forty different designs including fall themed designs. Alternatively, you could use the “Autumn Elegance” laser cut leaf boxes in red or brown with matching ribbons.
Some of our other favorite fall wedding favor ideas for 2008 are:
Fall Themed Glass Coasters - a useful and practical wedding favor that is appropriate for both your male and female guest. With a lovely etched leaf design facing all four corners of the coaster, these make lovely keepsakes.
Lustrous Leaf Copper Colored Bottle Stoppers - visually stunning, these laser cut leaf boxes will wow your guests almost as much as the beautiful bottle stopper contained inside. These tall, rectangular boxes feature a copper stopper inside and are tied with a sheer chocolate ribbon and matching leaf thank you tag.
“Fall In Love” Scented Soaps - each leaf shaped soap sits inside a nest of straw and packaged in the most beautiful damask inspired leaf box and finished with a gorgeous chocolate satin ribbon and matching tag. These would be beautiful in your guests’ bathrooms as guest soaps.
“Autumn Branches” Photo Frames - the beautiful open artwork on these frames brings much needed fall elegance to any area of the home. Your guests will love to display your thank you photo in these autumn inspired golden brown frames.
These are just some of the many wedding favor ideas which are available for 2008 which you can incorporate into your fall wedding.
By Erica Tevis
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Diamond Wedding Jewellery
Weddings are special events thus diamond wedding jewellery is always associated with the classic
timeless choice for weddings.
The wedding ring is presented in marriage, symbolic to the love and the joining in marriage. Diamonds symbolise the eternal quality thus, is often seen beautifying engagement rings and sometimes wedding rings as well.
The first of the diamond engagement rings can be traced back to Mary of Burgundy in 1477. Given to her by Maximiliam I, the Archduke of Austria
The earliest symbolic use of diamonds was as the eyes of Hindu devotional statues. Early records show that the Indians had used it back in 400BC. In Tibetan Buddhism, also known as Vajrayana (Diamond Vehicle), diamonds are an important symbol, and the Diamond Sutra is one of the most popular texts.
Many Indians value diamonds as the most powerful gem representing the planet Venus. There are some wonderful descriptions of temple treasures of diamonds and precious jewellery.
Jewellery such as diamond earings and diamond rings make great gifts for Bridesmaids as well as diamond wedding jewellery. Diamonds are every woman’s best friend, an eternal treasure, a symbol of power and love!
No two diamonds are alike, each is a unique and endowed with personality and character all of it own. Just as the love and friendship between a bride to be and her bridesmaid.
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Honeymoon Travel
Planning and more importantly, going on your honeymoon can be the most fulfilling part of organising your wedding. Your honeymoon marks the end of your wedding occasion, and when all is said and done, its finally the time for you and your loved one to relax and spend time alone.
The key ingredient to getting your honeymoon planning right is to ‘think ahead’ and ‘do your homework’. Nowadays, there are plenty of great online expert advice such as honeymoon up that will assist you on planning your honeymoon travel effectively.
A one stop solution whatever your circumstances or preferences, you can count on honeymoon up to have the information and choices your looking for in choosing and planning your honeymoon. From top Honeymoon Cruises, destinations, travel accessories, resorts etc.. This honeymoon site gives you information on all media platforms whether it is books, pictures and even videos, you will be sure to come away feeling satisfied that you have visited a worthwhile site that comes highly recommended from previous honeymooners and site visitors.
Don’t forget to bear in mind and plan for your future anniversaries, it is always a romantic gesture to revisit your honeymoon destination and location, so take into consideration when reviewing your options.
Travel insurance! Need I say more.. Honeymoons are expensive business and for the extra pennies, its is a wise move to insurance your trip.
Your honeymoon will be a memorable trip wherever you decide to go or whatever you decide to do. So remember, the memories that you and your loved one take from your honeymoon will last you both an eternity, memories to be cherished like that ever lasting sunset. So take the time, and make the right choice
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Indian Wedding Jewelry
Every girl dreams of the day when she will be tied in a beautiful bond of marriage and then she will start a new life ahead her. And thus the day of wedding becomes the most important day of her life. And of course on an important day she desires to look like a princess, a fairy. And this is where begins the planning for the right type of jewelry for the bride. And it is true that fathers all their life work hard so that they are able to afro the dreams of their daughter while mothers collect their own jewelry for this auspicious occasion.
So,can you imagine an Indian wedding without jewelries? I know it must have been even hard to imagine that. So, we find that jewelries are of extreme importance in Indian weddings. But along with the presence of jewelries it is also equally important to have the right type of jewelry, meaning the most stylish and fashionable wedding jewelry, be it a necklace, a ring, earings, etc. This jewelry we are talking about may be made of any metal like gold, silver, platinum, white gold, diamond etc. it is completely a matter of your estimate and choice. Like if you do not want to spend high on jewelry then you can go in for the imitation jewelry which are high in fashion these days, because you need to have a good designer jewelry and you can not make it with a low budget, so better to have imitation and the best designs.
Since there are different wedding functions so the jewelry needs to be designed differently as well. For instance occasions or pre-wedding functions like the ladies sangeet, mehndi etc you can wear comparatively lighter jewelry. Like you can undoubtedly opt for a gold chain and a beautiful and heavy pendant along with it, the pendant may be in silver, gold etc., and the earrings matching to it. You can have the diamond studded in the earrings and pendant or if it does not suit your pocket then you can go for the A.D. Do not go in for too heavy jewelry on these days as the charm to wear the heavy jewelry is on the wedding day.
On the day of wedding the bride is to be adorned with the jewelry from top to bottom i.e., from head to toe. Infact it is suggestable that you must have the really matching jewelry for the wedding day, like if you do not have the estimate to buy diamonds or the real heavy seta then without any hesitation you can go in for the fashion imitation jewelry which are available in every matching you mention. Like if you are wearing a red lehnga then you can match it with a gold set which contains attached red stones, or any imitation jewelry of matching.
Well, the choice of jewelry also depends on your caste, like the marwaris usually prefer diamonds while the punjabis prefer heavy and chunky gold jewelry with colored stones. Now-a-days designer jewelry are available in different textures, different settings, three dimensional designs with geometric shapes, different kinds of metal and finish with diamonds and precious stones and has also experimented with different types of designer glass. Extremely wide variety of stones are also available which are differ
ent in size, shape, color, quality, price, like rubies, emeralds, amethyst etc. But it is the fact that today most of the Indian women prefer to have the contemporary designs or the traditional Indian designs which have an element of decencies in them. All in all they prefer jewelry that are not onl pupose-ful for their wedding purpose but also that jewelry set should be capable of being used on any occasion after marriage.
Today it is not so important to load the bride with jewelry from head to toe rather it is more important tot see that the jewlry worn is of the right choice and style. It is also because really very heavy jewelries do not serve any other purpose apart from wedding.
The mangal sutra is the most important part of a women’s wedding jewelry which she has to wear all through her lifetime. But this is tied around the neck of the bride by the husband during the wedding rituals. It has to have some black beads along with the gold pendant. It is believed in Indian traditions that to protect the couple from evil eyes. But now-a-days the gold pendant is being often replaced with the diamond one.
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Do-it-yourself Indian Wedding Cake
The Indian tradition of intricate painting and design is also one of things that is very prominent in Indian wedding cakes. This is probably where the concept of using Henna cake has originated.
Indian wedding cakes are not different from other cakes that are used in other weddings. The only thing that makes them distinct is the design that is used in making the cake. Indian wedding cakes are known for their unique and traditional designs. To be fitted for the occasion, intricate designs are put into these cakes. You can tell the culture which the cake originated from by the way it is designed.
In the case of Indian wedding cakes today, blending the modern world with the past culture is always a challenge. Even if the ingredients that they have are already adapted from western cultures, there is always that traditional sense present in the patterns and designs.
Nowadays, the prices of wedding cakes are the primary reason why a lot of people prefer doing it themselves. This is the same thing with Indian wedding cakes. All you need to do is to have the ingredients and the necessary equipments for baking the cake.
How do you go about making your Indian wedding cake?
1. The cake selection.
The first thing that you need to do is choose the type of Indian cake you like. You can look over the bridal magazines or sites online that are offering a variety of Indian wedding cake ingredients and designs.
Since Indian wedding cakes are known for their intricate designs, you can adapt the most common designs that some Indian couples have made in their wedding cakes. But if you are creative enough, you can come up with one of your own.
The ingredients that you choose should not be hard to find. You can choose from a wide selection of flavors that are available in all other wedding cakes.
2. Making the cake.
Once all the ingredients and the necessary cooking equipments are prepared, you can now bake the Indian cake that you want.
You can start by making plans on how your cake will look like. How many layers do you want it? How big does it have to be? These are some of the questions that you need to answer first before you bake your Indian wedding cake.
One way of doing it is to make a trial cake. This will ensure that the taste will turn out exactly the way you want it. Also, this will be the basis on how the final wedding cake will look like. Having a trial created will help you decide if you want to make some necessary changes that you do not want to have in the final Indian wedding cake.
You can try and enlist the help of the expert in baking wedding cakes. They can give you tips on how to prepare the icing or the pillars if you do not have any basic idea about them.
Making your own Indian wedding cake cannot only save you some money, you can also come up with the design and style that you wanted. The good thing about making your own Indian cake is that you can make certain that it is baked to perfection. Moreover, your Indian wedding cake will surely be one of a kind.
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7 Ideas for Summer Wedding Centerpieces
Centerpieces are a key element to any wedding reception. They not only add beauty and appeal to a table, they often tie the theme of the wedding together. When choosing a centerpiece, you will want to consider the theme of your wedding as well as the season of your wedding. This way, everything ties in together seamlessly.
Summer is a beautiful time of year to have a wedding. The endless colors of summer and warm temperatures make planning a summer wedding fun. There are a variety of options where you can have your summer wedding. And the centerpiece ideas are practically unlimited in the summer.
You will want your centerpieces to coordinate with the rest of your wedding. When deciding what type of centerpiece to have, you will need to consider the size of the tables you will be using, as well as the theme and colors of the wedding and most importantly, your budget.
Below are some great ideas for centerpieces for your summer wedding.
1. One of the most common centerpieces for any wedding is flowers. In the summer time, flowers are in bloom everywhere. Therefore, they are generally a less expensive way to make a beautiful and elegant centerpiece. You can simply have an arrangement of fresh cut flowers in a lovely vase setting on each table.
2. A glass pond filled with river rock will sure to be a hit at any wedding. You can add glass bubbles to the centerpieces for a simply breathtaking work of art.
3. If you are having a less formal wedding on the beach, consider using sand buckets as your centerpieces. You can fill the buckets half way full with sand and place toy shovels in the bucket.
4. If you wedding happens to be on or around 4th of July, think of using a red, white and blue theme. You can purchase small picnic baskets to use as centerpieces. Fill the baskets with red, white and blue shredded paper. For more pizzaz, you can add wine bottles and glasses to the baskets and small American flags.
5. Summer is a great time for herbs. Take ceramic pots and fill them with herbs to use as centerpieces. Some of the more beautiful herbs are lavender, rosemary and fresh mint.
6. For a night wedding, use glass bowls with floating candles. The candles will add that romantic feeling to your wedding. The candles can be shaped in a variety of different patterns, such as flowers or butterflies. You can also purchase the candles to coordinate with the color of your wedding.
7. If you are looking to add some height to your centerpieces, consider using lilies. Calla lilies are not only elegant and breathtaking, they can add flair to any centerpiece. Choose a beautiful, tall glass and fill with three buds.
You can use the above list as a good starting point for creating the perfect centerpieces for your wedding. Simply tailor the ideas to fit in with the theme and mood you have decided upon. Before you know it, you will have the perfect centerpiece to go with your perfect day.
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Ways To Design An Original Wedding Invitation
Most couples know that the wedding invitation will set the tone of their wedding. As a matter of fact, a badly designed invitation will make the guests have a bad impression to the wedding. As a result, it is very important to have a really high quality wedding invitation.
However, what does the notion of high quality here refer to? Does it mean that the paper chosen should be very expensive? Or is it necessary to put very fancy ornaments onto the invitation? In most cases, if a wedding invitation reflects the wedding theme, as well as the personalities of the bride and groom, then it is an invitation card of really high quality.
This may explain why couples want to personalize the invitation. They want to make it as unique as possible. Yet some couples will find that it is not easy to make it really special and unique. Of course there is no a single formula which can make your invitation totally unique. However, you may follow some easy steps so that you can make it more special.
As discussed, your wedding invitations should reflect your personality. If you are a person who does not really like something formal, you should not make a formal invitation card. And it is highly probably that you will host a less formal wedding as well. Of course the card may also reflect your hobbies. For instance, if both of you and your spouse love pets very much, you may take a photo with your dog and home and put it on the wedding invitation. Your guests will certainly know it is you when they receive the card.
If you are going to hire a designer to do the design, make sure you will work with the designer. You will give the designer some ideas on what you like and dislike. Of course you should also let the designer know your wedding theme otherwise he / she will not know how to design the card. Remember not to instruct your designer. Design is a process of inspiration and exploration. The interaction between you and the designer will certainly lead to a unique and perfect design.
The wordings in the invitation are also very essential. There will be no invitation card without the wordings. When this issue is concerned, you basically have too choices. You can either use some traditional wordings or write your own. Yet in most cases I bet you will write your own since you would like to make your wedding invitation more special.
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