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The Great Gift Registry Debate: Will You or Won’t You?

By admin on October 13th, 2006

Ah, the wedding gift registry, that great divider of engaged couples everywhere. Sure, the gift registry is becoming pretty common – in fact, it’s rare to open a wedding invitation these days without a gift registry card falling out as well – but that doesn’t mean it’s any more acceptable to some people. Far from it, in fact: if the many wedding forums I’ve been reading lately are anything to go by, people are still divided about the idea of a registry. Some think it’s a great, practical idea, while others throw around words like "grasping", "selfish" and "vulgar" to describe those who’ve whizzed around John Lewis, electronic "zapper" in hand.

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Will You Be “Given Away”?

By admin on October 12th, 2006

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For most of my life, I’ve been faintly horrified by the idea of brides being "given away" on their wedding days. It’s always seemed like such an archaic and demeaning tradition, to pass a woman from one man to another, like a possession, and definitely not in keeping with the modern wedding I had always assumed I would have.

No one was more surprised than me, then, when we started planning our wedding for real, and I realised that suddenly it didn’t seem so bad after all. We’re still having a modern kind of wedding – no church, no veil, no adhering to traditions just for the sake of it. I will be being walked down the aisle by my dad, though, and although he won’t exactly be "giving me away" in the traditional sense of the word, he will be right there beside me.

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Debates, Wedding Cake, Wedding Etiquette

Debates #11 – Feeding cake?

By admin on September 7th, 2006

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For a little light hearted relief, I want to ask your opinion on cake. More specifically the feeding of wedding cake to one’s new spouse or smashing it in a great smeary mess in the other’s face ala certain celebrities?

Cute tradition or daft?

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Books/ DVDs/ Online/ TV, Wedding Etiquette, Wedding Planning

Second Weddings

By admin on September 1st, 2006

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Second Weddings for one or both partners amount to around 40% of weddings taking place today in the UK (in the US that is 2.4 million US weddings, of which 43% are seconds). Along with that comes a minefield of etiquette covering religious requirements -some churches won’t allow remarriages due to divorce – should you wear white, is it ok to have a big, extravagent day and how do you break the news to your children?

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Keepsakes & Favours, Wedding Etiquette, Wedding Planning

Reception Games

By admin on August 22nd, 2006

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Having games at your reception may sound silly but it is a surefire way to get your guests talking, especially if they don’t already know one another – and the party spirit flowing! Of course, I don’t mean dreadful party games like ‘pass the balloon with your knees’ but things like a table quiz, a raffle or guess the guests (for this game guests will need to bring a photo of themselves as a baby for others to guess). Of course, there should be prizes for the best table to help along the competitive spirits!

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Bridesmaids & Attendants, Wedding Etiquette, Wedding Planning

What do pageboys do?

By admin on August 11th, 2006

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The role of the bridesmaid is pretty clear cut – she’s there to attend on the bride, scatter petals and generally just look lovely. The role of the pageby, however, is a little more loose. If you plan on having pageboys, it’s a good idea to think up an easy task to give them a feeling of importance and worth within the bridal party.

Perhaps they could hold rings, hand out confetti or present gifts to the Mother and Mother-in-law?

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Debates #8 – Should you buy the Bridesmaid’s Dress?

By admin on August 9th, 2006

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Picture this scene – you’ve planned your day to the nth degree, you’ve asked your favourite gal pals or relatives to be your bridesmaids. They are delighted of course and happy to be part of your entourage. You chose the colour and style of the dresses and then you stick them with the bill. Is this fair? Should your bridesmaids bear the cost of the outfits that you picked out and they will only wear once? Or should you picck up the tab and add it to your growing budget?

Take a few minutes to leave a comment and let us all know what you think!

Related : Past debates

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Accessories - Bags, Tiaras, etc, Bridesmaids & Attendants, Flowers/Decoration, Wedding Etiquette, Wedding Planning

Flowers – who has what?

By admin on August 3rd, 2006

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Flowers are one of the best ways to carry through a colour scheme after the bridesmaids’ and page boys’ outfits. But who carrys what and how many buttonholes should you order?

The first bouquet to pick is the brides. This will set the colour, tone and style for all the other flowers. Adult bridesmaids will carry smaller versions of bride’s bouquet and one of them will also be responsible for holding yours during the ceremony. Younger bridesmaids and flowergirls carry small posies or flowerpetal baskets.

As for buttonholes, the grooms should be a little larger than the rest and will probably contain the most dominant flower from your bouquet. The best man, ushers and bride and groom’s father should all have a smaller buttonhole. You may like to offer the bride and groom’s mothers a corsage, similar in style.

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