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Vintage Engagement Rings

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:52 +0000

Vintage engagement rings is a term used for the engagement rings made long years back, especially before 1950. These vintage engagements rings are considered as antiques. These are unique with spectacular attraction and high market value. These vintage engagement rings can be used as an imposing gift to a couple or a girl friend or a boy friend. They are sure to cherish the gift. Also now a day many couples started thinking of some thing different with their wedding. In such a situation, they can opt for an antique engagement ring to exchange at the D-day. Some enthusiastic people are collecting these antique engagement rings as a hobby. Of course really this is a very expensive hobby. But those who are really interested, never bother about the price tag.

Considering vintage engagement rings some era are considered as more important than others, for example Victorian era during 1835 to 1900. The engagements rings during this period have special features and are considered as having more antique value. These engagement rings comes as elegant designs. Another era considered as important in the vintage engagement rings market is from 1900 to1920, the Edwardian era. During this period many engagement rings made with precious platinum metal. These antique rings were also designed in many fashions. Similarly the antique period has been divided into many eras and as per the era the values of the vintage engagement rings vary.

There is a renewed interest among the people to collect the vintage engagement rings. It is a worthy collection. Some are collecting these antique rings as a hobby and some others make it a mean to earn good income. It is a business and the investment in it is very profitable. One who collects the vintage engagement rings will be looking into many factors. One is the age of the rings, second is the metal in which the ring is made, the design of the rings, the unique nature of the rings and also the craftsmanship of all rings. Also one will see thoroughly whether the ring has withstood the aging, whether it got spoiled or not and many such criteria will dictate the selection of vintage engagement rings. Three vintage engagement rings of celebrities have maximum value in the auction market. These are very wealthy savings.

Many women select Victorian antique and Edwardian antique engagement rings, which are adorned with diamonds, and sapphires for the engagements instead of going for usual jeweled rings. The interests on vintage engagement rings are going up. There are many online sellers for vintage engagement rings. One has to be very careful about the authenticity, quality and age of these antiques offered by the sellers. Also you have to assess the worthiness of the ring offered, make it a point to see its worthiness in your collection.

How To Plan A Wedding Cruise And Make It A Dream Wedding

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:41:51 +0000

If you’re getting married and you would like a wedding unlike any other, why not try a romantic wedding cruise?
Wedding cruise honeymoons come in various different packages and it is always a good idea to shop around before you make a choice. In making a decision, here are some factors to consider:
* How Relaxing Do You Want The Cruise to Be? – Do you want an active wedding cruise where you and your loved one go places and partake in many different activities? Or, simply lazing around is your stuff?
* Where Do You Want The Cruise to Stop - Some wedding cruises will take you to more than one place. It may even be possible to stop at around two to three different places on your journey. Plan your journey. An example of a cruise which stops at different destinations includes the ‘Adventure of the Seas’ cruise. That one will take you from Puerto Rico to Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten and St. Thomas.
* Does It Fit Your Budget? – Depending on the kind of package you are going for, a wedding cruise can be quite expensive! A basic wedding cruise package can be anything as little as $800! That is much cheaper than an ordinary wedding. Packages vary widely and you could pay as little as $399 for a seven night cruise all the way up to over $1,000. Remember to ask for discounts or any freebie to get better value for your money.
So, how do you make it a dream wedding? Here’s what you can do…
Try going to some romantic locations. For example, a wedding cruise to the Maldives may be more romantic than a trip to Disneyland, and a trip to the Caribbean would be a lot more romantic than a trip to somewhere local. Is there a special place your partner wanted to visit? Why not, visit that place because it will be a dream come true for both of you!
Another way you can make the trip romantic is by booking extras on your wedding cruise. For example, taking part in events such as a jazz evening or enjoying a pampering spa experience. Remember to include romantic dinners, exotic flowers and champagne to celebrate this significant day!
Other activities may include snorkelling, a welcome ceremony, and a private picnic. All packages vary so check with your travel agent to see what is included with your wedding cruise.
Learning how to plan a wedding cruise together could just be one of the most memorable things you can do with your partner. Plan it together, enjoy it together, and always remember this romantic wedding cruise for life!
About the Author
No idea where to go for your wedding cruise? Try a romantic Mediterranean Cruise or a hot bloodied Holland America Cruise!
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Article published on March 31, 2007 at Isnare.com

Some Useful Wedding Tips For That Dream Wedding

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:41:29 +0000

Charge Me Extra" that is what is written all over you once you are a bride… Here are wedding tips on how to turn the tables and use your buying power to get MORE for your money instead of LESS.
Planning your own wedding can save you tons of money, and the following simple wedding tips can save you a lot of time and money. There are wedding tips on how to have the dream wedding that you’ve always wanted. If for instance, you started planning a wedding and just realized that weddings cost more than you could have ever imagined, the following wedding tips or guides can save you from this embarrassing situation. Everybody knows that Brides want a beautiful wedding but would have to stretch their money to achieve it. But the question still arises, “How can I save money on some of the expensive aspects of my wedding?” Below are a few simple but effective wedding tips that can let you have that dream wedding.
Wedding tips that could answer that question every bride will encounter.
Learn the secrets, loopholes, and even outright scams that cost most of the brides thousands and thousands of dollars that is charged to them even when it is unnecessary. And learn everything from getting discounts and negotiate better terms. To save on your wedding, follow some wedding tips: first you must know where to look, where to ask, and you know how to talk… and yes, following some tried and tested wedding tips from your mother or aunt can definitely save yourself thousands of dollars in expenses.
Wedding tips for saving on your wedding dress.
You must already have an idea of what type of dress you are looking for. Wear clothing that is easy to slip in or out of. Try to find a wedding dress on-line is one of the wedding tips that is very reliable; you can get a good look at various designs without the trouble of going out. If looking for a wedding dress on a store here are wedding tips for you: start looking on one end of the store and pull out any dress that fits your taste. This is for you to fit and pick the dress that best suits you, gathering every dress you like makes sure that no one else gets to it before you. Make sure you have a shopping partner the ideal person to ask for wedding tips, and have them start looking on the other end of the store. If the dress you are fitting doesn’t look good on you, take it off immediately and go on to the next one.
Wedding tips on how you might want to save on your wedding photographers.
What is a wedding without pictures or videos to cover that special day? Try to use a non-wedding photographer for they charge more that 50 – 70% lower than those of the wedding photographer: this is a wedding tip from a friend of mine who is a photographer. Next thing to do is list names you know who can do this job and once you completed the list, call them up and see who is available for your date and make sure you go to them personally. This will establish a connection for you and your photographer and make sure you gather as much knowledge as you can, this will help you decide when you compare everybody that is on the list. Another wedding tips that you can use are to insist on keeping your negatives, in order to avoid getting completely ripped off after the wedding. This and other wedding tips would greatly help you save and achieve the dream wedding you’ve always wanted.
About the Author
Dirk Wagner provides several interesting ebooks with wedding tips. Visit http://www.1a-wedding.com for more informational articles and tips about your future wedding day.
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Article published on October 26, 2005 at Isnare.com

What Is Your Dream Wedding?

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:41:02 +0000

Now that you are engaged it is time for you and your fiancée to sit down and discuss what kind of wedding you two envision. Just because you love each other, it doesn’t mean that you agree on what kind of wedding would be your dream wedding.
If you have always dreamed of being the princess walking down the aisle treated like royalty, a traditional wedding is for you. But, if your fiancée wants to get married scuba diving instead, you two have a lot to talk about. Even though you two may not agree, you have to keep discussing your options. Many grooms don’t want to be bothered with wedding planning because they are not heard. If you want your fiancée to get involve, treat him like an equal and the help and feedback you receive may surprise you.
Whatever your decision may be you two have to feel good about it. Your wedding should be personalized to your desires. You two have to communicate clearly and openly about what is your dream wedding and why. You two have a common goal that is to get married, how you get there is your decision. Make a list of ideas that are important for you and see how you can incorporate them into your wedding day. Before you start working on the details, you should individually write down the most important ideas to make sure neither one of you is pressured into omitting anything important.
Throughout history, many of the decisions about the details of the wedding were up to the parents. Today, while parents are usually part of the process, they are not decision makers. If you want your parents to pay for your wedding, you are going to have to give them a lot more decision-making power than if you and your fiancée are paying for everything.
Once you get married you will become a team, so it makes sense to work as team planning your wedding. There are good and dysfunctional teams; you have the power to become an effective team. Regardless, the size or style of your wedding, you and your fiancée has to work together. The more effective you work together, the more fun you will have planning your big day.
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Article published on October 19, 2006 at Isnare.com

Your Wedding Dreams Come True

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:40:42 +0000

At last the dream has come true. Every woman wants to dream of the same dream. Yes, it is about your wedding. So, finally you have decided to get married and have chosen the ultimate partner of your life. Be rich or poor, every one who dreams of getting married some day thinks along the same lines.
Planning refers to the arrangement or the setting-up of something so that the happenings go on smoothly. A similar definition is to be thought of for wedding planning. A wedding planning includes decorations with flowers, selection of ornaments, and garments. Planning helps to get the right thing at the right moment. A planning, especially for a wedding, needs to be handled with great care so that things remain at our fingertips and the wedding ceremony and reception ends with easiness.
The wedding planning should be appealing to all, from the groom’s party to the guests. It should have a refinement of its own. Whenever we plan for a wedding, we should keep in mind even the smallest details. The planning should include the proper choice of things so that the wedding is a special occasion for someone really special. Care should be taken regarding the choice of the invitations, photographer, food, and drinks to be served. Wedding details primarily include garments, ornaments, and beauty objects such as make-up and perfume.
The wedding is a special moment in one’s life. It normally comes once in a lifetime. With this occasion, the woman stretches her wings to enjoy her life completely. Only a perfect wedding plan can give such a heavenly pleasure so that every one will remember your wedding reception and ceremony.
A perfect plan is necessary to make the occasion a remarkable one. Be selective about everything. It is you who is going to bring out a perfect marriage, so take care with your wedding plans. Sometimes, people speak of the color of the bridal dress, the foods and drinks served, the details arranged for the groom and the guests, the decorations, etc. These complements are a great pleasure for the organizer and the planner.
Though the traditions of the wedding have changed a great deal from the bride’s departure in a palanquin to a Limousine, from a marriage being performed in a church to an air craft or under the sea, everything is done for love and commitment. So, however perfect our wedding plans are, in the end, we should try to be perfect in our heart of hearts.

L Hayes is a wedding professional and owner of Wedding Favors Emporium. They carry an extensive line of unique wedding favors. They offer many popular gift ideas such as place card holders, bell wedding favors, and bridesmaid gifts. For more information about edible wedding favors, wedding planning, or wedding reception ideas, visit their website.
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Romantic Wedding Cruise

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:39:54 +0000

Warm weather, the blue sea, and exotic places, are these a part of your dream for the perfect wedding? Then think about a wedding package aboard a cruise ship. Today cruise lines offer wedding packages that include many of the amenities you’re looking for, including the honeymoon! Since cruise ships travel international water, there are certain rules that have to be followed, so currently only two cruise lines are offering weddings at sea performed by the Captain.
Other cruise lines offer weddings aboard ship while in port, and others offer weddings on shore while in port. It’s important for you to know which lines offer each and what it is you have in your dreams.
Most of the cruise lines offer wedding coordinators to walk you through the process. You will need to know the regulations for obtaining a marriage license, the cost, if you need a blood test or medical certificate and if you can do it by mail or have to be there in person. The cruise line wedding package will generally cover the wedding feast, pictures, music, flowers, champagne and the appropriate person to perform the ceremony. The coordinator will be there to help you with all the important details.
Your “customized” wedding cruise could be an intimate wedding for two, or include all your families and friends. Your guests could be with you at your on shore wedding, or go on the cruise with you.
So start planning the wedding of your dreams, a wedding cruise complete with honeymoon may be just what you are wishing for. Is the sea and sun calling your name on your wedding day?

It’s easy to plan a romantic wedding cruise, just take advantage of one of the customized cruise ship wedding packages available through the internet. Yes, warm weather, the blue sea, and exotic ports of call can all be part of your dream cruise wedding.
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A Dream Wedding On A Budget?

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:38:56 +0000

How do you plan a dream wedding without busting your budget or looking cheap? I am sure there is zillions of advice out there and by now all you brides to be or wanna be brides must be tired of hearing it. Well I have to put in my two cents (or two dollars for that matter seeing how the inflation has hit us all in the past decade or so). First of all you have to face the fact that weddings are expensive and according to one national survey the average cost of wedding is anywhere between $25,000 to $45,000. Now the million dollar question you have to ask yourself is that whether you think this substantial investment is worth the price for the ceremony that may or may not bind you with your prince charming till death do us part? If the answer is Absolutely, then lets get down to earth for a second and be sensible about the whole thing. I know sensible is boring but it does save you getting into unnecessary debt for the rest of your natural life. Now the next step is to ask help from well wishers around you on how to get your fantasy wedding without spending tens of thousands of dollars.
There have been lot of books, magazines, TV shows and Blogs ofcourse to steer you in the right direction if your well wishers are too busy with their own lives. After the initial research and soul searching and provided the wedding is still "on" by this time, go to work.
There are tons of resources for budgeting your dream without looking cheap and if your head is still in cloud nine and you cannot deal with the practicality of the situation, my advise to you is get the Wedding Planner, put your budget in front of the planner and save your self all the hassel. Now go and have a wonderful wedding, after all "You deserve it".
Now there are some pointers you can give your Planner to show her who is actually in charge of the show. Some of those pointers which will elevate you in the eyes of your planner are
1. Selecting Your Wedding Date
Now be very pragmatic (I know its hard at a moment like this)about selecting a wedding date. Everybody knows that the Peek wedding season is between May and September. May be April or October wedding would be a good idea.
2. Wedding Location
Some Locations that do not specialize in hosting weddings are a good alternative to Hotel ballrooms and banquet halls.
3. Style and Size
A small guest list is very desirable at this point and will open doors at lot of less expensive locations
4. Wedding Essentials and Accessories
Buy Off Season and again Buy Off Season You can even buy great designer stuff at reasonably affordable prices when everybody is making room for new season inventories
5. Reception and Ceremony
Skip on Lavish sit-down dinners, opt for creative decor, Favors and Gifts
And last but not least Enjoy Your Wedding Day as it is your special day and it is all about you.
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Article published on January 29, 2006 at Isnare.com

Are Dream Weddings On A Budget Really Possible?

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:37:54 +0000

The idea of a dream weddings on a budget might seem a little counter-intuitive to many people who are planning a wedding and know the extortionate costs involved, but there are a lot of things you can do to cut costs and maintain style. Here are a few ideas.
It seems that whenever you put the word "wedding" in front of a service, the price automatically doubles. Weddings are often a windfall for hotels, photographers and caterers, but there are many other areas of wedding planning where you can save a lot of money.
Saving on Transport
While many people will want to hire limousines or even horse and carriage for a wedding, there are ways to maintain a sense of style without blowing the budget on these things. Make a list of how many people you know with nice cars - usually when you ask if you can use them, they will be flattered (of course, you need to invite them to the wedding too!). Using friend’s cars totally eliminates the need for rented transport and almost everyone has at least a couple of friends who own stylish cars suitable for a wedding.
Catering on a Budget
If you start looking for wedding caterers, then you almost guarantee that you will be paying a premium. Consider getting in contact with local restaurants who don’t usually do weddings. Often they will be a lot cheaper and the food will be just as good! Also consider options other than traditional European cuisine. Thai and Indian are just as delicious and often a lot cheaper for caterers to make.
Save Money on Favors
Favors are the little gifts for guests that are usually left on the table of the reception. They can be very expensive, but there is no real need to go overboard here. Buy some candy to put in little gift boxes to save some money. It’s a cheap option that guests love. This can also save you a lot of money.
Cheap Wedding Reception
Finding a reception area for dream weddings can be one of the most expensive parts of planning a wedding. This is also where you can save a lot of money, if you can find a friend or relative who is willing to host your reception. Home receptions are usually a lot more intimate than hired wedding reception areas anyway. With the more personal touch of a reception hosted at a home, guests will feel more involved and part of your special day.
Low Cost Honeymoons
Taking a trip to Europe might be great, but it is also one of the most expensive places in the world to travel for honeymooners. Why not consider the excitement of Asia which has beautiful resorts and 5 star hotels at about a third of the price of Europe? Keeping your honeymoon travel costs to a minimum really isn’t that difficult if you carefully choose where you decide to go.
As you can see, just a few tips like these can potentially save you thousands of dollars on a wedding without affecting the quality. Dream weddings on a budget really can be a reality if you do a little planning!
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You can read more about dream weddings on a budget and other wedding planning tips at FabWeddingay.com

Author John McFadden