Weddings are some thing, which every body looks forward to. Generally couples want their wedding ceremony to be as beautiful and memorable like a beautiful dream. To make sure that wedding ceremony does stand out and every guest should mark it as one of the best wedding they had even been to, one should organize their wedding ceremony around some unique theme.

There are lots of wonderful, unique and time tested wedding themes, which have been adapted by lots of couples, the world over:

Beach Themes:  Beach theme is one of the most popular wedding themes ever. This theme offers the most scenic setting with beautiful, deep, Blue Ocean giving that breathtakingly beautiful background. All you have to do is to be a little creative with the beach, decorating it with flowers, seashells and coconuts. Nothing could be more romantic that bride and grooming exchanging vows with their bare feet on the sand.

Western Wedding:  If you are fascinated by those western movies, those visuals of gun slingers wearing cowboy attire performing ultimate acts of daredevilry just take your breath away then you would want to incorporate that western theme in your wedding. What a wonderful climax it would make? Groom dressed in cowboy attire takes his bride on the house and rides away into the sunset just like those western movies.

Spring Wedding: Spring, unarguably, is the most romantic season and no wonder many couples would like to bring alive the beauty and romance of this beautiful season in their wedding. Spring flowers could be used to decorate the entire wedding arena. Spring flowers could also be used in bouquets and centerpieces.

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These days’ people from different religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds are meeting each other more than ever. On many occasions they end up falling in love with each other and marrying each other. Now in case of a multi cultural or interfaith marriage, couples normally try to avoid the clash on which religious ceremony to be followed or to be given preference to, by going for the civil wedding ceremony. The reason behind this preference for the civil wedding ceremony is because there are no religious practices associated with it. This civil wedding ceremony could be conducted in various places like Judge’s chambers, registrar’s/lawyer’s office or if you want to avoid the drabness of the above mentioned places then you can opt for more romantic venues like beaches, gardens etc.

While you are planning to getting married through civil ceremony it is very important to remember that laws regarding civil wedding varies from state to state and there are even more variations in different countries. So you need to go to the local court or town hall to apprise yourself of legal rules and procedures before you actually plan your wedding. Apart from being well versed in rules and procedures, it is also important to know about which official has the real authority to conduct your wedding ceremony. Once you have the designation and name of that person, you can meet the official and try to seek their appointment for your planned wedding date. You should further ask the official about the procedures to be followed for procuring the marriage license and the documents needed to be produced, which are normally birth certificate, previous marriage certificate or divorce certificate if there is one and utility bills.

If you want you can add some religious ceremonies also to this wedding ceremony as it will make it more colorful, joyous and memorable.

This wedding website could be used to put in a lot more information like posting details about various events that will take place around wedding. Then there is one common feature found in most of the website i.e online RSVP, it has been found that majority of guests confirmed their presence in the wedding through email only.

Another popular feature associated with the wedding websites is the wedding registry, which helps couples to communicate their gift preference to their guests, some thing which help guests save lot of time and effort to find a suitable wedding gift. You can also add a photo gallery depicting bride and groom looking good together, photographs of their engagement could be added here.

Couples can add, apart from above important features, some fun activities like online polls and quizzes about the couple.

Here are some of the most common body types and the various ways to find the perfect wedding dress for them:

•    Petite: For the petite girls, those beautiful and gorgeous A-Line dresses are perfect since they start narrow at the top and go broader at the bottom, some thing which makes them look not so petite and infact very gorgeous.

•    Large Busted: All those women with large breasts should prefer those off the shoulder gowns, it highlights the shoulders and minimizes the breasts and keep their skirt narrow, this will draw every body’s attention upwards.

•    Heavy Bottom:  Those women with a larger hip and buttocks should always go for those wedding dresses, which concentrate on their upper body. Also  short skirts should be avoided completely, instead they should be going for full skirt.

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Nothing like getting married in an exotic location located at distant lands, some thing that would make your marriage memorable in many ways. First of all what could be more romantic than exchanging vows in the beautiful pristine locations and sharing that most important moment of your life with your family and friends? Though just thinking about it could be very tempting but once the money part comes, the cost of putting together such a wedding abroad, all the enthusiasm fizzles out. Since most of the people are of the impression that getting married abroad could cost them a bomb, which is some what true but not entirely. Infact if we research and plan carefully then it may turn out to be a quite low cost affair.

First important consideration is the cost of travel, visa, legal procedures involved and all the necessary arrangements for the guests. But this problem can be solved by the various companies, who specialize in putting together a wedding in the foreign destination. To find out about them you can consult your friends and family members, who have been through such an experience, they can give you good references about some good service providers. You can also search internet for the websites of such companies.

Infact getting married on locations such as beach could turn out to be lot more cheap than you ever thought. You can save a lot on wedding feast by organizing a barbeque, since sea is near you can be assured of fresh supply of fishes at reasonable rates.

Last but not the least, getting married on the beach could serve you two purposes, first your wedding ceremony and most importantly you can have your honeymoon at a resort right there, which could turn out to the great money saver.

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Flower leis are another beautiful aspect of a Hawaiian wedding. Leis are necklaces created from the beautiful tropical flowers. Normally bride and groom exchange leis as the part of the wedding custom. Apart from that, leis could also be exchanged between the families of the bride and the groom. Generally fathers of the bride and grooms are given leis made from the leaves of the tea and mothers are honored with the leis made from the ginger. Some times even guests could also be honored with the leis.

Another fascinating aspect of the Hawaiian wedding is the sand ceremony. Here bride and groom both pour colored sands into the bottle; this shows ultimate unity of the two loving souls. As sands of different colors unite to become inseparable similarly bride and groom are merged with each other permanently.

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Following are the responsibilities of the Maid Of Honor:

• As described earlier the most important role of the Maid of Honor is to lend a shoulder for the bride to cry on and try to relieve her from the stress in every possible manner. If the Maid of Honor is blessed with an excellent sense of humor then it will be a great advantage.

• Though this is not compulsory but a Maid of Honor can help organize the hen’s night. Of course she must take the consent of the bride to do this.

• Maid of Honor should make sure that she attends dress fitting sessions along with the bride and should ensure that bride’s maid should also follow suit.

• On the wedding day, she should help ensure that bride gets dressed on time and help in dressing her up.

• Help the bride come out of the vehicle on the wedding location, all the while taking care of bride’s dress and veil.

• Play an important role in the receiving line and greet all the incoming guests.

• Yes there could be a bonus also if Maid of Honor is unattached and single, during the first dance ceremony she gets to dance with the Best Man. If the Best Man is single and handsome then that dance could lead to interesting possibilities.

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Following are the major responsibilities of the bridesmaid at various stages of the wedding:

Planning:
After fixing up the budget and date by the bride and the groom, responsibilities of bridesmaid starts. Here is how she can help with planning the wedding:

• She helps in identifying a particular location, where the wedding is going to take place.
• She plays an important role by collaborating with bride and groom to design a theme for the wedding to make the wedding very memorable.
• She can ease the bride and groom’s burden in preparing and sending the invites to the guests.
• Then there are hosts of other activities, where she can help like buying stuff for decorating the wedding venue, help prepare menu for the wedding dinner, deciding the gifts for the maid of honor and the bridesmaids.

On the Wedding Day:

• On the wedding day normally brides have butterflies in the stomach. So the most important job of the bridesmaid on the wedding day is to ease the nerves of the bride.
• Bridesmaid should take care that bride is ready on time to reach the wedding location.
• Other important responsibilities of the bridesmaid are helping bride with their makeup, taking care of bride’s hair, dress and veil and signing the marriage documents.

So being the bridesmaid is no joke, it entails lots of responsibilities.

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• First responsibility could be to help the groom with wedding preparation and planning, you can help him with finding the venue, going to different vendors to make the necessary purchases and if you hold any authority or know some vendors personally, you can help the groom get some discounts.

• Other prominent pre wedding activity could be hosting and organizing the stag party. But for this you need to have permission from the groom as some people would not prefer to have any stag party at all.

• Make it a point to attend wedding rehearsal, rehearsal dinner so that you become prepared and accustomed for your role on the D day.

• On the wedding day, you should get up early and go to the groom’s house and ensure that every thing is in order and that he should make it to the wedding location on time.

• It’s during wedding that best man becomes the most coveted designation; he is always standing along side the groom, helping with the ceremonies, raising the toast, in some cases even carrying the ring and finally seeing the bride and groom off after the wedding ceremony.

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The best way to acknowledge the efforts put up by a bridesmaid is to give her a nice gift. That gift need not be very expensive or some thing really exotic, a reasonably priced and a thoughtful gift would always be appreciated and remembered. However grateful you may feel but you should follow the constraints imposed by your budget. So buy her some thing which is decent and does not look distasteful or cheap.

There are varieties of locations from where you can get a nice gift for the bridesmaid. These days internet has become a great source for buying gifts. After all with so many beautiful online stores, where you can browse so many varieties, compare the prices and getting for yourself the best possible deal, all the while sitting with in the comforts of your home. Infact if you can afford, the best gift for a bridesmaid could be her bridesmaid dress, this will be some thing which she could use in future for other formal occasions. If you are running short of money then even then you can give her a personalized gift like a framed photograph of you with the bridesmaid.

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