Color Themes for Fall Weddings

Color Themes for Fall Weddings

Fall is a gorgeous time of year. Colorful leaves mesmerize leaf peepers, windy afternoons are spent at foot ball games, candy apples are dunked for Halloween and the world braces for a changing of the seasons. Fall is the inbetween time of the hot summer months and the cold winter season. It is also a time when an adventurous bride decides to hold her wedding. Autumn is known for spectacular oranges, reds and gold colors but who said you had to have these colors at your wedding? Perhaps you just don't want a Halloween type wedding or orange bridesmaids dresses and favors. Dear bride, here are some fall color themes you might not have thought about. Royal blue or platinum dresses that remind you of frosty mornings would be ideal, combine this with a gorgeous peacock accessory set complete with guestbook, pen, garters and flower basket and you have a combination fit for a Queen. Peacock feathers arranged in vases and mixed with ferns makes a stunning display that will long be remembered. Burgundy, pink and  chocolate brown  or black also make for memorable displays and combinations. Fall is a time of change and beauty, when the old charm makes way for a new beginning and it is a grand time to hold a wedding of your dreams.

I must admit when Elizabeth Taylor recently died, a true movie star of calibre died. This beautiful woman was the eternal bride. Despite her many husbands and divorces, she never gave up on love. Men just naturally followed her, giving up wives and families just to be near her.I have to admit, I always felt her greatest love was Richard Burton and neither one, no matter how far away they were from one another would ever truly get over each other. Her beautiful violet eyes were like no other and I will always remember her in "Father of the Bride" with Spencer Tracy. I have to admit, she was breath taking. I sometimes wonder if she was here today, a modern bride, what would her wedding favors and wedding accessories be. AAAhh, well, that's something we will all just have to wonder about.

Chocolate High Heels

Girls just naturally love shoes and chocolate, or is it chocolate and shoes? Well it dosen't matter what order they come in because we love both equally. Now we can combine our two loves in one fabulous gift, the chocolate high heel. These high heels are something extra special, gourmet chocolate molded into sleek pumps and adorned with ribbons and other embellishments. Some of them come in zebra skin, tiger skin, floral, solid. You name it and did I mention everything is edible and delicious. Yes, now us chocolate lovers can indulge our taste buds. These high heels are perfect as bridal shower favors, wedding favors and bridesmaids gifts. Enjoy!

Are you hooked on love?

I recently read a story about a couple that loved fishing. They both grew up in florida and family outings often included fishing trips. When the bride and groom met on a blind date they were actually out with a group of friends deep sea fishing. After dating for 2 years the happy couple decided to wed and incorporate the fishing theme into there wedding. Now I really loved this idea as I know several friends of mine who are almost fanatical when it comes to fishing. If you are to become a fisherman's wife or simply love the fisherman wedding theme I have some really cute ideas to make your wedding extra special. First of all you might choose personalized mint tins with the fish and hook theme to offer your guests. Filled with refreshing mint tins, make great wedding favors. You might also choose an adorable cake top where the bride hooks her reluctant groom. I really loved this cake top and it is one of my bestsellers. You might also choose fishing groomsman and bridesmaids gifts and include wedding favors with a fisherman theme. For a fabulous feast include fish, coconut shrimp, lobster and other delicious deep sea dishes in your menu offering. A fishing theme for your wedding is a lot of fun and one you and your groom will love.

Delicious Chocolate Lollipop Bridesmaids Favors

Every once in awhile a wedding or party favor hits the scene that just stands out and steals the show. I can say for a fact that these adorable chocolate bridesmaid lollipops do just that. They are made of the finest milk or white chocolate, and we girls just love chocolate, it fires up our romantic feelings besides being delicious to eat. These lollipops are not just tasty treats they are beautiful to look at. As a matter of fact these lollipops are almost to beautiful to eat. Can you imagine? So what makes these treats so beautiful.? Let me explain, these lollipops come with colorful sprinkles for the bodices and gorgeous tissue paper and tulle are fashioned into some amazingly elegant dresses and gowns. Bridesmaids dresses, ball gowns, Southern belle dresses, Fairytale Princess dresses and Bridal gowns, all in a dazzling array of colors and styles, just take your pick. Pure genius at work here ladies. You can order these for parties, bridal showers, Quincenara, sweet sixteen and they make adorable bridesmaids gifts. Now I should let you know they come in there own box and you can have them personalized with delightful sayings, "Will you be my bridesmaid?" "Thankyou for being my matron of honor", "Will you walk me down the aisle?"

These adorable and delectable lollipops will be the hit of your party or shower and your guests will be talking about them for a long time to come.

Chinese Ghost Brides
In China several men, Yang Dongyan, Liu Shengbao, Hui Haibao and a spooky undertaker named Li Longsheng have recently been arrested for murdering women. Their excuse for murdering these unfortunate females was that they wanted to make fast money. It turns out that these women were more valuable dead than alive and in China where men out number women, desperate measures are being enacted by some people to procure these ghost brides. Now this in itself is not unusual as murders occur everyday, but the reason these women were murdered was for a truly strange tradition that dates back two thousand years.
In China people have long indulged in what is commonly known as ancestor worship. Ancestor worship is a tradition that reverberates through many aspects of Chinese life. Indeed, a Chinese festival known as Tomb Sweeping Day is when families visit the graves of their dead ancestors to clean them and burn incense. Spirits are believed to live on in the afterlife and at funerals people burn money and imitations of houses, cars and other goodies that the dead may need. It is believed by many, especially superstitious or uneducated people, that an unmarried life is incomplete, leading to the practice of minghun — burying single sons with recently dead young women to provide them with a wife in the afterlife. Unfortuantely this forbidden and ancient practice has been used as an excuse for murder by these men seeking to alleviate the fears of desperate families seeking brides for their unfortunate sons.
Parents of a deceased daughter often regard the money received in selling her for minghun as recompense for the dowry that they did not receive in her lifetime, while also posthumously elevating their child’s place in a patriarchal society. Wow, I feel truly sorry for such women who become ghost brides.

Transform your Bridal Shower into a Victorian Tea Party
Every girl has an idea of what she would like her bridal shower to be like and I'm no exception. I love old fashioned tea parties with the big hats and fancy dresses, maybe it just comes with the fact that I'm a Southern girl born and bred. I have always had a fascination with the nineteenth century and the Victorian era in particular. It was such a unique period of quaint manners and unique styles of fashion. My idea of a delightful wedding shower would include inviting all my friends to a lovely tea party complete with real porcelain china and and have everyone dress up in feathered hats and flowing chiffon dresses. For my bridal shower favors I would choose from Victorian themed wedding favors. Let's take a look at some of these favors, old fashioned tea bags in gauze bags, complete with tea bags, cinnamon sticks and sugar cubes and tied with silk roses. It would make a truly classy favor. Or I might decide on a Victorian styled key bottle stopper called key to my heart. A romantic favor for a romantic event. Perhaps my friends might enjoy lovely silk fans or boxed bath salts topped with beautiful silk flower for an elegant presentation. If you love calla lilies then an exquisite calla lily sachet just might be your thing. There are so many wonderful ideas for Victorian favors and your victorian inspired tea party shower will be the talk of the town for a long time to come. Go ahead girls try something unique and fun, this is just one example of a not so ordinary bridal shower.