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Last month we featured some fun ways to cut down wedding costs. With the wedding season almost in full swing, here are some more ideas for a fabulous day that doesn’t blow the bank! Choose a venue that is so striking or beautiful that it doesn’t need much décor. The setting will say enough and you’ll save on decor costs! Have a lunch or brunch wedding to reduce lighting costs. Furthermore, the bill for the bar will be less pricey in the absence of a crazy late night after party. Use indigenous flowers to create unfussy but stylish flower decor. Also select flowers that are in season, so that...

These days, with divorced parents, invitations have gotten complicated! Below are some suitable wedding invitation wording. Keep in mind that this is the formal traditional language. Modern couples may choose to add opening statements such as “With Joy in Their Hearts,” or may choose to change the traditional “request the honor of your presence at the marriage” to something like “invite you to be a special part of the wedding of” or even “Come laugh, dance, dine, and celebrate our wedding”. Brides parents are divorced:eitherIssued by the parent who raised herMs....

When couples draw up their guest lists, the question often arises as to whether children should be included. For some couples it’s not even an issue; they can’t imagine them not being part of the experience. But although children are adorable, they can be unpredictable! That’s why other couples prefer to keep the guest list limited to adults, either because they don’t want to risk the sounds of a tantrum during the ceremony or because their wedding is going to continue into the early hours of the morning. If you don’t want to have children at your wedding, simply state it on your...

Guests will need to know which table they are seated at so they don’t have to walk around every table to find their place. This is usually achieved by displaying a table seating chart prominently at the entrance to the venue. Table numbers are placed on tables to display the number or name of the table. If you have a large number of tables, it might be a good idea to display a floor plan to show where the tables are situated. If you are feeling creative, you can give your table names instead of numbers. Numbered tables are less work and easier for your guests to find if they are laid our logically. Named...

Advertising space can now be booked for the next annual issue of the Little Pink Book.  The 3rd issue for the Western Cape and the 2nd issue for Gauteng will be on sale from the end of August 2010.   Both issues of the Little Pink Book are area spesific and contains information and details only relevant to the province that the book is distributed in. Book size and spesifications: Closed, the book is half the size of a conventional A5 diary.  It opens up to two landscape A6 pages side by side and consists of 240 pages.  It has a hard cover, covered with a luxury pink textured paper.  Adverts and articles...