tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38178104115837008692011-07-28T20:45:55.688-07:00Yombenoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817810411583700869.post-65295071943898265852009-09-20T21:47:00.001-07:002009-09-20T22:11:10.191-07:00

Let me start by saying "the" outfit was hard to construct. Finding the right balance between sophisticated, age-appropriate, hip, non-matronly - - you get my drift. No Kay Unger MOB suits here, please. Nor off-the-rack Tadashi portrait blouses and coordinates with square-toed sensible "cocktail" pumps. Ugh.So what is a trendy age 54-I-can-out-treadmill-anyone-at-incline-of-25-for-45-mins. to do?

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C'mon. This is crazy! Who pays approx. $80 for a set of 100 (minimum order) matchboxes with "(Bride) & (Groom), a perfect match" or "(Bride) & (Groom), one hot couple," or "(Bride) & (Groom), a match made in heaven {complete with an angel icon.}" They're matches, people!My daughter-bride is going to give travel candles in her welcome bags and we plan to provide regular, run-of-the-mill paper

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Natasha Collins' handpainted wedding cake.

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We are under the two-month mark for my daughter's wedding, and there are still many loose ends. Venue: check. Save-the-dates: check (my daughter hand-made them and they were charming; my friends are still raving.) Wedding gown: check. (a Leila Rose!) Caterer: check. Musicians: check. Travel arrangements: check. (Except for mini-honeymoon?) Officiant: check. Guest transportation to and from venue:

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Today, thanks to finding the site http://www.urbandictionary.com/, I'm posting freshly coined wedding-related words in use in urban society. (Note: although I have edited some of these entries they do not necessarily reflect the views and/or opinions of this blog.)AuntzillaNoun. The sister to a Bridezilla's mother or father. Sometimes this individual feels more powerful because she's footin' the

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Today in another blog (www.APracticalWedding.com), I came across this beautiful passage about marrying from "Pitching My Tent: on Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship and Other Leaps of Faith" (essays) authored by Anita Diamant ("The Red Tent," "The Last Days of Dogtown," and others.)"Why marry? Because marriage publicly affirms the possibility of moving toward another person without reservation.

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for more, see: http://www.helencarnac.wordpress.com/. beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

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http://beautifulpaper.typepad.com/oh_so_beautiful_paper/2009/06/simple-nontraditional-wedding-invitation-wording.htmlDid you catch the “dinner and dancing and eternity to follow”? Wow. And the groom designed and wrote it all himself. Double wow.

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The purpose of this blog is to share my experiences with other mothers-of-the-brides (MOBs), maids of honor, bridesmaids, etc. My daughter (the Bride) lives approximately 3,000 miles away, works full time+ in a highly stressful professional job, and is trying to pull together a wedding in less than three months. I’m her wing man, so to speak. My job is to nail down the bride’s taste (more

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