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Hot Wedding Colors for 2010 – Red and Black

This year the hottest combination of colors is flushed and black. Couples are using this in a variety of ways from invitations to bridesmaids dresses. Here are tips to incorporate these colors in to your wedding planning.

Red_Wedding_Dresses1. Wedding Invitations: There are a number of ways to use these digit colors in your invitations. You crapper choose flushed incurvature folders and embellish them with black ribbons or the opposite, black incurvature folders with flushed ribbons. You crapper use a bedded look with a black or flushed backer cards, flushed ink and black or flushed ribbons. Or a combination of flushed or black incurvature folders for the wedding invite and flushed or black bedded kits for the rehearsal dinner and prettify and bridal showers.

2. Wedding Attire: Here again, creativity is the key. For the winter bride, a flushed dress with black position is an foppish combination. Or, a white dress with a flushed sash and black stressed jewelry is a stunning combination. The bridesmaids crapper also have dresses of flushed with black accents. And by the way, the stylish trend is to have the bridesmaids dresses be the same color but different styles to compliment any embody shape. The prettify and groomsmen crapper wear black suits with flushed ties. And finally, let’s not forget the little people. Both the ring griever and flower girls’ outfits crapper be stressed with these colors.

3. Wedding Reception: Jazz up your reception hall with a dramatic table setting of table clothes and table runners contrasting these digit colors. You crapper also feature centerpieces with contrasting flowers and ribbons in redness and onyx.

Essential Wedding Supplies

Wedding should always be perfect. It is your big day anyway. But, getting married means a lot of planning. There are a lot of things that should be done in order to make this occasion a memorable one. You need to consider all the factors and elements in this event like the guests, your budget, the reception, the gown the tuxedos and of course, all the necessary wedding supplies. All of these should be carefully planned to make sure that everything will run out smoothly.

These elements are like pieces in a puzzle. If you miss one out, the picture would not be completed. It is basically the same as your wedding. So, grab your pen and papers and list out the wedding supplies that you will be need for your special day.

When you are getting married, you would want your love ones know about it. Inviting them takes more than just texting them, making a phone call or email. You need to give them wedding invitations. It is your formal way of saying that you want them to be there. Moreover, the paper that you will be using, the font, they style and the design of your invitations tell the theme and the mood of the occasion.

Disney Wedding Favor Ideas

While some brides may dream of a traditional wedding, others dream of a Disney-themed ceremony. Fairy tales, talking dreamstime_3228770animals, and happy endings grace the story lines of Walt Disney’s many famous movies. Many couples feel that using Disney wedding favors is a great way to add a fun touch to their wedding receptions. Shower your guests with Disney gifts, and they will never forget how special your wedding ceremony was.  If you want to go zany with your Disney theme, consider choosing Alice in Wonderland favors. Recreate the tea party with the Mad Hatter by serving tea in large novelty mugs. Or, instead of using actual tea, give out tea mug candles to create a similar effect. Remember “We’re painting the roses red!” as ordered by the Queen of Hearts?  Hand out playing cards as wedding favors for a royal treat.

Classic and sweet, try Mickey and Minnie Mouse favors in chocolate. The popular mouse head shape is available in cookies and chocolates as well as cookie cutter for making your own creations. Decorate your sweet Disney treats with icing by making faces or writing your and your spouse’s names. Present them on reception tables in glass serving dishes for an elegant look. Great for fall weddings are delicious red apples. The apple is also a great Disney wedding favor because it symbolizes the story of Snow White. If your wedding tables are planned to be covered with white tablecloths, beautiful crimson apples will make a dramatic contrast that is very pleasing to the eye. Unlike the apple that Snow White bit into, your guests will be falling under a spell!

Perhaps the most common theme represented in Disney weddings is the story of Cinderella. This story involves magic, romance, and ends in a happy marriage. In short, it has the works. So naturally, many brides want to reflect these happy concepts in their own weddings. The carriage in which Cinderella was escorted to the ball in is often found in the form of candles, candle holders, and cake toppers. These are very elegant favors and will impress your guests. Another great wedding favor for your Cinderella wedding is the glass slipper. It is a representation of the bringing together of the Prince and Cinderella and therefore will make a sentimental favor for your guests. Like the great Walt Disney world itself, bring the magic of castles to your wedding ta bles. Castle wedding favors are perfect fairytale symbols and their quality is elegant and attractive. By giving these unique wedding favors to your guests, they will always be reminded of your special day.

Lehenga – The Traditional Indian Dress

What is a the story of Lehenga?

Lehenga is a garment that is draped around your waist. Let us say like a skirt. However it is normally ankle length. It gets its early origin from the Moghul period. When the Mughals invaded and India and conquered it, the queens of the period used to wear a long skirt type of thing known as lehenga accompanied with a choli and duppatta and decked up with heavy jewelry. It was then considered to be a dress of high society for the queens.

NRPG8GVB1Bridal-Lehenga_2The girls, women of those days used to wear lehengas as their daily wear clothes like we wear jeans and t-shirts! But later on with the development in the fashion world, it became more of a fashion statement for girls and women, but this attire has largely been left for special occasions. But even in villages nowadays also, women and young girls are found wearing lehengas in their daily life.

It is a very elegant garment and is usually worn along with a dupatta (say like a stole or a shawl) and a choli (like a shirt or a top). Indian women wear many kinds of clothes and they range from the sari to slawar kameez. However Lehenga holds a special place in these garments.

With the world becoming global, the traditional Indian attires have been applauded through out the world. With our fashion designers making the borders of countries dissolve, the traditional Indian dresses are now even worn across the borders.

Different drapes

Down south when a girl turns into a teen they drape her with a silk Lehenga and celebrate the occasion with family and friends. It is called as Pavada or Langa. In the Northern part of India they celebrate weddings and the girls Lehenga is the most important of all. Here they call it Lehenga or Ghagra. In the East of India they wear the traditional Mekhla. It is like the wrap around and is exquisite in design. It is said that a Lehenga can cost anything from Rs 300 to 30000 or more. It all depends on the texture of the garment.