A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers. Grace Hansen
Wedding Planning
Your wedding is one of the moments in your life that you will never forget so planning it carefully should be a top priority.
Further you will find the most important things that you should consider when you are planning your wedding.
Wedding Planning - Photographers
First you should hire a photographer who is specialized in wedding photography, because they are experienced in wedding procedure and make sure they are familiar with your reception sites and ceremony. This will allow him/her to capture all the special moments by anticipating your next move and being at the right time in the proper place.
Wedding Planning - Cakes and Bakers
A caterer or a bakery is the right places to order your cake, but some restaurants and hotels may also provide a wedding cake. The best idea is to order it from a bakery that is specialized in wedding cakes. In this case you should ask to see photographs of the wedding cakes they offer and don't forget: ask for a tasting!
Wedding Planning - Caterers
For hors d'oeuvres there are many options depending on your reception formality and the type of food that are served at the meal. Hors d'oeuvres will be offered to your guests during the first reception hours if you will serve a full meal during the reception. However, at a cocktail reception or a tea the "mail course" will be hors d'oeuvres.
Wedding Planning - Flowers and Florists
Wedding flowers will add beauty, color and fragrance to every aspect of your wedding, and like everything else they should fit your color scheme and style. Five Star Floral Design and Events, Ingela's Floral Design, Nancy Liu Chin Design, Las Vegas Florists, Fleurs de France, Suzanne M. Smith Design, Pacific Event Productions, Twice Touched Treasures Floral Preservation, Bouquets of Del Mar and Leilani Creations are some of the specialist that could help you plan the event.
Wedding Planning - Music
This is one of the most important elements for a successfully wedding planning. Music sets the tone for a lavish wild party or for an elegant and romantic affair. One of the newest books that could help you in the process of selecting your wedding music is The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Music from Wedding Solutions Publishing, Inc.
Reception Site Fee
There are two types of reception sites. One may charge a per person fee which includes food, tables, silverware, china, facility and so forth, and another may charge a room rental fee and you will have to provide the food, linens, possibly tables and chairs and beverages.
Good luck with your wedding planning and make this event the most happiest of your life!
Cards for the Occasion
By Fred Jones
Cards are something that you can send for any occasion. From greetings, goodbyes, congratulations and to any other message that can be conveyed to one another, a card is usually sent to covey those feelings. The most popular time to send a card to another person or persons is usually the holiday season and the most popular holiday is the winter holiday of Christmas and New Years.
Admit it you've probably received cards during Christmas in your mailbox from relatives who find it inconvenient to travel to you to deliver their greetings in person. Or maybe you got it when you were passing by someone and they handed one to you and most likely you received a card along with that present of yours. Christmas cards are extremely popular at this time because of the tradition that has existed for years. I'm not sure when it started but ever since I can remember and even my parents and grandparents cards have always been used during the time of Christmas.
Another popular time to receive a card or give one is on a birthday. Today you can buy cards with a witty message and picture to even ones for specific birthdays such as sweet sixteen, eighteen, twenty one and the thirty, forty and so on cards. You can get cards that can beep tunes and light up, ones with pop up pictures and even ones with little pouches that people can stuff gift cards, check and cash into.
But cards don't even need to be sent during happy times, it can also be sent in times of grief to tell the person that you are supporting them. One of the most common times I know when people send cards is when someone is sick. Not the common cold or flu but more serious complications to one's health such as a major surgery or something that will require the person to have to prolong their residence at the hospital. The most common type of cards that is usually sent during this occasion is the "Get well soon" card.
Another time people will send cards at a depressing moment is the time of someone's death specifically their funeral. I remember when my grandparents passed away my parents and uncles received hundreds of cards from acquaintances. But enough with this negative talk. I suppose one the most important times a card is used is during the so-called the happiest time of a person's life.
Still don't know the answer? Here's a hint. It involves a bride and a groom. Weddings are probably the most popular time cards are used. They are used for the wedding invitations, the seating arrangements, and to the congratulations cards. But the thing about these types of cards is that they aren't sent in just a few numbers. For most weddings, people invite hundreds of people to their weddings, though not all will show up a good number of them will still arrive to congratulate the couple. People spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in cards because they aren't made cheap.
Fred Jones
wedding invitations
