Songs for Your Ceremony The music for your ceremony can be compared to that of a movie soundtrack. Each piece should represent the love and friendship celebrated in this wonderful occasion. While the music should feel natural, it should also compliment the mood and setting of the ceremony. Most importantly, be sure to select music that suits both of you. Many brides make their grand entrance to the traditional tune of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, but if you march to the beat of a different drum, that's fine. To help you find the melodies for your marriage, here is a list of classical ceremony songs listed by composer.  song list

Hawaii Exotic Flora's   Plumerias  Orchids Tropical colorful flowers for weddings in Hawaii that are exotic bring a thematic island style, flowers such as ANTHURINIUM CARIBEA Plumeria MADRAS and Asian LILY Gardenias VIANGO Orange CALLA LILY SPIDER GERBERA ALSTROMERIA ORANGE GERBERA DAISY Informal Daytime ceremony often held at home or in a judge's chambers Fewer than fifty guests Printed or hand-written invitations with personalized wording Bride and groom each have one attendant Bride wears a suit or cocktail-length dress with no veil or train Maid of honor wears a street-length dress Groom and best man wear suits and ties Reception including a simple meal or light refreshments usually held at home or in a restaurant Corsage or small bouquet for the bride, simple flower arrangements for decorations

On your wedding day, you want to sparkle. You've seen the natural glow of brides, and always wondered how they achieved that special beauty. While much of it comes from just being a bride, there are many additional things you can do to help yourself attain that healthy, radiant look.A solid regimen of skin, hair, and nail care is the best way to build that "bride-beautiful" appearance. By enhancing your natural good looks, you will lay the foundation upon which you can add the extra details that make a bride an individual. Good skin care requires adherence to a comprehensive plan at least two months prior to your wedding date. First, choose a gentle skin cleanser that is appropriate for your skin type (dry, oily, or combination).

When you're reading a bridal magazine, it's easy to get swept up in the images of elegant black tie weddings at cathedrals and posh hotels. But don't let yourself fall into the trap of thinking "the bigger, the better." Fancy is fine, but your wedding should be a reflection of your personality. So although you may be eager to view banquet halls and try on wedding gowns, determining your wedding style now will be time well spent. Also, by knowing what very formal, formal, semi-formal and informal mean to the pros in the wedding business, you'll be able to communicate better with your service providers.

Songs for Your Ceremony The music for your ceremony can be compared to that of a movie soundtrack. Each piece should represent the love and friendship celebrated in this wonderful occasion. While the music should feel natural, it should also compliment the mood and setting of the ceremony. Most importantly, be sure to select music that suits both of you. Many brides make their grand entrance to the traditional tune of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, but if you march to the beat of a different drum, that's fine. To help you find the melodies for your marriage, here is a list of classical ceremony songs listed by composer.  song list

Fun & Games at the Rehearsal Dinner

The bride wants perfect. The folks want seconds. And you're caught in the middle. So what do you do? Better get a plan.

Break The Ice But Don't Fall Through
The rehearsal dinner, traditionally given by the groom's parents, should give you and your fiance a chance to unwind before the big day. This is "the party before the party," where the people closest to you come together without the fuss and solemnity of the real thing.

So why the sour face and the twiddling thumbs? Well, you say, there's her side and my side and a lot of dead air in between. Some cheap advice: a little icebreaker will go a long way.

False Teeth
Give your guests something to play with and they'll entertain themselves. June and Richard Thorne set some gag hillbilly teeth on the napkins at their son's rehearsal dinner. It was their first meeting with the bride's friends and family, and they wanted to set the tone for fun. After a couple of clumsy introductions, some cagey small talk into a regular hullabaloo.

Roast 'Em
Sally and Mike Breuner placed a bell on every plate with a note that said, 'ring and do tell.' Guests would shake the bell to quiet the room and then share an embarrassing tale about the bride or groom. A word of warning: this is where that story about the Macon punch and the rented canoe will surface!

There Once Was a Man from Nantucket�
Wayne and Cynthia Lucas began a poem that traveled from person to person, with each guest adding two lines: "John met Jane through a mutual friend. Before him, there were lots of men.�" You get the picture.

Ancient History
Ralph and Jennifer Diggs had chocolate bars made with childhood photos of their son and daughter-in-law printed on the wrappers. Cute, right? Try it with pork rinds. The wrappers listed the couples' time and place of birth, their measurements and star sign, their favorite toy and first Halloween costume.

With a few cheap props and the tab on pops, you can bring a little wing-ding to the darkest meat lair. Who knows� you might get the priest to loosen his collar.

What Every Couple Needs to Know Before Marriage

While many engaged couples talk about how they'll spend the rest of their lives together, they neglect to talk about how they'll spend their money. Don't be shy about discussing this with your fiancé - the truth of the matter is, you should talk about it. "From a legal perspective it is essential that couples discuss finances before getting married," says attorney Carol Elias Zolla of the Beck Law Firm in San Jose, California.

"I have many clients who have joint accounts but have a 'feeling' that some of it came from an inheritance or was earned before marriage and so they think that it belongs to them. With a few exceptions, once separate and community property assets are combined, they are considered community property and are owned half by each spouse," Zolla explains.

"In California (and every other community property state), it makes a big difference whether you combine accounts or separate them," Zolla says. "Salaries earned during marriage are community property (unless there is an agreement to the contrary in a pre- or post-nuptial agreement)."

"So, if you combine a separate property account from money earned or inherited prior to marriage with deposits from salary earned during marriage (even if it's just salary earned by the one spouse), the account becomes community property." If a couple were to get divorced, it may be possible for them to determine the source of the funds, through "tracing" the assets. Once the assets are traced the spouses may be able to recover their separate property contributions. "However," Zolla stresses, "tracing becomes extremely difficult if the account is used for joint purchases or grows in value over time." The couple should plan on keeping their bank records forever if they intend to rely on the tracing method.

In other words: Kathy has $40,000 in a savings account. $30,000 of it came to her when her father died two years ago; the other $10,000 is what she has saved bit by bit over the years she's been working. When she and Bill get married, they decide to put $1,000 ($500 from Kathy's paycheck and $500 from Bill's) into this savings account each month. Even after just one month - when Bill has contributed only $500 to the account - the account would become community property and he would be legally entitled to half (in this case, $20,500), unless the couple had all the paperwork necessary to trace the source of the funds.

Because of this, Zolla recommends that even if the husband and wife already have separate checking or investment accounts, they should still open new accounts when they get married. "Newlyweds also should consider how to hold title to their real estate," she adds. "It makes a difference for inheritance and capital gains purposes."

In short, Zolla urges engaged couples to discuss financial matters before the wedding. But even if your wedding has come and gone, it's still a good idea to sit down with your husband or wife and figure out what's best for you. "Couples should not wait until their first joint income tax return to think about these issues, especially if they have been working before marriage and have substantial assets (or substantial debts) for the issue of filing taxes jointly or separately to make a difference."

Of course, Zolla also recommends that couples obtain legal advice by a competent attorney in their own state to explore all of the property issues related to their marriage.