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Happy Sunday everyone! Our used wedding gown this week is an Amy Michelson Flash wedding dress. Simple, elegant and perfect for a destination wedding or a reception dress. Our favorite part of the dress is the gorgeous back featuring crisscross beaded straps. To view more images and the full listing please click on the photo below.
Our favorite preowned wedding dress of the week is this Allure gown. It was purchased for a destination wedding last year which was canceled due to weather. We love the simplicity of this gown and the beading around the bodice. The dress has never been worn or tried on and is perfect condition! To view more images and information please click on the phone below.
It’s one of the biggest wedding clichés out there (especially on the groom’s side of the wedding)… golf on the wedding day.
As the groom, you’ve probably been asked if you’re getting up early and teeing it up on the morning of the wedding. If you happen to be a golfer, we’re guessing that the answer to this question is yes.
Speaking from experience, wedding day golf can be a lot of fun. When I got married last spring, we double dipped and played both on the bachelor party as well as the morning of the wedding. As corny as it may sound, it was a great way to spend some extra time with friends and family before I made that trip to the altar and had my “play time” significantly reduced.
If you can get a big enough group to together, there are some great ways to enhance the golf outing. Here are a few ideas:
*Shameless TMR plug*
If you’re looking for groomsmen gift ideas for the golfing groomsmen, check out our golf towel gift set or personalized golf bar sign.
Cheers!
Who doesn’t love spring time? Great weather, great weddings, and baseball! If the groom and groomsmen are into baseball, there are a few great ideas that can be incorporated into the wedding festivities.
Bachelor Party
Baseball games are popular bachelor party venues. If you have enough people going, group tickets can be purchased for most professional and minor league teams. If there’s a little extra money in the party budget, a suite or party room is always nice. These rooms usually involved unlimited food and, of course, beer. But, hey who needs beer at a bachelor party?
Groom’s Cake
It goes without saying that favorite sports team logos are a common choice for groom’s cake designs. If you’re not doing a groom’s cake, baseball cupcakes are a great dessert idea for the rehearsal dinner.
Groomsmen Gifts
One of our top selling groomsmen gifts over at TheManRegistry.com is the Personalized Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat. This bat can be engraved with a groomsman name, date, and personal phrase. For example – Jon Johnson – Groomsmen 5/10 – Can’t hit the broad side of a barn
Cheers!
TheManRegistry.com is an online resource for grooms and is the internet leader in grooms’ wedding information. The centerpiece of the website is a specialized wedding registry featuring wedding gifts tailored toward grooms. Included in the thousands of products you’ll find at The Man Registry are barware, electronics, tools, logoed sports items, and groomsmen gifts. The company also recently launched a local vendor directory which gives grooms an outlet to connect with local wedding vendors.
We are excited to announce our first BravoBride blog give-away! Our friends at MissNowMrs.com were kind enough to send us a gift card to give away to one lucky reader. I have been married for nearly a year and legally I still have my maiden name. I did change my email and business cards to my new last name but I don’t think that quite counts. So if you’re are like me and have put off changing your name because of the hassle, MissNowMrs.com makes it so easy you don’t have an excuse not to. To be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment on our Facebook page. A winner will be chosen randomly on Monday the 18th. Good luck and happy name changing!
Happy Thursday everyone! I look at a lot of wedding gowns everyday and I love the untraditional styles that pop up on our site every once in awhile. Whether the dress is short or a different color, some of these gowns will definitely make you a memorable bride in your own unique and stylish way!
Great for a garden wedding!
Could be used for a fun holiday themed wedding!
Perfect gown if you'd like a touch of red!
Stunning and unique!
If you are having a casual wedding, this dress would be perfect!
This untraditional gown is vintage
Love this dress!
To Have, and to hold, and… {fill in the blank.}
By Personalized Wedding Poet Chloe’ Yelena Miller
www.WordArrangement.WordPress.Com / www.WordArrangement.com
You’ve spent time planning the menu, flower arrangements, music, etc. Of course, the real reason for all of these details is that they help you and your guests celebrate your union with the person you love. Writing your own vows is the perfect way to personalize the ceremony and share your promises publicly.
There are many ways to approach your vows. Some religions and traditions offer you more flexibility than others; it is important that you create the tradition for yourselves, as new or familiar as that may be. You can write your vows together or share them for the first time during the ceremony.
Most vows incorporate the idea of standing by each other no matter what challenges you face (financial, medical or otherwise) and that your love will endure. For some examples of traditional and untraditional vows, here is a helpful website.
Your vows are pledges to your partner and your guests. If you decide to craft them privately, your conversations will probably be longer than the actual vows. You don’t have to include everything in your vows, but it can be beautiful to share your full thoughts with your partner.
The first step is to talk to your partner and decide if you are going to write them together or separately.
Here is a short list of some of the ideas to consider and expand on when writing your vows:
What is your favorite part of your relationship?
How did you meet?
How does your love inspire your life?
What does your partner offer you and what do you hope to offer the other person?
What is your definition of marriage?
The next step is to consider what aspects of your love, hopes, dreams, and maybe even fears, that you’d like to include.
Consider the following:
What is most important to you?
How does love nourish your life?
Where would you be without this love?
Poet Alli Shaloum-Brydon wrote her own vows and shared them in a guest blog post: the Adventures of Planning an Interfaith and Intercultural Wedding. I particularly love the last line, “Let us strive for excitement, adventure, and passion in everything we do.” That is exactly what we all hope for in life and in a partner.
Another idea is to speak with your celebrant. Most celebrants, like NJ based Celia Milton, help couples to build their own vows. I asked Celia to share some advice. She wrote, “I honestly think couples make this too hard, too terrifying by thinking their vows have to be great snippets of literature. That’s really not it at all; their vows are their promises to each other; the promises that they have made in their hearts long before their wedding day.”
Be reminded that your vows don’t only take place on one day. They are promises that carry into the future. We are reminded of that by Philadelphia area Wedding Priestess Ann Keeler Evans . She writes in her blog, “What if you crafted your vows as the working document that will carry your relationship into the future?”
If you are looking for additional help, you are welcome to contact Chloe‘, she writes personalized wedding poems which can be tailored to be read as vows.
Planning a wedding in this economy can be downright scary. However, most couples say that they’re ignoring the temptation to postpone the wedding and rather scaling back costs. There are definitely ways to bring wedding costs down to meet your budget. And believe it or not, making the honeymoon a little more affordable is very possible.
The honeymoon is one of the bigger drains on the wedding budget. The trip is traditionally paid for by the groom – however today couples often share the cost. Here are a few quick tips that may be helpful in your planning:
Consider a cruise
It may come as a surprise, but cruises are traditionally much cheaper than doing a resort. You want to remember that food is normally included in the trip cost. If you’re not big drinkers – you won’t be racking up a huge bar tab and your only other expenses will be souvenirs and on-shore excursions.
Keep the trip shorter
Depending on where you’re planning to go planning a weekend honeymoon rather than a full week can make the trip much more affordable. It’s not ideal, but it sure beats canceling the trip altogether.
Road trip
Consider doing a road trip honeymoon in the states rather than leaving the country. Gas prices have fallen significantly and if you use a trip planning website you can find cheap hotels along the way. Use the same website to find cheap lodging at your destination. One of the most popular trending honeymoon destinations are mountain areas. These spots are ideal for travel by car.
Do a short trip now and a long one later
Another alternative is doing a short weekend or one-night trip immediately after the wedding and then waiting until there is enough money to do an all-out trip.
Remember to check out TheManRegistry.com for all of your groom’s wedding planning needs.
Cheers!
A “stock the bar” wedding shower is a great co-ed wedding shower that both the bride and the groom can enjoy. It generally involves guests bringing some sort of gift that can be used in the newlywed’s current or future home bar.
Not only is this party a great way to get both sides of the wedding involved in a shower, it’s also a great opportunity for some of the couple’s friends who don’t already know each other to meet in a fun and relaxed atmosphere before the wedding.
If you’re a groomsmen, bridesmaid, or friend of the couple who has been put in charge of planning this shower, here are some tips:
First, think about the types of bar gifts the shower should include. For example, is the shower being thrown to help stock the couple’s bar with barware gifts (such as wine, beer, martini, margarita, brandy or champagne glasses), utensils and accessories (such as wine and beer bottle openers, wine racks, jiggers, martini shakers or drink recipe books) or liquor only? We recommend including all of the above.
Next, think about the invitations. Make sure to include the theme of the shower someplace on the invitation, so guests will know what kind of gifts are appropriate. If guests will be bringing liquor, you may even want to call the guests that have accepted ahead of time to let them know what type of liquor to bring. Otherwise, the couple may end up with seven bottles of scotch. While this may not be a problem for some couples, others may prefer a slightly more diversified bar. If the gifts will include other bar items, it’s helpful if the couple has already registered for some options.
What about guests? This type of couples shower easily lends itself to the wedding party and friends of the couple, but can also include close family members and extended relatives. This type of shower is usually held during evening hours, so refreshments can include drinks and hors d’oeuvres rather than a full meal.
Enjoy (and save some drinks for us)
Cheers!
Yesterday morning I was walking my dog Pepper and suddenly a miniature Boston Terrier came running out our neighbors yard towards us. He was the cutest little thing and he even had a tiny tennis ball in his mouth. The little guy made me start thinking about including a pet in your wedding. We almost made Pepper the ring bearer but decided against it because our venue most likely would not have allowed it and because he would have had to greet every guest as he walked down the aisle (he is not the best guard dog). But if you do decide to include a pet in your ceremony there are several ways to dress them up.
Here’s what I found:
Your dog might out shine you on your wedding day with this dress/veil combo
This tux comes complete with a boutonniere!
Asking your dog to be a bridesmaid will guarantee that you never hear any complaints about the dress style, color, size or the fact that they'll never wear it again
This is actually pretty functional
I saved the best for last. Your dog definitely deserves a treat after wearing this.
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