| Bridal Shower Planning | | Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:32:32 PM by Alex Molin | 
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If you are throwing a bridal shower for the first time you must be straggling with lots of questions. It is not an easy task and there are many details to remember.
There is even a greater challenge which is having to create a warm and comfortable atmosphere when, often, the guests do not know each other and have different ages and interests.
In spite of all that, planning a bridal shower should be a fun activity, after all, you are planning the shower for a close friend or relative and you want her to be pampered and showered with affection.
So, how do you make sure you don’t forget anything and still find a way to make your guests feel at home and involved so that the party will be a success?
The answer is simply – by planning ahead and taking into consideration some important issues.
Here are the main things you want to take into consideration during the planning:
Guest list
- Make sure your guest list includes her closest friends
- Make sure your guest list doesn’t include anyone who was not invited to the wedding.
- Go over the guest list; learn who they are, their ages and their likes and dislikes. So you’ll know what to expect and what to prepare.
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| | | Cats fans near and far celebrate big victory | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:13:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | Just a day before Caroline Stone's wedding, there was an endless to-do list -- string lights in the reception hall, pick up tuxedos, hold a bridal lunch and make a 6 p.m. rehearsal and dinner. But Stone and groom Mitch Waldner, lifelong University of Kentucky fans, took a break yesterday to watch the Wildcats play in their first bowl game since 1999 -- even though it meant nervously glancing at their watches. .... | |
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| | | Dunedin Couple Cancel Iceberg Wedding Plans | | Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:18:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | A Dunedin couple who were planning to get married on an iceberg off the east coast of New Zealand, have had their plans put on ice.The helicopter pilot who was due to fly Bridget Byers and Donald Wyatt, as well as a marriage celebrant, to one of the icebergs; says the job is now too risky as the icebergs are slowly thawing as they move north.He says it would be hard to find a safe place to land.It also seems there may have been legal difficulties. New Zealand law requires people to be within 12 nautical miles of the coast to be married legally, and the closest iceberg is at least twice that distance from the coast.(c) NewsRoom 2006 .... | |
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| | | FRENCH COUPLE PUT WEDDING PLANS ON ICE | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:13:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON, Nov 11, 2006 (AFP) - A French couple on Saturday took part in what is thought to be Britain's first marriage blessing on ice, three years after their eyes crossed across a crowded rink. Delphine Boury, 28, first met Nicolas Simoes, 25, when he deputised for former British figure skating Olympic champion Robin Cousins at a BBC Children in Need charity skating event in Norwich, eastern England, three years ago. Simoes -- who was dressed in a giant teddy bear outfit at the time -- melted her heart, romance blossomed and they were married Saturday at a city church just minutes before taking to the ice again for a thanksgiving ceremony. The couple, who have a 16-month-old daughter and now live and work in the city, were blessed by Reverend Peter Nokes at the EDF Energy Ice Rink at The Forum in Norwich in front of about 90 guests.... | |
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| | | When Ellen DeGeneres ruined Sandra Bullock's wedding plans | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:20:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Washington, Nov 3: Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres inadvertently put a spoke in Sandra Bullock's wedding plans when she bought the property which the Hollywood star picked out as the perfect spot for her nuptials.The 'Miss Congeniality' star told a shocked DeGeneres about her ruined wedding plans when she paid a visit to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' recently.Bullock revealed how she had fallen in love with the European-style estate in rural California, and decided on the spot that the setting was ideal for her big day. However, Bullock and her fiance Jesse James' joy soon turned into bitter disappointment when the dealer told them that another famous celeb had swooped in and bought the property, thus forcing the couple to look elsewhere."It was a beautiful Tuscan house and had these valleys and fields and llamas and I was like, 'Oh my god, this reminds me of Europe.... | |
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| | | Degeneres Ruined Bullocks Wedding Plans | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:49:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | Comedienne ELLEN DeGENERES almost ruined SANDRA BULLOCK's wedding plans after buying the property the actress had hoped to stage her nuptials last year (05). Bullock had her sights set on hiring out a European-style estate in rural California for her big day, but DeGeneres swooped the property out from under her, forcing the MISS CONGENIALITY star to look elsewhere. The actress says, "It was a beautiful Tuscan house and had these valleys and fields and llamas and I was like, 'Oh my god, this reminds me of Europe. I grew up in Europe. I drove up (to it) and I became the weepy bride." The family who were selling the property promptly took it off the market, but her wedding dreams were shattered when she and fiance JESSE JAMES discovered someone had bought the place. Bullock recalls, "We were told that some famous person had bought the house.... | |
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| | | Shakira talks about marriage but without plans | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:32:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Shakira and the son of an ex-president of Argentina have talked about marriage but are waiting for now, her potential father-in-law was quoted as saying Thursday in a Dominican newspaper. Former President Fernando de la Rua told Listin Diario that the hip-shaking international superstar and his son, Antonio, have talked about marriage and raising a family but have no immediate plans to tie the more... .... | |
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| | | Cambodian wife kills husband in row over daughter s wedding plans | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:23:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian wife was in custody after allegedly stabbing her husband to death as the two bickered over their daughters wedding and engagement schedule, police said on Tuesday. The police chief of Phnom Srouch district in southern Kampong Speu province, Toy Ton, said husband Chom Chun, 47, put his foot down and said his daughter should not take up a job at a garment factory now that she was engaged to be married but his wife, Kov Sokha, 44, disagreed, saying they needed the money. The father said the daughter should stay at home now she was ready to be someones wife and prepare for the wedding. Sokha objected, so he ignored her and started to eat his dinner, which is when she apparently stabbed him, Ton said. He said Chun died of a stab wound to the chest inflicted with a large knife for splicing palm tree leaves.... | |
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| | | Tom and Katie revamps wedding plans | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:13:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | Contrary to reports that they were going to get hitched at George Clooney's Lake Como villa this month, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will apparently be tying the knot next month, though Italy, in fact, will be the venue. According to Us Weekly (via MSNBC), the long-gestating wedding will not in fact be happening at the palatial villa Clooney owns, which you may remember from "Ocean's Twelve. "No weddings have taken place at [Clooney's] villa and no weddings are scheduled to take place there," says Clooney's rep. But it seems that Katie and Tom "both want everything to be right," says an Us source. "They needed more time." In fact, Holmes' new BFF Victoria Beckham flew with her on Oct. 7 from Paris to Italy to lend a hand with the planning. Cruise's rep is "not denying" the new date or location, though he's done the same thing with every other date and location, all of which have turned out to be false.... | |
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| | | A Very Special Wedding At A Tulsa Hospice | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:18:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jerry and Judy Willis are on their honeymoon. They got married Tuesday afternoon, but it's a day they never expected to celebrate. Jerry had a stroke, and was diagnosed with end stage prostate and bone cancer. He was told he'd never live to see this day come. News on 6 anchor Scott Thompson says when Jerry was diagnosed, he promised his long time girlfriend, he'd finally marry her if he beat this disease. At his last check up, Jerry's doctors told him they expected him to beat this illness. So, in keeping with his promise Jerry started making plans to marry his girlfriend of 20 years. When the folks out at Freedom Hospice heard of their plans, they organized donations from local merchants to make sure this wedding was picture perfect.... | |
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| | | Tiger game a diversion at wedding receptions | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 3:14:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kristen L. Wood and Marc A. Hahl did their best to pick a wedding day to accommodate everyone, with the rehearsal last night and the marriage and reception today. The Detroit Tigers, however, will be the elephant in the room at the couple's reception tonight at The Grand Banquet & Conference Center in Hampton Township. ''We worked around high-school homecomings and a few other things, but we didn't even consider the Tigers when making our plans,'' said Wood, 32, of Essexville, who plans to marry Hahl this afternoon at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Essexville. ''Who would have thought that the Tigers would be in the playoffs, period?'' Wood asked. ''I watched the game on Tuesday night against Oakland and the Tigers won easily.... | |
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