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Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Are you planning to send a flower bouquet to your loved one? Do you know that different flowers carry different messages? Different rose color has a different meaning. Even the number of roses you send can give out a different message. Don’t worry if you don’t know. Here is a little flower dictionary for you to pick the right color and the right flower for your love one this Valentine’s Day.

Meaning of Rose Color
Roses come in a wide range of colors. Each color carries a different meaning. It sends a silent yet extremely important message to your love one.

Red - Passionate Love
White - Spiritual Love, Purity, Friendship
Light Pink - Admiration, Appreciation
Dark Pink - Gratitude, Appreciation
Yellow - I am sorry, I care
Champagne - You are tender and loving
Purple - I will always love you
Orange - Friendship, Ardent Love
Blue - True Heart, You are special

Meaning of Roses by Numbers
All roses symbolize love, but the number of roses you send will carry a different meaning.

Single Stem - Simplicity, You are the only one
3 Stems - I love you
11 Stems - I am the missing stem to make the perfect dozen
12 Stems - With all my heart
13 Stems - You are my secret love

22 Stems - Togetherness, Unity
36 Stems - My heart belongs to you
99 Stems - Greatest love you will ever know
101 Stems - Speechless love
108 Stems - Please marry me
999 Stems - Endless love

Meaning of Flowers
Often times finding the right words is difficult. How can you best say what is in your heart and on your mind! How about sending the flowers that express your feeling the best?

Alstroemeria - Devotion
Amaryllis - I am proud of you
Anthurium (Red) - Elegance
Baby’s Breathe - Pure heart, Innocence
Bird of Paradise - Good perspecitive
Cally Lily (White) - You voice is music to my ears
Calla Lily (Yellow) - Magnificent beauty
Carnation (Pink) - I will never forget you, Motherly love
Carnation (Red) - I hold you in high esteem, Respect
Carnation (Yellow) - Enjoy the moment
Daisy (Red) - You are a wonderful friend
Daisy (White) - Sympathy
Daisy (Yellow) - I will try harder to earn your love
Forget-Me-Not - True love
Freesia - Trust
Gerbera - You are sunshine of my life
Gladiolus - Strength of character
Iris - Your friendship means so much to me
Liatrus - Generosity
Lily (White) - It is heavenly to be with you
Lily (Yellow) - Gratitude
Orchid - Success
Snapdragon - Faithfulness
Stargazer - I see heaven in your eyes
Sunflower - Magic, fascination, confidence and shelter
Tulip (Cream) - I will love you forever
Tulip (Purple) - I will always be true
Tulip (Red) - Declaration of love
Tulip (Yellow) - There is sunshine in your smile
Tulip (General) - Perfect lover

Have a Happy Valentine’s Day.

Written By Mandy Kung, web editor of Miego Inc. at http://www.miego.com/

Another conundrum for soon-to-be married couples is the dilemma of having servers versus having a buffet for the reception. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, so let’s look at both sides before you make your decision.

At the buffet table

The first and most obvious upshot of having a buffet style dinner at the wedding is the opportunity for all of the guests to choose what they want to eat. This way everyone is happy and they can have as much or as little as they want. There can be multiple things for various dietary restrictions as well as a multitude of side dishes for the vegetarian that hates getting pasta at every wedding.

But the downside of the buffet table is that things that are popular will run out. If you do not plan ahead for shortages, then you may have guests that didn’t get what they really wanted to eat. In terms of movement, the buffet table can be tricky. The bride may have troubles moving up there and might be afraid to spill anything on her dress, as other may be as well. Trying to find ways to serve items without having a large opportunity for spillage will help to avoid any dry cleaning bills.

The service is excellent

Having servers for the reception is a classy and easy way to keep everyone happy during the reception. Not only will no one have to move until the dance, but the servers can also attend to any problems without the couple even knowing about them. Drinks can also be served, which is wonderful for everyoneno more needing to get up and down during dinner.

On the other hand, this excellent service does come with a price tag. It will be costlier to have staff waiting on the guests, especially with more guests. You will also take the chance of the staff being nice to the head table and not to the rest of the guests. The best advice is to interview each staff member as well before the reception.

Both buffets and service are great options for reception dinners. If you’re looking for something a little more casual, then the buffet will be great, but for the more formal occasion, service is best. You may want to stop and consider your guests at this point. If they’re older and don’t move around well, service is a great way to keep them comfortable.

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Wedding photography is the one discipline in the wedding industry that does not produce a product that you can enjoy on your special day. Instead, the money that you spend on wedding photography is an investment in capturing the joy of your wedding day for you to look back on for years to come. The trick is to coordinate everything so that your wedding photographer is able to actually capture everything that you want recorded.

Start by sitting down as a couple before you book anything and deciding specifically what you want wedding pictures to record. Coordinating and compromising your expectations may turn out to be challenging enough. If it is, imagine how challenging the wedding photographer would find it during the craziness of the actual wedding day when most everyone is dressed so that the wedding photographer can’t tell the difference between Aunt Betty and Betty Johnson that lives down the street (Chances are you will want a picture of Aunt Betty in some form where Mrs. Johnson might be a lesser priority). If deciding what the two of you want from your wedding photography is not a challenge, count your blessings and move ahead.

Once you have decided what posed pictures you want, take the time to speak with a couple wedding photographers and find out how much time and what kind of schedule a good wedding photographer will need to actually capture the pictures you want. This seems obvious, but often weddings are planned in such a way that the wedding photographer is put in the awkward position of having to try to keep up with what is going on, which could leave you with less than the best in wedding photography.

Chances are the wedding photographer will want to know how important it is to you that the groom does not see the bride before the wedding on your wedding day. If it is not important, there is probably a good chance you can arrange for all of the wedding party to show up at the church (or wherever the wedding ceremony is held) early to get most, if not all, of the posed wedding photography taken care of. Even if you do not want the bride and groom to see each other until she walks down the aisle, it might be possible to schedule your wedding so that most of the posed wedding photography are taken care of and only those pictures that include both the bride and the groom are left until after the wedding ceremony.

If not, however, you might need to consider a schedule that includes a considerable gap of time between the ceremony and the reception (In some parts of North America this is very common, while in other parts it is quite uncommon) to make sure your wedding photography turns out to be the photographs that you will treasure (and make sure that Uncle Floyd doesn’t disappear on you).

After, and only after, you have determined what schedule will be required for the photographer to give you the wedding photography that you are paying for should you actually go out and book your wedding location.

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You’ll know long before you start the wedding plans if your
faiths are different from one another–so this shouldn’t be a
shock. And you may have already begun how you want to deal with
this. It doesn’t have to be a problem; rather, it can be a great
way to create a new ceremony for the both of you.

Deciding to convert

Before deciding to convert to one religion or another, you want
to take your time to discover why you’re doing it. Do you truly
want to convert to another religion or do you just want to make
your spouse’s family happy? This is a very honest discussion to
have with your self and there aren’t any good answers, except
for the ones that are true.

If you feel that converting is a good decision for you, then by
all means, go ahead and take the steps needed. Many times,
you’ll have to take classes and speak with the religious head
well in advance of any wedding plans.

The trick is not to feel pressured into converting. And with all
of the emotions attached with a wedding, some families may have
trouble accepting someone of a different faith. If you believe
that you want to remain the faith that you are, you should do so.

And if your spouse is trying to coax you into converting, you
may want to hold off on the wedding as well. This is a very
personal choice, and it needs to be made by the individual, not
everyone else.

A dual faith wedding

It’s actually very easy to have a wedding that incorporates two
different faiths. Sit down and see what each faith requires at
the wedding and then talk about how you can compromise to make
sure all is proper.

You may want to have the wedding in a non-denominational setting
so that you don’t have the ‘home court advantage’ for one faith
or another. You may also decide to have two different ceremonies
weaving in and out of one another, combing elements of both
faiths. This really shows the commitment to each other and to
the separate faiths.

You may also want to have two different ministers or one
denominational. That’s up to you, but if you’re a part of a
temple or a church, you may need to be married by one of the
parish’s priests or synagogue’s rabbis.

After months and months of planning every detail to create your perfect wedding, you want to have those moments documented so you can look back on time and time again. Your photographs are what you have in the end, after all the planning and the money spent and the day has come and gone. Choose wisely. You will share your wedding album with family and friends, your children and their children.

Finding your photographer doesn’t have to be such a challenge. Check the professioanl associations. Ask your event facilities and your church. Ask your married friends about the photographer they used, they can tell you what they did and did not like, and what they would do differently if they had the chance to do it all over again. These are all great resources.

Make certain you feel comfortable with and like the photographer you hire. They will be with you and your family and friends for a good part of the day. Also, think about how your family and weddding party will connect with this person.

Time and time again we’ve heard stories of brides or their families hiring ” a friend of a friend” to shoot the wedding, thinking they would give them the business or get a break on price. Most of the time this turns out to be a disaster, by receiving poorly exposed images, blurry images,no creativity, lost film or no images at all, or not showing up. Remember think wisely.

Find a photographer who cares about capturing and telling your story. Your story should be more than the standard posed “stand here and smile” shots. They should be imaginative and reflect who your are. Your consultaion with the photographer should be relaxed, you should feel comforable with him or her and not feel presured what-so-ever to sign with them or purchase a certain package. Communication is so important; ask lots of questions. Make sure they have a web-site. You should first be impressed there before making your initial consultation.

Here are some questions to ask:
-Will you be the one shooting my wedding?

If not, then look at that person’s work.
-What if you are sick or an emergency comes up?

-Is this your full-time job?
-Do you belong to any professional associations?
-How long after the wedding do I receive my proofs? And the final Wedding album?

You should receive your proofs no later than one month
after the wedding and the final album 2 to 3 months after
making your photograph selections.
-How many weddings do they photograph a year? What percentage of their business are weddings.

This is important because it will indicate they know how
things run. In their confidence level. They are prepared
for the unexpected things that turn up occasionally.

Your personalities should be compatible. Is their photography style what you are looking for? Have them show you lots of their work. Look at a wedding in it’s entirety, not just enlargements of their best work. Do you like the style album they offer? Ask if they customize their packages. For example: you may like their package B, but want to add something that is included in package D to your package B. Being able to do this ensures you get exactly what you want, and not pay for goods and services you are not interested in.

After you have chosen your photographer, discuss any traditions you and your families and friends may have. If the photographer knows ahead of time, these important events or annoucements are not missed due to lack of communication.

Cut out magazine photos you like and give them to the photographer. The photographer then gets an idea for what you are envisioning, of course, it will not be exactly the same image, since it’s a different location,different bride, different lighting, different everything, however, the mood and overall feel of the image could possibly be similarly created. Discuss any special photos you would like, provide the photographer with a list, so they refer to that list the day of the wedding and these will not be forgotten. You will be occupied with many other things and probally will not remember. Go over the days time-line. Work with your photographer in planning how much time is needed to get the photographs you want. Go over what time family and wedding party should arrive. If your photographer has plenty of experience, they will provide you with a lot of information and advice, and not just about the photography end of it. They are professioanls and do this all the time.

After the wedding, give your photographer feed back on how both of you thought they did, what your families and guests said about them. Work together to create the wedding album you will treasure for the rest of your lives. The right photographer for you is out there, choose wisely.

Ana Lombardi is a professional photographer. She works out of her home and travels all over the country to photograph weddings. She is part owner in a Photography gallery featuring Wedding photographs as well as Children, Fine Art pieces,It will open in March of 2006 in Tyrone Georgia. It is extremely important to her that happy couples wind up with photographs they love and will treasure forever.

Are you a credit card junkie? Credit card debt can often be a big, deep, dark secret for someone preparing for marriage. It’s an uncomfortable subject to talk about. Do you bring it up before or after he slips the engagement ring on your finger (or before you slip it onto hers)? Or do you wait until after all the marriage preparations are in place?

If there are large differences in your assets and liabilities, it may not be such a hot idea to get a joint bank account. Furthermore, you may want to sign a prenuptial agreement just to be clear about what came before your marriage, and what came after.

How you plan your wedding budget will largely determine how you approach money management as a married couple, in the long term. Wedding costs, by themselves can run up quite a tab. If you are noticing conflicts in the early stages of your joint money management, then get some financial marriage advice or premarital counseling.

Couple counseling can be just as much a part of a healthy marriage as family or financial planning is. It’s a way of ensuring solid communication skills from the get go; and that’s important when debts and assets are about to be split right down the middle.

Nathan Dawson writes for http://www.marriedfinances.com and http://www.successfulmarriageresource.com, great online sources for marriage and finance information.

Las Vegas is a very popular place for couples to get married, especially couples in America. If the couple is getting grief about being together or getting married then they usually plan to elope to Las Vegas and have a wedding there. They are quick weddings and all you need is two people there to witness the wedding, you don’t need to be dressed up or anything, but you can be! You can have a glamorous wedding at one of the top hotels in Las Vegas if you have a lot of money behind you, the smaller weddings are usually performed at what is like a drive through wedding service.

Las Vegas is casino central in America, they have the large flashing lights, the nude ladies dancing and the lights that take your breath away… Las Vegas is a marriage hot spot.

A Las Vegas wedding is somewhat controversial, some people call it cheesy others call it class. You can get anything in America fast food, fast drinks and now a fast wedding, parlours are all over Las Vegas where you can quickly pop in and a minister or a court official will make your marriage legal and that is that, for a small fee of course.

Then there is the great weddings that take place in hotels like the Plaza. These weddings cost a fortune and an arm and a leg to buy and they are very, very worth it. A Las Vegas wedding with a white stunning gown, hundreds of flowers and the man or woman of your dreams has got to be one of the biggest wedding fantasies, you then spend a night in the honeymoon suite together and enjoy the rest of your honeymoon by visiting the sights and sounds of Las Vegas.

Can you just image standing in front of hundreds of guests wearing a long elegant white dress holding the most stunning bouquet of flowers you have ever seen, then walking towards the man of dreams down a plush red carpet and all your guests staring at you, the lights from the chandelier hitting of your diamond earrings and necklace, welcome to Las Vegas!

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Are you wedding planning and looking for a little excitement to add to your wedding favors? If you have a little extra cash and you want to splurge in your wedding planning , why not incorporate a plan game into your wedding day theme and festivities. Well, not a game, but a raffle! That’s right, a wedding favor raffle! Here’s the gist of the wedding favor game:

Create a unique question. Perhaps “where did the bride and groom go on their first date?” Make everyone write their answer and name on a slip of paper as they come into the reception. You can have these small papers pre-typed with the question. You can leave a line for the answer and name from each guest.

Set up a little “wishing well” that will contain each slip of paper with each guest’s guess.

It would be better to keep the members of the bridal party from participating in the raffle, as they would most likely know the specific details of the bride and groom’s relations with one another.

It’s important to choose an obscure question, but not something that’s too obscure. You don’t want to have forty incorrect answers read aloud.

Everyone should receive a small token of appreciation. In other words, provide wedding favors to everyone, but raffle off a larger gift to the guest who answered the question correctly.

The extravagant wedding favor could come in any form, such as : a gift certificate, a bottle of wine, an fine writing instrument, etc. Should you to choose to only include adults in the raffle, you should make a separate raffle for children to keep them in high spirits.

The announcement should be made after the toasts are announced. Give everyone a few spare moments to fill out a wedding favor raffle slip out, just in case they somehow missed the “wishing well” upon their arrival.

After everyone has filled out their slip, ask one of the members of your bridal party to stir their hand into the wishing well and pick a name. Some of the answers will be incorrect. If your guests have a sense of humor and have no idea what the correct answer is, they’ll most likely write something humorous.

Hopefully, someone will have guessed the correct answer within the first five dips into the wedding favor raffle. Then you can present them with your extravagant wedding favor, whatever it may be.

If you have more than five children attending your wedding, you should also perform a similar raffle for them as well. Nevertheless, you should make it much simpler. “what color eyes does the bride have?” is an example of such a question.

Jen Carter is owner of My Wedding Blog, a free wedding planner guide. This article can be found in in our wedding favors section. You may publish our articles on your website only if you do not edit the article in any way, and include all html as direct links to our site.

When he starts picking you over his friends. He will spend a quiet Friday night with you instead of playing poker or going for a drink only with his friends.

When he seems to be overjoyed when he meets her and when he spends time with you.

When he gradually welcomes her feminine stuff in his house; her special soap in the bathroom, her earrings on the table and her tampons in the bathroom.

He makes long term plan about sharing his activities with her. He will make sure that his girlfriend can participate in his social activities.

When he never really thought about getting married or having children and he wants those things with her

He will take care of himself financially, physically and spiritually to make her feel secure and happy.

He will wake up before her and makes sure that she is okay, wonders if she is hungry, checks to see if she is warm enough or if she would need anything else.

He constantly tries to impress her; he will pick her up and brings her home, brings her food, offers to pay for some activities, gives her surprises…

Other temptations are not a threat. He is just not interested in any of those distractions

She will have no doubt in her mind. She won’t need to ask. She will feel it in her guts. If she doesn’t, and still remains with him, she is settling for less

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If you’re seriously interested in knowing about outdoor
weddings, you need to think beyond the basics. This informative
article takes a closer look at things you need to know about
outdoor weddings.

The outdoors can be an absolutely beautiful setting for a
wedding. Natural backdrops of trees, mountains or oceans are
unparalleled by any decorations that can be utilized in an
indoor setting. Additionally the natural lighting that is
provided by an outdoor wedding makes for truly glorious
pictures. However, there are careful considerations that need to
be made in planning an outdoor wedding.

The first tip for having an outdoor wedding is to choose your
location carefully. You might want to consider a venue that is
capable of providing a contingency plan in case the weather
affects your wedding and prevents your original plan from
occurring. Although you may prefer an outdoor setting, it is
wise to choose a location that has an indoor facility that would
be available for your use in the event of a storm that would
otherwise cancel your wedding.

Dressing appropriately for the conditions is also important if
you plan to have an outdoor wedding. For example a strapless
gown made of a lightweight fabric would not be appropriate for a
fall or winter wedding if the temperatures are usually low at
these times of the year. Likewise a dress with long sleeves and
a high neck would not be appropriate for a summertime wedding in
a warm climate. You will want to be comfortable on your wedding
day so dress according to the weather.

Another tip for having an outdoor wedding is to plan your
wedding for a time of year that is unlikely to have inclement
weather. It’s important to give yourself the best possible
chance of having good weather for your wedding. Try studying the
weather history in the area that you plan to have your wedding
and choose a time that has a relatively low chance of snow or
rain.

In setting up for your outdoor wedding, one important tip is to
set up the area where the ceremony will be held in a way that
keeps the sun at the guests’ backs. For example, for a morning
wedding, you will want to position the seating so that the
guests are facing to the west. This is important because the sun
rises in the east and having the guests facing to the east would
result in the guests having to squint into the sun.

If you choose a summertime wedding in a warm climate, be sure to
have plenty of drinks available for your guests. You might want
to consider having refreshing beverages such as water and juices
available throughout the ceremony and reception to prevent
guests from dehydrating.

If you base what you do on inaccurate information, you might be
unpleasantly surprised by the consequences. Make sure you get
the whole outdoor weddings story from informed sources.

One of the most problematic aspects of an outdoor wedding is the
acoustics. Guests at an outdoor wedding are often unable to hear
the proceedings. Additionally, if a wedding video is made, it
often is unable to pick up the words of the officiant or the
couple reciting their vows. For this reason, you may wish to
utilize a public address system during the ceremony to ensure
that all guests are able to hear the ceremony.

If you have a lot of out of town guests who will be attending
your outdoor wedding, you may want to prepare a package to mail
to them detailing the weather expectations for your wedding date
so that they can prepare for the trip. Although the past can be
a good indication of what type of weather to expect, you might
also want to consider sending your out of town guests a weather
prediction update a few days prior to your wedding in case the
meteorologists are predicting unseasonable weather.

The outdoor setting you choose may also affect the color choices
for your wedding. You may wish to choose colors that accent the
natural surroundings. For example choosing a bright pink for
your bridesmaids’ dresses may seem out of place if you are
holding your wedding against a mountain setting. The loudness of
their dresses will disrupt the serenity of the natural setting.

Another tip for an outdoor wedding is to consider hiring a live
band instead of a DJ for the entertainment. A live band will
blend in better with the surroundings in an outdoor setting.
Also, the natural music of a live band is also a better fit then
the synthesized music of a DJ.

One final tip for having an outdoor wedding is to try to provide
your guests with as much shade as possible. You can do this by
either providing a large tent or canopy for your guests or by
choosing a setting with a number of large trees and planning
your wedding for a time and date that would ensure an abundance
of shade in the area.

Taking a few precautions and planning wisely will ensure that
your outdoor wedding is a success. It is important to make a few
adjustments to your usual planning and making provisions that
will keep you and your guests comfortable throughout the
ceremony and the reception.

Now that wasn’t hard at all, was it? And you’ve earned a wealth
of knowledge, just from taking some time to study an expert’s
word on outdoor weddings.