Also a part of our Wedding DVD invitations are slideshows of the hotel recommendations. Once the couple decides on the hotels they want to recommend to their guests – we will contact the hotel for their best images that show the rooms and put together a montage of the rooms and their prices. We also link to the hotel’s reservation website if you have internet access. It helps everyone to feel that much more comfortable.
Included in our DVD Wedding Invitations is a montage of the wedding party. Giving your guests a quick introduction to your wedding party is a great way to welcome them to the event BEFORE the event.
A montage of the bride and groom’s families is a perfect way to introduce “the family” to “the friends”. It also is a quick refresher course to family members who may live far away.
I would never admit that I was a romantic. I know it’s not anything I should be ashamed of – I know that. But I always preferred to keep it a secret. So so today I am coming out - I’m a romantic. There! Done!
The most exciting part of the wedding process for me as I remember was the buying of the dress. The white wedding dress holds a power that no other dress can. Your dress will start conversations between strangers. Your dress will be in a million pictures – your dress will make your fiance’s heart skip a beat. Your dress may become a keepsake – you may dye it – trash it – sell it or donate it. The dress has a life of its own that’s continues to grow. It even has its own show – “Say Yes to the Dress“.
The first recorded wedding gown was in 1406 worn by Princess Philippa, daughter of Henry IV, to Eric of Denmark. For the Royals and wealthy of that time, wedding dresses were made of expensive velvets, silk, fur, gold and silver thread, gems and more. Dress colors varied from red to purple to even black. For the not so “liquid” it was the most beautiful dress that you owned that was your wedding dress.
I was surprised to find out that white wasn’t the favored color for a wedding dress in the middle ages. Blue was the preferred color. Blue was a sign of purity. A band of blue ribbon would be worn by the bride and groom during the ceremony. It seems the “something blue” rhyme came from this tradition.
White became the real star for wedding dresses when Queen Victoria wore a white dress when she married Albert Sax-Coberg in 1840. I guess we’ve always been influenced by what celebrities wear.
Godey’s Lady’s Book was a very popular women’s magazine in the 1800s. Here’s a couple of wedding dresses from that magazine.
And here is some images from Harper’s Bazaar, from August 2, 1860.
My how time flies….
Here’s a fun quiz ..well it was for me… can you tell what time frame each dress is from? (1920 – 1990) Answers to come later this week.
My friends Keri and Kevin were married in November 2008. They had a beautiful video that was a little too long to show their friends so I edited it down to 30 minutes. Then for fun I created a teaser for 5 mins. Here is is. The video and photos by Troy Atkins from the Bahamas.
