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It is not something you need, but a nice personal touch, particularly if your wedding is of a larger size.  The guests can take the programs home, as a reminder of your special day.    

A program could include the names of your parents, and the names of the attendants, and how you know each of them.  You could include a special poem, maybe something that you wrote each other while dating, or have your wedding vows included. 

You may decide to add a thank you to your guests at the end of the program, letting them know how much their friendship and love over the years have met to the two of you.  It can include anything you want.  I went to a wedding where all the readings read at the ceremony where typed out in the programs.  Not really needed, but it’s your personal decision. 

The ceremony location may be chosen by you for various reasons among them individual taste and religion.

It may be a place that you’ve dreamt of one day holding your wedding, or maybe the spot where you met.

If you are unsure where to hold your wedding, here are a couple of ideas for ceremony locations;

-Churches or Synagogues

-Military facilities

-Home garden 

-Art galleries

-Museums

-Boats or ships

-Historical buildings

-Public parks 

-Ranches or orchards

-Bed and Breakfast Inns

-A romantic resort

-A large lobby of a building

We are excited to announce our new wedding books, music and movies store including an area for our personal favorites.  Designed to make your wedding planning experience as easy and convenient as possible, we invite you to visit our store online at http://www.herweddingplanner.com/books/  Stay tuned to our blog for new trends and bridal news and if you have a great title we should add to our favorites be sure to let us know.

It is hard to decide on a wedding date.  At first glance, there are numerous possibles, then you remember your sister is due in July, your niece’s baptism is on June, all of a sudden it isn’t so easy. 

One piece of advise is try not to plan by a holiday.  It might seen a great idea to you, because your guests will have more travel time and all,  but your guests may not want to spend their vacation at your wedding, they may want to take a vacation.  Plus, things tend to be more expensive around holiday times.

Flowers tend to be more expensive around Valentine’s Day, blocking off hotel rooms to accommodate your guests may not be permitted around Canada Day or Labor Day.  Also, most reception halls are booked a year or more in advance for company Christmas parties, so the one you may want may not be available.

Of course it is a decision that you and your finance must make, but consider everything before booking a date.

The parents greet the bride and groom with bread, salt and wine.  

The bread is given to the couple by their parents hoping that their children will never hunger. 

The salt that is sprinkled on the bread reminds the bride and groom that ”they can overcome the bitterness in life”. 

The wine is given by the parents hoping that their children will have a life full of good health and cheer, and that they always enjoy the sweetness in life.    

Note: points came from www.udonet.com/laura/wedding/polish.html.

A great tip that could save you some money on your wedding day is to share the ceremony floral cost with the other bride getting married at your location immediately before or after your ceremony.   

If you are the last bride getting married that day, you may suggest paying alittle more for the floral arrangments and then have them brought to the reception location as extra decorations.  

Remember to ask the church, or chosen ceremony shot if they have floral holders that can be borrowed.  When I got married my church had a wide variety of floral holders which couples could borrow, and I don’t think they would have told me about it had I not asked.   

Don’t underestimate greenery, it goes a long way.  Using garlands of ivy can fill large areas very quickly and be very dramatic. 

Centrepieces can have lots of greenery with hints of flowers from your bouquet and still be quite beautiful.

Brides should wear green the night before the wedding, to bring the couple good luck.

When I got married seven years ago my husband and I gave out beautifully wrapped frosted shot glasses as our wedding favors.  At the time it was one of the most popular favors to give away.  These days more and more couples are giving out edible favors.  

I’ve found some really neat ideas for edible gift giving;  

1)Coffee and tea:  You could have a mug with samples of different coffees or teas.  This gift will definitely be worth your money.

2)Personalized Mini Wedding Cakes: These are BEAUTIFUL!  You could have mini cakes that resemble your wedding cake, wrapped up and given as favors to your guests.  

3)Chocolate: You could have chocolate truffles or chocolate bars made with personalized outter labels.  

4)Candy or Mints: You can purchase boxed candy or mints.    

5)Jam/Jellies: If you or a family member are great in the kitchen and make great jams why not package them for your guests.  It’s a great way to save some money.   

6)Wine: Being from an Italian family, all my uncles made wine.  When I got married my father and father-in-law both made wine which was at every table for guests to enjoy.  If you are a wine maker, you could have your wine bottled, attach a personalized label and this now has become a great favor.

7)Biscotti/cookies: Again if you are great in the kitchen….show it off.  Why not make your grandmother’s special family secret recipe for almond biscotti and package 2 or 3 in a nice box.  It is the personal touch that will make this your own unique one-of-a-kind wedding favor.

I hope this has opened your mind to the wide range of party favors out there.

Have you ever been to a wedding where the speeches seem like they were never going to end?  You are sitting at your seat waiting for the perfect time to get up because you need to use the washroom, but it never comes.  All you want to do is run up there and grab the microphone out of the Best Man’s hand and hide it, but it doesn’t seem the right thing to do.  Then all of a sudden the speech takes a turn for the worse when he actually starts talking about the bachelor party.  The groom is laughing, the bride is embarrassed to say the least, and all the guests are sitting there in absolute SHOCK.

If you want to say something short and sweet without boring the crowd or embarrassing yourself, you need not look anymore.  I’ve found the perfect site.

http://www.weddingspeech4u.com/?hop=tcpgs&tid=HWP

Happy writing!!!!