Opportunity Swoops! Dream Wedding Gets Luxury Makoever, Without a Luxury Price.
Online ‘thrill-a-day’ company in growing daily deal/coupon business stretches couple’s dreams — and budget.

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London: How to see the queen’s city without paying a king’s ransom
With a little advance planning, it’s easy enough to immerse yourself in London’s sights — from the sophisticated to the downright strange — without feeling like you need to tap Queen Elizabeth for a loan.

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Ogden wedding party killer gets life without parole
An unrepentant 22-year-old Ogden man was sentenced by a judge Thursday to life in prison without parole for killing two people by firing into a post-wedding party crowd three years ago.

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Bridal store in Augusta closes door without contacting customers
Imagine the horror of ordering a wedding dress, you go to pick it up and it looks like the store has closed. Several brides found the doors locked at Victoria’s Bridal. The shop is located in a shopping center on Fury’s Ferry Road and Riverwatch Parkway.

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I’m getting married in a church and then going over to the reception hall to take the wedding pictures outside in February. I was wondering if there was anyway I could do that without killing my flowers immediately?

I’m looking for candle wedding favors, but only need 30. I can’t seem to find any websites that sell any for under fifty or so. Does anyone know of a good one? Or even a store that might sell good wedding favors? Thank you!

PHOTOS: Without Her Wedding Ring, Kate Winslet Is Foot Loose & Fancy Free
An unadorned Kate Winslet stepped out of a New York cab on Saturday without her wedding ring. PHOTOS: Without Her Wedding Ring, Kate Winslet Is Foot Loose & Fancy Free For months, the Titanic star had maintained her seven-year marriage to director-husband Sam Mendes was still going strong.

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I’d like to go down a size or two before my wedding. I’ve already bought the dress. How much can it be taken in? It’s a sleeveless dress that’s fitted around the chest and waist area.

We often wonder what the big fuss on the wedding cakes is all about. Brides pore over its design, flavor and decorations for months on end. Grooms look forward to taking a bite of it. Guests seek it and eagerly anticipate tasting its richness. Wedding cake makers showcase a wide variety of designs on their display windows, making each passerby drool at its magnificence.

We now know that the wedding cakes’ essential role in marriage ceremonies is up there with the wedding dress, the bridesmaids dresses and wedding bouquet. Every guest holds their breath in anticipation of their first glimpse of the wedding cake, the first slice made by the bride and groom, the first forkfuls that the couple feed each other, their first bite of the lovely, rich luxurious cake. So what exactly is the fuss all about? What is with wedding cakes and what does it actually symbolize?

Very few know what wedding cakes represent. Very few understand why bridal boutiques have tons of magazines piled up with various topics about it. Actually, wedding cakes are illustrative of the bliss, as well as the lightheartedness that abounds during the wedding celebration. It shows the bond that husbands and wives will eventually share — it represents the friendship and love that will continue to flourish within the marriage. Feeding each other in front of so many witnesses is deeply meaningful, wherein the bride and groom seem to show the world their affection for each other.

Wedding cakes are, more often than not, a central part of your theme. It links together all the other aspects of your wedding – your decorations, wedding favors, wedding invitations, wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses, among others. The cake is the biggest representation of your wedding theme; it is also the best representation of your personality.

What adds to the glitz of wedding cakes is its design. The essential components of its design are the wedding toppers, the icing, and the color of the wedding cake. These designs and decoration determine the impact of your wedding cakes. A wonderfully made cake with a dowdy design is deemed ineffectual. At first glance, guests already have made a judgment on your wedding cake. The already have a preconceived notion on how dowdy it must taste like. Similarly, an exaggeratedly embellished wedding cake will put a lot of guests off. On another note, there are also a few wedding cakes that look superb – every bit as glorious as those in wedding cakes magazines. Yet, these wedding cakes taste bland. Wedding cakes like these are even bigger disappointments. You are building up the expectations of a lot guests, and you let them fall off a cliff when they get to taste the cake.

All in all, wedding cakes are indispensable. As mentioned above, wedding cakes are the bond that holds you wedding theme together. Without it, your wedding day would seem patchy. It is definitely one element of a wedding that you simply can not do without. A wedding is never the same without a lovely wedding cake.

I am in Durham, North Carolina, and I am assisting in planning a wedding. The bride has selected a ceremony site AND a caterer, but no reception venue. She can’t use the reception at the church because they won’t allow dancing. Any idea how to locate a reception site where you can outsource the catering?
Durhamites, if you know any where specific I would appreciate that, too!!