http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2007 11:04:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s a good article on wedding etiquette questions and answers. One etiquette question that caught my eye was “I’ve heard that you have up to a year after the wedding to buy a gift. Is that true?” - Hmmm. I might be guilty of buying a wedding gift a bit ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2007/05/17/wedding-etiquette/ The Toronto Globe and Mail reports how more couples and also partents paying for weddings are taking out wedding insurance to cover practically everything. The article also suggests people are being compelled to take out wedding insurance if they are using certain wedding planners. I can see how a parent ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2007/05/16/wedding-insurance-a-must-for-more-couples/ There is a funny article on smartmoney.com about 10 Things Wedding Planners Wont Tell You. There are some comedy wedding moments in there like “Your DJ’s been arrested” and perhaps “You don’t really need me?”. I particularly like the latter one - weddings have been known to happen without the ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2007/05/15/what-wedding-planners-wont-tell-you/ Sweet story here about a wedding in a hospital room because the brides mother had been hurt in a car crash. http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2007/05/14/wedding-in-a-hospital-room/ America Chronicle has a review of a guide to wedding planning and a wedding planning book that claims to save you up to 80% of wedding costs. Worth a read? http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2007/05/14/save-money-on-wedding-planning/ UK-Disco.co.uk has compiled a list of songs that it’s members have submitted as the top first dance wedding songs currently being requested in the UK. It’s kinda scary. So don’t be cliched - choose a first dance song that’s not on this list. The survey, conducted by UK-Disco.co.uk, polled over 1,300 ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2006/08/03/wedding-first-dance-songs/ Brian Want has written an excellent piece on sourcing wedding planning software for Macs. Apparently PC users are well catered for when it comes to wedding planning software but Mac users hare having to dig a little deeper. Reviews of Summitsoft Wedding Planner and Essential Wedding Planner for Macs cover ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2006/07/31/mac-wedding-planning-software/ If you are looking for something a little different for a wedding gift, try Belle and Izzie for special wedding gifts. They’ve got loads of products that we’ve just not seen anywhere else in the UK, much of it brought in from craftsmen in Persia. www.belleandizzie.co.uk http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2006/07/28/great-wedding-gifts-site/ The Wichita Eagle has a short piece on staying calm on your wedding day. It all comes from a book that is linked to from the article. I particularly liked the idea of this one: “I ran the nervousness out of me on the morning of my wedding day. I went for ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2006/07/26/staying-calm-on-your-wedding-day/ I love stories like this - hundred’s of bride’s to be queueing outside a shop waiting for a wedding dress sale to start. It’s just like that episode of Friends… Baltimore, MD. Hundreds of brides-to-be were out early this morning in Towson for the annual Filenes wedding dress sale. Many of ... http://www.wisemenfishhere.co.uk/weddings/2006/07/15/wedding-dress-sale/