tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53235800301078763682010-01-05T15:58:43.463-05:00All the latest trends and advice about bridal tiaras and wedding veils, bridal shows, wedding accessories, wedding venues, honeymoons, and etiquette. Check back frequently for money saving offers and contests.Beautiful Bridalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005761652498940969noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323580030107876368.post-70218318170838059432010-01-05T15:42:00.011-05:002010-01-05T15:58:43.476-05:00

The cheerful gerbera daisy is the fifth most widely used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). Just because she’s not the most popular girl at the dance doesn’t diminish her vibrant rainbow of colors, including bright pink, snow white, sunny yellow, peach and ruby red. You can make your own easy and affordable DYI daisy flower bouquet with fresh daisies,

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Wedding photographer Mark Parker gives an insider’s perspective on how you can look slimmer, sexier and ready for the cover of Bride Magazine with these easy tips for getting the most out of your wedding day photos.Having a pre-wedding photo shoot can improve your wedding pictures more than anything else you might do. Think about it, your photographer is VERY comfortable on his end of the camera.

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You have the patience, but you probably don’t have the…time. A man and woman folding 1,000 cranes for their wedding is an ancient practice called sembazuru. The time and energy put into a thousand hand-folded origami cranes symbolized the patience and trust necessary to sustain a long, happy marriage. If you can endure making your own origami cranes, it will be a snap when your new mother-in-law

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This tiara was designed by the famous New York Jeweller Harry Winston, for the the marriage of Empress Farah and Reza Shah Pahlevi (the last Shah of Iran) in 1958. It was considered to be Farah's favorite tiara, since she was often seen wearing it on formal occasions, such as her visit to the United States and Canada in 1965.Created by the famed jewelers Garrards in 1870 for the wife of Lord

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One of your more affordable wedding accessories…bridal hair jewelry. Our bridal hair jewels start as low as $18 for a set of six, beautiful rhinestones and sparkling Swarovski crystals anchored on heavy duty silver-plated hairpins. Remember to always use hairspray and spray fragrances before putting in your hairpins and keep your rhinestones clean with a soft jeweler’s cloth. This bendable

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Is there anyone alive who doesn't love these creamy, custardy concoctions? Who needs a bridal shower centerpiece when, with a little layering know-how you can take frozen pound cake, pudding, fruit, and whipped topping and turn them into a feast for the eyes? Easy and quick, these trifle recipes serve 16 to 20.Delicious Pumpkin Trifle Ingredients 1 package (14-1/2 ounces) gingerbread cake mix1-1/

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Adventure is worthwhile in itself.That was the fortune I opened after doing too many laps around the deep-fried-everything buffet a few months ago at my favorite Chinese restaurant. How seriously do we take these little ancient words of wealth and wisdom? There are approximately three billion fortune cookies made each year, and the vast majority of them are used for consumption in the United

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When we attended the Williamsburg Bridal Show this past summer, we brought along a king’s random worth of Swarovski crystal tiaras, tiara and jewelry sets, and more brooches than Oprah has books. With the popularity of beach destination weddings, we decided to bring along our new Starfish Hair Twists to go along with our favorite finery, the rhinestone Starfish Brooch. They were more popular than

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Wedding petiquette. (It was only a matter of time.) According to Modern Dog Magazine there are a list of “Doggie I Do's and Don'ts,” to guarantee that canine members of your wedding party “go” where they’re supposed to and don’t OD on scraps of pan fried pork with chorizo and tomatoes. Here are their top ten tips:1. Check that the venues for the ceremony and the reception allow pets.2. Discuss

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Tasteful, but sometimes time consuming. I'm not quite ready to create two-tone chocolate faux-bois cupcakes which imitate a wood-grain design (faux-bois means "false wood" in French) for my chocolate-loving family, but I am smitten with Martha Stewart's holiday crafts and even more so when I find fast, affordable and EASY Christmas wedding centerpiece ideas. Download a combination of these

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Our discount bridal accessories are taking off…literally. United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Israel, Finland, Bulgaria, and just this week to the Czech Republic. As good as that is, a great testimonial is even better. I had been corresponding to an Australian bride who had seemingly as many questions as we had products. Was I confident that it would eventually end up in a sale? No, not

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When my oldest daughter was married her younger sister had sought out female friends and relatives to assemble a keepsake of favorite poems, blessings, recipes, advice and all kind things women say to one another at the prospect of marriage and motherhood. They were gathered together, including this poem, in a small homemade parcel and presented to the grateful bride.SOMETIMESSometimes I look at

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Looking for a gift for a vintage-loving bride? Jessie Steele aprons, designed by Helen Steele and her daughter, Claire will make the bride-to-be look flirty and fabulous, like she made those Betty Crocker snickerdoodles from scratch. These cupcake and cherry retro-chic aprons are 100% cotton and measure 30 x 27 inches and hug those curves like a new boyfriend. And if you are a connoisseur of

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RSVP comes from the French phrase “repondez, s’il vous plait” which means “please reply.” If you can wrap your head around the idea early on that guests will not “respondez” it will save you one or two migraines at least. And if you’ve never had a migraine, checking your email morning, noon, and before and after Project Runway, and stalking your letter carrier for RSVPs will be your ticket to

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Less expensive? Yes. Smaller in size? Not so much. Some of these new bridal flower headpieces are as much as six inches in circumference, with organza flowers, feathers, rhinestone and Swarovski crystal stamins. All but two are priced at $40 or less. Bridesmaid hair flowers, why not? Pay only one low price for shipping ($5.95) no matter how many items you purchase. So perfectly beautiful no one

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Our new bridal jewelry sets from A A Bridal’s Spring 2010 Collection have arrived and they remind me of vintage bridal pearl jewelry of the sultry 1920s. The era of wedding gowns made from white crepe backed silk satin charmeuse that had a luxurious feel, with a heavy liquid drape that cried out for a perfect set of pearls. Dramatic puff sleeves, white seed bead embroidery, matching satin

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I love Beau Coup’s “Deal of the Day” and if you were looking for cheap themed place cards today you could get them for 20% off the regular price of .80 each. But unfortunately, their freshly baked gourmet brownie pops are not on sale and you could expect to pay $3.55 to $3.75 each depending on the quantity you order. Chocolate covered brownie pops. Can you make them yourself? For around ten

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I don't care if you're 9 or 99, everyone loves to be thanked. And what better time to do it? Is there any other day in your WHOLE life where a large group of generous people, including friends of friends of your parents' friends will be stuffing a bunch of twenties and hopefully fifties, into a little white box just for you? Borrow my thank you ideas or make them up yourself. It's a gift worth

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Fastest selling products in 2009? Wedding hair flowers, second to none. The demand for S2182 was so great, it seemed like every one of my brides from mid July to the end of September wanted one of these beige hair flowers, priced at only $36. And S2165 is always a perennial favorite. The black and white picture doesn’t even begin to tell the story. This pale ivory organza flower (almost white)

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We’ve been waiting for this. Vintage style bracelets, made with cubic zirconia and clear rhinestones, six to seven inches long with a one-inch adjustable chain. What took so long? In recent years KING KONG sized bracelets added the necessary bling to plain matte satin strapless gowns of the past fifteen years or so. Simply put, we just didn’t like them. Now that there’s a race for bridal lace,

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Little girls big on fashion! For less than fifty dollars, and some as low as $35, these quality poly-cotton and gorgeous organza polka dot dresses are perfect for your favorite little flower girl. They are natural waistline, fully lined; tea length dresses with sashes and detachable flower pins. MyGirlDress offers some of the lowest priced flower girl dresses online, and right now they are

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I like to think of the Alfred Angelo Collection as the working woman’s haute couture. Sizes from 2 to 28W? He’s your man. Something to cover your shoulders? He’s got you covered with long sleeve lace bolero jackets. Modest necklines? No eye-popping cleavage if he has anything to do with it. This fall Alfred Angelo has a selection of casual wedding dresses, short on fabric but not on style. For

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At last! Wedding hair flowers have been in such demand this year it’s been hard to keep them in stock. A hard thing, but a good thing. And now we have even more white organza hair flowers and ivory and café organza flowers, more affordable than tiaras and a lot more versatile. They are large pieces, average size about five inches with natural ivory feathers and crystal, rhinestone and freshwater

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Do we really need another survey telling us what makes a happy marriage? I give you my Number One Reason and I’ve been married a long time. My husband likes to vacuum. A man who vacuums is a sweeper keeper. A few years ago I seduced him into thinking a $299.95 Oreck XL Classic Vacuum Cleaner would turn me into the carpet-cleaning-loving woman of his boyhood dreams, because it weighed only nine

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Pinecones, the cheapest wedding decoration you’ll ever find for your Fall or Winter wedding. I’ve got a bunch of the pesky devils right now in my own back yard. Great for decorating and the occasional sprained ankle when you clip one with your right foot and come down hard on your left. Tip a pinecone sideways and use it as an eco-friendly placecard. Stack ‘em, shellac ‘em, group them with

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