If you are planning to change your last name after you get married, don’t forget to make all the necessary name changes on your important documents. Advise your financial institutions (such as banks and insurance companies) that your marital status has changed so that they can update your records. It’s important to review all your [...]

Wedding Destinations
The world is a much smaller place today and this means that it is easier to get married in an exotic  location almost anywhere in the world to make a wedding extra special. Despite having a large country with plenty of wonderful beach resorts, this fascination with exotic places also fascinates Americans as well. [...]

All over the world the wedding is regarded as a solemn occasion. This is a special program at which two willing hearts and minds are made united following some rituals and customs while members of the society stand as witnesses wishing the couple well. The traditions and customs of the wedding vary to a great [...]

There are, in Protestant weddings, more than a few different traditions allowing the bride and groom to show their families a symbolic representation of their union and devotion to each other. The unity candle is one of those very traditions, steeped in only a few decades of history, but incredibly popular in today’s wedding ceremonies.

Weddings are the bane of a professional photographer’s life. Granted, there are professional photographers who thrive on doing the best digital wedding photography they can and get some sort of self-fulfillment from it. But most professional photographers would rather get a root canal than have to lower their artistic standards to do yet another cheesy [...]

The unity candle is a tradition relatively new to Protestant wedding ceremonies, and similarly open for interpretation, variation, and specialization towards whatever need a bride and groom may have. The act is simple and wholly symbolic, and so it stands to reason that the candle itself can be just as special and symbolic. You can [...]

The Meaning of the Silver Wedding Ring
 
Silver wedding rings are really popular in the world we live in today. Along with gold and white gold, silver tops the list of most popular precious metals used to make wedding rings all across the globe. But, where did the wedding ring originate? And what is the meaning [...]

The candle manufacturers, like any good company, are never ones to turn down a new trend. The advent of unity candles into Protestant weddings some 30 or 40 years ago was just such a trend and today has become a booming business for the makers of all things waxy and flammable.

Most wedding receptions include dancing. Often, the father of the bride will dance with her and then we have the couple’s first dance. Since you can let your hair down during this occasion, it doesn’t matter whether you are a guest, or a member of the wedding party.
Chicken DanceWould you want to add some fun [...]

The vows that a couple exchanges with each other are what bring meaning, romance and individuality to the wedding day itself. The style and feel of the wedding you are planning can help determine the way you would like to exchange your vows to one another, but ultimately you want your words to each other [...]