Wedding Love Songs

The Top 3 Classic Wedding Songs By Martin Sejas

There's no doubt that to have the most memorable and romantic wedding possible, you need to play a classic wedding song during your first dance. There are literally hundreds of songs out there that could qualify or have been recommended as wedding songs. However, why choose just any wedding song when there are others that are much better, generate stronger feelings and emotions and make your first dance your most romantic one. This article explores arguably the 3 best songs for a first dance at a wedding.

"Don't Know Much" by AARON NEVILLE & LINDA RONSTADT

One of the simplest yet one of the most powerful love songs ever made. It explores how people may not know what's going on in the world or what their future holds, but the one thing they know for sure is that they love their partner. This is a perfect song for a moonlight first dance and it's difficult to find a better song for such an occasion.

"Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" by BRYAN ADAMS

The ultimate expression of true love is when you would do absolutely anything for your partner no matter the circumstances and consequences. Bryan Adam's classic song from 1991 explores this theme in a powerful way and continues to be a favorite among lovers worldwide. It is also a beautiful song for a first dance at a wedding.

"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You" by PEABO BRYSON & ROBERTA FLACK

This classic ballad from Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack appears to have been written for a couple's first dance at their wedding. It's essentially a celebration of the deep love shared by 2 people and how nothing can stop them from expressing their love for one another. It also conveys a feeling that they have both finally arrived at their destination and feel complete. It's difficult to get more romantic that this.

Wedding Reception Halls

Ensuring Picturesque Wedding Reception Halls By Albert Lee

Before booking a wedding reception hall, that is in all significant points closely resembles that of your dream venue, you must consider several things.

You must be aware that most of the memorable and significant moments in your wedding day will happen during the reception party. Your photographer must capture these things.

Since the background for these moments will be the wedding reception hall of your choice, make sure to consult with your photographer first before booking it up. A picturesque reception venue will help the quality of your memorable wedding moments to be heightened.

However at odds the two priorities in choosing wedding reception halls can be, it is important to find a way to unite them. Get the photographs you want at the setting you appreciate and love.

As per expert photographers, here are several things to consider in achieving your purpose of having a picturesque wedding reception hall:

1. Lighting – when considering a reception venue, put good lighting high on your priority list. Once you have booked for the venue of your dreams, secure a written guarantee that they would cooperate with the photographer with regards to issues of reception lighting during the setting up day.

Most photographers opt for ambient light in order to capture elegantly the memorable moments during the reception.

Most photographers also depend upon natural light in a wedding reception hall in order to capture unplanned or unexpected moments during the reception.

Some also like that a wedding reception hall is flooded with lots of natural light streaming from windows during a late afternoon wedding. For night weddings, though, drama can be captured through lots of candlelights.

2. Personality – some photographers would be most comfortable shooting at wedding events even without good lighting as long as your wedding reception hall has great personality in it.

3. Schedule – photographers are always looking for the natural, unguarded and unplanned moments to capture in a wedding. It makes it doubly sentimental to be photographed in a truly poignant moment, a real moment.

Thus, if you are hiring a wedding coordinator to supervise the program in your reception, then make sure that she or he does not interfere too much with the photographer's purpose.

These are but a few salient points in finding the wedding reception hall you most appreciate and would be the best background for your most important photographed moments.

cheap wedding rings

Cheap Wedding Rings - These Three Stores Sell Affordable Wedding Rings By Dee Bovis

When a bride and groom get married, the only thing they see as a daily reminder of their commitment to each other is their wedding rings. It's no wonder people set aside about 3% of their total wedding budget on their rings. Marriage is a permanent commitment, so wedding rings should be high quality. This doesn't mean that couples can't save on this purchase. Joanna Saltz writes for theknot.com, "The average price for a gold band is around $150. For a platinum band, the average rises to $600 or $700. Diamonds can add considerably more to the cost."

When you spend this kind of money, it is important to figure out what's right for you in terms of style, form and function, and quality. With these things in mind, check out these great places to buy cheap wedding rings:

Goldspeed.com - This place is well known for its discount wedding bands. It has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and even Internet Retailer's Top 50 retailers (Best of the Web 2006). They have over 28,000 items up to 78% off retail price. They also offer free shipping for purchases over $200.

Overstock.com - This place has discounts on rings, some sold up to 80% off the retail price! To give you an idea of what that looks like, a ring sold for $650.00 at retail only costs $179.99 at overstock.com (72% off). Each wedding band shows the markdown percentage, retail price, as well as the overstock price so you know exactly what you are saving. You can shop by metal type, bride's rings, groom's rings, or top sellers. Overstock.com prices because they buy excess inventory from manufacturers.

Bluenile.com - This Company has become the largest internet retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. They have been featured in The New York Times, Money, and Forbes. Also, they been given the Bizrate.com's Circle of Excellence Platinum Award. Bluenile.com has received this reward consistently since 2002, and can boast to be the only jeweler to have ever received this award. You can search by price and product to meet your wedding budget goals.

Another option is to look for rings at estate sales, antique jewelers, or froogle.com if your budget is really small and you wouldn't mind getting used rings. Some people recommend this option for those on a really small budget and then upgrading rings on the 3rd wedding anniversary.

Wedding Hair Accessories

10 Modern Wedding Hair Accessories By Erica Tevis

Whether you would like to create a modern wedding look or a romantic hairstyle, accessories for your hair can help you polish your bridal image. There are a variety of accessories on the market today to suit any bride's style or wedding theme. Here is a short list of popular wedding hair accessories to help you look beautiful on your special day.

Headbands - headbands are simple, yet elegant. Select a wide one for a retro look, or skinny ones for a modern, preppy look. These are perfect for the bride who wants to be comfortable while still being stylish. Pairs easily with your veil.

Feathers - feathers are a hot trend right now, these are perfect for the trendy "in style" bride. These can be purchase and added to combs, clips, barrettes or even woven through hair. Alternatively, there are many accessories with feathers pre-attached.

Veil - believe it or not, sometimes less is more, and a veil may be all you need. If you are opting out of hair accessories go elaborate with your veil - pearls, jewels and crystal accents will compliment your look.

Fresh Flowers - once a trend, now a tradition - adding a sprig of your favorite flower to your hair can give you a romantic, soft touch. Check with your florist though, to see which flowers will hold up without water.

Tiaras - these can range from classical princess styles to modern, asymmetric looks to retro inspired glam. Don't rule out a tiara just based on the name, there are so many styles one will suit your look.

Hair Vines - held in place by pins on each end, these are highly flexible and can conform to most any hairstyle. Many are encrusted with jewels, crystals or pearls.

Barrettes - these are not what you would think - a simple barrette can sweep back locks, hold bangs to the side or keep layers in place. Barrettes can be elaborate or simple depending on the look you are going for.

Hair Jewelry - whether you decide to decorate your hair with shells (for a beach bride) or crystals (for an upscale look) hair jewelry is placed either around your style (such as a bun) or strategically placed throughout your style.

Tropical Flowers - this works well for tropical inspired weddings or beach weddings - a pop of a vibrant color will look wonderful in your wedding photos.

Birdcage Pouf - for the bride who wants a veil, but doesn't want to be weighed down. Depending on how you style the rest of your hair, this could be a romantic vintage look or very edgy and unique. You can wear the poof over your face for the beginning of the reception, then style it into a "pouf" for the reception.

Wedding Hair Accessories

Hair Accessories - Your Choice of Hair Accessories Would Depend on the Occasion and Purpose! By Sophie Al Hair accessories are great when you want your hair to remain in place as well as maintain your looks just the way you intend them to be. There is a huge choice of hair accessories available. These range from the decorative stuff that can actually add oodles of beauty to your face to the normal utility ones which are especially created to hold your hair in place. All hair accessories have certain degree of attractiveness, however there are some which can be hidden inside your hair and make your hair look in a particular way. Choosing wrong one can actually lead to waste of money. You need to exercise care and experience when finding the best one for you. What are possible problems that can arise with wrong choice of hair accessory? Your choice would depend on a range of factors like: • Hair type: This means whether you have exceptionally straight and silky hair which do not let a single hair piece stay in the hair or the one that allows anything to be put into it and it will stay. Generally straight and silky hair are so smooth that do not allow anything to stay. Curly hair will prove problematic when you remove these accessories from it. • Hair thickness: People with thick hair generally have too many problems when selecting a piece that would suit them perfectly. Thicker hair cannot stay in the normal size accessory, therefore it is important to choose a larger accessory so it can hold your tresses efficiently and also give you the desired look. People with thinner hair are luckier, again very thin hair can be a problem again. Most of the accessories would slip down and not provide the required look. If the accessory is to too strong there remains a danger of your scalp being visible which is not desirable. • Brittleness: Hair accessory needs to be smooth. This means it should possess the ability of being put on removed easily. A difficult one would be especially damaging to hair that is weak and brittle, in fact it could lead to hair breakage and thereby make your hair appear dull and lusterless. Your hair accessory should be rounded off at the edges and also the decorative stuff should be attached in a way which does not catch too much of hair and make it coarse. You will find some of the very exquisite party and wedding hair accessories at a lot of stores. In fact, these are made using the beautiful semi precious stones and metals like silver, etc. You will find some of the most attractive ones in this category. You will also find a lot of options to find one that matches your outfit. There are some which are created to make managing hair easy and manageable. It would be difficult to wear long hair on an exceptionally hot day, you would want to tie it up, with these accessories you can easily make a bun or tie your hair in a pony. Some of the accessories to not just hold the hair intact these also help you make a particular style so you do not end up wasting time or getting frustrated, especially on a bad hair day.

Ivory Wedding Shoes

Ivory Wedding Shoes - What the Cool Kids Are Wearing! By Beverley Post The most popular wedding shoes are usually ivory in color, and they come in many styles. You can have these shoes dyed to match your dress exactly. There are other accessories that you can buy to match your shoes such as your wedding handbag. The show styles range in style from elegant heels, sandals, ballet type slippers, peep toes shoes, sling backs, and closed toe pumps, with heels in any size. If you are going for comfort I would look to the more flat heel shoes for dancing and keeping comfortable during the reception. I had my shoes made with the comfortable cloth clog with beautiful lace and pearl décor put on them. I wore these when I was measured for my gown. I wanted a low shoe that I knew would be comfortable for the whole evening. They were done in Ivory as I wore an Ivory gown. Many women are going with Ivory gowns, white gowns are beautiful, but also very bright, ivory is a more mellow color. You should take a piece of the fabric from your dress to be sure that the shoes are perfectly died to match. Often shoes can become uncomfortable if you wear really high heels and you end up kicking them off for dancing at the wedding, which is fine except your gown will drag, as it was made with the higher heel measurements. There are many styles of shoes that you can try on at the wedding boutiques. You can choose different materials and amount of embellishments as well. Be sure that they are comfortable, and pick them up a few weeks before the wedding so you can wear them around your house to break them in. This is a great help for comfort during your big day. Men also have a use for Ivory wedding shoes that match their tuxedo. Some men go with the ivory tuxedo and there are shoes to match for them as well. The style options are more limited, but there are a few different options. These are usually rented with the Tux. Find a style of shoe that compliments your dress or gown. They will be noticed more when a short wedding dress is worn, and the higher heel shoes are usually the choice here. With a gown they really are not seen as much, so flat shoes will work just as well. With a shorter wedding dress I is very important that the shoes are dyed to match the dress perfectly. You can get fabric, leather, and other types of materials. Choose the one that best suits your needs and budget. Keep in mind that your choice will be something you will wear for several hours and late into the night in most cases. If you choose to wear heels and then switch to slippers later, watch the bottom of the gown. You can have your shoes cleaned and preserved with your wedding gown after the wedding if you want to.

Vera Wang Wedding Dresses

Exclusive Vera Wang Wedding Dresses By Eva Melville If your taste in wedding dresses is designer then you've got to do it the Vera Wang way. For that matter, you could get any designer to tailor your wedding dresses but it can be safely said that, none of that would ever match up to the quality, class and elegance of Vera Wang Wedding Dresses. To say a little bit about her, Vera Wang's inspiration came from the lack of it. When she got married in 1989, the truly fashion conscious Wang realized, that the fashion drift at that time was shallow and hardly allowed divisions between the traditional and the futuristic style of wedding dresses. The thought crystallized into a business plan, and two years later she launched her line of wedding dresses. Before long, her work was being highly sought after and she had clients from all over the world and from all walks of life. A research on her clientele from Hollywood alone can leave many others designers of her genre, gaping. Her forte is to blend traditional and vintage styles with contemporary art. This paves the way for a smooth transition between yesterday and tomorrow and what we have then, is an impeccably crafted piece of art-A Vera Wang Wedding dresses. No matter what the design and the fabric, sensuality is a key feature of her line of wedding dresses. She doesn't believe in making a bride look like a bloated white something. Comfort, style and lush - all fused into one wedding dress. Now, that is definitely worth an investment. Its typically Wang to work on fabrics such as sheer mesh, silk, satin, chiffon and the likes. All of this lends even more sophistication to the design and the fit. Only recently she has started to include beads and lace but let the usual admirer be rest assured that, irrespective of additions and subtractions, the Vera Wang Wedding Dresses will retain their ageless appeal. Unlike most other designers, the Vera Wang wedding collection is not just exorbitantly expensive and even if it is, it's absolutely worth it. However, if you are someone who wants to have your cake and eat it too, you can always get a bridesmaid dress or a second hand Vera Wang wedding dress that could fit within a budget of $1000. It's going to be your wedding day and you have every right to look like that perfect princess for the prince that you've found. Remember to let the happiness show through while one of the Vera Wang Wedding dresses does the talking.

Lace Wedding Dress

Lace Wedding Dresses - A Timeless Classic

If you are the type of bride-to-be that is looking for a wedding gown that has some, or a lot of lace, there are a few things that you should know before you purchase your special dress. One thing is for sure, lace wedding dresses have been around for hundreds of years. And for some brides they are just as popular to day as they where centuries ago.

Today's Bride looking for that special dress with lace needs to remember that years ago lace was mostly made of fine cotton threading so it was considerably softer than some of today's versions. Now that is not to say that you can not find lace wedding dresses that are soft to the touch, but you certainly need to be mindful of the type of lace and where it is at on the gown in proximity to your skin.

Whether you are feeling vintage or simply wanting a more traditional look to your gown, you can usually tell how soft the lace on any wedding dress is by how it lays and by what material it is next to or layered with. If it is the softer type made of silk or cotton, or in some cases a finer nylon or polyester, it will lay flatter and have a fluffier look to it. Whereas a stiffer lace will possible backed up by a material like tulle or a have satin behind it.

That's the beauty of lace. You can have a very soft and flowing look on a gown that is mostly chiffon, silk or a lighter weight satin. Or you can go bolder and get a gown that is covered in lace with the unique addition of organza, tulle or matte satin. This is for the bride that likes texture and interesting details.

Consider adding a veil with a hem in the matching lace from your dress. This will bring your whole look together. You can also research vintage laces online and even incorporate your favorite design into your cake and wedding favors. There's a lot to love about lace and with a little knowledge, you can choose lace wedding dresses that are a true expression of who you are.

Wedding Cake Toppers

Fishing Wedding Cake Topper

It seems so much of a wedding is about the bride, but what would a wedding be without a groom? A nice way to demonstrate your love and devotion for your new husband is to have a cake topper that is themed with his favorite hobby. Fishing, perhaps?

Maybe your new husband has a special fly that he likes to use when he fishes that you can have incorporated into your wedding cake toppers. Use may use the actually fly, a new one of course, or have a cake decorator make one for you. For a little fun, you can have the bride and groom sitting barefoot on the top of the cake, reels in hand. For a real laugh, you can have either the groom or the bride fishing for the other. You can find all kinds of customized wedding cake toppers online. Give yourself enough time to have it arrive and to make sure that it is what you thought you were getting. Sometimes what you see online and what you get aren't exactly the same thing.

You could have a crystal or a glass wedding cake toppers with two kissing fish in it. Having live fish in a fishbowl on the top of your cake will make quite an impression. If you aren't sure the real thing is for you, blown sugar could create an edible illusion of a fish bowl and sugar fish could be placed inside.

For a truly unique cake, you can have it designed like an aquarium with each tier a layer of the ocean complete with coral reefs, fish, algae, and a topper of a bride and groom in a fishing boat. Just about every icing is easy to tint. Sea blue fondant would make smooth waters or rich, aqua butter cream could give a little texture to your cake.

Butterfly Wedding

Butterfly Wedding Themes Butterfly wedding themes are great for anyone planning a wedding in the spring or summer months! You can easily make this theme come alive by decorating with bright colors, butterfly decorations and mixing in some of your favorite spring time flowers. Color Schemes Butterflies come in so many bright and beautiful colors! Here are some of our favorite choices: Bright yellow, blue, pink, purple, red, blue and white. Invitations Let your invitations reveal the beginning of your butterfly theme to your guests. Use butterfly shaped invitations. Have butterfly shaped confetti on the inside of the envelope. Stick butterflies on/in the invitations Use different breeds of butterflies in an array of different colors Flowers Use vibrant spring time flowers that fit your color scheme. Find flowers that naturally attract butterflies in honor of them. Use potted butterfly bushes that you or your guests can replant later at home. Decorations Fill the room with butterfly cutouts and balloons. Have real butterflies in glass centerpieces Find butterfly themed tablecloths, napkins and cutlery. Use butterfly figurines for centerpieces. Instead of having guests throw rice at the end of the ceremony, have a butterfly release for an added special effect. Food Food at the reception should be light springtime type meal. Fruit and vegetable dishes are nice and light for spring. For meat, use chicken and maybe some fish dishes. With it being warm out people will not feel like eating a heavy meal like they would in the winter months. Wedding Cake Decorate yur wedding cake with many sugar butterflies flitting about. The table that the wedding cake sets on could also be decorated with butterflies and flowers. Favors It is nice to give your guests a favor to say thank you for coming to your wedding. Here are some ideas of what you could give. Little tea light candleholders that have butterflies flying around them. Chocolate butterflies in a gift box. Butterfly broaches if you can find them. Little butterfly trinket boxes. Locations Here are some unique locations away from the traditional church or rental hall, that would compliment the butterfly theme. A butterfly house or sanctuary. A lush outdoor garden where butterflies would naturally inhabit. With vibrant colors, and a natural feel, a butterfly wedding can be a wonderful choice! Have fun with this theme, because like a butterfly coming out of a cocoon, soon you'll be starting a whole new life!