I just randomly found this on YouTube and it made me wonder how many people do something like this at their wedding? It doesn’t need many words to describe it, and you’ll have to get at least 1 minute 10 seconds into the video to see what I mean.
So again, how many people do something like this? The “crazy first wedding dance” videos on YouTube seem to be abundant.
Did you think your wedding cake was expensive? Listen to this; Mimi So Jewelers teamed up with cake designer Nahid La Patisserie Artisitique to create the world’s most expensive cake baking in at $20 million dollars. This cake contained many unique items including diamonds and was displayed at the Luxury Brands Bridal Show in Beverly Hills on October 22, 2006.
I couldn’t imagine eating a cake that was once a home for diamonds. To be honest, the cake doesn’t even look very attractive. In my opinion, the cake is way too cluttered and has too many things going on. What do you think?
Can you even imagine? A bride in New York is suing her Wedding Florist because some of the flowers were not the color she requested. At issue are 22 reception table center pieces. The bride alleges she ordered rust and green colored Hydrangeas but instead received pink and green. Plus it seems the flowers were wilted, without water and in dust covered vases. The groom supposedly paid over $27,435.00 for these 22 center pieces.
For this faux pas, the happy couple is asking for $400,000.00+ in damages including mental duress and anguish. I don’t know which is worse, the fact that they are suing or that they paid $1,250.00 per arrangement. They paid $27,435.00 for Hydrangeas? Come on, anyone that goofy shouldn’t be allowed to sue. I know they live in New York but the last time I checked, Hydrangeas were not nearly as expensive as Roses or Orchids. If they paid that much for some of their flowers, what did the entire wedding cost?
Who cares right? I’m not much of a celebrity watcher but the story caught my eye because her fiancé is a dancer and model. I like “Dancing with the Stars”, so I scanned the article and boy was it an eye-opener. Ivana is 58 years old and her fiancé, Rossano Rubicondi, is 35. Yikes! It gets better. The ceremony is to be held at Donald Trump’s Florida Estate Mar-a-Lago. Yes, she is getting married at the house she lived in with her first husband. Why on earth would anyone want to get hitched there? Geeze, is that materialistic or what?
And what about that age difference? I’m all for older women younger men relationships being an older woman myself. However, just what are you going to have in common with someone more than a generation younger (or older) than yourself? When she was 18, it was 1967. When he was 18, it was 1990. Or how about, when she is 70, he’ll be 47 – yuck! It reminds me of a scene from “When Harry Met Sally” with Billy Crystal. He is describing the age gap between himself and a new girlfriend: “I asked her where was she when Kennedy was shot and she said ‘Ted Kennedy was shot?” Rossano will be Ivana’s third husband, so this could either be “third time is the charm” or “three strikes and your out”.
It’s too late for the “cold feet” excuse, but here’s a bride who might be re-thinking her honeymoon plans.
Peter Villa was arrested Friday morning, just hours after his wedding, and charged with domestic violence by Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputies.
According to investigators, Villa, 39, got upset with his new wife because he was unhappy with the number of attendees at their wedding, earlier in the day. Villa’s wife attempted to call 911 but Villa allegedly grabbed the phone and threw it across the room.
Investigators say Villa told his wife he had a gun and was ready to kill anyone who showed up at their home. Villa’s wife told deputies that he strangled her by the neck. Villa claimed to not remember what happened because he had been drinking at his wedding. The disgruntled groom was booked into Doña Ana County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Villa was charged with domestic violence aggravated battery against a household member, bribery of a witness, and interference with telecommunications.
How fast would you have your stuff packed if your husband went berserk on your wedding day?
The standard procedure of many photographers is to take the posed pictures of the wedding party immediately after the ceremony. It’s what I had always witnessed until my own wedding. The photographer we hired had a different approach to the matter; he asked us if we were open to the idea of doing the wedding party photos before the ceremony.
He explained that if we were willing to come in early and do this, we could enjoy our wedding ceremony and reception without any interruptions. Frankly, it had never occurred to me to do this, but I have to admit is was great!
The wedding party always arrives at the church or ceremony location early anyway, so why not utilize the extra time by getting the posed photographs taken then. I have to tell you it was wonderful! We had our ceremony, walked back up the isle, out the church doors, into the waiting limo and arrived at out reception before the guests. We set up the greeting line and it worked out perfectly.
Forget about being superstitious, this is the way to go! Trust me.
Photo courtesy of Resolusean
No, it’s not a joke! In the Chinese city of Guangzhou, a soon-to-be bride’s fiancé hired a local dressmaker to design and create the unique gown. The couple wanted to do something memorable and to celebrate the 2008 Olympics in China. Their nuptials are set for Monday, October 15th. The gown will be auctioned off after the ceremony with the proceeds going to charity.
Can you even imagine the amount of fabric in that Gown? 200.8 meters is about 659 feet and if you figure a 12 foot wide train, that comes to about 879 yards of fabric. Yikes! Can you imagine trying to pull that? You couldn’t! And just how would you bustle it for dancing? It has to be detachable. You couldn’t even get into the bathroom with it on. You’d need another limo just to stuff it into! Geeze, would you want a train that long on your Wedding Gown?
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Today I saw a television preview for an upcoming show called “Say Yes to the Dress”. I’m a sucker for reality TV so it really caught my eye. It focuses on a major dress shop in New York and the women working there. I thought about what it would really be like to work with some of the brides I’ve seen on TV. I don’t think I’d enjoy working in a bridal boutique myself (The term “Bridezilla” comes to mind), but it sure would be fun to watch!
It seems that many Brides are obsessed with “THE DRESS” and believe it has to be perfect on their special day. They use any and all means possible to reach that tier of perfection (i.e. over-spending). When I bought my dress, it didn’t take me long to pick out. I think it was the 3rd or 4th dress I tried on. I guess I may have been one of the lucky few, but I really just think that I was more focused on getting married to my future husband than anything else. Don’t get me wrong, I really loved my dress and I’ve had it hanging up in my bedroom window for a year and a half. It still makes me smile every day. The point I’m trying to make is that there shouldn’t be so much emphasis on having the perfect dress, but on building the perfect marriage.
Some Brides agonize over their wedding day and ignore important details about the marriage they are about to commit too. The average cost of a wedding today is about $25,000 and if you didn’t know that fact, you can pick your jaw up off the floor now. There is certainly nothing wrong with spending that kind of money (or more, if you have it), but trust me when I say it doesn’t have to cost that much to throw an amazing wedding. Our wedding cost us about $10,000, including our honeymoon (a beautiful Alaskan Cruise, I highly recommend it!). We got great deals because we went hunting for them, determined to save money, but that’s another story!
Anyway, back to the point. This reality show is going to be fun to watch. I can’t wait to see all the drama around buying a wedding dress! For those of you out there still in the planning stages, just remember it doesn’t have to be all about the dress or any other one aspect of your wedding. Remember the guy who gave you that beautiful engagement ring and asked you spend the rest of your life with him. He is the reason you’re buying that dress and he’s going to love it whether it costs $100, $1,000, or $10,000.
Well, today is Friday and it has been a very exciting week! We’re really going full-steam ahead building our wedding favor web store, TrulyWeddingFavors.com. My mother, Wendy, recently moved to California and settled in just 4 houses up the street and we’re so happy to have her here working with us. She’s managing our daily operations and doing an amazing job learning new things and keeping us all motivated. It felt that much more real when she arrived and we dove head on into the adventure of building a business together.
We’re really excited about our wedding favors and can’t wait to bring them to customers. My husband, Eric the Web Designer is working hard on the website so that’ll soon become a reality. I think we’ve got all the right ingredients to build our dream business and we all make an amazing team. I can’t wait to see where it leads, so cross your fingers for us!
Recently I caught a segment on the Today Show about designing your own wedding dress. I think so many brides out there would love to design their own wedding dress, but for most that is a very costly expense.
The Today Show mentioned that iVillage.com features a “Build Your Own Wedding Dress Tool”, so I went to check it out for myself. It is a neat little tool, and seems like it could really help you work out the ideas you’ve had for your dress. See the segment they played on the Today Show.
Check out this awesome dress I created! It kind of resembles my own wedding dress and veil, but of course not to the tee, just an idea.
