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3-Layer
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Customized
Glassware
For the Head
Table
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Congratulations to
Beth Hook & David Cousins
on winning
The Wedding Day Giveaway!
Getting Married... October 28, 2006. |
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Video Giveaway:
'A Wedding Story'
A two hour video shoot with the bride and groom before
their wedding day with a love walk and interviews. You can play
this six to eight minute clip with your childhood and dating
photo montage at your reception. Your guests will love it!
(Shoot to be done in the
K-W, Cambridge, Guelph area.)
courtesy of
Willow Creek Studios
Congratulations
Christina
Purcell & Terry
Murphy
on winning
'A Wedding Story'
Wedding: August 11, 2007 in Kitchener, Ontario
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Wedding Funnies
Wife vs. Husband
A couple drove down a
country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of
them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a
barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked
sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?" "Yep," the wife
replied, "in-laws."
Words
A husband read an
article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, "The reason has
to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The
husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"
Creation
A man said to his wife
one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so
beautiful all at the same time." The wife responded, "Allow
me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be
attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted
to you!"
Who Does What
A man and his wife
were having an argument about who should brew the coffee
each morning. The wife said, "You should do it, because you
get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get
our coffee." The husband said, "You are in charge of cooking
around here and you should do it, because that's your job
and I can just wait for my coffee. " Wife replies, "No, you
should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man
should do the coffee. "Husband replies, "I can't believe
that, show me." So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New
Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that
it indeed says... "HEBREWS".
The Silent Treatment
A man and his wife
were having some problems at home and were giving each other
the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the
next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for
an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the
first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece
of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he
knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up,
only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his
flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife
hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the
bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up." |
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Galt Country Club offers phenomenal beauty, class and service for
weddings
When you pull up to Galt Country Club's 100-year old private
estate, you can see and feel the prestige and history that make up
this members only golf and country club. For a bride
and groom,
it's Galt's exclusive atmosphere and beauty - inside and
out -
that make it so easy to envision a wedding day hosted here. Galt
offers a full time
on-site Wedding Coordinator, can accommodate 50
to 350 guests,
offers four
banquet rooms,
 full catering services,
and the natural beauty of wall to wall windows and historical
architecture. Let us explain...
Raising expectations
Galt Country Club is an exclusive Club established in 1906 that
offers golf, curling and social memberships. General Manager,
Scott Stanhope, explained what this means to you, "Our members
expect the best... Class, elegance, expertise, and the highest
level of service. We do everything possible to ensure we surpass
our members expectations." To host a wedding at Galt, the bride
and groom must purchase a social membership, or be sponsored in by
a member of the Club. With membership, couples become entitled to
special rates and a number of additional privileges and events, in
addition to a beautiful location (which is more than worth it on
its own) for their wedding day...
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A Country Club Wedding...
Galt Country Club specializes in breathtaking events, organization
and service. Scott will be the first to tell you that,
"Ninety-five percent of the success of your wedding happens before
you ever arrive on your wedding day."
Wedding Coordinator, Rose Hoch, and the Club's staff will provide
complete support for your wedding celebration – from conception to
completion. Planning, preparation, catering, decor, logistics...
Everything is taken care of for you before you ever step through
the doors. They will be thinking ahead for you and making sure
they are meeting your needs and those of your guests. Galt Country
Club is perfect for brides who want to host an event with all the
special details in place, and who want their guests to be taken
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In a past
life...
Scott's previous work
consisted of television and film work that took place mostly in the Toronto
area. He was an active member of the Director's Guild of Canada, worked as
assistant director on the set of the TV series, 'Doc', and on movies such as
'Death to Smoochie' and 'Exit Wounds'.
Because it was not uncommon
for Scott to be gone for days if not weeks at a time as he worked long hectic
hours, Scott came to realize that even though his work was exciting, it would
be impossible to have a personal life in this type of career.
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After a career in television and movies,
Willow Creek finds that weddings keep
 them
most fulfilled
Scott Clevely, owner of Willow Creek Studios, comes from a six
year career in television and movies. But now it's Scott's family, his home,
this community, and your wedding videos that he considers to be the most
personally fulfilling. "It's a different career, a different life here," he
explained, comparing wedding videography to his previous career.
"I love Cambridge. I can have a family. I can
still do what I love to do. And with weddings, well... there is nothing better
than a wedding day..."
Willow Creek is Scott's full time job and focus. He personally handles each
email, phone call,
meeting, video shoot, and post-production session himself. He has designed his
packages to be competitive and flexible, with a variety of options such
as Wedding Stories and Video Guest Books. But it's because his twenty-five weddings
per summer comes almost entirely from referrals by
previous happy brides, and because after meeting him at bridal shows, his
phone literally rings off the hook, we knew Scott was more than just a
little noteworthy. Let us explain...
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From
'English garden' to 'Renaissance' décor, Ayr decorator sets
the scene for weddings
Before we arrived at the Now &
Always showroom, Cindy Koebel had lit dozens of candles and lanterns, had
all of her twinkle lights sparkling throughout the room, and her portfolio
was arranged to
showcase a large collection of work examples. Cindy does
this for every client because it introduces them to the Now & Always
style of decorating. It also hints at what's to come for
 the bride and
groom, should they hire Cindy to create a mood for their reception. What
all of this really said to us, though, was that Cindy cares about presentation
and about details.
With certification
in fresh floral and wedding design, seven years experience in decorating, unique
organza overlays for tables, a wonderful inventory to spark your ideas (she
carries everything from snowflakes to chair covers!), and the commitment to
making each wedding different, Now & Always has earned the right to be one of
the area's top decorating experts...
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Designing
is in the blood
The
philosophy that Cindy adopted from her parents, growing up, was ‘if you’re
going to do anything, you should do it right’. With a father who is a
carpenter, a mother who is a seamstress, and with Cindy's own ten years of
experience as a professional floral designer, it is obvious that design and
attention to detail must run in the family. Cindy says that each detail
should not only look good from far away, but also look great from close up.
“The brides who come to me aren’t
looking for the fluff & puff, they
are looking to achieve a breathtaking wedding that is both unique and
elegant."
Now & Always uses fabrics in white and ivory, twinkle lights, candles,
chair covers, and also a wonderful array of different greens that seem
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groom-to-be calls for help!:
T - 1 Day to
PROPOSAL!!!! NEED ENCOURAGEMENT!!!!
"Hello everyone, I am a
guy about to propose to my girlfriend of 1 year. We met in our last year of
university and have been in love ever since. Sunday Oct 9 is our 1 year
anniversary and I am really nervous as I am going to pop the question in
about 1.5 days. I bought her a ring (she doesnt know) ...not too fancy
unfortunately due to financial reasons but, I am so psyched!!!. Anyway, plan
so far is: Morning --> Breakfast together, Afternoon---> Blue Man group,
Evening ---> CN tower 360 restaurant, Night ---> School where we first met.
How to say it? "Honey, in one day I have given you the sun and the moon
...and (getting on one knee) if you say yes , I will give you my world" Is
it good? corny? bad? awful? Input will be greatly appreciated!!!!!
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click here to see if she said yes!
most romantic proposals:
A sweet surprise
"I have been a visitor to
this site since my fiancé proposed, July 4 2005, and have finally decided
it's time to share my proposal. Chris and I have been together for 2˝ years,
he asked me to be his, one moonlit night on the beach in the Dominican
Republic, we went away as friends, with a group of friends. Anyways, my MOH
and I were down in the states on our yearly shopping trip, and I came home
late afternoon on the Sunday of the Canada day long weekend, Chris is a US
sales rep and had the Monday the 4th off, and since I had just been away
doing my second favorite past time, we were going to do his favorite past
time on his day off and that was golfing. He told me that he was going to a
meeting for his other business, since he’s always working, and so I was
giving him directions to some office in the middle of the country, I had no
idea where I was leading him. He turned into a horse stable, and I was
frantic, he only had 10 minutes to get to this meeting and here he was
“asking for directions” and taking his sweet time. He hands me some papers
and tells me to fill them out, by this point I’m almost yelling at him to
stop wasting time, he was going to be late, that’s when he confesses, there
was no meeting we were going horse back riding, my favorite past time. We
rode for 2 hours, and I still think he’s just being sweet, when we got off
the horses for our break, he walks over, puts both hands on my shoulders and
tells me he just had this conversation with my father, then drops to one
knee and pulls out the box. He asked me to marry him and as you can probably
guess, I said yes, I didn’t cry because I was soo stunned, I usually know
everything, and he really surprised me with this one. I found out later, my
MOH, her mother and all the other women we were shopping with knew the whole
weekend what was in store for me when I got home, and to make it even worse,
I was carrying the ring box in my saddle bags since the beginning of the
ride." - Heather
click here for more romantic or strange proposal
stories
my diary fave:
30 Posts in 30 days . . .
"Okay, so this is my final
countdown here . . . I have 31 days to my wedding (Happy 14th to the other
Oct. 15 brides out there!) I've decided to keep a diary of the last month of
planning. Everyday I'll update and keep track of what I've been up to . . .
ah, insight into the last weeks of singledom! Day 30:
Today was productive! Our passports arrived this morning - so now we are
completely clear for our honeymoon! Our pictures are TERRIBLE!!
I went and dropped my engagement ring off for refurbishing . . . in a few
days it will look like new again! Maybe then it won't look yellow next to my
wedding band.. Took my MOH for her fitting . . . whew! I almost forgot!
Co-incidentally, FH and I were at her place this evening. I was a little
disappointed that she was obviously getting ready to go out, but figured I
could watch TV or something while FH and MOH's DH fixed the computer. Then
she mentioned her fitting, and I was jolted back to reality!! OH YEAH!! It
went well. The dress is definitely a touch too small for her, but I think
she looks incredible for the mom of a 3 month old baby! I also picked up our
special Occasion Permit, so we can serve our own wine at the reception. No
sooner did I get home, than I got a call from the LCBO. Turns out they gave
me the wrong copy, so I have to go switch it tomorrow. ARGH!... So there you
have it . . . 30 days. I'm feeling crazy overwhelmed that it is SO Close . .
. Where did the last nine months go? I cant' wait to marry my beloved, but
at the same time, I want our engagement to go on and on, so that I can have
more time to enjoy it! I cant' even believe how full our calendar is
getting! Free time is at a premium, for sure!"
click to view the full NearMrs bridal diary
 advice:
Prediction - Bridesmaid Disaster!
"I met this girl almost a
year ago through my best friend and MOH.
We had a lot of problems getting along at first because she was my FH ex
girlfriend and she wasn't over him at all even though they had been broken
up for almost a year. Then she became jealous of my friendship with my MOH.
Over time we got to know eachother better and became pretty good friends. A
few weeks after my FH proposed to me I asked my best friend to be my MOH.
Then I asked this girl if she would be a brides maid because we were good
friends then and were getting along so well. Now she has been seeing this
guy for about 6 months and has completely alianated everyone. She never
calls me or my MOH. We have seen her twice in 3 months and that was because
we had to call her to ask her to come out and when we do she barely talks
and makes stupid comments about my FH trying to make me jealous. I don't
want her as a brides maid anymore but I don't know how to tell her. I am
afraid it will bring a rift between my friendship with my MOH because she
has known this girl for 10 years and was so excited when I told her I was
going to ask this girl to be a brides maid. Does anyone have any ideas on
how I can tell this girl without hurting her feelings or upsetting my MOH?..."
click to hear full story & see advice
photo courtesy of
barebonephoto
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Dear brides,
friends & experts,
October's issue of BRIDAL
NEWS brings you tips, ideas, reviews, and a new giveaway. You'll learn about
country club weddings, decorating styles, and gown shopping with a twist. We're also keeping you up to
date with the next bridal show and what local brides are saying in the chat
boards.
So enjoy, happy planning, and
Happy Halloween!
Jennifer
Goulden
TheWeddingRing.ca
&
cambridgeweddings.ca
email:
info@TheWeddingRing.ca
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