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We know it’s been a while since our last blog, but we have been very busy. Wedding season has been in full swing which means we have been extremely busy. We have added some fabulous wedding favors and bridal accessories.
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October 10, 2010 is approaching very quickly. Since this date falls on a Sunday, I am sure there will be a lot of people getting married on this date. One thing is for sure, it is an easy date to remember which is a plus for the groom.
Congratulations to all the couples who plan on tying the knot on this date! If you are still trying to decide on wedding favors, personalize your favors with personalized candy tins or beautiful favor boxes. There are so many beautiful favors you can use to add that special touch for a very special day!
Do we remember every wedding we’ve ever been to? Do we still have every single wedding favor we have ever received? The answer would most likely be “no” to both questions. We usually only remember the weddings of people who are very close to us. We also tend to keep the bridal favors from these weddings. Perhaps if the bridal favor is exceptionally cute, even if it was from the wedding of a friend of our mother’s manicurist, it will earn its own place of honor in our modest collection of knick-knacks. The rest of the wedding favors we have ever brought back home were probably left lying around in the house for a few days or weeks, gathering dust until we noticed them again only to be pushed to the back of the mantle or thrown into a chest or sent to the attic to be forgotten, or thrown away (as soon as the guilt wears off).
Brides who plan their own weddings get so caught up in the preparations that certain details tend to fall into the cracks. This is the reason why we have quite a few wedding favors in our attics. Have you ever been to a fun beach wedding with delicate, beribboned Chinese chopsticks as bridal favors? Or to a rather formal affair that gave away miniature baskets made of puka shells? How about a wedding motif of powder blue and wedding favors in canary yellow? Almost everything else in these weddings seemed part of the picture, except the final touch. Something went wrong when it came to the choice of wedding memento, and it is sad really, considering that there are many beautiful and more appropriate choices available these days, if we knew where to look.
A truly delightful sailboat candle holder or a quite useful shell bottle opener that is elegant enough to be kept in its box as a décor, would have been more apt than the Chinese chopsticks for that beach wedding. For formal weddings, candles are almost always a safe choice.
Weddings are wonderful occasions. We all dream about making our wedding perfect and we drive everyone around us crazy with all our demands for perfection. But all the planning would be pointless if the bridal favors with which we thank our guests fail to tie it all up together. We want our guests to regard our wedding favors as special keepsakes. We do not want to send away our guests thinking, “Oh well, just another dust trap”.
The time has come to decide on the wedding favors. With so many wedding favors to choose from, couples are usually left with the question, what do I give to my guests?
Giving practical wedding favors is a great way to not only show your guests you appreciate them but an ideal way to give them something to use long after your special day.
Some ideas for practical wedding favors are listed below.
Bookmarks
Coasters
Photo Frames
Candles
Favor Boxes
These gifts are great because it also gives you an opportunity to combine them with your own special touch. You can combine your practical wedding favors with another favor to give it an added flare.
In the midst of all the planning, do not forget to get separate gifts for your bridal party. For example, you can purchase personalized tote bags or jewelry boxes for your bridesmaid, matron of honor and maid of honor. For your groomsmen, you can purchase a pocket watch or a personalized desk clock.
These are all great ways to show your appreciation to your family and friends.
A lot of weddings done in the Protestant or interfaith rites often feature the unity candle ceremony. Although this is not exactly an ancient tradition, having been popularized only 30 or 40 years ago, the unity candle ceremony nonetheless holds a lot of meaning and symbolism not just for the two people getting married but also for their families.
In a unity candle ceremony, a set of candles is placed on the altar before the wedding itself. This set of candles consists of two tapered candles and a bigger pillar candle. This pillar candle is called the unity candle. Although it can come in various colors, the unity candle is often white and comes with an inscription of the bride and groom’s names. Some candle makers even add a picture of the bride and groom with the candle.
How the Unity Candle Ceremony Is Performed
There are many variations to the unity candle ceremony, but generally, a member of the bride’s family and a member of the groom’s family each light one of the tapered candles at the start of the wedding ceremony. In many families, the mothers of the bride and the groom are the ones who are appointed to light these tapered candles. They then leave the tapered candles lit beside the unity candle.
After the vows were spoken, the bride and the groom will each hold the tapered candle that their respective mothers or relatives have lit. Using these candles, the bride and groom will light the unity candle at the same time. Afterwards, they snuff the light on the tapered candles out and let them stand beside the now-lit unity candle.
This is how the unity candle ceremony is typically done. However, there is a variation where the couple lets the flame burn on the tapered candles instead of snuffing it out.
Symbolism of the Unity Candle Ceremony
Generally, the unity candle ceremony is one of the symbolisms used in wedding ceremonies to indicate that the two people who have just been married are now joined as one flesh. The symbolism is stronger when the flame on the tapered candles used to light the unity candle is put out. In the variation where the tapered candles remain lit, it means that the bride and groom choose to keep their individuality through their union.
Even though the unity candle ceremony is seen as a symbol for uniting two people, many experts believe that it is rather a sign of two families being joined together as one through the marriage. This meaning is reinforced by the fact that the ones to light the tapered candles before the ceremony are members of the bride’s and the groom’s families respectively. It is rather a nice touch, especially when the bride and the groom both belong to big and/or closely knit families.
The bride and the groom customarily keep the unity candle after the wedding ceremony is over. Most couples who held the unity candle ceremony during their wedding repeat the ceremony using the same candle on their wedding anniversaries.
Can you wear a tiara as your wedding headpiece when you get married? This is a question that a lot of brides find themselves asking as they plan their outfit for their big day. So, what is the answer to the question? The answer is a definite yes – you can wear a bridal tiara, if that is what you want.
A bridal tiara makes for a dramatic hair accessory to wear on your wedding day. On your wedding day, you are the queen of the day, and nothing would express this better than a wedding tiara. Of course, you may have worries that wearing a tiara will make you look overdressed in your own wedding, but the key here is to select the right tiara.
Matching Your Bridal Tiara with Your Gown
There are a few guidelines that will help you choose the perfect bridal tiara, and one of these is to match the tiara with the style of your gown. When you plan your bridal outfit, you should always aim for a unified look. So, your accessories should match whatever dress you are wearing as closely as possible, and that includes the tiara.
Your tiara should echo the style of your wedding gown. Thus, whatever embellishments and stones you have on your dress, your tiara should also have it. For example, if your dress has floral embellishments and pearls, then your tiara should have a floral or filigree motif and sport pearls.
Also, what color is your wedding dress? If you are going to wear a bright white wedding gown, your tiara – not to mention your other jewelry – should be of the same shade, such as silver, platinum or white gold. If your dress is ecru, off-white or ivory, the best color for your tiara and jewelry would be yellow gold.
Matching Your Bridal Tiara with Your Hair and Face
Your dress is not the only consideration you should weigh when choosing a wedding tiara. You should also give a thought to the shape of your face and the hairstyle you would be wearing on your wedding day.
The shape of your tiara should always be in balance with the shape of your face. A round or full face would be balanced out by a tall or V-peaked tiara, while a long or oval face would look best with a round or headband-style tiara.
As for your hairstyle, the rule of thumb is that your tiara should be as big as your hair. Are you going to have long hair piled up in an elaborate hairstyle? Then a big bridal tiara should go with it, since a small one would be drowned in your hair. On the other hand, if you will wear your hair simply or if you have short hair, a small and simple tiara would do.
There is nothing to stop you from wearing a tiara as your wedding headpiece on your wedding day. Just make sure that you create the perfect look by selecting the right bridal tiara.
