Beauty of Indonesian traditional wedding outfits
Indonesia is one of those countries with the most elaborate, costly, and beautiful wedding clothing. Besides, the variety of styles of traditional wedding attire is truly impressive. Every region has its own traditional wedding costumes of the bride and groom and, sometimes, they differ so much! But the general look and main features are common, so you don’t doubt this folk wedding attire is from Indonesia, just can’t always say from what area. Here you are just a few Indonesian traditional wedding outfits in all their glory, with lovely adornments, gold embroidery, intricate headdresses, and massive jewelry.
Wedding dessert table ideas for your inspiration
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Wedding dessert tables are favored by many couples today. A separate corner (table, counter, or even a few small tables) with various sweets for the wedding guests can be a lovely wedding venue décor item, not just a place where you can have a bite. There is a myriad of options of wedding desserts, so you’re free to have bite-size desserts, a pie bar, an assortment of cupcakes with different toppings, a fruit bar, a wall of sweet chewy snacks, or any other wedding desserts you like. You can even have both a grand wedding cake and multiple mini desserts.
Wedding gown trends 2023. What to wear to your wedding?
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One of the most important things for any bride is the wedding dress. Even if you know your body well and can pick the best styles of gowns that will fit you, there are still numerous tricks and peculiarities you should remember when deciding what to wear for your wedding. What wedding gowns are trendy today and which of them will remain the vogue 12-18 months from now when your wedding is due? What accessories should you pick for the perfect wedding look? What color of the wedding dress to choose? If you have all those questions, here are the answers.
Wedding traditions in Croatia. Piece of apple instead of engagement ring?
Many Croatian wedding traditions are truly unique. You won’t find anything like them in other countries. Like offering a piece of apple instead of an engagement ring. Or serving food at the wedding dinner almost until morning. Or having a barjaktar who leads the wedding procession. Croatia has such an interesting wedding culture! Let’s find out more about these and many other Croatian wedding customs.
Shocking variety of Ukrainian wedding breads – not just round loaf but houses, birds, or even laundry beaters
There is a nice Slavic wedding tradition to use ceremonial wedding bread to bless the newlyweds and ritually feed the guests. Usually, this wedding bread is made in a round shape or sometimes in the shape of a braid. But in Ukraine, the ceremonial breads can be really curiously or even weirdly shaped. For instance, what would you think about wedding bread shaped like a stick, a boot, an antique laundry beater, etc? Intrigued? Let’s look at different Ukrainian wedding bread loaves from a thematic exhibition.
Top 5 most popular color palettes for wedding season 2023
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Every December, it’s such fun to learn about new wedding trends for the next year. And wedding colors are one of the most popular topics because the color palette influences everything else – from wedding gowns to flowers to wedding décor to bridesmaids’ dresses to bride’s accessories, and so on and so forth. So traditionally at the end of the year, let’s talk about the wedding colors of 2023. What colors and shades are we going to see most frequently? How vivid is this wedding season going to be? What wedding theme to pick so that the colors are trendy?
Wedding sign ideas for your inspiration
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This season, creative and personalized wedding signs are very popular. Neon signs, hand-crafted and DIY wedding signs, different high-tech ideas – anything that looks unique and spectacular is trendy in 2023. Here are a few charming and functional wedding sign ideas you can incorporate into your wedding. By the way, to cut expenses, couples often use movable wedding décor, so you can use wedding signs at the entrance to the venue and then move them to a photo zone or some other location.
Proposal trends 2023 you should use if you’re about to pop the question
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The moment you ask your honey to marry you is one of the most magical and romantic moments in both your lives. Everything should be perfect. And to help you pick the right spot, decorate it perfectly, pop the question, and get a positive answer, here are the latest and most useful proposal trends that are popular in 2023. Maybe you’ll find inspiration for your own declaration of love to the person of your dream. Good luck!
Top 5 most weird Greek wedding traditions
There are plenty of odd and curious wedding traditions, customs, and rituals around our planet. Some of them are centuries-old and derive from the times when superstitions ruled the world, others are modern inventions. In Greek culture, most of the wedding traditions are connected with religious beliefs. Here are the top 5 most weird wedding traditions in Greece you’ve probably never heard about. Where else would your best friend prepare your first wedding night bed?!
Wedding trends 2023. Detachable sleeves, walls of snacks, and movable floral installations
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The next wedding season will truly give us some joy after these last few years of canceled weddings and zoom ceremonies without real guests. In 2023, people will at last fully enjoy this significant day of their life. And to make a wedding even more spectacular, fresh wedding trends are coming our way – and they are among the most charming wedding trends we’ve seen for years.
Wedding gloves ideas for your inspiration. Modern and vintage bridal gloves
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Few brides complement their wedding look with wedding gloves. And that’s sad because bridal gloves look wonderful and add a lot of charm to a bride. Besides, there is such a wide variety of gloves you can use – white and black lace gloves, fingerless gloves, middle finger gloves, satin gloves, white leather gloves, etc. This accessory is almost as sophisticated and fancy as a wedding veil. And like the veil, you can wear gloves not for the whole wedding day but just for the ceremony and wedding photoshoot, taking them off for the reception.
Can a wedding cost less than $15,000? Yes, totally possible. Here are a few tips
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Wedding planning can be tough, especially when your wedding budget isn’t that big. But it’s totally possible to have a wonderful and memorable wedding with a $10-15,000 budget. Of course, it depends on the length of your guest list and your ability to use money smartly. Here are a number of useful tips and pieces of advice from experienced wedding planners that will help you spend only $15K on the wedding of your dream.
Centuries-old wedding traditions in Palestine
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Palestinian weddings are typically cheerful, loud, plentiful, and last for several days in a row. This country has a rich and ancient culture, so it’s no wonder their wedding traditions are also old and respectful. From an engagement to a post-wedding family gathering – every aspect of a wedding is dictated by tradition and is wonderful to witness. If you’re going to a Palestinian wedding, be ready for mounds of food, loud ululating, folk dancing and singing, and elaborate henna tattoos.
19Th-century wedding bonnets. They look charming but I wouldn’t have a dead bird on me on my wedding day
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Today, brides seldom wear caps or bonnets on their wedding day. Usually, it’s a wedding veil or some cute bridal hair accessories. But in the 19th century, it was fashionable for ladies all around the world to wear a wedding bonnet on top of an intricate hairdo. When we look at these headpieces with a modern eye, some of them seem weird or even awful for us – like bonnets adorned with dead stuffed birds or bird wings – but it was the norm in the 1800s. I’d say, thank God fashion trends have changed since then.
What to do if your wedding day is a disappointment?
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Sometimes, everything just doesn’t go as you’ve planned. Even when you did all you possibly could to organize a perfect wedding. Even when your plan is great. There is still a chance that something will go wrong. What can you do to feel better if you can’t fix the problem? How to cope with your disappointment? Because a lot of people consider their wedding day one of the best days in their life and have extremely high expectations, so when even the smallest detail goes not according to plan, they feel devastated. Hopefully, this post will help you avoid such drama.
Bridal henna tattoo designs from different cultures for your inspiration
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There is a tradition in the Middle East, on the Indian subcontinent, in South Asia, and in Africa for the bride to apply henna tattoos before the wedding. Special henna parties are often organized where women gather, talk and eat, and the invited artist creates intricate henna tattoos on the bride’s palms, hands, and feet. The henna patterns symbolize good luck, prosperity, good health, happiness in marriage – all those things every woman wishes to get when she’s getting married. What if that’s not your heritage but you still wish to have henna drawings on your skin on the wedding day? Should you do it?
How to save money on a destination wedding. Best pieces of advice
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Many couples choose a destination wedding in the hope of reducing the wedding expenses and, in some cases, a destination wedding is really cheaper, but you have to be smart and plan everything thoroughly. We’ve gathered here several best pieces of advice for those who want to save money on a destination wedding. By the way, it doesn’t mean that your wedding will look cheap and boring – you can have a chic grand wedding and still pay less for it than you would in your native city.
Top 5 most interesting Czech wedding traditions
In Czechia, there are not so many wedding traditions that are still honored by the majority of brides and grooms. But those wedding customs and rituals that are still performed today are curious and fun. For example, the groom paying himself out of the sins of his youth or the couple feeding each other with a spoon with holes (poor bride’s gown!), etc. From this article, you’ll also find out why May is considered the worst month for a wedding, when millions of brides from the rest of the world would kill for a chance to get wed in May.
Top 8 tips on how to make your fiance help with wedding planning
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Men usually don’t care as much about the future wedding as women do. The details, such as what flowers to choose or what food to serve at the wedding meal, aren’t that important to them. So, a fiancee might feel like she’s carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders because all of the wedding planning is done by her alone. If that’s your case, this article might be useful for you. Maybe you and your honey just misunderstand each other’s priorities or handle responsibilities ineffectively.
Destination wedding ideas for your inspiration. Where to go?
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If you want to have a wedding outside of your country, the first decision is what location to choose. Do you dream about an island wedding or a castle wedding or a wedding in your favorite country, the culture of which you adore? The world is so diverse, with multiple unique landscapes, cultures, and wedding traditions! Of course, it’s a challenge to plan a destination wedding, but don’t give up on your dream. Just look at these wonderful photos from various destination weddings and remember that this experience and memories will always be with you during your happily ever after.
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