Unless you possess some superhuman ability to resist chocolate and extra stuffing you will probably have put on a few pounds over the festive season. Add in all those calories from champagne and Baileys, and swapping an hour at the gym for an hour in front of the TV and getting back into your wedding dress in time for D-Day may be top of your New Year resolutions.
But as if losing weight wasn’t hard enough, what with half finished boxes of chocolates lying around and portions of turkey curry filling your freezer, many women also claim that the typical post-Christmas budget is also a barrier to a successful diet.
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Aren’t wedding bells easier to ring when the bride & groom get the gifts they wished for? New, online social shopping site Wishpot makes this happen with the simple click of a button! Taking the guessing out of gifting, the ingenious website lets the bride and groom-to-be let their family and friends know exactly what gifts they want on the big day, with smart, easy-to-use bridal registries. A win-win situation, the bride and groom are ensured to receive the gifts they want, while wedding guests are ensured to find the perfect gift, at the perfect price. After all, give the perfect gift and you just might be upgraded to a better table at the reception.
Sound like a typical registry to you? Look closer.
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If you are in the process of organising your wedding, then you might want to pay a visit to the Best Brides Wedding Exhibition on Sunday 4 October at Swanley Banqueting.
Best Brides organise wedding exhibitions within the South East, with each show designed to be as interactive as possible with decorated tables in this season’s hottest colours, with floral, balloon or innovative centre pieces, matching chair covers, stationery and place settings.
For those of you brave enough to take your future husband with you, you can even leave him reading the Sunday papers in the ‘man creche’ while you discover the pamper room and talk to hair, beauty and make-up artists!
You will be shown around the exhibition by the co-ordination team and special offers will be available from the venues and wedding professionals on the day. This season there will also be credit crunch demonstrations and top tips from professional wedding planners.
The event is free to enter and all brides will receive a goody bag jammed packed with useful information. Plus, the first 10 brides will receive a complimentary bottle of bubbly and a copy of Wedding Ideas Magazine!
The exhibition is open from 11am to 4pm at Swanley Banqueting, The Woodlands, Hilda Way Avenue, Swanley, Kent BR8 7BT for more information visit the Best Brides website.
As every bride-to-be knows, the outfits are everything! The wedding dress is arguably the most important dress she will ever wear, not to mention the most expensive! Many brides set a high budget for their dress in the hopes of finding the perfect dress, but that can compromise their budget for the bridesmaids gowns.
They can’t be decked out in just anything! They have to set the scene before the bride arrives, to compliment her yet still avoid outshining her. How do you achieve this without mega bucks? Well, anything is possible with a bit of imagination and research.
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These days brides have more options when it comes to their special day and this includes hairstyle. While traditionally, brides wore their hair up, today modern brides can choose to get formal with an upsweep or beach casual with long flowing locks. The choice is really up to you. To help you get clear about whether you should go up or down on your wedding day, here are a few things you should consider.
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It used to be that being a bridesmaid meant you were doomed to wear the same ghastly gown. I’m thinking pouffy sleeves and pink chiffon tied up with bows and ribbons. Today’s bridesmaids have it easy. There are a variety of elegant choices out there that will keep the
bride happy and her maids even happier with dresses that are complimentary and not so matchy-matchy.
If you are on the fence about whether to have all of your bridesmaids wear the same bridesmaid dress styles and colors, or let them each wear a different gown consider these things:
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Weddings in the 1920s were a world away from the previous stuffy Victorian weddings and Edwardian weddings. It was a time of great prosperity in the UK and USA alike, where the parties never stopped and the alcohol ran, somewhat illegally, wild. Hemlines were rising, business was booming and jazz was playing. Life was one big party. What an era to get married!
Here are some ideas on how to add a touch of the twenties to your wedding:
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The Edwardian era was a time of great excess and wealth. King Edward believed that high society belonged to the rich, rather than the aristocratic and therefore anybody who was seen to have money could be accepted into the exclusive circle of society.
This caused families to spend, spend, spend, flaunting every bit of cash they had and throwing lavish parties to show just how well off they were. As you can imagine, weddings were certainly no exception. So if you fancy an extravagant vintage wedding, read on.
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For any bride to be, choosing your gown should not be a fate you dread. Families and friends may mean well but it can become a personal spectator sport of opinions that can make you downright discouraged at times. There is no need to be but instead learn the simple secrets to flatter your figure. Once you know the tricks, you can make shopping for your bridal dress a high spot.
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The art of burlesque is enjoying a huge revival at the moment due to the success of striptease superstars such as Dita von Teese, Immodesty Blaize and Dirty Martini.
With the glitzy glamour and cheeky charm of this vintage artform, it’s the perfect choice for the bride to be who wants something a little different at her wedding. But what exactly is burlesque? And, more importantly, how can you weave it into your wedding without giving Aunty Gladys a heart attack?
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