tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39493612267621522292024-10-24T16:06:20.572-07:00Mumbles, rants and general thoughts about things I have come across in the wedding industry as a writer for a popular wedding publication.Emma Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04638998090505031226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949361226762152229.post-24244830107753618212008-06-10T14:07:00.000-07:002008-06-10T14:14:07.939-07:00

An article in Today’s Metro wound me up. Not sure why exactly, but I figured that a few minutes of ranting onto my keyboard might help me figure that out.It was about a poll conducted by Norwich Union (polls alone wind me up, but that’s for another blog) about single girls that are saving for their Big Day. According to this poll, one in five unattached girls is saving for their wedding, one in

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My wedding industry client wants me to research some alternative weddings for a new area of wedding content. I'd link to it, but then you might find out who I am so I'll let the suspense linger some more.Anyway, Elvish Weddings are done, so where do you go from there? Aha! Look what the wonderful internet showed me today: nude weddings.From one extreme to the other - from gorgeous flowing elvish

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Okay, so now there is a new standard for wedding ring bearers – you need to have a pointy beak and feathers. And be a bird of prey. I’m not kidding; today I saw a wedding news article about the wedding ring being dropped into the Groom’s hand at the appropriate moment by a trained Harris Hawk. Now, birds of prey know they’re cool, but having one as your ring bearer!? That’s added stress

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So Mr Duncan MP is having a civil partnership ceremony and it's all over the news. This makes me miserable. Don't get me wrong, I am really chuffed for the guy and I think civil partnership is a great thing, what makes me miserable is that it merits as news. If there were real equality for gay men and women, no-one would bat an eyelid about this. I don't think a Shadow MP qualifies as enough of

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Came across an article today about this new trend of trashing the wedding dress for the wedding photos. I suppose this is some kind of post-consumerist backlash against being precious about an expensive dress. Or just a fad. I dunno, but there are wedding photographers out there that are getting very excited about it. One was talking about how great it was to be able to photograph the bride

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It’s official, mediaeval weddings are now passé, the really cool kids are having elvish weddings. So what the hell is an elvish wedding when it’s at home I hear you cry. Well, it’s not a drunken spectacle for fans of Elvis The King, it’s dressing up like the elves from Lord of the Rings, down to fancy crowns, floaty dresses and even (but only for the most dedicated) saying your vows in elvish.

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