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If your wedding is in the near future, there’s no doubt you want it to be ideal in every way. A lot of people get overwhelmed and overworked themselves attempting to make this very day wonderful, however, you need to breathe deeply and take it easy. The wedding that you envision will likely be much easier to achieve if you're relaxed and focused on the planning of your biggest day.

In case you have recently gotten engaged, this is the perfect time to understand the steps involved in preparation of your wedding day. First, you want to acquire an idea of exactly what you would prefer your special day to end up like. A fantastic solution to get solutions is to flip through bridal magazines. They can easily help you find a style for your own dress, cake, makeup, and hairstyle.

Once you have a feel for just how fashionable, traditional, and unique wedding events can be, you can start to put together your very own concepts. It's essential to select a date. A date provides you a very clear understanding of your objectives and just how much time you might have to plan, book, and shop. A year or more of planning gives you flexibility for caterers, bands, limousines, along with other arrangements that usually are booked upfront.

One concern you might be faced with in arranging your marriage ceremony is whether you want it to be indoors or outdoors. Outdoor wedding ceremonies are generally only within the months of summer and spring once the climate is warm and pleasant. They will be quite festive and will take place in the woods, on the seashore, or in a field. Off season wedding ceremonies could be cozy and intimate especially if there is an open hearth which has a crackling fire. A horse sleigh ride is often a charming and affectionate way to leave the wedding reception and go to your honeymoon vacation spot.

Frequently disregarded, express ideas jointly with your partner about what the wedding means to the both of you. It should be a perfect day not just for the bride, but for the groom as well. Groom cakes are increasing in popularity in today's weddings and often reflect the interests of the groom. Such as, in case your groom-to-be is a musician, have a caterer make a cake in the shape of the instrument he plays. It is important that your particular wedding day be everything that the both of you wish it to be.

A very important factor you need to decide early on is who will engage in your wedding reception. Who'll become your bridesmaids plus your best man? Your flower girl as well as your ring bearer? These questions will cross the minds of several close friends and family if they learn you're getting married. Discuss it together and announce your decisions at the earliest opportunity. It'll be vital for their work and school schedules.

If you do not want to spend a lot of money on anything else at your wedding, at least pay for a good photographer to capture quality photographs of your wedding ceremony. It is the best investment you can make since it will document the best important events you would ever have. On your fifty-year wedding anniversary, you continue to be able to remember that amazing moment.

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A fantastic place to begin organizing your wedding day is usually choosing a theme. Developing a theme offers you direction to make it easier to design a cohesive wedding which flows with each other. Get inspired for your wedding by checking out these great themes for 2011 weddings.

Whimsical Tea Party. Some of the top colors for spring 2011 weddings will be light and fun hues like spring green, flamingo pink, and lilac. Used in combination, these colors lend themselves into a whimsical tea party theme. For centerpieces, arrange flowers in polka dot teapots. Set the tables with very feminine china in mismatched sets - one particular place setting may have pink and white china, another can have aqua blue dishes, lilac plates at the next seat, and and much more. Design a sweets table with cupcakes, pastries, and cookies all frosted in shades of lilac, flamingo, and green with fun details like polka dots, stripes, and flowers. Dress bridesmaids in a wide array of organza dresses, with each in a different signature color. A beautiful detail for the bride is custom bridal jewelry created from Swarovski crystals in pink, lilac, and green. A whimsical necklace would be a great accent against a solid white wedding dress.

Summer Forest. This theme would be beautiful with all the soft natural hues coming into style for 2011 weddings, including moss green and mushroom brown. Certainly a forest clearing will be a perfect setting just for this wedding theme, nevertheless it may be done beautifully indoors. Picture something from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", particularly when it comes to the bridal gown and bridesmaid gowns. Ethereal gowns of layered chiffon in muted colors would be absolutely gorgeous. A pale tea-dyed color dress of chiffon or English net could be great for the bride to be, along with the moss color will suit the bridesmaids. Add custom bridal jewelry made with Swarovski crystal leaves to complete the woodland fairy effect. The decorations for any summer forest theme wedding ought to be very natural: loosely arranged wildflowers in shades of purple and ivory, numerous moss, and garlands of flowers strung between the trees. With an indoor ceremony, bring in potted trees and use custom gobo lights to project a woodland scene on the walls.

Retro 1950s. Bridal gowns inspired by classic 1950s dresses are a huge trend for 2011. Take your inspiration out of this to create a fun '50s theme wedding. It can be done in two ways; either classic elegant bridal white 1950s style or even a more cheeky retro style with plenty of cherry red accents. Use some of the favorite mid-Century wedding motifs for example lovebirds, wedding bells, and wedding couple cake toppers. The bride can choose a gown from at '50s inspired strapless sweetheart designs available and wear it with pearl bridal jewelry and white gloves. Shawl collar tuxedos on the men would be a great retro detail. You might bring in some fun '50s items like a retro soda fountain including a white-capped "soda jerk" mixing up cherry Cokes and root beer floats. Hire a band who will be able to play each of the classic music of the 1950s (can we say Elvis song for the first dance?!), and get willing to have a wonderful time at your wedding.

These wedding themes is fun and fresh for 2011. Use them as a starting place to plan your own unique wedding full of personal touches. It will surely be among the most memorable weddings of the year!

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Wedding cakes are designed to be put on display, but these edible masterpieces take exhibition to a whole new level. Like art, wedding cakes have humble beginnings. First there's the idea - a small spark of creativity that grows, one layer at a time, into a reception's culinary piece de resistance. Then, the reaction: a gush of oohs and aahs from riveted onlookers.

Anyone who has an emotional connection to a painting can look to it for ideas - you don't need to be an aficionado. Imagine a lemon cake which was frosted in meringue to echo the original work's draped fabric and finished with marzipan peaches and pears filled with nuts, dates, and figs.

Naturally, some works translate better than others. Often, you have a piece in mind, the key is to create a dessert that tastes as good as it looks. Don't make something that just appears to be art for art's sakes. Your cake should be beautiful and downright delicious, too!

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Not to be confused with KARAT, which is a measure of gold purity, the term "carat" refers to a diamond's weight, not its size. Each metric carat weighs 200 milligrams, and each carat is further divided into hundreths, or points. Sound complicated? Jewelers often make this simple analogy to money. Just as a dollar contains 100 pennies, each carat comprises 100 points. A 75-point diamond weighs 0.75 carats, a 50-pointer is 0.50 carats, a 25-pointer is 0.25 carats, and so on.

Unlike the other three C's, carat weight isn't always a direct reflection of cost. "If a diamond cutter chooses to leave in a flaw, the stone will be bigger but less brilliant and less expensive." Along the same lines, a large stone with a low color grade can be less expensive than a smaller one with a high grade.

It boils down to a matter of preference: if size matters but budget is a concern, you might opt to downgrade in quality. When shopping for a diamond, remember that stones weighing in at just under the full carat mark are much less expensive than stones right at the full-carat mark.

A 95-point diamond costs less than one that weighs a full carat - but when the stone is set, you won't be able to tell the difference in size.

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Here are a few fun facts about roses! The rose is the favorite flower of 85% of Americans. George Washington, my birthday buddy, bred roses at his home, and in 1986, then President Ronald Reagan signed legislation making the rose the official National Flower of the United States.

Mythology says that roses grew thorns when Cupid accidentally shot an arrow into a rose garden. Oops! Still, the beauty of the roses more than makes up for the thorns.

As you would expect, rose-themed wedding favors come without the thorns. And it would be a shame to be sitting among all those beautiful roses without sharing their beauty with your guests. Behold the Rose Ball Candle and Rose-Topped Favor Boxes.

These are two rosy favors that will make every reception table an integral part of the Rose Garden, and you can be sure guests will not only keep them forever, but bequeath them to their children and future generations. A century later, one of these favors is sure to turn up on Antiques Road Show–and worth a fortune!

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The custom of wedding favors originated in Europe during the Middle Ages, when bonbonieres, or boxes filled with sugar cubes, were given to guests. Here are four toothsome takes on the tradition.

1) Bite-Size Breakfast - For a scrumptious morning-after meal, arrange miniature jams and corn muffins in a basket lined with napkins, then add a clip-art tag for the muffins.

2) Raspberry Vodka - Mixing these totable portables is as easy as whipping up fruit-infused booze, ppuring it into bottles, and tying on a recipe for a Rasmopolitan cocktail.

3) Cherry Bombs - These candy-filled bundles are a cinch to make. Wrap a handful of cherry sour balls in red tissue, twist closed, and add floral-wire stems and paper leaves.

4) Chocolate Nest Eggs - A little bird tells us that your friends and family will eat these right up.

You, too can come up with your very own homemade cool wedding favors or keep an eye out on our recommended resource for beautiful, eye-catching wedding favors!

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