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Wedding Venue: River Terrace Inn
Today I have another destination wedding venue to share with you in Napa California. The River Terrace Inn, located just minutes from the newly revitalized downtown Napa and Oxbow district. It’s located right in the middle of beautiful California Wine Country.
Many rooms at The River Terrace Inn have a lovely view of the picturesque Napa River and nature preserve.
The River Terrace Inn offers wedding packages with several spaces that would work well for a wedding. They offer full planning services… More »
Wedding Venue: The Lodge At Sonoma
Today I have another beautiful venue to share with you for your destination wedding or honeymoon. The Lodge at Sonoma is right in the middle of Wine Country in Sonoma California, and offers breathtaking views.
The 182 room resort boasts of 10 acres of lush landscaping and a beautiful pool and deck with full service. Rooms feature fireplaces, deep soaking tubs and specially crafted spa amenities. Sounds good to me!
The Lodge at Sonoma has over 22,000 square feet of space available… More »
Weddings at the Balmoral Rotunda
Finding the perfect location for your wedding ceremony can be a bit tricky. The need to find something unique and somehow meaningful at the same time is so strong that every place may present you with fantastic reasons to choose it and disappointing flaws, enough for you to move on to the next option. Venue hunting will prove to be one of the more taxing things you need to do as you plan your wedding.
But if the place offers the… More »
Fall in Love with a Violet Wedding
Violet, purple, lilac…whatever it is, I’ve noticed that the shade of violet has been enduringly popular with brides. If you are thinking of have a violet or purple wedding theme, here are some eye candy I have no doubt you’d fall in love with too! I seem to remember that Kendra also had a lavander wedding motif.
Elegant layered fondant cake interspersed with lavander hydrangeas. Very understated. Very elegant.
Love the hand painting of the flowers on this gorgeous fondant cake.
For lighting… More »
5 Tips on Creative Wedding Centerpieces
The first thing I notice whenever I walk into a wedding reception is the table centerpiece. The wedding centerpieces usually create the atmosphere of one’s wedding celebration.
There are a lot of creative ways you can make an impact in the kind of wedding centerpiece you choose:
To keep guests interested and created a creative atmosphere – Use wedding centerpieces that have variations in height, color, and materials
You can have 2 to 3 designs that you can scatter around the room. One… More »
4 Ways to have an Outdoor Wedding
When we were planning for our wedding, I wanted to have a wedding outdoors. Well, if not the wedding ceremony outdoors then at least, I wanted to have the wedding reception held outdoors.
Unfortunately for me, the wedding month we chose (July) was the rainiest month in the tropical country of the Philippines. My Mom was able to persuade me hold the weddings indoors.
No regrets though. The week leading up to our wedding saw the heaviest downpour that we saw in… More »
Getting married in Adelaide, Australia
I’m currently visiting friends here in Adelaide, South Australia and having the time of my life catching up with friends and visiting various tourist-y sites. Of course, being the biggest fan of Our One Heart, I can’t help but scope out the places that say ‘weddings, weddings weddings’ or ‘honeymoon, honeymoon, honeymoon!”
Before we explore these places though, did you know that there are various online sites and forums that South Australian-based brides can go to for tips and ideas from…. More »
Mid-Flight Weddings not taking off?
A week or two ago, I featured EasyJet’s plans to hold in-flight weddings with the ceremony officiated by their pilots. While getting married mid-flight has never been a dream of mine, I am sure there are many out there who would want to get married inside an airplane.
Budget airline easyJet will not be able to offer couples the chance to get married in the skies after a Bedfordshire council rejected the plan.
The company applied to Luton Borough Council for pilots… More »
Top romantic and affordable Wedding Spots
The global economic crisis is indeed biting almost everyone in the world. If you have just gotten engaged and still want to get married overseas. There are still places where you can go which would not burn a very big hole in your financial pocket. The only thing you need to consider though is whether your family and guests can afford to pay for the extra costs of plane fare and accommodation if you decide to get married abroad.
The Guardian… More »
Things you may not know about home weddings
Are you considering a wedding at your place at your parents’ place? Before you decide on this route, perhaps you’d like to consider the following things:
1. Have you got a big enough kitchen to accommodate a catering staff? Is your kitchen properly equipped? If you have a family-sized refrigerator, it may not be enough to hold everything. The lack of a large, fully-equipped kitchen is not a deal-breaker though. You can ask your caterer to cook everything at their place… More »
Personalized Wedding Invitation Stamps
How would you like to take the art of mailing wedding invitations to a whole new level? Why not post your wedding invitations with wedding invitation stamps rather than the boring ol’ stamps eh? :-) I discoverd Artistic Postage by chance and thought if I knew about them at my wedding, I would’ve definitely ordered wedding invite stamps from them!
Here are some of my favorite wedding invitation stamps:
If you have a cartoon-ish wedding invite, this stamp will be perfect!
If you… More »
In-Flight Weddings, anyone?
You want something different? Why not a wedding while you’re in-flight somewhere? Not sure if getting married aboard an airplane while it’s mid-air it suits me but if something different is your style then an in-flight wedding is definitely one of them!
Walking down the aisle might soon take on a new meaning after easyJet went down the shameless publicity-seeking route of its rival, Ryanair, by announcing that it may begin offering in-flight marriages. Yes, I know it is a credit… More »
Wedding On The Kayak
Oh this is so sweet….a couple, Dee and Scott got married while aboard their kayaks, the very same ones where they met! Something for you engaged couples to think about…
Did you meet somewhere significant? Do you want to be able to incorporate that into your wedding?
It was a nice day for a wet wedding.
And like any good bride, Hamilton woman Dee Brown kept her husband-to-be Scott Devine waiting, on Saturday afternoon.
But it was not at a church altar – he… More »
‘Juliet’ Balcony to host weddings!
If you’re a fan of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ or are thinking of having a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ wedding theme, you can have the wedding dreams that the actual site where Romeo wooed Juliet.
The authorities in the Italian city of Verona – setting for the tale of the two lovers – say they want to foster its image as a centre for romance.
The Casa Di Giulietta (house of Juliet) is in the heart of Verona.
Folklore suggests it was once… More »
Our One Heart Spotlight – New Zealand Series
Kia Ora!
New Zealand has been home to me since January 2002. I thought it’s time to spotlight the country I call home as a potential wedding and/or honeymoon destination.
In this series, I will feature the places we’ve visited, giving you the good, the bad and the ugly. If you have any New Zealand experience of yours own to share, feel free to email me on christine(at)b5media(dot)com and I will feature your stories as well.
Cheers
Image credit: Picture taken by the author,… More »
No more Weddings at Pride and Prejudice Film Site
If you are thinking of having a Pride and Prejudice wedding theme and intending to get married at Lyme Park where the movie was filmed then you might be disappointed! It seems that this is not to be. Sorry ladies (and gents!)
BRIDES dreaming of walking in the footsteps of romantic hero Mr Darcy could be in for a disappointment. A plan to increase the number of weddings at the stately home where Pride and Prejudice was… More »
Using Google Maps’ Street View Application in your Wedding
Have you heard of Google Maps’ latest addition to its stable? There was Google Earth and now there’s the Street View. Not sure if I am all that keen for people to have an up, close and personal view of the street where I live but apparently, this is legal.
So, I was thinking, how can this help you guys with your wedding planning and preparation? I thought you could create a virtual map of the venue of of your… More »
Church of England introduces new rules giving couples more choice over where they get married
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Hmm, it seems that churches in England are on the offensive if they are relaxing their rules to attract more brides and grooms to get married in church. I wonder when the Catholic church will relax their rules?
Brides and grooms seeking the perfect wedding will be allowed choose almost any church, as long as they can prove some link with the parish – even through parents or grandparents.
Idyllic churches which feature in films, or are used… More »
Unusual Wedding Venue: Exchanging Marriage Vows on Ferris Wheel
Want to have a unique wedding that reminds you of childhood experiences? Why not exchange marriage vows on a ferris wheel? Just make sure you and your spouse (or your officiating minister/judge/priest) don’t get airsick aboard the ferris wheel!
When Tabitha stepped into the swinging gondola of the ferris wheel at the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo on Saturday, her last name was Lund.
A few rotations and a ring later, she was Tabitha Brown, the wife of Chris Brown of Richland.
The… More »
Pros and Cons of having a Las Vegas wedding
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Why is that when people say that they got married in ‘Vegas, there’s a connotation that it wasn’t a ‘serious’ or ‘sacred’ ceremony or that it was just a ‘quickie’ wedding? I’ve got friends who got married in Las Vegas not because of all these connotation but more because they live in Las Vegas and are proud of their city!
Travel Review News compiles the pros and cons of having a Las Vegas wedding which I hope will help… More »
