Winter Wedding Idea - A Guide To Choosing a Winter Wedding Theme

By Stephen Badiali 

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A Winter Wedding Idea To Warm You Up Although not as popular as the other seasons, winter can be a great time to have a wedding. That might possibly the best reason to have a winter wedding. Wedding vendors are not as busy during the winter, so you should be able to book your first choice of photographer, videographer, band, florist and dj.
Winter is also a slow time for wedding spaces. Possible locations for a winter wedding include Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Country Clubs, private estates and anywhere that provides a winter wonderland backdrop for your wedding. Think fireplaces and comfy, cozy locations. Mountain locations always provide a beautiful backdrop for a winter wedding.
Since wedding vendors and wedding spaces are less busy in the winter, you may be able to secure a great deal at a significant discount. When talking to vendors, don't be afraid to ask if they offer an off season discount. Many vendors will offer their services at a discounted rate to fill up their slow months.
When talking with wedding spaces and interviewing caterers, be sure to ask them if they have different packages for winter months. Many times they will offer different menu selections in winter months.
After selecting your wedding location, you should start thinking about choosing a winter wedding idea for your wedding theme. There are many possibilities for a winter wedding theme, however if you are having trouble thinking of some consult with a wedding planner or browse online for some ideas.
Here are some possible theme ideas for a winter wedding:

• If your wedding is in February, consider having a Valentine's themed wedding.
• Snowflakes are a sign of winter, and they can run through your entire wedding from your invitations to favors.
• Ice is also a sign of winter, and you could have a blue ice themed wedding complete with ice sculptures and vodka bar.
• If your wedding is in December, a Christmas themed wedding gets everyone in the mood for the holidays.
• New Year's weddings can also be a lot of fun. However, don't expect any discounts from vendors or wedding spaces for December 31st.

With a few winter wedding ideas in hand, talk to potential vendors and find out how they can help you pull off your theme. Florists and caterers can be especially helpful to work with on your theme. Spend some time at the location you choose for your wedding, and think about what theme would go best there. Don't be afraid to get creative.

Stephen Badiali is the owner of Wedding Ideas Guide
For more information about a winter wedding idea, visit http://www.wedding-ideas-guide.com/winter-wedding-idea.html

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Backyard Wedding Ideas to Take Your Wedding To the Next Level

By Jeanette Shinn 

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There is little as intimate as a garden wedding. The good news is that with the right backyard wedding ideas you can transform your garden into a wedding paradise. And this is true regardless of whether you are marrying in the gardens of a local mansion, in your own backyard wedding ceremony, or are having a beachfront wedding. With the right backyard wedding ideas you can create that perfect wedding memory that will last you for years to come.
Start With a Wedding Tent
Regardless of where you live, the weather is just too unpredictable to risk not having a tent. Even if you live in Southern California and are getting married in a time when it never rains, you never know when that freak storm's going to hit. You'd hate to be unprepared if it chooses your wedding day so the first backyard wedding idea is to invest in the purchase or rental of a tent large enough to cover your wedding party in an emergency and to provide shade for your wedding guests.
Put the Wedding Cake Table under the Protection of the Tent on a Sturdy Table
Backyard wedding idea number two is to simply protect your investment in the masterpiece you commissioned that is your wedding cake by putting it inside the tent. Leave a side wall open, if you like so that your cake cutting pictures will have the beauty of the wedding garden in the background, but protect your wedding cake from birds flying overhead and the intensity of the sun.
Likewise, use the folding table for something else. A wedding cake needs a sturdy table that won't wobble when a guest bumps into it.
Put the Pets Away
For so many reasons, but primarily because of the inherent unpredictability of animals your next backyard wedding idea is to control the movements of your pets. Perhaps this means putting them in a kennel for your wedding day. Maybe it simply means having them on a leash. It's better than having Fido lovingly push grandma into the middle of the spread your caterers put out for your reception.
Build a Gazebo or a Wedding Arch
This backyard wedding idea will add beauty to your wedding ceremony. A bride and groom framed with their pastor, rabbi, or priest by a tastefully decorated gazebo or wedding arch with manicured foliage in the background is a picture perfect setting.
Accent with Lights
The whole point of your wedding decorations is to create an inviting space that shouts welcome to your guests. So this backyard wedding idea is as follows: Using small lights like rope lights to line arches, windows, and doorways is a backyard wedding idea that achieves just that even if your wedding and reception is in the middle of a sun filled day. Just that extra touch of light has a way of inviting people in.
Theme Your Wedding to Suit Your Tastes
Remember, backyard wedding ideas don't lock you into a floral themed (or cactus themed) wedding. I heard recently of a couple who found an outdoor location to create a Lord of the Rings themed wedding. That might be a bit much for most of us, but it proves that your options are limited only to your imagination, budget, and nerve. Dream. You're backyard wedding ideas might create something people will talk about for years.

Jeanette Shinn is a wedding professional with over a dozen years experience making dreams come alive. Find the perfect garden wedding ideas at her website http://www.ExcitingWeddingFavors.com.

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Discover Perfect Winter Wedding Ideas

By Shaunta Pleasant 

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Winter weddings are becoming increasingly popular these days, and the good news is that the world is full of some wonderful winter wedding ideas.
The key is to start planning as early as possible in order to enjoy the best selection of winter wedding ideas from which to choose.
Using Wedding Planning Guides And Bridal Magazines
There are of course plenty of places to start the search for the perfect winter wedding ideas, but one of the best may be as close as your coffee table or nightstand.
Many brides to be have a wide selection of wedding planning guides and bridal magazines hanging around the house, and these publications often have an astonishing array of winter wedding ideas from which to choose.
Getting Ideas From The People Closest To You
Friends, family members and coworkers are also some great sources of information on the perfect winter wedding ideas.
Those who have recently attended or planned weddings of their own may be in an excellent position to choose wonderful winter wedding ideas. These people can be great sources of information, and sources that should be tapped to the fullest extent possible.
Shopping For Winter Wedding Ideas
After you have found some wonderful winter wedding ideas to choose from, it is important to start fleshing them out by shopping around as widely as possible.
There are many places to shop for the perfect winter wedding ideas, including online retailers, brick and mortar stores and specialty party planning warehouse stores.
It is important to look around as much as possible in order to ensure the best selection of supplies and materials to make those winter wedding ideas come true.
Start Shopping Early
Planning the perfect wedding is never an easy process, but shopping around and shopping early can help to relieve some of the stress of finding the perfect winter wedding ideas and bringing those ideas to fruition.
Shopping early and choosing the perfect winter wedding ideas go hand in hand.

Shaunta Pleasant is a professional writer and editor on wedding topics. Visit my site to learn more about planning the perfect wedding at http://www.best-wedding-plan.com/winter_wedding_theme.html. To download our wedding Planning checklist at http://www.best-wedding-plan.com/wedding-planning-checklist-ebook.html.

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Discover Perfect Winter Wedding Ideas

By Shaunta Pleasant 

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Winter weddings are becoming increasingly popular these days, and the good news is that the world is full of some wonderful winter wedding ideas.
The key is to start planning as early as possible in order to enjoy the best selection of winter wedding ideas from which to choose.
Using Wedding Planning Guides And Bridal Magazines
There are of course plenty of places to start the search for the perfect winter wedding ideas, but one of the best may be as close as your coffee table or nightstand.
Many brides to be have a wide selection of wedding planning guides and bridal magazines hanging around the house, and these publications often have an astonishing array of winter wedding ideas from which to choose.
Getting Ideas From The People Closest To You
Friends, family members and coworkers are also some great sources of information on the perfect winter wedding ideas.
Those who have recently attended or planned weddings of their own may be in an excellent position to choose wonderful winter wedding ideas. These people can be great sources of information, and sources that should be tapped to the fullest extent possible.
Shopping For Winter Wedding Ideas
After you have found some wonderful winter wedding ideas to choose from, it is important to start fleshing them out by shopping around as widely as possible.
There are many places to shop for the perfect winter wedding ideas, including online retailers, brick and mortar stores and specialty party planning warehouse stores.
It is important to look around as much as possible in order to ensure the best selection of supplies and materials to make those winter wedding ideas come true.
Start Shopping Early
Planning the perfect wedding is never an easy process, but shopping around and shopping early can help to relieve some of the stress of finding the perfect winter wedding ideas and bringing those ideas to fruition.
Shopping early and choosing the perfect winter wedding ideas go hand in hand.

Shaunta Pleasant is a professional writer and editor on wedding topics. Visit my site to learn more about planning the perfect wedding at http://www.best-wedding-plan.com/winter_wedding_theme.html. To download our wedding Planning checklist at http://www.best-wedding-plan.com/wedding-planning-checklist-ebook.html.

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Youth Groups - Job's Daughters International: Once A Princess, Always A Princess

By J Delms 

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What is it?
Job's Daughters International (JBI) is a youth organization for girls and young women aged 10 to 20 who want to belong to an inexpensive self-governing social group of purpose. In addition to its regular activities, it respects and celebrates other cultures. The parents of Its members are welcome at all meetings, ceremonies, and activities.
What does it do?
Job's Daughters helps prepare it members for a productive life while gaining lifetime friends. Some of its specific activities include the following.

• Learning life skills, e.g., leadership, teamwork, friendship, democracy, self-reliance
• Involvement in running its own chapters, called Bethels
• Carrying out basic meeting and organizational procedures
• Practicing social graces, skills, and norms (with young men, too)
• Doing community service (food drives, visitations, donations)
• Raising funds and spending them wisely
• Charity, e.g., the HIKE Fund (Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment)
• Participating in various creative endeavors, soft sports, song & dance, social events, and fun activities of choice
• Getting together with other Bethels and/or select groups for specified purpose or social fun

Who can join?
Unlike its young men's DeMolay counterpart, applicants for Job's Daughters must be related to a Master Freemason. Adoptive or distant relationships count. Candidates must also believe in a supreme being.
JBI's new member initiation ceremony is simple and meaningful. Potential candidates can apply for membership directly through the local Bethels, or through Internet websites.
Founder.
JBI was founded by Ethyl T. Wead Mick in Omaha, NE, on October 20, 1920. Mother Mick loved the Book of Job, especially the fifteenth verse of Chapter 42: "And in all the land no women found were so fair as the Daughters of Job." With this name reference to his three daughters, she founded the organization with help from her husband, Dr. William Mick, and several Nebraska Freemasons and Eastern Star members. It now has Bethels in several countries.
Dress.
Dress for regular activities is casual. Yet certain ceremonies and events are formal. These require the wearing of a flowing white Grecian-style gown and dark blue floor-length cape plus a headpiece of some kind, like, a tiara.
Leadership and support.
The local Bethels are central to the organization. They usually meet in Masonic buildings. Each Bethel is self-governed by its membership and elected officers who follow the international bylaws and charter. They elect their own officers, decide their own activities, and plan their own events. The top three officers are called Honored Queen, Senior Princess, and Junior Princess.
Leadership is also provided by adults who serve as members of the Guardian Council. Many of these leaders are the parents of Bethel members, past and present. Others are committed to the organization, and serve for many years. Adult leaders generally stay in the background during meetings and activities. Yet they provide necessary support to the Bethels.
Summary. Job's Daughters promotes friendship among all young women with confidence in themselves through the princessly qualities of honor and virtue while having wholesome fun. To learn more about them, see this site.

Job's Daughters International - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%27s_Daughters_International

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San Jose Indian Wedding

Posted by Shawna

 

I have been waiting all week for today!  Not only am I guest blogging over at Delightfully Engaged today, but we have an enchanting Indian wedding that is at the top of my j’adore list. It’s the sweetest Indian fusion wedding we have seen in a while and our Hindu/Pujabi bride and Filipino/Catholic groom couldn’t be more in love.  Get cozy Maharanis because with tons of gorgeous images by Wedding Documentary we have an absolutely splendid day in store.

Make sure you head over to Delightfully Engaged to check out the rest of Suneera’s Sangeet and her lovely Choora ceremony.  After reading the scoop on choora, you might think twice about taking yours off!
Back in a bit!


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