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  • Posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Facts & Tips For a Las Vegas Wedding

By Aaron Hu, executive summarized by Andromeda


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When you told your folks you were getting married their faces lit up like Christmas trees. When you said "in Vegas!" they looked like you had hit them in the head with a hammer. The thoughts going through their mind was a 2 am wedding in a pink chapel with Elvis conducting the ceremony and matching tattoos at the reception. Well, if that is what you want Las Vegas has you covered but really they offer so much more. Las Vegas has more weddings than any city in the United States and they are not all done by Elvis. Las Vegas has flare and prides its self for having something for everybody so get you wedding favors ready. Wait, first decide on what type of wedding you want, then get your Las Vegas wedding favors together. Its time to get hitched.

If you are just looking for a nice, more traditional wedding, Vegas has plenty of options. Most of the major hotels have standard chapels that are not themed with the casino and most offer a planner to help you set up your arrangements. Unless you live in Las Vegas this will be a priceless help. Some over the chapels seat over 100 people while other seat 50 and some are very small. Once you know how many people will be coming you can pick the appropriate one. If the actual ceremony is very small (5) then you can meet people at the reception. Most of the really small ceremonies can be video taped and can be shown at the reception. You might just decide to do the private ceremony then honeymoon for the week and return home for a reception and show the video there.

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las-vegas

If you want a chapel, though, that does stay in the theme you have several choices. Egyptian is one that is common. If you were having your wedding dress made you might even decide to have it made from Egyptian cotton. A lot of our wedding traditions started in Rome and were spread across Europe by the Roman Empire so why not have a Roman wedding. That venue also has a garden if you want to get married outdoors. Las Vegas is one of the few places you don't have to worry about getting rained on (sorry, if you do happen to get rained on it obviously was not meant to be). A pirate wedding would be lots of fun. They do it on their own Treasure Island. You rings are delivered by a pirate swooping down from the crows nest.

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wedding-vegas

It really is the small ones that are so nice. Getting married on the Eiffel tower would be great. Well, of course it's not really the Eiffel tower but you didn't have to fly near as far and this one is legal! Italy is not too close but now you can wed on a gondola. It looks like Venice but clean. A popular wedding in Las Vegas are the helicopter weddings. Yes, you can get married in the helicopter hovering over Vegas but they have more ideas for you. You take the helicopter to the rim of the Grand Canyon and marry there. It is even better at Red Rock Canyon.

How ever you want to marry, you can find it in Las Vegas. Big or small, elegant or gaudy, they can do it.

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Wedding Table

  • Posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Wedding Table Centerpieces

By M G Greg, executive summarized by Andromeda


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Having beautiful decorated wedding table centerpieces increases the glamour of your wedding. In some of the weddings, cost of wedding table centerpieces becomes more than the bride’s bouquet. It happens when the brides want to outshine their friends in this aspect by creating costly beautiful items. Florists love to use these opportunities to display their design talents and show use of latest accessories and flowers and submit a fat bill at the end of the reception.

So before deciding on the idea of wedding table centerpieces, you will have to consider a few things. You must first decide on your budget and theme of your wedding. A few more important things that need to be considered are what kind of atmosphere you are going to create and secondly, the size of the tables you are going to use. Size of the table is very important because you cannot place a big centerpiece on a small table. You must have place for plates and glasses.

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wedding-table-centerpiece

If you find decoration with flowers expensive, then you can go for colorful leaves or imitation flowers found in different colors in departmental stores. Fresh herbs can also be an alternative to expensive flowers as they look good and some of them smell more beautiful than flowers. You can collect herbs of different colors and leaves and mix them and place it in a glass or a vase. You can also make simple decorations with flowers. You can buy colored sand or foam from floral stores and keep them in a glass or a vase and place a cheap single flower like hydrangea in it and keep the entire thing at the center of the table.

Use of candles is another attractive option as they are found in different colors and can go with any wedding budget, if properly decorated. Candle centerpieces can make the wedding atmosphere very romantic, if it is an evening wedding and the wedding hall is large and can be decorated with little greenery. You can also go for colorful lanterns that have a simple tea light inside. You can place one such lantern on each table. If the wedding reception hall is dimly lit, you can create a wonderful romantic atmosphere using those lanterns.

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wedding-table-decorations

You can have cheap but beautiful containers from discount stores. It can be cheap pottery to bright colored bags to simple glasses that will hold the main display item. Color of the container must go along with the main display item and the theme of the wedding. You can get some mini pails and they can be used as table numbers.

If you are planning a beach wedding, you must go for a bright centerpiece. You can choose sunflower as it has got a bright and vibrant look. Alternatively, you can put stick shells inside ceramic pots and place them on each table. It is better to serve guests in long glasses and offer them a shell as a gift. They will carry it home and remember your wedding.

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Wedding Favors

  • Posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:02 pm

Give Your Wedding Favors the Personal Touch

By Emily Tanner, executive summarized by Andromeda


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One wedding seems to blend into another and looking for alternative ideas can be a struggle. Here are some great tips for making your favors as unique as you are!

Ensure your wedding favors are unique favors, encompassing everything you and your partner are about. Rather than going for traditional boxes or nets, why not design your own cookie favor? A personalized wedding favor is so much more memorable for the guests who attend your big day. Many brides are now purchasing personalized ribbon for wedding favors. This way, brides can choose from a wide selection of favor boxes and organza bags and turn them into a personalized wedding favor by adding personalized ribbon.

Most couples choose to have their names and wedding dates printed on personalized ribbon for boxes, although some brides do have the guests names also printed on ribbon – a great idea for a place setting too.

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ecofriendly-wedding-favor

Another way of providing guests with a personalized favor is by

attaching a tag. This personalized wedding favor tag may state the names of the bride and groom along with their wedding date or the wedding venue name or a short message from the happy couple to the guests.

A unique wedding favor such as this is well received by the guests and once the contents have been consumed, there is something left to have as a keepsake. In essence, all brides try to offer unique favors to their guests but there is nothing worse than receiving a gift similar to one you have previously received at a wedding. Bear this in mind when you are deciding which favors to offer your guests at your wedding because people do remember a unique favor or a personalized wedding favor more than one which is non specific and seemingly not very well thought out.

Of course, not all unique wedding favors are edible. There are many gifts that can be given to wedding guests that are inedible such as wedding favor coasters, photo album favors, picture frame wedding favors and candle wedding favors. These are just as easy to present as personalized wedding favors, again with the addition of personalized ribbon or a personalized tag. Your guests may well be equally impressed with your innovative and novel ideas as you provide them with a quality alternative to edible wedding favors.

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Instead of spending out on wedding favors, some brides choose to offer guests a piece of wedding cake beautifully presented in a personalized wedding favor box or a pretty organza bag. For brides who choose to give their guests some cake in a bag, they can attach a personalized wedding favor tag or tie the top with personalized ribbon. Either way, it is a lovely way of being a bit different and really offering your guests a unique wedding favor exclusive to you.

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