Keep it subtle with a sports themed cake topper or go all out with grass centerpieces and golf balls as place settings. No matter what you decide, it will be fabulous and it will be you.

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Well Wishes Tree

Photo Album Place Settings

Detroit Baseball Hat Groom’s Cake

• Just breathe and take in the excitement of the moment. Wait a few days before you begin with the actual planning.
• Sit down with your fiancé and iron out what type of wedding you want to have. This will help dictate the location, time and date.
• Take a long, deep look into your finances and think about what you want for your immediate future. If buying a house is at the top of your list, factor that cost into how big or elaborate you want your event. Your wedding will always be the most important day of your life but you do not want to start a marriage under the pressure of insurmountable bills.
• Have THE talk with your parents if you plan on asking them for help paying for the wedding.
• Make sure you are still breathing!
• Subscribe to wedding magazines (if you have not already done so), buy a wedding organizer (hint hint) and get to the fun stuff.

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”My aunt was the bartender at my sister’s wedding and got my 14-year-old brother drunk. He started stripping on the dance floor and telling my brother-in-law’s family members how he really felt about them. It was a nightmare!”

“Our day started @ 5 AM, girls arrived on time at the house for hair & makeup, photographer was there, everything was on schedule. After the perfect ceremony, during the pictures, a guest passed out on the floor and had to be rushed to hospital!!! Then when everything calmed down, the reception was going as planned but an uncle of mine (R.B.) got a little “happy” at the bar and picked a fight with my dad!!! My dad ignored him but it had somehow escalated to two bridesmaids getting knocked around by R.B. and their husbands chasing R.B. down the street!!!!! I was mortified.”

“My best friend, Bonny, said she had always wanted to make a wedding cake and would be honored if she could make mine. My wedding was red velvet, and white so she decided to make red roses for all over the cake. She had no idea what it took to make true red but several dye bottles later she was close. Every picture after the cake cutting, all the people had red lips and red teeth for all the wedding album pictures.”

“A good friend of mine recently got married and wanted to include fish in decorative bowls as her center-pieces. The day of the wedding the groom ran all over town trying to locate the gold fish. Everyone was sold out so he bought a different kind of fish. These fish were the kind that require an aquarium to breathe so, by the time the guests arrived at the reception all of the fish were dead. The grooms dad hurried around the room scooping up the dead fish with his hands so he could destroy the “evidence” before the bride arrived.”

“Even though we were married by Justice of the Peace, we included the Jewish tradition of breaking the glass. I left the task of getting a thin wine goblet to my best man. He presented the glass wrapped in a cloth at the appropriate time and I stomped on the glass, it flew 3 feet in the air. After 5 embarrassing tries, I finally got it. It turns out my best man forgot to buy a glass, and creatively acquired a commercial type heavy duty champagne flute from our caterer.”

First, select your style (Natural, Romantic, Eclectic, Vintage, etc.) then collect pictures from various magazines. Don’t limit yourself to wedding magazines. You may find  inspiration from somewhere you least expect. Clearly communicate with your selected cosmetologist your strict do’s and don’ts but be open to suggestions on the trial day.

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Make sure you use the right size table. The smaller your cake, the smaller the table should be to avoid overshadowing.

Stick with your theme. The cake table will get plenty of attention so it should blend in well with all of the other elements of your wedding.

Spot lighting looks fabulous and gives a very dramatic effect. If you are using a lighting technician or if you can arrange for your table to sit directly under a light you will love the way your cake is highlighted.

Make it personal. If you would like to memorialize a special someone, you can definitely incorporate small items in their honor. Or if you and your groom have a moment in your lives together you want shared, use that as inspiration.

• Get the details here. Marriage laws vary from state to state and country to country so make sure you are aware of what to expect.
• Know the residency laws. Some countries require a couple to live in their territory for a designated amount of time.
• Lost in translation. Find out if you will be able to get your marriage license translated into English. This is a requirement in the U.S. so it is very important information to have.
• Have all legal documentation on hand before you take any steps forward. This includes: passports, birth certificates, death certificates (widow/widower) and divorce decrees for those who are previously married.