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Flower Girl Hiding Behind Tree (Merville, BC)

Flower Girl Hiding Behind Tree (Merville, BC)

This is my daughter who was the flower girl at my friend's wedding. She was hiding behind a tree. I love how her hair glows with the sun coming through.

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A couple's first dance at their wedding.

Wedding: First Dance

This is a photo I took at my best friend's wedding two summers ago in Oregon. This photo captures the love that was felt on this very special day between husband and wife, one to cherish forever.

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Wedding Traditions: First Dance

Wedding Traditions: First Dance

This is a guide about wedding traditions: first dance. One of the central traditions in western wedding receptions is the first dance.

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Wedding garter on a bride's leg.

Making Your Own Garter

This is a guide about making your own garter. The tossing of the garter is a fun tradition that many people look forward to at weddings. Express your personal tastes by making a garter for yourself.

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Wedding Butterfly Release

During my Son's wedding they had a butterfly release in honor of their little two year old daughter in Heaven. One of the butterflies flew up, came back and landed on my son's jacket.

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Save And Dry Flowers For Child's Wedding

A great way to save the flowers from your beloved is to use a large clear designer jar of your choosing. Start off with every time you receive flowers. After the beauty has faded, dry them and add into the jar.

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Alternative to Unity Candles

My nephew is having a 4th of July wedding. It will be outside and he wanted to know what to use instead of unity candles because the wind will blow them out. Any other ideas with the same concept?

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Flower Girl Jocelyn

This is a picture of my almost three year old granddaughter Jocelyn. She was the flower girl at her parents wedding just this past September.

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Photo: Kissin' Cousins

Kissin' Cousins! Wedding shot

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Use Wine As a Sign of Wedding Unity

Instead of a unity candle, my son had a wine ceremony. Carafes of red wine and white wine were poured into an empty carafe, then the mixture was poured into a goblet from which they both drank.

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Weddings Are Too Expensive for Just One Day

My fiancee and I had been together for a year when I asked him why he had not proposed. His reply was that, "Weddings are too expensive for just one day". Ahh, true love. Because neither of us came from money, we did not have to worry about the whole thing getting out of hand.

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Save Rose Petals For Future Wedding

For all you brides or hopeless romantics, begin saving rose petals from your bridal bouquet and from any other bouquets your beloved gives you through the years. When your dear daughters marry, their flower girls can toss those rose petals passing on a legacy of love.

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Anniversary Dance to Celebrate Long-Term Marriages

At my cousin's daughter's wedding, the DJ asked all married couples to come to the dance floor. He played a song and asked anyone who had been married less than one day to leave the floor, of course the bride and groom left.

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Is it customary to see a list of the gifts your son received from family members?

Is it customary to ask your son to see a list of the gifts he received from your family members and friends (not the bride's side) at his wedding?

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Gift Ideas for The Groom?

I am getting married in October. I have found so much about what a groom should buy his bride, but nothing about what a bride should buy her groom as a present.

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Use Wine As a Sign of Wedding Unity

Use Wine As a Sign of Wedding UnityInstead of a unity candle, my son had a wine ceremony. Carafes of red wine and white wine were poured into an empty carafe, then the mixture was poured into a goblet from which they both drank.