Archive for February, 2011

Tips for an Eye Makeup at a Wedding

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

If possible, consult a makeup artist for doing your makeup or ask a friend who can do this well. Groom the eyebrows about four days before the wedding.

Select colors which work best for your skin tone and hair color and color of your eyes. Essentially, use warm colors in brown shades or cool colors such as blue or green. Apply eyeliner at the contour of the eyes to make them look bigger. When applying the eyeliner, start with the inside of eyelashes and make a sweep across your eyelid. Waterproof mascara should be applied after wards.

Use the eye shadow primer so that the eye shadow adheres better. Apply it before putting on the eye shadow. When you apply the eye shadow, first you should put on the base color by sweeping your shadow brush across your eyelids. Apply a medium shadow for covering the lower lids. Then apply the darkest shadow for highlighting the eyelids.

Ideas for step by step makeup at the Weddings

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

First apply concealer, starting underneath the eyes with a small brush, lightly patting the concealer on the dark areas under your eye, including both corners of the eyes. Then apply the foundation, starting from the center of the face working outward, also including the eyelids. Blend it well so that no makeup lines are visible.

Apply blush on your cheeks, on the area which sticks out when smiling. Using the sponge applicator which comes with the eyeshadow, apply the medium color eyeshadow over the eye lid part of each eye. Next using the lightest color, apply eyeshadow over the brow area.

Line the bottom eyelid and outside area of the top lid using charcoal eyeliner. Waterproof mascara should be applied over the eyelashes. Then apply a lip color which is somewhat brighter than the dress you wear and then blot the lips with tissue paper. Then apply lip gloss.

Ideas for Jewish Wedding Gifts

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Ketubah

Every Jewish couple has to sign the ketubah, or marriage contract, before the ceremony. The ketubah can be decorated, reflecting the interests and tastes of the couple. The ketubah’s beauty and gift value comes from the decorations, which are done in watercolor or acrylic or using mixed media, also filigree paper cut is popular. The tradition of to decorate this ketubah dates back to the 10th century. A ketubah may be expensive, so you should consider giving it as the group gift with friends.

Challah Board with Knife

A challah means the braided bread loaf blessed and which you should eat on the Sabbath and many Jewish holidays. Jewish people have the concept known as “hiddur mitzvah”. Help the couple for extending this concept to this ritual blessing using bread by giving the couple a challah board with knife. A challah board is generally wooden and comes in a set including a knife.

The Wedding Themes using double hearts

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Cake

The wedding cake can illustrate this wedding theme with double hearts, as the cake offers a blank canvas to edit. You can tell your baker that he should pipe interlocking double hearts over the tiers of your wedding cake. Select a cake topper which represents your double hearts theme. Two silver colored interlocked hearts located on the topmost tier enhances your double hearts theme.

Stationary

A simple and easy way to incorporate the wedding theme is including the theme images on your wedding stationary. Print
these double hearts on your wedding invitations or the ceremony programs or the reception menus or the napkins and also the place cards for clearly illustrating the theme.

Wedding Favors

Select a wedding favor such as a wine bottle stopper in shape of interlocking hearts or the candy box printed having this double hearts imagery or you can have candle holders having the heart shape.

Ideas for Wedding Centerpiece with Hearts

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Candy

You can keep three tall and round shaped vases in the center of the table. Keep small candy hearts having inscribed messages in one vase with foil wrapped chocolate flavored candy hearts in another. You can fill your third vase using heart-shaped lollipops.

Candles

You can place a large, red colored, felt stuffed heart in center of the table having the names of the couple and the wedding date in white surrounding the heart. You can surround the heart using small white candles placed in red holders of glass.

Flower and Candles

You can create some floating centerpiece for the wedding display. Keep a wide glass bowl with heart shape in center of your table and fill the bowl up to the brim with water. Add a few red and white floating candles having heart shape inside the vase. Add white and red rose petals in the water and besides the bowl.

Some tips for Welcome Baskets in a Wedding

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Local Flavor

The important aspect of your wedding welcome basket should be focused on local gifts. The guests may not be familiar to your hometown, so you can provide some simple gifts reflecting the city. You can place a wine bottle from the local winery or some food sample from the local store.

Something about You

The next step in creating a wedding basket is that it should focus around you as the couple. The wedding guests which are from outside often don’t have the opportunity of knowing both the bride as well as the groom, so your welcome basket can be a way of sharing fun facts about both of you.

Travel Guide

A travel guide can be included in the welcome basket for guests. Suggest some fun breakfast place and drinks at your happy hour and a park for guests who like the outdoors or some local entertainment venue.

Ideas for Destination Wedding Attire

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Beach

Beach weddings fit with having a tropical theme, which can be incorporated easily into the attire. Destination Weddings suggest that for weddings in a tropical location groomsmen should wear Hawaiian shirts and bridesmaids should wear sarongs.

Mountains

Mountain locations are normally cold and need layers. Snow may require goose down coats as well as fur, which can be an interesting element in wedding gowns. Nature lovers can wear hiking outfits along with boots.

City

City and metropolitan areas which are relatively formal, having hotel halls, banquet areas providing an upscale atmosphere. In this area trendy clothing fits well, having well-fitted clothes to match the high standard of the area.
Woods

A wedding location in the woods gives elegant feel compared to most locations and it is suited more to suits with ties. Brides look well-suited in off-white hues with lace, and bridesmaids should wear emerald greens or any other dark colors.

Colors for a Wedding in January

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Silver, Blue or White

You can use the colors of silver icicles, blue sky and white snow for the January wedding. Bridesmaids look cool in light blue bridesmaid dresses. A silver ribbon tied around the bride’s waist helps in adding shine and glitter to her dress. You can use silver and crystal beads in bridal bouquet. The groom as well as groomsmen can wear steel blue ties with silver cuff links.

Gemstone Colors

The rich and deep red color of garnet gemstone when mixed with emerald green or sapphire blue gemstone creates a dramatic color scheme for wedding. Velvet bridesmaid dresses wearing these rich colors have a sophisticated look. Glittering rhinestones can be added to bridesmaid bouquets with glimmer crystals added to the bride’s bouquet. For reception, dinner tables can be named after gemstones and gemstones can be scattered in the center of the table, around a vase of colored ostrich feathers.

Best Cheap locations for Weddings in Pennsylvania

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Manayunk Restaurant

The banquet room in the Manayunk Restaurant and Brewery provides a loft-style space to celebrate your wedding reception. This area can hold up to 180 guests and situated in a separate space away from the restaurant and the brewery. The patio and the deck areas can hold up to 100 guests for reception in each area. The planning staff helps you for choosing the menu and other wedding items like flowers or a photographer.

Ligonier Country Inn

The Ligonier Country Inn can hold wedding parties for 40 to 300 people. The banquet hall offers the old-world style having a stone fireplace with warm color walls. The pool area along with the “Carriage House” opposite the poolside can also be used for wedding. All the wedding packages available at this Ligonier Country Inn offer champagne for the bride as well as groom’s table and wine for your wedding guests.

Looking for Unique Locations for Weddings

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

One of the most unique wedding locations for weddings is the beach. Today a number of weddings are being celebrated on the beach due to the serenity as well as the calmness that the beach environment can offer. The beach is the perfect location for adventurous couples looking for excitement through boating rides and various water adventures.

Other great option is celebrating the wedding ceremony on the roof of a large building. This location is perfect for couples liking the heights. Though it is difficult to set up this thing, building owners will permit such events so the couples can enjoy the ultimate wedding ceremony of their life.

As a different location, you can try places like landmarks for celebrating your weddings. This will surely be the wedding which your guests will not forget as the ambiance being a wonderful place, and also it is not typical celebrating weddings there.