A British royal wedding is always a delight to watch because there seems to be no end to the pomp and spectacle of the whole thing. Being related to every royal family inEurope, the guest list is also something to be marveled at. In present times, this list has been bolstered by all sorts of celebrities from the world of film, fashion and sports. This particular wedding has been of great interest to people, starting with the gold embossed wedding invitations and including the specially ordered limited edition scarves made of fine wool given to guests as bonbonnieres.

If you haven’t had enough of this wedding even after reading every last detail about it on the internet, there is one more thing you could do. If you ever visitLondonyou could go on one of the many royal wedding tours that are hugely popular with people who love everything to do with the royal family and especially concerning this beautiful young couple. You will be taken to many of the places associated with their romance, including the various places where they spent time with each other.

A Royal wedding tour is nothing without a visit to many famous places that are already well known tourist attractions. Westminster Abbey, where this young couple tied the knot, is one such place. This historical place is where Prince William’s royal grandparents and great grandparents also got married and where his mother Diana’s funeral was held. The tour should also take you toBuckinghamPalacewhere the newly married royal couple thrilled the couple with their first kiss as a married couple.

There are many more places that are not directly associated with the wedding but are certainly part of their story. This includes the store where Kate used to work and also the pubs and nightclubs they used to go to. Some tours also take you to see the places associated with Kate’s family, if only to emphasize her fairy tale rise from commoner to royalty.

You’re sure to be very busy arranging for wedding invitations and bonbonnieres for your big day. If you are so enamored of this story you should think of planning a honeymoon inEnglandso that you can go on one of these tours. You’ll really enjoy yourself on this tour since there are plenty more things to do and see inEngland.

The person who has had the biggest impact on bridal fashion this year is Kate Middleton. She has brought lace back into prominence and lots of ladies are requesting for gowns that have lots of lace in them. Another thing that Kate’s dress has done is that it has brought full sleeves back into fashion, making them look sexy. Her dress harked back to one that Grace Kelley had worn when she married Prince Rainier ofMonaco, but in an updated style. Many wedding designers are taking inspiration from Kate because of the huge influence she has had on young women. It is not difficult to want a lace gown simply because it is very feminine and beautiful.

Another thing that you will notice this year is that brides are not fearful about experimenting with color when it comes to their wedding dresses because they don’t want to wear white like most other brides. However, in case you don’t want to take a huge fashion risk you could go for very faint hues of your chosen color. You will look absolutely wonderful in a dress that looks very unique. Make sure that you choose the color that suits your skin tone the best.

Many designers are creating dresses with illusion necklines so that there is a layer of clear fabric to cover the neckline. This is a great way to use lace without worrying that a low cut gown will leave you overexposed. This type of dress is also one that Kate Middleton has had a role in making famous. You can use all sorts of materials for your dress. High quality silk satin is always popular in spite of its high price. You could even use velvet on your gown, especially along with other materials. However, it is suitable only for a winter wedding. Lace, tulle and net are perfect for summer weddings. Make sure that you try out different gowns before you buy them because you shouldn’t feel compelled to follow trends blindly.

The trend of wearing soft and romantic dresses for spring and chic and sophisticated ones for a winter wedding are still continuing. You’ll find a whole lot of beautiful dresses to choose from once you have decided what type of wedding you will be having. In fact, this is a good time to decide on the theme of your wedding so that you can order your wedding invitations, bonbonnieres and other things to match with it.

Needless to say, the theme you select for your big day should be one that is easy to manage. It should also be an easy one that other people will relate to. The last thing you want is to bore your guests or to confuse them by planning a theme that only you and a few others might appreciate. If you want to play safe with your theme then a 90s style wedding is the best option because it didn’t happen too long ago and most people have pleasant associations with any cultural references to that decade.

You’ll be glad to know that the 90s didn’t really have any type of signature style, unlike the decades that preceded it. However, there are many iconic shows and films that belong to this period. You will get ample opportunity to borrow inspiration from this period which gave us Friends, Seinfeld, the Spice Girls and Titanic. In fact, the music from this period is really great to dance to. Tunes like “Ooh Ahh... Just a Little Bit" by Gina G and “I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis are really great to dance to and so are most of Britney Spears’ numbers. If you want to dance to romantic numbers you can choose from Celine Dion’s or Mariah Carey’s albums. You could buy compilations of dance music from this decade to give your guests as bonbonnieres.

The perfect wedding dress for your 90’s themed wedding will have a full skirt and puffy sleeves. It will also have a very long train. This type of dress was in vogue in the early 90s because Princess Diana had set the trend in the 80s and many ladies continued to copy her for a very long time after that. Even the dresses for the bridesmaids would have to have large puffed sleeves to complete the theme. If your dress uses a lot of lace you could incorporate the design of the lace on your wedding invitations to give them a really lovely look.

You’ll have a great deal of fun if you select a 90s theme for your wedding, and your guests will have a great time as well. Make sure that you plan everything well right from the wedding invitations to the bonbonnieres so that nothing gets left to chance. If you make your arrangements well in advance you will be able to stay relaxed and stress free in the weeks leading up to your big day. Your wedding will surely be remembered for a long time to come!

You need to make the correct arrangements for you wedding gown so that it is cleaned properly immediately after the wedding. You are bound to have food stains and wine spills on your dress no matter how careful you have been while wearing it. Besides, perspiration as well as oils from the skin can also discolor it over time. It would be best if you had a trusted person give your dress to a reliable dry cleaner when you go off on your honeymoon. Don’t wait to do this when you come back because most stains should be taken care of as soon as possible.

While cleaning your dress is important, you also need to know how to store it correctly. First of all, you need to inspect that dress that comes back from the cleaners in order to check whether they have done a good job on it. If you are satisfied that your gown is cleaned well you should fold it carefully and store it in a special box made of acid free materials after wrapping it is muslin. Don’t fold the dress flat because this will lead to creases that will never go away. Instead, you should stuff the gown with acid free tissue paper. This will enable it to sit well in the box.

Don’t leave moth balls in the box where they can come in contact with the fabric of the dress because they can leave stains on it. You should also open the box from time to time every year or so in order to inspect it. This will ensure that fresh air comes into the box and prevents the dress from having a musty smell. You should always fold the dress differently each time you open it so that you prevent permanent creases from happening. Your dress will definitely tear along a permanent crease after some time.

Many brides collect all sorts of keepsakes from their big day so that they can look at them whenever they want. This collection usually includes their wedding invitations, music programs, bonbonnieres, pressed or dried flowers used in the décor as well as their gown. You too could do the same if you plan things well. In fact, if your wedding dress is preserved well there is no reason why your daughter or granddaughter cannot use it as well in the future!

You have to choose music for your big day very carefully so that everything about that day goes according to your intentions. You’ll need two distinct types of music for that day; one type to serve as punctuation for the actual ceremony and the other type to entertain people at the reception that follows the wedding. This obviously means that you will have to put a lot of thought to this subject and should hire a really good MC and DJ.

If you want your wedding day to have a really playful mood you could choose to have popular numbers played in place of conventional classical tunes during the ceremony. For instance, you can have a lovely romantic song playing when you walk down the aisle or when people are getting seated before the ceremony begins. It goes without saying that you can’t play vulgar or irreverent music if you are getting married in a house of worship. Your guests will definitely love listening to these tunes and the overall mood will be joyous.

You will have a lot more scope when selecting the music for the reception that follows the ceremony. This is a great opportunity to have a wonderful party and celebrate with friends and family the fact that you are married. You need to ensure that lots of peppy numbers are played so that people will have no option but to move to the dance floor. Do some research on what the most popular numbers are these days. Make sure that you also include songs that people from the previous generations will love to dance to so that they don’t feel left out. In fact, there are quite a few numbers that will appeal to people across the generations. Take inputs from your family and friends so that you are absolutely sure of what to play.

If you are really serious about having the right music for the event you could ask your invitees what music they would like to dance to. While you can’t really ask this question in your wedding invitations you certainly could email them separately. Another good idea to would be top place song request cards at each place setting along with the bonbonnieres so that your guests can ask for the music they will love. You can be sure that these steps will keep your invitees really happy and excited on your special day.

The fabric that you make your wedding gown out of is really important because the right material will make you look stunning while ensuring that you are comfortable at the same time. There are quite a few fabrics that work beautifully for wedding gowns. Satin, lace and silk are very often used, as are organza, tulle and net. At the same time, a particular design will look completely different if it is made using different fabrics because of the way in which it falls. It is therefore best if you spend quite a bit of time checking out different materials so that you understand which one suits you the best. Don’t buy anything that feels uncomfortable just because it looks good or is available at the right price.

If you want to make a huge impression with your gown you should consider using silk duchesse satin. This material looks absolutely luxurious and it skims the curves of the female form beautifully. It is rather expensive but it is a good buy considering that it does not wrinkle easily. Polyester satin is much cheaper but it does not look as good. You might consider buying the best type of polyester satin available because anything less than that will look cheap. If you need satin to form an underlay to a top panel of lace then you could opt for something cheaper because its defects will be obscured.

If you do not want the glitz of satin, you could opt for silk shantungs and dupionis, both of which are rather expensive. Both these materials drape very well and they are perfect if you want a dress that does not hug your curves too tight. Silk has a lovely natural luster that makes you look absolutely beautiful. If you are going for a romantic look for your wedding gown you should consider using sheer fabrics. Organza and tulle are used to make dresses with full skirts. However, since they are sheer they have a light and airy look. Chiffon is used for dresses with an elegant and feminine drape.

You need to try out different types of dresses in a variety of materials before you select on any one type. Take a trusted friend or family member along so that you can get honest advice on how you look in each outfit. In fact, you can also get inspiration from the different fabrics when you are designing your wedding invitations and bonbonnieres because you can use the material in the form of bows.

The medieval theme is perfect if you are planning to get married abroad and have hired a castle as the venue. There are quite a few of them, reasonably small in size, all overEurope. However, you don’t necessarily have to go that far in order to have this theme. You can easily organize it in a garden. All you have to do is put up a lot of colorful striped tents and decorate the venue with a lot of banners.  Use a lot of herbs and bright flowers to do up the venue, taking care to avoid using orchids, hibiscus or any other tropical flowers because that would stretch the theme a bit!

Use medieval sounding language and spelling while writing out your wedding invitations. You could hire an artist or calligrapher to write them out in a suitable font. In fact, you should also use this person to write out personalized messages to each guest that will be placed along with their bonbonnieres. Think of buying satin bags that you could fill with potpourri or chocolates in order to give as favors. It would be great if you could visit renaissance fairs before your wedding in order to get ideas on what to do. You’ll find a large number of trinkets that can be used as bonbonnieres. 

The menu for your wedding lunch should be an elaborate one since the people of bygone days liked to celebrate important events in great style. Roast meats should feature on the menu (with vegetarian and vegan options as well since no one should go hungry!). Beer, wine and ale are the beverages that most people associate with these kinds of feasts. Cutlery wasn’t used at that time, but you’ll have to decide whether you want to be absolutely true to the theme. Your guests might appreciate having knives, forks and spoons to use.

You’ll have a great time dressing up in furs and satins for your big day. You’ll easily get the clothes you need from a costume store or could even get one custom-made. Keep your hair braided and wear a wreath of flowers and herbs on it. Your big day will be a great success with your friends and family because this is an opportunity for them to get into costume and have fun. You’ll need to do quite a bit of planning from selecting your wedding invitations and bonbonnieres to getting the right outfits, but you will be more than pleased with the way your special day turns out.

It will be impossible to plan an elaborate wedding without feeling stressed especially if your event is being held at a special destination such as overseas. Besides, you simply might miss out on something important if you try to do this on your own. Your only option might be to relinquish responsibility for making all the arrangements to a person who has the capability and resources to do it well. In other words, you might feel the need to approach a wedding consultant who can help you with the arrangements.

At the very outset you need to understand that a wedding consultant will not come cheap. You will obviously need to add this person’s fees to the entire cost of arranging for your wedding. However, you will be buying yourself a great deal of peace of mind by doing so and it is difficult to put a price on that! You can decide to what extent you want this person to be involved in the preparations for your big day. Some people might need help with selecting a theme whereas others require assistance with managing vendors of wedding invitations, bonbonnieres and flowers etc.

You might find it difficult to put on a unique and remarkable show without the help of a professional. Apart from giving you valuable ideas on what your special day ought to look like, a wedding consultant might also put you on to best suppliers available for the different things you need to purchase. This person will have excellent contacts in the business and will help you buy goods of the right quality and that too at the best price. In fact, you might even save money on the entire event if you hire a planner instead of making all the arrangements on your own.

Needless to say, it is not absolutely necessary to hire a wedding consultant if yours is a small and simple wedding. However, if you want everything about your wedding to be outstanding then you ought to consider getting outside help. A professional will ensure that everything from your wedding invitations to your bonbonnieres looks really attractive. You’ll then be able to focus on the important task of getting into shape for your big day. In fact, there is no better way of ensuring that you look and feel at your very best on your wedding day!

You’ll definitely need to decide where to have your honeymoon, but you first need to decide which the right time to get out for the honeymoon is. This is really important in case you are heading out for a lengthy honeymoon, especially out of the country. You need to remember that you’ll have plenty of responsibilities at work that will be put on hold when you first go for a vacation as a married person. There is no fixed rule about when to go because your mutual convenience is all that is important.

Many couples head out for their honeymoon immediately after their reception. If you can manage it in such a manner, you can leave for the airport straight after the reception. On the other hand, you might prefer to delay your departure by a few days so that you can stay back to manage all the chaos that the wedding would have created. There might be bills to pay and gifts to open or put away until have the time to open them at your leisure. You might also prefer to stay back in order to spend time with the family members who have travelled from afar to spend time with you.

Another reason for delaying your departure could be that you can get cheaper flights on a particular day and not on any other one. Certain days of the week are cheaper to take flights on for a variety of reasons. Similarly, you might want to wait a day or two in order to get a particular connection that is cheaper than another one. It’s a good idea to take costs into consideration because you’ll need to budget for outfits, wedding invitations, décor, flowers and bonbonnieres, amongst other things. You can’t spend too much of money only on one thing at the cost of neglecting other things that can make your day very special.

It is not a good idea to delay your honeymoon too much after your reception because then your trip will lose a lot of its magic. It will be a vacation in a lovely destination but certainly not a honeymoon! Make sure that you plan your work and personal life well so that you get this organized well. You’ll come back from your trip with lots of lovely memories and will then be able to start your married life in earnest.

If you are busy planning for your big day you need to always remember that the things you do reveal a lot about you as a couple. For starters, you will be able to display your sense of style and personal preferences on this important day. You ought to choose a theme for the wedding that highlights something special that the two of you share as a couple. In fact, you’ll actually find it quite easy to select wedding invitations, menu and décor once you finalize your theme. Your guests will also love to see what bonbonnieres you have selected if you are known for your good taste.

Your choice of wedding favors will also tell your guests how happy you are to see them. For this you’ll have to put a lot of thought into selecting something that you know they will like. Many people buy the first things they see in a catalogue, irrespective of whether their guests might even like them or not. If you are a thoughtful person you would buy favors that can be used in more than one way so that your guests can use them in any way they want. For instance, coasters should be able to be used as photo frames. Similarly, if you are gifting them chocolates or sugared almonds you should consider placing them in boxes that can later on be used for storing jewelry or knickknacks.

You can be sure that guests will remember your wedding for a long time to come if they go back with a pleasant experience and also the best possible wedding favors. You should therefore put a lot of thought into what you plan to gift them. If you do not take the required amount of trouble your guests will not feel that their presence at your wedding was valued.

It is a mistake to assume that you have to spend a great deal of money while selecting wedding invitations, bonbonnieres or the like in order to make your wedding special. Expensive things are undoubtedly nice but you can also impress your friends and family members with your thoughtfulness without having to spend a lot of money. If you do a simple thing such as leaving handwritten notes near each wedding favor your guests will be really touched. Therefore you should make arrangements carefully so that your guests go back feeling happy that they were a part of your special day.