LoveToKnow Weddings

Must Have Photos

2009-06-23T19:23:47-08:00

Did you (or will you) provide your photographer with a list of must have photos? Because the wedding day can be so hectic, having a list of poses and people to photograph can help ensure that you don’t miss any of these precious memories. In addition to the typical group and individual shots with family members, great poses I’ve seen include:

*The “under veil” wedding kiss
*An elevated shot looking down on the couple
*A full group shot, very fun for small receptions when all the guests can fit in
*Father of the bride kissing his daughter’s head before the wedding
*The groom’s left hand (with wedding ring!) on the small of the bride’s back, showing some of the rear detail of her wedding dress
*The bride’s left hand on the grooms tuxedo, usually near his flower
*Bride’s sexy leg garter shot
*Groom looking in the mirror as he adjusts his tie

What are your must have wedding photos? If you already have them, share the pictures!

How to Select Your Wedding Dress on the Ebay or other Chinese Wholesalers in 2010

2010-01-05T01:09:31-08:00

2010 comes, your wedding may be coming also. so how to select a beautiful and econimic wedding dress has become your most important issue. For you it has added some many dreams on your wedding . as a house wife after one year’s marriage, I am so desired to share my exciting exprience in the special and exclusive wedding celebration, when I was gazing my bridegroom kissing my right hand and saying I love you. Several weeks before the wedding coming, my bridegroom check most wedding shops and stores online to search for a suitable and beautiful wedding dress, the key spots invole in these parts as follow:
1, How to choose the right online-shop ?
If you want to find the best dress, you will need to spend a couple of days visiting different online-shops. However, before you visit a bridal shop, it is a good idea to call them and ask a few questions - this will save you trips to place that would only waste your time.
When browsing a bridal onlin-shop you should ask:Can you just come to the shop or is an appointment required?What dresses styles do they have and what is the price range?Are alterations free and, if not, how much do they cost?If they don’t have dresses in your size, can one be ordered?Do they also carry bridal accessories like hair decorations, veils and shoes?Can they hold a dress you like for a couple of days?
When you get to the shop, check as many dresses as necessary, until you find the perfect one. Don’t listen to the sales person on line, when they say that the first dress you try on is great and you should take it.

2, How to select the colors of wedding dresses showed online?
Find your own idea on it. white and gold are the answer naturally for they have been my own colors since ten years ago when I first weared my dress as a child filled with golden and white dream . I want to be a romantic bridal and wedding with whole freedom. so following your dream and desire are your nature. Do not follow the sales’ any advise.Remember they want to sell the dress and it is their job to say it looks great, even if in fact it is hideous.

3, Your wedding dress style :
Do you plan a very formal wedding in a cathedral or is it going to be an informal beach ceremony? Before deciding on the dress, you should decide how formal your wedding is going to be. A long and puffy princess style wedding dress is no longer your only option - informal weddings and beach weddings are progressively becoming more popular. So now you can find all kinds of cheap wedding dresses, short or tea length dresses, colored wedding dresses, for a Hawaiian wedding.
One advantage is that it is much cheaper wedding dress and more comfortable wedding dress. Also, while a formal wedding gown almost always needs serious alteration, an informal dress is much easier to fit. So if you don’t have that much time left before you wedding, an informal dress could be a good choice.When you finally find the dress that you always dreamed of, ask them to put it on hold; don’t let them convince you that you should buy it straightaway. Return to the shop the next day and look at your dress again - you would be amazed how often something that seemed perfect, However, if you look at your dress again and feel “yes，this is the one”, than it is time to buy it.
Best wishes for your coming wedding and enjoy it. Finally, Remember me, sunny from Happy Arcade.

what about your idea in this topic? just try speak out. welcome to you forever.

Saving Before the Engagement

2009-09-25T11:33:05-08:00

Did you start saving for a wedding budget even before you got engaged? I know some couples who did this, but they’d been dating extensively and exclusively for a long time before a diamond ring and a “yes” entered the picture, so it wasn’t hard to guess that they’d get married. I think it’s a good idea to start saving early, just to have that little extra room in your budget. Then, either you can splurge a bit (or at least have fewer wedding bills), or if the engagement doesn’t pan out, you’d got a great nest egg.

Ironically, my husband and I didn’t start saving before we got engaged, given that we were engaged less than six months after meeting but wouldn’t get married for nearly four years (long distance engagement, at that). We were both college students, so our budgets simply didn’t stretch to anything extra for wedding planning at the time!

Tipping Vendors

2009-12-09T07:23:54-08:00

Did you tip your wedding vendors, or are you planning to? I know it’s a traditional practice, but a lot of couples don’t bother, particularly if they’re on a tight budget. I do think it’s a bit necessary, but perhaps not so much as numerical guidelines may indicate - I don’t agree with the 20 percent rule or whatever; instead, it really does depend on the service.

If you did (or will) choose to tip, how did you manage it? I know one of the easiest ways is to give envelopes with the appropriate amounts in them to one of the parents or bridal party members, entrusting them to hand out the money, but I think I’d do it more personally - writing out a thank you card to the vendors after the wedding, and enclosing the tip with that. That way, you can adjust the amount based on the service of the evening (rather than already having it in the envelope), and it has a more personal touch. What do you think?

Where Would You Spend More?

2009-11-28T20:07:37-08:00

If you had your wedding to do over, or if you had a larger budget than what you’re working with, where would you spend more? I’ve heard that the two biggest bits many couples wish they’d splurged on a bit more were the photos (it really makes a difference having a top notch wedding photographer) and the reception decorations (what looks great in a portfolio may seem bare bones in a large hall). At the same time, some of the overdone expenses do seem to be the cake (simpler flavors are cheaper and can be just as delicious) and favors (as many never make it home with the guests anyway). What tips do you have for spending more, and why?

Planning Stress = Sickness

2009-11-16T21:00:48-08:00

I was wondering how many brides ended up getting sick while planning their wedding? While I didn’t get traditionally “sick,” I did break out in stress hives as my wedding neared. I was 4 months from the wedding, and in the same weekend, was moving from an internship in one state back to my college town in another and was the personal assistant at my best friend from high school’s wedding. Things were coming down to the wire, life was stressful anyway, and the wedding was the “icing on the cake” as far as making me realize everything I had to get done. I had such a severe case I was on medication for a full week (I broke out everywhere, from my face to the palms of my hands to my legs and feet!).

Luckily, I was fine the week of the wedding and on the wedding day itself. I do know two friends who ended up with stomach cramps the day of their weddings and a mother-of-the bride whose two daughters married in the same 4 months who was severely ill with the flu during her second daughter’s wedding.

So, did you get sick from stress? If not, how did you avoid it?

Do You Watch Wedding TV Shows?

2009-11-01T14:02:33-08:00

Do you watch wedding related reality television shows? There are quite a few out there—some focus on the dress, others focus on cake, still others on planning the entire wedding.

What do you like about the shows? What don’t you like?

I admit, I love watching these television shows. Even if I can’t recreate the wedding (since mine has long gone and many of the budgets are really high on these programs!), it’s still fun to see the elaborate decorations and ideas for receptions, food, and styles.

Solution to cut wedding flower budget

2009-10-15T19:41:42-08:00

Hello Brides,

When planning a wedding there’s so many things to consider and budget for. One of the items you need to budget for are wedding flowers. And wedding flowers sometimes could be very expensive depending on which florist you hire to design your wedding flowers and what kind of flowers you want. However I do have a solution for you all brides out there to help you save your budget for the wedding. You could design and create your own wedding flowers with your bridesmaids. You could get the flowers from your locate florist and design your own wedding bouquets. There’s so many good websites out there that have wonderful tools and videos to teach you step by step what to do. And when you look back at your wedding pictures you could tell everyone that you designed your own wedding bouquet.

Budget “Talk” with Parents

2009-10-01T20:26:55-08:00

When I got married, I knew my parents planned to cover a portion of the wedding expenses—I didn’t have to sit down and have “the talk” with them in order to find this out.

However, couples who did need to ask, how did you go about doing it? Discussing money is often an uncomfortable topic for many, so I know many brides and grooms are having difficulty trying to broach the subject.

This, of course, begs the question of whether or not couples should even broach the subject with their parents at all—this is, after all, 2009 and many of the old “rules” on who pays for what are no longer followed (which, to me, makes a talk even more necessary if you don’t know where everyone stands).

What are your thoughts? And, if you think it’s okay to talk about budgets and finances with the parents, what tips do you have for broaching the subject politely?

Paying for Babysitters for “Adults Only” Weddings

2009-09-24T11:48:33-08:00

A somewhat new idea that has been floating around the wedding planning world lately is that couples who have “adults only” receptions should seriously consider hiring a babysitter for parents who are all ready paying for their transportation/lodging/gift in order for them to attend the ceremony/reception.

What’s your take on this?

Personally, I think that if you have the money in your budget and you want to provide the service, that’s great. However, I don’t honestly understand why it’s the couple’s obligation to pay for and provide a babysitter for a wedding. If we got invited to a cocktail/dinner party at a friend’s home or to go along with another couple to an adults-only resort vacation, I certainly wouldn’t expect them to pay for my babysitter. I’d either get one myself or graciously decline the invite.

If I couldn’t afford a babysitter or work out the details myself, then I would just decline the invitation to the wedding; and I also wouldn’t hold it against the bride/groom for not providing me a babysitter. On the same note, the couple who invites people to “adults only” receptions should be prepared for and accepting of those who decline the invite.

What do you think?

The other problem that just occurred to me is that even if the couple pays for a babysitter, the parents may not be comfortable with the arrangements and it might be a large expense for just a few people to take them up on it.