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Congratulations on your engagement! Now, it is time to start planning your party……..the biggest party you’ll ever through and probably the most meaningful in your personal life. Firstly you and you hubby must agree on a day. Once you have decided on the exact date you can choose your perfect save the date cards for your upcoming nuptials. The save the date magnets and cards will set the tone for your big day. It establishes your style and taste and speaks about what is to come on the big day- your wedding day! It is the first official message you guest will get from you, so make it as unique and unforgettable as possible bearing in mind that this sets the tone for your big day. Save the dates are sent before your invitations so they will give everyone something to talk about.

Below are some sites that you can visit to find your perfect save the date cards and magnets.

www.weddingcram.com

Wedding cram provides you with save the date magnets which you can personalize to what best suites your needs. You can also get a free sample of these personalized magnets.

www.theamericanwedding.com

American Wedding allows you to personalize your save the date cards. They offer a variety of colors and also provide wedding invitations.

www.lcipaper.com

This website allows you to design your save the date cards. You can personalize it to tie in with your wedding theme.

www.colorsbydesign.com

This website has set versions of save the date cards. However, they offer you a guideline as to the wording of the save the date cards.

Good luck in choosing your ideal save the date cards or magnets!

Now that you are engaged you may want to have an engagement party. This is normally sponsored by the parents of the bride but if you wish to be the person to sponsor it you can. Be sure to agree on a date not more than three months after your engagement, then put together a guest list bearing in mind that these persons should also be invited to your wedding. Agree on the type of food you’d like to have, which is for the most part finger food. If you so choose you can join a registry to give your guest an idea of what you would want as gifts at your party. However, this party is not about the gifts so you may opt not to have a registry. This party is all about your engagement so you should be prepared to give toasts and if your guests takes gives for you, you should be prepared to send thank you notes so you must pay special attention to which person gave each gift.

Congratulations on your engagement! Now that you are engaged you need to start planning and in order for the wedding plans not to be overwhelming you will need to first decide upon the date that you would want to get married, this is normally within one year of getting married. The date however depends upon what time of year you’d want the wedding. Depending on the time of the year that you’d like to get married you could start envisioning the theme of your wedding and the ideal location. You and your fiance can start discussing possible locations and the theme of your wedding. Upon agreeing on the theme and possible locations you can start visiting the different locations in order to garner if that is what you envisioned and if it is a hotel the packages that they offer for weddings. You will still need to bear in mind the amount of money that you have to spend so both you and your spouse will need to compile a budget based on all the sources of finance for the wedding. When visiting the different locations chosen remember that the prices that you are told can vary depending on the date and time of year and time of day, the size of your wedding, the level of formality and most importantly the location.

Now that you basically know what you have ahead of you before the wedding it is time to make the announcement of your engagement, if you haven’t already done so. You can put your engagement announcement in your local newspaper or in any paper that you wish. You will first need to find out the cost of placing the engagement announcement in the newspaper and contacting them. This is where you may use your engagement portraits.

Choosing the bridal party is the next task at hand. You should try to agree with your fiance on who should be a part of your bridal party.The earlier you ask them the better it will be for you. They will make the task seem less overwhelming as they assist you in putting together this wonderful, life-changing celebration of love.

Now it is time to make guest list. If you had an engagement party you should bear in mind that those guest should be invited to the wedding, unless you would want a small wedding and explain to them that the engagement party is the big bash for them to celebrate with you. At the time you are making the guest list remember to bear in mind your budget, you do not want to spend too much over your budget because you will be the one footing the bill.

It is never too early to start gown shopping. What have you always dreamt of as your ideal wedding gown. You could start by drawing it and then visiting stores to determine what gown best fits you. However, before you visit the store you could try learning more about the lingo for example read on the silhouettes that would flatter your body, the trail, the hues and necklines.

Upon engagement you will want the world to know the good news, you will also want to remember the place forever. One way of capturing this life changing piece of happiness is through engagement portraits.

The engagement portraits are the first pictures that you will be taking that holds the significance of a strong bond that will be finalized through marriage . As such you will want everything to be as flawless as possible. First, you will have to choose which photographer to use. in doing so you should ask yourself how good is this potential photographer? You can answer this question by doing a number of things. You can look at past work done by the photographer, google the photographer, and most importantly their credentials. If you have a friend or relative that has recently being married then you could definitely look at their pictures and decide if you would like to use their photographer. However, you should try to avoid a studio that has more than two or three photographers as some of the photographers may just be trying to become photographers.

Upon deciding what photographer to use it is suggested that you ask the photographer not only to get posed shots of you but also candid as this will make them look more animated especially if during the wedding you decide to use them as a slide show.

Just remember to bear in mind that this is your special moment. Ensure that the studio has an impeccable reputation of delivering its promises and has been in existence for a number of years.

Go out and have a fun creating your engagements portraits.

So you’ve made that big decision to get married. Now you need to find the perfect ring that matches your perfect woman. This is the day you will make her know how much you love her and appreciate her and how special she is to you. It is also the day when you are most unselfish offering her your heart. You only get one chance to choose the perfect ring, which may be one of the most overwhelming thing you will ever do. Here are some suggested sites where you can find the perfect engagement ring for you perfect girl.

www.scottkay.com

This website provides great assistance in finding the perfect ring for her based on some simply lifestyle questions.

www.tacori.com

This website is very informative, making you aware of the options that are available to you. It also makes choosing an engagement ring seem less overwhelming.

www.simong.com

This website will make you fall in love all over again.

www.michaelmcollection.com

This website has a limited collection of rings but you will definitely love them.

www.ivankatrumpcollection.com

This website has breath taking pieces.

Good luck choosing the perfect ring that symbolizes you lifetime commitment to your perfect girl, the girl of you dreams.

Welcome to brides2be blog. Perhaps you have just being engaged or you are just seeking ideas to plan a wedding brides2be has everything you will need leading up to the wedding day right through to the honeymoon.After all a wedding, whether it is yours or a friend, is the biggest party you’ll ever throw, at the same time there are changes to be made as you will now be a part of a married couple. So many decisions to make. You will need to manage the details, but brides2be will help. You’ll find ideas that inspire and information to plan the perfect wedding.