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By Joe Silla
Whether we admit it or don’t Wedding Etiquette is still an important issue to many of us. Don’t you hear yourself complaining for some weddings that you have attended? Maybe you have heard some friends who have attended a wedding ceremony and learning after the rites that he or she was not invited for the wedding reception.
Although it is acceptable and is within the Wedding Etiquette standard to invite some guests only at the wedding reception and some only at the wedding reception, the guests should be informed of this fact before hand. These instances want us to shout: Learn some manners!
For brides out there who are getting married next year, it will be for your own good if you would buy Emily Post’s book on Wedding Etiquette. It will teach you the Wedding Etiquette basics and Wedding Etiquette blunders. Knowing what violates and follows Wedding Etiquette will help you go through your big day, hassle and stress free.
– Basic Wedding Etiquette for Brides
On what to wear.
Modern Wedding Etiquette allows brides to wear any design that she want in any color. Brides are not anymore limited to wearing ultra white wedding dress with sleeves. They may wear a tube, halter or spaghetti strapped wedding dress in creme, beige or pastel colors.
But for the sake of Wedding Etiquette, she should also consider her cultural background and her church’s dress requirement. If your church requires you to wear a shawl over a tube wedding dress, then you must do so.
If the minister or priest thinks that your red wedding dress is unappropriate for the church and ask you to replace your $10,000 designer wedding dress for a white wedding dress, then you should take it off and buy a white ready-to-wear wedding gown at Macy’s.
On who to invite.
It is a basic Wedding Etiquette for a bride to talk to her groom on who and who are not to invite. Remember that the is the two of you who will get married, not only you. It will be a violation of Wedding Etiquette if you will invite persons your groom do not want to get invited or do not want to see, such as your old flame or his old boss that he had an argument eventhough you are in speaking terms with his old boss. It is not just about Wedding Etiquette, it is in fact about the issue of respect.
If it is your second marriage, you should not invite your ex-spouse or your ex-parents-in-law. Even if you are in good terms with your ex, Wedding Etiquette dictates that you should not invite them. This is to avoid unnessary confrontations or wedding drama. Your guest will also feel uncomfortable around your ex.
But there is an exception to this Wedding Etiquette. If your children to your ex-spouse has requested for the presence of their father, then you should talk about it with your groom. If he agrees, then invite your ex to your wedding. But there is an alternative to this, however.
You can invite your guest for a dinner at your home after your wedding or honeymoon. This private dinner is more quiet and will save you the trouble of explaining to your father and mother and other close guests why your ex-husband is in your wedding.
On gift giving and registry.
It is a big Wedding Etiquette no-no to ask for cash gifts from your guests. Although it is a reality that newlyweds need cash as a startup money since they need to rent a bigger place or buy new appliances that the two of them needs, you don’t want to look like a greedy bride for asking for some cash.
Let them decide what to give. If they have decided to give you cash, then say your thanks. But don’t ever ask them to fund a mortgage or fund a charity that you will establish as a wedding gift.
Registry card is acceptable although modern Wedding Etiquette objects to insertion of the registry card in the invitation. Wedding Etiquette specialists say that brides should put up an online registry card and inform your guests through your invitation that you have an online registry and they may want to look it up in case they would decide to buy you gifts from your registry.
Want to find out about dinner etiquette and wedding gift etiquette? Get tips from the Etiquette Lessons website.
Apr
26
By Elvira Clayton
If your budget is tight, you are not off the hook for romance. While traditional romantic gestures, like flowers and chocolates, can cost quite a bit, there are many cheap things you can do to show the one you love that they are special to you. As a side benefit, these ideas are much more fun than simply buying a bouquet of flowers.
Create a Spa at Home
Set up candles, put on some soft music, and fill the tub full of bubbles. Enjoy a warm bubble bath together. Then, take turns giving each other a massage, complete with soothing oils and lotions. This will help you relax as you enjoy being with one another.
Write a Letter
You see the one you love on a regular basis, but sometimes telling her just how much she means to you is difficult. You often forget to voice your feelings, and she is left feeling forgotten. One way to remedy this and to spice up the romance in your relationship is to writer her a letter. List all of the qualities about her that you appreciate, and tell her in simple words just how much you love her and how happy you are that she chose to be with you.
Homemade Gift Certificates
Create a booklet of gift certificates for your loved one. On each one, write something that you will do for her. A massage, a kid-free evening, dinner out, or simply a set amount of time to talk without outside interruptions are all great ideas. Is there a chore she particularly hates to do? If so, make this one of the coupons. Whenever she wants to turn one in, she can, and you will provide the service without question. This can easily be done for your guy as well. Just make the coupons appropriate for his needs and wants.
With these three great ideas in mind, romance can live without breaking the budget. In fact, some of the ideas are more romantic than simply buying an expensive gift to show your feelings. Be creative and unique, and do not let romance die just because money is tight.
Denise Brienne is a romanance expert and you can get more Romantic Ideas at her site http://www.500RomanticIdeas.com
Find more on How To Be Cheap And Romantic At The Same Time
Apr
26
By Joe Silla
Some couples think that wedding invitations are not that important. They think that a wedding invitation it is just a piece of paper that they give out to their wedding guest which will be forgotten afterwards.
This is wrong. In fact there is a wedding etiquette even on invitations. This is because wedding invitations give your guests a preview on how your wedding will be celebrated. They will know through wedding invitations what they would wear so they would not commit a violation in wedding etiquette for clothing and dress, and they would know how formal or informal the event may be so they wold know what to expect in the wedding reception.
Also, well made wedding invitations will give a lasting impression on your wedding. Your guests will remember you even through your just your wedding invitation.
Here are some information on wedding etiquette on invitations:
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 1:
What should be the wordings on your invitation?
You can go as formal as you like or as informal as you like. Formal wordings are those that we often see on wedding invitations such as:
(centered)
Mr. and Mrs. John Bates
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Rachel Anne Bates
to
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix
…
You can replace the wordings of the above example and apply your own wordings most especially if it is the couples who will do the inviting. Wedding etiquette on invitations don’t prohibit to go as poetic as they want themselves to be or go funny to please their guests as they read the invitation.
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 2:
Who should be inviting? Wedding etiquette on invitation is not very rigid. Before, if the father of the bride hosts the wedding, he should be the only person who would do the inviting. But today, couples honor their parents and let them do the inviting and if the couples themselves will fund their own wedding.
Wedding etiquette can now be bent on this matter.
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 2:
When to send invitations?
Wedding etiquette on sending out of invitations must be done four to six weeks before the wedding day. But for couples who prepare their wedding one or two years ahead. Then can send out a save a date invititation since many things will be changed along the way. This is also true for couples who want a wedding with wedding destination theme. Wedding etiquette makes it clear that invitations must be sent out earlier than four to six weeks, in fact even six months ahead, so that the guests can make their own hotel reservations ahead of time
But remember, the save a date card is not yet the proper invitation. It is a violation of wedding etiquette to replace a proper wedding invitation with a save a date card. Save a date card just serve as an initial announment about your upcoming wedding. You should give your guests the courtesy to inform them of the exact venue of wedding celebration and reception, the attire and the date and time.
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 3:
Remove the tissues that come with engraved invitations. These tissues ar meant to protect the paper from getting ink smudges before the invitation are delivered at your doorstep. It is a wedding etiquette no-no to include them in your invitation. It will ruin the look of your wedding invitation.
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 3:
On the issue of registry cards, wedding etiquette on invitation is very clear that registry cards should not be included in the invitation. You may indicate that you have an online registry if you have any and you can ask your guests to visit your online registry. But its a wedding etiquette on invitation blunder if you insert your wedding registry cards. Remember that gifts should always come as a surprise, pleasant or not?
– Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 4:
Forget RSVP cards. Your guests are adults and should know how to respond to an invitation. There is also wedding etiquette for guests in anwering invitations. They should respond to a formal or informal wedding invite as soon as they get them and response should not be later than two weeks before the wedding.
To learn about meeting etiquette and gift giving etiquette, visit the Etiquette Lessons website.