Monday, 2 November 2009

4 Ideas For Your Unique Wedding Theme

By Paul Easton

You may never get the title " Wedding of the year", but you also want an exiting memorable wedding and not a wedding which is boring for your guests.

It might be necessary that you get away from all the rituals associated with weddings and add your own flavour to what could be the most memorable event in your life.

Here are some of the many unique wedding theme ideas that you can adapt:

Tip #1 - You do not have to choose a big wedding cake.

Most weddings would never be complete without towering wedding cakes, those gateaus that no guest would ever want to touch to avoid it from tumbling down.

To make sure that all your guests would be able to enjoy the treat, you can settle for mini cakes instead.

There are already plenty of cake decorators who can customize the look of each of these cakes. Perhaps they can add symbols of things that you and your spouse are known for.

If both of you are a fan of a rugby club, you can have rugby ball field mini cakes.

Tip #2 - Sing out the speeches.

One of the things that are often ignored by guests during the celebration is the speeches. This is especially true if the one tasked to deliver has prepared several pages of it.

To make speeches livelier, you can ask them to sing their dedication to you instead. They can simply pick from among the multitudes of songs heard on the radio, or they can be creative enough to compose their own.

Tip #3 - Display the canvas.

You want to keep tabs of all the guests who came to your wedding. The list would come in handy once you send out your thank-you notes.

However, guest books can sometimes be torn, and they are too traditional.

A good option would be the canvas. You can have your guests write their names and well-wishes on it, and you can hang or frame the canvas later.

It then becomes an ever-lasting memento, and you are sure that you will not lose the list.

Tip #4 - Add your own ceremony.

You can insert your own ceremony during your wedding. Perhaps you want to surprise your partner with a song or a poem you yourself wrote.

You may want to encourage some of your guests to say a little prayer for both of you.

These gestures could be small, but they can make your own wedding intimate and, most of all, one of a kind.

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Personalized Wedding Videos From Hong Kong To Northern Ireland

By Michelle Merlyl

Wedding videos are now approaching art form status. The lengths wedding video producers will go to these days for their clients is truly stunning. Call it show boating, sound business sense, or creative impulse, the end result is fantastic for the consumer, aka the bride and groom. Whether you live in Northern Ireland or Hong Kong the whole wedding video industry has underwent a creative revolution.

Apart from the usual documentative wedding video styles, clients can personalize their wedding video. This is where the drama begins. Many companies can provide you an artistic individual wedding video, more akin to a cinematic experience. As many videographers see themselves as auteurs, providing you a rich, emotional rendition of your days events is their ultimate goal.

Incorporating silhouettes, shooting through champagne flutes, moving the camera around natural objects like statues in your ceremony, filming your reflection in shiny objects, plus formal shots blended with extreme camera angles are some of the devices used by in the know directors. They turn your wedding from a live event and transform it into a dramatic production aided with voice overs and a lush soundtrack. You will not just receive a standard live two camera recording of your event.

Creating a beautiful wedding video is much more than stringing the footage from 2 cameras together, it is not a football match and deserves more than just flashy effects and high paced editing, it deserves the attention of an experienced eye. Without a skillful professional at the helm your wedding video can be reduced to little more than a series of images that lack any real emotional punch, or worse still can be inflated with unsubtle effects injected all over it like steroids.

To show how much the status of wedding videos have changed you can can get your wedding directed by videographers who have made a name for themselves in the professional film and video sector. Of course their services will require a much higher fee, but if you want a production with the same degree of planning and professionalism an MTV music video or small feature film would encompass this prospect is open to you.

If your budget is in the small to medium end of the scales, you can still get an outstanding and possibly just as good a film as you would in the higher end of the market. The quality of work being outputted from companies working in this area is just stunning. As the title of this article suggests you can receive an amazing level of service from wedding video companies whether you live in Northern Ireland or Hong Kong.

Imagine receiving a professional wedding film that packs as much emotional punch as your favorite films. With high definition images and pristine audio quality to boot. The new Mr and Mrs the stars of the show, in a tasteful, graceful production that's both exciting and entertaining and a joy to watch over and over again...

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Can I Get My Ex Husband Back - The 5 Most Important Things You Have To Do Before You Can Start Saving Your Marriage

By Carrie Bradford

It's common among my matchmaking clients: they're separated and dating, but they don't want to be. In fact many of them are just trying to make their ex jealous. After a bunch of go-nowhere dates, most women turn to me and admit it: "Carrie, to be honest I really want to get my ex husband back. I just don't know what to do."

Sound familiar? If you're in this situation (even if you're not dating) then you need to read closely. Saving your marriage is hard work, and you need to get yourself on the right track before you even consider winning him back. These 5 points are your first vital steps.

1. Do you want your husband...or just want to be a wife? Make sure that you want him back because you still love him...not because you're scared to be alone or are ashamed of "failure". Write down all the things you love about him and about your marriage together, and discuss it with a good friend. Sometimes, they see things that we don't.

2. Take a reality check. While most relationships can be repaired, it can only happen if you're honest about your role in what spurred the breakup. Even if you're angry with him, take stock of what you did to contribute to the rift. And decide if you can forgive him for his actions as well. If you can't let what happened go, it'll follow you right back into your relationship.

3. Keep your emotions in check. If you contact him and you're a weepy mess, you may do even more damage. It's fine to let it out when you're alone or with friends, but if you're talking to him you need to stay strong and in control of your feelings. That's far more attractive, and it will help you feel more confident.

4. Live your life. Don't spend your days wondering about what he's doing. Do things that make you feel better. Do your hair, your nails, your makeup. Wear clothes that feel good. Hang out with your pals. Show your ex (and yourself) that you're a vital, confident person with a full life. That goes a long way to proving to him that you're handling the breakup well...and that you're the attractive, fun woman he fell in love with.

While this isn't some dirty trick, it does have a psychological effect on him. When you're not in constant contact with him and out doing your own thing, it makes him think about you...what you're doing, where you're going, how you're feeling. He gets the chance to miss you, and chances are he'll pick up the phone and want to talk.

5. When he calls, be friendly but keep it short. Don't bring up any issues, just chat about unimportant stuff. If he wants to see you, that's fine but take it slow. This is not you getting back together...it's just preliminary. Look great, but meet as friends. Don't bring up the relationship, and don't let him touch or kiss you (a hug when you leave is fine.) It's important right now to leave the ball in his court and let him see what he's missing by not being with you.

If you take care of yourself first, you can start saving your marriage from a position of strength and openness. And that makes the whole process much, much easier!

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