Or, Wedding Invitations Redux, or, better yet, When Custom Doesn’t Mean Made-to-Order, But Rather, According to Our Custom. S. and I went to look at our wedding invitation proofs the day after we ordered them. Imagine my surprise to find that nada, nothing, was as I had requested. Well, that’s an exaggeration. They did get the names of the bride and groom right. And the location, sort of… Everything else was different. The wording I had cribbed from THEIR samples (the samples of the print s
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As Spring arrives, bringing warm weather with it, across the state brides-to-be will begin the long, tedious process of planning their dream wedding.  Anyone who has lived through the experience of planning their own wedding knows just how challenging the process can be.  Preparing for a wedding requires a great deal of planning and organization, however even the most organized bride should expect a few surprises along the way.  The best way to avoid stressful problems and surprises is to use
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It’s love - love for Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker – they’re engaged! The tennis star is officially off the market after popping the question to Decker last Tuesday, sources, including Decker’s rep, confirm to PEOPLE. On Roddick’s official Web site, andyroddick.com, a statement tells fans, “The couple wanted to tell their family and close friends first but good news travels fast. By the time Andy arrived in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open, the tournament was bustling with the news.” [Link
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PEOPLE is reporting that tennis hunk Andy Roddick and bikini model Brooklyn Decker are engaged to wed.  Decker is a model who has appeared in Sports Illustrated’s famous Swimsuit Issue. On Roddick’s official Web site, andyroddick.com, a statement tells fans, “The couple wanted to tell their family and close friends first but good news travels fast. By the time Andy arrived in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open, the tournament was bustling with the news.” Congrats to the happy couple.  Now
Source: http://bumpshack.com/2008/03/31/brooklyn-decker-engaged-to-tennis-star-andy-roddick/

Confessions of a Casamentos Bride-to-Be: “Let me preface this by saying, I’m not a fitness professional.  I’M A FITNESS ENTHUSIAST.  Now that I am engaged, not only are there more demands on my time, but there seems to be this pressure (99% of it from me) to look hot on my wedding day.  I know, I know he loves how I am blah, blah, blah, but there’s still this desire to make his jaw fully drop on our wedding day and think “DAMN, my wife is HOT!!”  That and the fact that these are the picture
Source: http://gdcasamentos.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/w-day-workout-101/

The poor, poor bastards Star magazine spent Saturday evening furiously shoving out their scoop that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had gotten married in New Orleans yesterday. It was “an intimate wedding ceremony in the couple’s adopted city” editor-in-chief and horrible person Bonnie Fuller’s scribes report. And that got the kids at People magazine crazy! A couple hours later, they had tracked down a “source” who declared “There was no wedding.” Then Star got slammed with The People’s Elbow whe
Source: http://gawker.com/5004767/brangelina-married-no-its-not

Wedding Trends: What’s In & What’s Out Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Kori Ellis in Wedding Trends, Wedding Planning, Wedding Cakes New York based wedding planner and caterer Andrea Correale of Elegant Affairs was kind enough to talk to us about wedding trends for 2008. Elegant Affairs Caterers is a 5-Star, full-service catering company that has been catering to social and corporate clientele of Manhattan, Long Island and the Hamptons for the last decade. Andrea has extensive experience plann
Source: http://trulyweddingblog.com/wedding-cakes/wedding-trends-whats-in-whats-out

Three Ways To Save Money On Wedding Flowers March 31, 2008 With all the things you’ll have to worry about paying for when it comes to your wedding, you won’t want to have to spend a lot of cash for slightly smaller things, like accents, decorations, and flower arrangements. Since most brides do want to have flowers at their weddings, and would prefer to purchase them at a reasonable price, here are some ways to save on wedding flowers that you may want to try:Buy synthetic flowers. Synthetic f
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Already everything is melting into a nervous, happy blur. There was my good friend, who flew a couple thousand miles to be here, and the catching up we did Friday night over drinks and Thai food. Few things in the world are much better than good food, good drink, and good conversation with an old friend. There was Lizzie’s brother, who also flew a couple thousand miles, whom I got to know much better. Who calls me his sister-in-law. And a good cook who hooked us up with a reception entree at
Source: http://happilyhers.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/the-big-show/

What a fantastic way to start the wedding season…. Ceremony - St Clements Church Reception - The Metropolitan Club, Sears Tower Band - The Walk-Ins Band Congrats! Photographed by Kelly @ KMO PHOTO
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