If that dream wedding in Tuscany isn't possible, then add some Italian traditions to your wedding to bring a touch of Italy to your special day. There are many Italian customs you can use in your wedding ceremony and the reception as well.
Step1
Schedule your wedding on Sunday because Italians consider a Sunday wedding good luck.
Step2
Install elaborate ribbons over the doorways of the building where the ceremony is taking place. It signifies someone is "tying the knot."
Step3
Shatter a glass at the end of the ceremony, similar to Jewish weddings just at a different time. This is done in many regions of Italy by the wedding couple. The number of fragments represent the years of happiness the couple will have together.
Step4
Decorate the couple's car with flowers and ribbons rather than tin cans.
Step5
Cut the groom's tie into pieces at the reception. He then sells the pieces to guests as a memento of their Italian wedding. Traditionally, this was done to help pay for the wedding. Sometimes the bride would carry a satin bag for guests to put money in which was also to raise money to help defray the cost of the wedding.
Step6
Give each guest five sugar coated almonds as a symbol of health, joy, wealth, fertility and long-life. This Italian wedding tradition started as a result of a Greek legend in which the almond came to symbolize impetuous youth and immortal love.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
How to Act Like a Bridezilla
Are you the kind of bride who will punish your bridesmaids for failing to attend your fourth shower? Wreak havoc with your maid-of-honor for choosing the steak entree for dinner when you were pushing for the cheaper chicken dish? Rage against your husband-to-be for falling asleep during the seventh hour of rearranging the reception seating chart? If so, you are officially a bridezilla. This behavior is every bride's given right and an excellent way to cope with pre-wedding stress.
Step1
Create a detailed checklist of tasks to complete on each of the 384 days between now and your wedding day. Sub-divide these tasks into categories, and then assign all of them to members of your bridal party. You are the bridezilla after all, and you need to rest before the big day.
Step2
Micromanage your maid-of-honor and bridesmaids. Call them at least once a week to check if they've completed the wedding tasks you've assigned them. Berate them incessantly if they haven't, and threaten to replace them with other friends or relatives.
Step3
Write the DJ you've hired an exact listing of the songs you want played at your wedding. Specify the order in which you want them played. Threaten a lawsuit if he deviates from the list.
Step4
Select hideous yet expensive dresses for the members of your bridal party, and immediately dismiss as ridiculous all complaints that arise. The bride doesn't need to be upstaged on her wedding day by a sexy attendant in a slinky bridesmaid gown.
Step5
Insist that all of your female relatives, all of your fiance's female relatives and each member of your bridal party attend each of your five wedding gown fittings. Encourage them to clap as you emerge from the dressing room, so you can practice your grand bridezilla entrance into the reception hall.
Step6
Pick a fight with your fiance on the morning of your wedding. Even if he hasn't done something wrong yet, the day is young and he's bound to forget something he should have remembered.
Step7
Throw at least one tantrum during your wedding reception. As the evening wears on, guests might be tempted to overstay their welcome and run up the bar tab. A rowdy middle-of-the-dance-floor fight with your new husband should send them packing.
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Step1
Create a detailed checklist of tasks to complete on each of the 384 days between now and your wedding day. Sub-divide these tasks into categories, and then assign all of them to members of your bridal party. You are the bridezilla after all, and you need to rest before the big day.
Step2
Micromanage your maid-of-honor and bridesmaids. Call them at least once a week to check if they've completed the wedding tasks you've assigned them. Berate them incessantly if they haven't, and threaten to replace them with other friends or relatives.
Step3
Write the DJ you've hired an exact listing of the songs you want played at your wedding. Specify the order in which you want them played. Threaten a lawsuit if he deviates from the list.
Step4
Select hideous yet expensive dresses for the members of your bridal party, and immediately dismiss as ridiculous all complaints that arise. The bride doesn't need to be upstaged on her wedding day by a sexy attendant in a slinky bridesmaid gown.
Step5
Insist that all of your female relatives, all of your fiance's female relatives and each member of your bridal party attend each of your five wedding gown fittings. Encourage them to clap as you emerge from the dressing room, so you can practice your grand bridezilla entrance into the reception hall.
Step6
Pick a fight with your fiance on the morning of your wedding. Even if he hasn't done something wrong yet, the day is young and he's bound to forget something he should have remembered.
Step7
Throw at least one tantrum during your wedding reception. As the evening wears on, guests might be tempted to overstay their welcome and run up the bar tab. A rowdy middle-of-the-dance-floor fight with your new husband should send them packing.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
How to Accentuate the Tables at Your Wedding Reception With Favors for Your Guests
When your guests get to the reception, they ll be ready to party down and celebrate the ceremony they just witnessed. What better way to show your appreciation and set the mood of the celebration than to have wedding favors for your guests waiting at their tables. Here s how to accentuate the tables at your wedding reception with favors for your guests.
Step1
Choose a wedding favor. The favor should have the names of the bride and groom, the date of the wedding, and perhaps a personal sentiment on it.
Step2
Have the favors there when the reception is being set up. They should be ready along with all the other decorations for the reception.
Step3
Place the favors around each table. If there are enough favors for everybody, put one in front of each chair.
Step4
Share the favors. When the favors are intended to be shared (like confetti poppers) place them equidistance around each table.
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Step1
Choose a wedding favor. The favor should have the names of the bride and groom, the date of the wedding, and perhaps a personal sentiment on it.
Step2
Have the favors there when the reception is being set up. They should be ready along with all the other decorations for the reception.
Step3
Place the favors around each table. If there are enough favors for everybody, put one in front of each chair.
Step4
Share the favors. When the favors are intended to be shared (like confetti poppers) place them equidistance around each table.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
How to Apply For a Marriage License in Colorado
Colorful Colorado is quite possibly the best place for a destination wedding. While the Rocky Mountain National Park is the most famous park in the state, there are hundreds of other state and federal protected lands throughout the region. As a winter playground, the mountain resort towns are perfect for an all-white event. As a superb summer recreational destination, the colors are plentiful and climate is temperate. Summer and fall are breathtaking. Before heading down the aisle, head to the county clerk to pick up your marriage license no more than 30 days before the ceremony.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID, certified birth certificate and social security card for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call for hours and directions to the office you wish to apply.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation (including premarital certificate) and at least $10 cash within 30 days of the ceremony.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID, certified birth certificate and social security card for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call for hours and directions to the office you wish to apply.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation (including premarital certificate) and at least $10 cash within 30 days of the ceremony.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
How to Apply For a Marriage License in California
California, the most populated state in the US, offers wedding sites from snowy Lake Tahoe to the great Redwood Forest to coastal paradise. No matter where in California you tie the knot, you ll need a marriage license within 90 days prior to the ceremony. Domestic partnership registration is available in San Francisco and Marin Counties.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID, certified birth certificate and social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call for an appointment at the office you wish to apply. Some locales regularly have a two hour wait to apply for a marriage license without an appointment.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation (including premarital certificate) and $45 to $100 cash within 90 days of the ceremony.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID, certified birth certificate and social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call for an appointment at the office you wish to apply. Some locales regularly have a two hour wait to apply for a marriage license without an appointment.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation (including premarital certificate) and $45 to $100 cash within 90 days of the ceremony.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
How to Apply For a Marriage License in Arizona
A Grand Canyon State wedding can be the ideal place for a grand wedding. From serene Scottsdale spas to the majesty of the Grand Canyon, Arizona offers a plethora of places to tie the knot. If you re planning an Arizona wedding, make sure you get your marriage license.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID and the social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the phone number of the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step3
Call the county recorder s office to inquire about the hours and directions to the county office you will be applying.
Step4
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation and $50 in cash or money order within one year of the ceremony.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID and the social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the phone number of the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step3
Call the county recorder s office to inquire about the hours and directions to the county office you will be applying.
Step4
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation and $50 in cash or money order within one year of the ceremony.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
How to Apply For a Marriage License in Alaska
The Last Frontier is the perfect place for your nuptials. Alaska offers more state and federal parks, not to mention the largest mass and the most shoreline, of any state in the US. Take a boat or water plane to one of the hundreds of islands or reserve your spot in one of the cozy B&Bs for your wedding. If you re planning an Alaskan wedding, make sure you get your marriage license at least three days before your wedding.
Step1
Collect one picture ID and the social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the phone number of the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call the county recorder s office to inquire about the hours and directions to the county office you will be applying.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation and $25 cash within three to 90 days of the ceremony. Alternatively, the application can be faxed or mailed in.
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Step1
Collect one picture ID and the social security number for both the bride and groom.
Step2
Gather certified final divorce decrees if either or both parties have been married previously. Alternatively, a certificate of death of a previous spouse should be obtained.
Step3
Visit the Web site under the Resources section to find the phone number of the location of the marriage license issuing office in the county where the ceremony will take place.
Step4
Call the county recorder s office to inquire about the hours and directions to the county office you will be applying.
Step5
Head to the county office with bride, groom, documentation and $25 cash within three to 90 days of the ceremony. Alternatively, the application can be faxed or mailed in.
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