Wedding Day Ideas and Speeches

The Printable Wedding Planning Checklist

2010-10-01T05:32:00.000-07:00

The Wedding Planning Checklist was created to help eliminate some of the confusion and fear that something will be missed during your once-in-a-lifetime special day. We understand that you want your wedding day to be perfect. **updated Affiliate Info

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The Wedding Mc Jokebook

2010-09-30T21:34:00.000-07:00

New Pitch Page. The Wedding Mc Jokebook is a great 65% commission sale. Easy to promote exclusively on a content web site, by PPC or tie into a Wedding Speech or Bridal Thank-You page. The Wedding Mc Jokebook has an audio upsell that converts at 65

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Wedding Mc Guide "you Can Be A Wedding Mc" Worlds #1 Selling

2010-09-30T12:52:00.000-07:00

Earn Us$23.50 per Sale! Affiliates top choice a no-brainer. This best-selling eBook features a great sales page with modern graphics + videos - written by an eBook specialist who also runs a Professional Wedding Master of Ceremonies agency. Recommended

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The $10,000 Dream Wedding

2010-09-30T04:32:00.000-07:00

Easy sell to recession-minded brides, teaches them how to save $2,000 or more for a dream wedding. Rave reviews from customers, very low refunds, tested ads with 20% click thru, 70% commission.

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Beginner Tips for Photographing a Wedding

2010-09-30T01:27:00.000-07:00

Professional tips on photographing weddings and starting a new wedding photography business written by an established, pro wedding photographer. This book has been selling successfully for two years with 0 returns!

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How To Plan A Wedding On A Teeny Tiny Budget

2010-09-29T17:01:00.000-07:00

A complete wedding planning guide with over 100 money saving tips, wedding ideas, and reduce wedding planning stress.

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Wedding Planning On A Budget

2010-09-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Wedding Planning On A Budget is an Ex Wedding Planner's guide to having your perfect wedding day on a budget that suits you. The book provides everything needed to cover every aspect of planning your big day on your selected budget.

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Marriage Vows And Wedding Vows

2010-09-29T06:53:00.000-07:00

Offers Marriage Vows And Wedding Vows For Couples Getting Married. 50% Payout.

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Wedding Speeches & Wedding Toasts

2010-09-28T23:50:00.000-07:00

Pre-written Wedding Speeches & Wedding Toasts For The Best Man Speech, Maid Of Honor Speech And Father Of The Bride Speech. High Conversion. 50% Payout.

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How to Plan a Wedding: The Ultimate Wedding Planner

2010-09-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

Saving You A Ton Of Money! I will eliminate your headaches & show you how to plan a wedding, providing a step-by-step system that painlessly and effectively counts down to your Dream Wedding Day filling in all the details just one little piece at a time.

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Create Your Own Wedding Flowers

2010-09-28T09:09:00.000-07:00

Step-by-step Guide To Creating Fantastic Wedding Flowers. Affiliates Earn 60%.

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Casino Royale

2010-09-28T05:46:00.000-07:00

If you want to add some fun and games to your wedding, why not have a wedding casino! I went to a wedding recently that had one and it went down a storm. Give monopoly type money out to all your guests saying ‘The Bank of Mr and Mrs Smith’ and away they go! The person with the most dosh at the end of the day, wins a prize.

casino, entertainment, wedding

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The perfect solution to looking and feeling amazing on your wedding day

2010-09-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day, but how you get there can be a challenge. With that said, I am happy to introduce a great resource to help you prepare for your wedding in a healthy and happy way. Her name is Sarah Jenks, founder of The Breathtaking Bride and she will be sharing some of her tips with us over the next few weeks. Sarah’s philosophy is truly a breath of fresh air in this culture of crash dieting.

Today’s tip: Get rid of the deadline
Deadlines create WAY too much stress, and stress creates discomfort in our minds and our bodies. When we have discomfort, we search for relief and the cheapest and easiest relief is rich, salty, sugary foods.

Lose the deadline and shift your focus on how to feel good everyday. Not only will you avoid having an absolutely miserable engagement, but you will be creating habits you can carry with you long after the wedding.

Exercise to relieve stress in the momentEat fruits and veggies to give you sustained energyStop eating when your hunger has subsided (not when you are full) to avoid feeling bloated and nauseous

Our thanks to Sarah for those great tips. We’ll be posting more advice over the next few weeks. In the meantime check out www.thebreathtakingbride.com

breathtaking bride, exercise, health, nutrition, wedding

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Top Tips to Personalise Your Wedding

2010-09-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Instead of letting a wedding planner turn your wedding into another sausage factory event, use your imagination to make the event one-of-a-kind and really personalise it to you and your fiance.

Sassy Stationery
Your invitations are the first thing your guests see and should reflect your tastes, helping to set the theme of your wedding right form the start. If you were proposed to on a white sandy beach in the Caribbean, or in Paris, why not use an image reflecting this on your invites. Check out Scissor Paper Stone’s Snapshot range.

Get family and friends involved
The great thing about weddings (other than the obvious!) is that it brings people together. People love to be involved, so if you have a friend or family member that has a skill or talent, utilize it! If you’re aunt does flower arranging, ask her to do the bouquets and arrangements; if your brother’s in a band, ask him to do the music — little touches like this help to personalise your wedding and make the day even more special.

Catering with a twist
Rather than having the standard wedding meal, try to think of something that means something to you. If you have a favourite restaurant, why not ask them to do the food; if you have Czech heritage, duck and dumplings could be the main course!

Dress to impress
Let’s face it, a lot of wedding dresses are pretty run of the mill these days — why not make yours stand out with a personal twist! If green is your favourite colour, why not dress in green? It’s your choice!

Sporty Transport
A limousine is lovely, but why not do something a bit different and depart the church or reception in something that really represents you as a couple. Some fun examples include a double-decker bus; scooter; vintage cab; boat — have fun with it!

Catering, stationery, transport, wedding, wedding tips

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Latest Press

2010-09-27T05:19:00.000-07:00

Lots of fabulous press again this month!

In Wedding Magazine there’s a real-life wedding story of one of our brides. The couple chose beautiful fuchsia pink peonies from our flower library to match the floral arrangements on the day.

“We found a brilliant company called Scissor Paper Stone.”
Thanks for the lovely comment Ruth!

We have also been featured in Brides Magazine this month. Pink Crystal was chosen to feature in a roundup of the most stylish stationery around.

And last but certainly not least, Kentish Wedding have featured 4 of our invitations. Our Snapshot range was featured in their Get the Look: Down at the Beach section, as well as White Rose in the Floral Dreams section, Butterfly in the Garden Party section and Lavender from our istock library in the Lavender Blue section.

floral, flowers, wedding, wedding invitation, wedding invitations, wedding stationery, weddings

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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem Secretly Wed

2010-09-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz were married in a secret wedding earlier this month. The ceremony took place in front of a small group of family members at a friend’s house in the Bahamas. Cruz wore a dress by her longtime friend John Galliano for the intimate vows.

We think the pair would have loved our Shell stationery — it’s just perfect for beach weddings, tropical or otherwise!

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Wedding Venue Portraits

2010-09-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

These wedding venue portraits from Letter Fest are fab and a great way to capture and remember your special day.

Letter Fest will create a bespoke illustration of your wedding venue or a special place close to your heart – the pen and ink drawing includes the name of the couple, venue and date if required (or a personal message if you prefer). It is printed in a graphic, contemporary style with strong black lines and offset block colours. Visit http://www.letterfest.com/products-page/art/wedding-venue-portrait/ for more info.

Art, keepsake, Wedding Venue

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Chinese Lanterns

2010-09-26T05:50:00.000-07:00

Traditionally released to bring good luck and prosperity, Chinese lanterns are a peaceful alternative to fireworks and are a great way to add an extra visual effect to your wedding.

I’ve found this great website, which supplies the whole range of Chinese lanterns, from floating sky lanterns that you light with your loved ones, to paper bag lanterns that sit on the floor and look great lining a path or walkway. Check out chineselanterns.com

Chinese, decoration, Lanterns, wedding

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Wonderful Plastic Bottle Blossoms that are Eco-Friendly!

2010-09-26T02:31:00.000-07:00

These beautiful cascading flower blossoms are sourced from the bottom of reclaimed plastic bottles which have been cut, sanded and tagged together.

The idea was created by Michelle Brand, a Manchester eco-designer taking on environmental issues with her work. Michelle finds beauty in everyday items – another reason to love her simple and sustainable transformations. She creates chandeliers, screens, curtains and room dividers – like this flowerfall.

Michelle Brand Flowerfall, image via iDIYOn a smaller scale, this could be a great DIY decor project reusable as an interior design after an event. Imagine all the colour and size combinations from water and soft drink bottles! Here is an option with LED lights.Image via apartmenttherapy.comImage via iDIYThis stunning work is an example of slow design and a statement against disposable culture both wonderful metaphors for marriage. Her pieces are made-to-order, for more info visit her official site.

eco, eco-friendly, funky, recycled, wedding decoration, wedding reception

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Bridal-Bodied or white dress-Bust?

2010-09-25T18:33:00.000-07:00

Well, I am exhausted.

I have traded my traditional Lazy-Sunday for, argh, the gym.
I like to run, especially outdoors, this coming from the girl who had any excuse for not doing PE at school. However, I like to eat food more…
I have never liked anything about exercise. I just had to spell check the word….
Sweating, yuk. Heaving, yuk.
Gym? You mean Jim??
I have never joined one properly. I have paid for one before, been a few times, then just stopped. One hangover too many maybe?

The point is this…. I am doing this.
Last year I lost 10kgs! I was chuffed to bits, but this year- since getting engaged- I have put on 4kgs!!! Disaster.
This is not how its supposed to be!!! Ahhhhhh

Its not just because I am getting married & put on weight or that I want to look utterly stunning for the day, but I seem to have developed a need to raise money for charity, by means of using my body to achieve something.
Weird. I know.
I know loads of people do this, but I have never really appreciated it much before. Though I have sponsored them!

It started with my Prince’s Trust stint- The Tower 42 challenge on 30th September, which I am training for. Now, I seem to be entering runs.
I know!!!
My PE teachers would have a turn.

I also want to help raise money for more local charities.
Maybe I am growing up or maybe I am just ready to do something good with my time??!!! Or maybe I have found a way to stay motivated.

I hear people bang on about it all the time- too much in fact, but I seem to have found it for myself.

So, the thing is, I have realised that I can get Bridal Bodied. I can. I just need to find a better reason than pure vanity!
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to look good, but I also want to feel good.
Anyway, its like a revelation to me!

I recently got shin splints after running a new track in my new home-town. Ouch. But all this fancy gym equipment gives me a chance to do other cardio instead.
This is all well & good, but I like to have some well-being tossed in. Yoga (love it), Pilates (new to it) & Body Conditioning (terrified of it).

A slight warning to those who are NOT so experienced with their leisure centre gym… the receptionists are worse than useless, there are hidden costs & only go if they have Power Plates!

Right, well I am off to eat : )
Finally.

Got any top tips for us Bridal-Bodied to Be’s? Let us know! We need ALL the help we can get!!

Charlotte xx

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 19th, 2010 at 3:51 pm and is filed under Bridal Bodied, Charlotte's Wedded Web. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel…

2010-09-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

…. Let down your hair!
Or have it up. Or in plates? Ribbons? Flowers? Cut it short maybe?

I would like to morf into Kim Kardashian’s hair, what can’t you do with all those glossy curls?!

Maybe I would like it lighter, like Jennifer Anniston….

I do know, I want to look like me. But a Princess version.

Here’s some hair inspiration for you! (And for me!)

Check out Hair Styles Up for some great looks & don’t forget Yarwood White or Glitzy secrets to top off your look!

Best advise though would be to choose your favourite styles & take them to your hairdresser.. let them tell you what will or won’t look good.
If you are like me- inbetween hairdressers- get a few trials done, you’re better regretting it now, not later!!!!

Cxx

Tags: glitzysecrets.com, stylesup.com, wedding hairstyles, yarwood white wedding

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 6:07 am and is filed under Rapunzel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Our new Sponsor! James Ruane Photography

2010-09-25T01:31:00.000-07:00

Hey wedding lovers!

We are giving a big new Electric welcome today to one of our new sponsors! Hurrah!

James Ruane is a wedding photographer who is still relatively new on the scene, but not so new that he hasn’t got some fabulous experience under his belt! As we have mentioned before, we love to support and shout out about new and start up businesses, and James was a perfect example of someone we wanted to share with you all!

We asked him to tell us a bit about himself to introduce you all to him….all photography is by James Ruane.

‘I’m 34, half Irish and a new hot, up and coming wedding photographer. I live in London with my gorgeous wife and only recently got married in March 2010. It was the best day of my life!

I’ve always had quite a creative and arty background, but my photography habit originally started as a hobby in my late teens after back packing around Australia. I feel in love with the work of landscape photographer Peter Lik and after the tripalways dreamed that I would be a successful photographer one day.

I studied art and design at school and then public relations at university and needing to balance my urge to be the next David Bailey, with the reality of earning money, I spent the bulk of my career working in PR for some of the world’s biggest and best known brands.

After 10+ years juggling PR with my photography career, which literally involved photographing everything from weddings to friend’s christenings and numerous family portraits to new club nights, I decided to take the plunge and chase my real dream. Hence after years of planning I officially launched James Ruane Photography this year and have never looked back since.

I have developed a natural and spontaneous style that goes against the overly posed feel often associated with wedding pictures. To capture how a wedding really feels I like to mix different styles together from reportage to more glamorous shots of the bride and groom that you’d normally find in editorial.

I never leave home without my camera and to my family I am affectionately known as ‘snapshot’, as I love taking pictures of people. This is why I love to photograph weddings. They are a photographer’s dream packed with so much drama, atmosphere, emotion and fun.

Nothing gives me a buzz more than capturing all the spontaneous and natural moments that can often go unnoticed and I work really hard to get to know every bride and groom I work with, so when it comes to the big day, they are much more relaxed infront of the camera.

Whilst I photograph weddings all over the UK, most of my work is carried out in London and the southeast. I have photographed some fantastic wedding venues from castles to country houses and some of my favourites include Hedsor House and Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire and Somerset House and Orleans House in London.

You can follow my photography journey on my photoblog. Whilst I mainly photograph weddings, I still carry out various private assignments like portrait photography, christenings, and parties.

I hope like my work and if you do, please get in touch, as I would love to shoot your wedding!’

If you would like to find out more about James, then visit his website here

Love

Emma xx

This entry was posted on Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 6:04 am and is filed under Love Me Paparazzi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Get your Groove on

2010-09-24T22:26:00.000-07:00

I gotta feeling wooo hoooo, that’s tonight’s gonna be a good night, that tonight’s gonna be a good, good night….

I was listening to music yesterday. I know right, nothing unusual about that, but it was one of those liberating moments.
I don’t normally crank it up in the car as I think showing off with music blaring is an attention seeking act I want no part of. I still don’t, but I did it at the weekend.

I was listening for wedding playlists & got lost in the love of the new Mark Ronson album, don’t ask how I got my sticky mits on it already, but do go buy it if you like Bang Bang Bang!

Anyway, it got me thinking about the first dance. What are the best tunes?
Have you googled this before?? OMG. Cheesetastic.
I know its supposed to be romantic, but Phill Collins is wedding magazine’s number 1???
Not for me thanks!

Well I want to give you some ideas… a bit of an alternative list…
These I have either heard at a wedding or have heard positive responses!
To keep it down from 100… here’s 10 for today’s considerations

10. Rome wasn’t Built in a Day- Morcheeba
Kind of simbolises a relationship for me. It was my friend Rachel’s first dance song, 7 years ago.. and I still remember it for being such a geat choice!!
9. Dangerously In Love 2, Beyonce
Not overplayed, cool & groovy, full of passionate love!
8. Closest thing to Crazy, Katie Melua
7. You got the love, Florence & The Machine or Candi Staton Version
6. Starry Eyed, Ellie Goulding
5. Deja Vu, Beyonce
4. Gold, Beverly Knight
3. Praise You, Fatboy Slim
2. Love Lockdown, Kanye West
1. Come Away with Me, Norah Jones

Norah Jone’s Come Away with me has been a favourite of mine for sometime… long before I met Rob, I was lying on the beach in Bali listenign to it & it just felt so dreamy.

I’d LOVE to know what yours were or are going to be?! Please do tell.

Shake your Tamberella!
Charlotte xx

Tags: alternative first dance songs, modern first dance songs, wedding first dance, wedding songs

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 5:39 am and is filed under Charlotte's Wedded Web, The Circus ·. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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An Electric Welcome to… Time Of Life!!

2010-09-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

Most of you will be well aware by now just how much I love my cosmetics.. and yours too for that matter!!
Well, today the love is paying off! Ha ha ha!

I am utterly delighted to welcome our newest sponsor- Time Of Life!

Get Dermalogica skincare for less at Time Of Life
Free samples, great service, and free delivery when you spend over £75.

Time Of Life is an authorised Dermalogica stockist since 2004 & is run by the lovely Tracey.
Tracey got married last September too & through her Virginia-Williams Skin Care Studio she does a full consaultation for Brides to Be. Yes, she knows all about our perils & pains, and better still.. she can give us solutions.. that work!

I’ll be telling you more about this service very soon…

Through Time Of Life we can purchase online a whole range of fabulous Dermalogica products for LESS! Yyyaaaayyy!

Make sure you check out the face mapping too!

I will be bringing you much more on these services & products very soon.
So for today, we indulge in Tracey’s experience & great prices…

Pure Love,
Charlotte xx

Time Of Life has been an authorized Dermalogica stockist since 2004. Dermalogica are constantly monitoring all its account holders ensuring that the best service, and advice is always given to stockists dealing with the public.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 8:11 am and is filed under The Fairest One of All. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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The Bridal Pampering Package!

2010-09-24T08:59:00.000-07:00

Morning all,

Hope you are enjoying your week so far & getting on with wedding plans?!
That reminds me, I really must crack on with my own…

Today I have for you a Bridal dream pampering package. If you live in, around or have easy access to East London, you are in for a super treat!

Virginia Williams is a Beauty Care Studio based in South Woodford (E18). I have frequented the studio myself on many occasions, not to mention I have treated my fiance to an amazing Holistic Massage! If I needed browie points I’d be minted.
He LOVED it.
And I love this haven!

Tracey, now one of our sponsors, who also runs Time Of Life, has an incredible range of Bridal Packages.
She also got married last year so knows exactly how you feel & can completely empathise! Not only did she get married, she married in Suzanne Neville, In Italy….
I will let her tell you more in good time!

Today I bring you two of the Bridal Services the Virginia Williams Skin Studio offers…

“To get a bespoke beauty package at Virginia Williams was one of the best decisions I took whilst planning my wedding. Not only I looked great on my wedding day but also I got these very necessary moments of ‘me time’ during the hectic preparations. It was a relieve to stop for a few hours to have a body wrap, manicure or prescriptive facial. The treatment is so caring and personal I keep coming again and again even though I live over 10 miles away!” Gemma

The Bridal Consaultation & Plan
30 mins, £30

This is your initial consaultation before you start the Finale & Finishes Package.

Your 30 minute consultation is split into four parts:
• Comprehensive consultation;
• Facial Skin Scanning;
• Facial Skin Analysis; and
• Full Body Analysis
“The consultation is supported by a pre consultation questionnaire which can be downloaded from the website, completed and emailed back to me before your visit. The cost of this consultation is £30.00 and is deducted from your final bill. Following the consultation, I work on the best possible treatment plan, regime and timetable to meet your requirements, needs and timescale. I then e-mail or send this out by post and follow up some days later with a telephone call.
The beauty treatment plan sets out a month by month carefully constructed timetable of customised face and body treatments. To make life, planning and beauty management easier I suggests dates and times. I believe in building a close professional relationship with all my brides. I also believe in the importance of working closely with all brides to achieve beauty goals. Brides tell me they love the idea of allowing me to take complete control of this aspect of their wedding preparation, leaving them to focus on other aspects of their wedding plans”

“The Bridal Beauty Service – was fabulous. This service is essential to any bride who wishes to give away some of her wedding preparations – Virginia took care of my entire bridal beauty needs, allowing me tick this off my to do list” Monique

The Finale & Finishing Touches Package
4 Hours, £110

This is a completely personal service based on your 30 mins consaultation.
Finale & Finishing Touches… Personal pampering? What’s not to love?!

Your 4 hours includes;
* A Glass of champagne & nibbles on arrival
* Perscriptive Facial
* Aromatherapy Neck, Back & Shoulder Massage
* Spa Manicure (French Optional)
* Spa Pedicure (French Optional)
* Full Body Microfoliation scrub

For my newest Bride-to-Be friend, Sabrina!
Enjoy!
Love Charlotte xx

Get Dermalogica skincare for less at Time Of Life.
Free samples, great service, and free delivery when you spend over £75.

Tags: Bridal Beauty, Bridal Pampering, Virginia Williams Skin Care Studio, virginia-williams

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 8:08 am and is filed under The Fairest One of All. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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