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What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon “Frank, funny, and intimate, What No One Tells the Bride will prepare engaged women for the realities of marriage and reassure every married woman that her marriage can work. It should be required reading for every bride.” |
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Southern Weddings “Tara’s Charleston, South Carolina firm, Soirée, arranges celebrations infused with contemporary style and regional traditions. In her book, she provides highlights from twelve weddings and instructions for replicating such details as Low Country Lemonade (with peach schnapps) and a cake stand that’s done in fresh flowers.”
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Organic Weddings: Balancing Ecology, Style and Tradition "Organic Weddings is a great guide for those who want to make their wedding a reflection of their lifestyle without compromising the quality of the event. From the initial planning to honeymoon, Michelle covers it all." [Editor’s Note: See below for a section on ideas for “Green Weddings.”]
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Hollywood Gets Married “‘When I was a little girl, I dreamt about two things: being a bride and being a movie star,’ writes Sandy Schreier in the introduction to Hollywood Gets Married. Like many of us, Schreier grew up admiring the stars of her era, and she delighted in their weddings, both on-screen and off. Now, in a gorgeous and comprehensive pictorial history, she chronicles the glamour and the glitz of Hollywood nuptials.”
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The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire “When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what every American man is supposed to give at such a time—a diamond engagement ring. But when the relationship broke apart a few months before the wedding, he was left with a used diamond ring that began to haunt him. Zoellner looked harder at the stone, and the consequent fascination sent him around the world.” A page-turner type of true adventure story! [Editor’s Note: Tom Zoellner was quoted in the winter issue of Weddings of Grace on the Ask Cornelia page highlighting “Love Without Diamonds.”] |
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The Bride Revealed: An Intimate Look Behind the Wedding Veil “The stunning photographs and memorable quotes in this book offer a compelling glimpse into the reality of that most magical, tearful, comical, fairy-tale time in a woman’s life: her wedding day. The Bride Revealed is a perfect gift for any bride-to-be.” [Editor’s Note: Photographer Leslie Barton was featured in the Trappings of the Wedding section of my winter issue.] |
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Joyful Wedding: A Spiritual Path to the Altar Joyful Wedding—a book and two CDs—“contains words, exercises, and resources to support you and your beloved on the spiritual path to marriage. The simple, practical exercises are for envisioning your wedding ceremony together, creating your own unique vows, and truly opening your hearts to each other, the present moment, and your shared future.” |
This new magazine—the first and only magazine for eco-savvy brides and grooms—is dedicated to elegantly supplying weddings and the people who plan them with ecological friendly everything! Fashions, beauty products, flowers, ceremonies, favors, food, receptions, honeymoons, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera! It’s a colorfully “green” beauty! |
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The National Arbor Day Foundation “Give the gift of trees!” This theme of the National Arbor Day Foundation is one you can take to heart for your wedding: give trees as a wedding favor! Include your own message and customize their label and give your friends and family a gift—a hardy evergreen—that will enrich lives beyond your memories. |
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More and more couples are making decisions based on environmental concerns. Choosing organically grown flowers from a commercial vendor is easier now with OrganicBouquet.com that consider their “flowers have a deeper layer of beauty because the farmers and the Earth are treated with care and respect.” If you do as well, then see their selection of lush, fragrant flowers. |
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“Green” hotels are properties whose managers are eager to institute programs that save water, save energy and reduce solid waste—while saving money—to help protect the planet. If you use one of the hotels listed here, your wedding can also have less waste and excess. |
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The Wedding Library is an innovative and chic research boutique in New York City created especially for the bride-to-be. Brides can review portfolios representing the most talented, in-demand, creative and hard to find suppliers. Suppliers have been invited to display their portfolios at the Wedding Library based on their style, experience and reputations. Brides can call, e-mail or come in the research boutique to ask questions, request advice, and inquire about services. Created by Claudia Hanlin in 2000, who was joined by Jennifer Zabinski the next year, the Wedding Library services clients all over the world. |
Travelers Insurance has a new policy that “protects” your wedding day if circumstances get in the way of it happening! The policy covers everything from military deployment to wedding-day appendectomy; from severe weather to a lost gown. See the website for details. |
In the winter edition of Weddings of Grace, I wrote about the issue of “blood diamonds” and the concerns about buying a diamond ring. According to a recent article in Newsweek magazine: “Only one percent of commercially sold diamonds are what would be considered ‘conflict’ or ‘blood’ diamonds. You can avoid them by making sure the diamond you buy has been certified by the Kimberly Process, an industry practice that now tracks every stone to ensure it wasn’t minded or smuggled to fund torture or terrorism.” The Diamond Facts website has all the information you need. |
“This sixty-three-year-old Arkansas-based humanitarian organization, which is devoted to reducing global hunger by sustainable means, recently added wedding registries to its Web site. Make Heifer International a beneficiary of your wedding registry and share your happiness with the rest of the world. “Gifts may include geese, chicks, sheep, bees, cows and other animals that are given to families in impoverished regions of the world. A couple using this service as part of their wedding registry can create a home page displaying their photo and a statement about why they support Heifer.” |
Greenfeet™ Create a gift registry at Greenfeet—The Planet’s Homestore—and you’ll find “natural products for everyday folks” including items for the bed, bath, kitchen, and garden. Products that are produced “earth-responsible.” |
New York Times Weddings For many years, the New York Times has presented a regular feature, “Vows,” which highlights the story of a couple’s courtship and wedding. The regular Sunday presentation continues the Times reputation for great storytelling! Enjoy the current story each week or check the newspaper’s archives at your leisure. |