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More brides are informing guests with websites

By CARYN ROUSSEAUof the AssociAted Press

With friends and fam-ily headed to her Califor-nia wedding from all over, bride-to-be Carrie Shields decided online organization was key.

“R eal ly the wedding website was one of the first things we did,” the 32-year-old public relations direc-tor from San Diego said. Shields is marrying fiance R.J. Jones, 36, who was born and raised in Wales. Their April wedding in Napa Val-ley comes four years after they met through friends.

“I knew people were go-ing to have a lot of questions

about what to do and how to get there,” Shields said. “I wanted to make it fun and personal. I kind of jumped right on things because peo-ple were traveling so far.”

Wedding experts at TheK not.com and its partner Wed dingChannel.com say this year’s annual survey found 64 percent of brides now have a website to share de-tails with guests about cer-emony and reception logis-tics, registry information and travel accommodations. Web companies exist that al-low couples to host wedding sites for free while others charge a fee for access to fancier templates and tools.

The page Shields created has a personal and creative flair. It features a blue and orange frame with a brown background. The happy cou-ple smile from behind sun-glasses on a beach. A coun-ter below them lets visitors know it’s “151 until our wed-

ding!” “A lot of the people com-

ing over, they’ve never been to America,” Shields said. “I’m going to add a little bit about things to do in San

Francisco, trying to take the guess work out of it.”

Experts at WeddingWire.com recommend that cou-ples launch their website at least six months before the

wedding date to give guests as much information as ear-ly as possible. That allows enough time to make travel

Internet gets the wedding word out

Associated PressCarrie Shields updates her wedding website at at her home in San Diego. With friends

and family headed to California from around the country and the United Kingdom for her wedding, Shields knew online organization was key.

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arrangements. Wedding-Wire also offers other on-line tools, including a pro-gram that lets guests RSVP directly from the website.

Carley Roney, editor and founder of TheKnot.com, said her site and Wed-dingChannel.com together host more than 500,000 wed-ding websites for couples.

“It’s a simple, easy way of communication,” Roney said. “It’s really like going to the website for a restau-rant or a concert event. Ev-erything is in one place.”

That’s why more wedding website addresses are ap-pearing in fancy fonts on the bottom of printed invitations.

“You’re going to want to give the same information you always needed to have on an invitation: the name, location, time of event,” Roney said. But things like dress code or babysitting services can be saved for the website.

Some sites let couples upload music or an audio track of their voices, video, animated graphics, or polls asking guests what songs to play or which appetizers to serve.

To personalize her web-site, Shields added a “glos-sary” of Welsh and Ameri-can words, and photos of the

20-member wedding party. Couples who choose Wed

dingChannel.com to host their websites can choose from templates by high-fashion designers like Oscar de la Renta, Monique Lhuil-lier and Vera Wang.

“You still want to make the investment in it to make it uniquely you,” Roney said. “Just like you do on the wedding day.”

Roney offers three tips for setting up a wedding website:

1. Don’t assume your audience is only younger friends, and remember your etiquette. “You want to keep things ‘wedding and older people friendly,’ ” Roney said. “You don’t want to go on and on forever. You don’t want to put things like, ‘please ship our gifts to.’ Some of the etiquette that is wrong for wedding invita-tions is wrong for this too. To be making specific de-mands of your guests isn’t appropriate.”

2. Include your regis-try information. Accord-ing to TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com sur-vey, about 61 percent of guests find out where a cou-ple is registered from their wedding website — a fig-ure that has grown from 47 percent in 2008. “It really is becoming the absolute de facto way that guests are go-ing to find out where you’re registered,” Roney said. “It used to be that brides were worried it was tacky, but it’s simply not tacky. It’s how it’s done now.”

3. Get the word out. Don’t just create and publish the website and assume every-one knows it exists. “Send the information directly to your guests,” sometimes more than once, Roney said. “You can’t assume that something you put on your website was acknowledged by all.”

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Number of online ordinations rise

By MONICA RHORFor The AssociATed Press

Jessica Alexander’s wed-ding was everything she had envisioned: a private gath-ering by her summer house on an Iowa lake. There was a pink and purple color scheme, a butterfly motif, and a dessert bar rather than a full meal.

And, wearing a short peri-

winkle dress designed “to show off her legs,” was Alex-ander’s minister and brides-maid, Anna-Megan Raley, a close friend who was or-dained online specifically to perform the ceremony.

Raley, a blogger for the Houston Chronicle, didn’t even know she had been or-dained until Alexander and her mother sprang the news at the bridal shower. They had already paid a $25 fee and filled out a form with her name and address, mak-ing her the Rev. Raley.

“I thought it was a joke.

I’m sure that I put it on Face-book and Twitter,” said Ral-ey. “But I had heard about people getting ordained to perform weddings. So, I said: ‘Sure, I’d love to.’ ”

Nontraditional? Perhaps. A growing trend? Defi-

nitely. More and more engaged

couples are turning to friends or family members to perform their wedding ceremony. They say it is more personal, relatively stress-free and cheaper.

It is also surprisingly fast and simple.

Getting ordained requires little more than finding an online ministry that per-forms ordinations, and fill-ing out a short form with your name and address. Some websites require a nominal fee for paperwork; others don’t charge any-thing.

Prospective brides and grooms should look into the website and local marriage laws, however, to make sure the ceremony would be val-id. Although online ordina-tions are generally recog-nized, laws vary widely from state to state, sometimes from county to county. Some

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states require ministers to register after they are ordained. In Louisi-ana, parishes ask for a letter of good standing from the church, while Las Vegas requires a four-page applica-tion and background check.

Last year, about one in seven wed-dings were performed by a friend of the couple, according to The Wed-ding Report, a research firm.

Andre Hensley, president of the non-denominational Universal Life Church, which has been issuing ordination credentials since 1962, believes more couples are turning to friends because of the Internet, which makes the process easier, and because of many people’s lack of affiliation with a church.

“I’ve gone to weddings where the ministers didn’t know the couple or anything about them. It didn’t have a special feeling,” said Hensley, who

estimates his church has ordained 18 million people. About 3,000 to 5,000 are ordained every month, a number that has steadily increased over the last 10 years, Hensley said.

It takes about 24 hours for the church to process an ordination re-quest, all of which are reviewed by a live person, he said.

Janis Jones, a 27-year-old Chi-cago nurse, asked her older sister to perform her wedding this June.

“Neither of us belong to a church, and we liked the idea of incorporat-ing prayers and the religious aspect into the ceremony, but we didn’t want to be married by someone we don’t know at all and who didn’t know us,” said Jones, who has been dating her fiance, Eric Strand, for six years.

The couple turned to Jones’ sis-

ter, Vicky Rappatta, who has been happily married for 10 years, has a background in writing and had al-ways been a motherly figure to her younger sibling.

“I was so honored and so moved that they wanted me to be such a huge part of their wedding. Now, I’m getting terrified,” joked Rap-patta, who plans to write an original wedding prayer for the couple.

Rappatta said she researched the legality of the ordination process, including checking with the county where her sister will be getting her marriage license.

“The last thing I wanted to do was get a fake ordination,” said Rap-patta, who got her credentials from American Marriage Ministries, whose website boasts “over 10,000 marriages performed!”

Kirsten Nichols, whose October wedding was performed by her hus-band’s cousin, asked a co-worker who is an ordained minister to be on hand at the service — just in case.

“If you find out after the fact that you are not legally married, it can definitely put a damper on things,” said Nichols, who lives in Montgom-ery County, Md.

Nichols, who is Christian, and her husband, who was raised Muslim, wanted a spiritual ceremony that would “focus on us coming together under God, not on the fact that we are of two different faiths.”

At Alexander’s lakeside wedding in Iowa, her minister-bridesmaid Raley also served as personal at-tendant, and helped decorate for the reception — all of which lent an air of comfort and familiarity to the ceremony.

“It helped that she was the one standing up there for us,” said Alex-ander, a fourth-grade teacher who lives in Rockwell, Texas, outside Dallas. “I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.”

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The date is set, and the venue’s booked. Next up? Send an announcement. There are so many clever ways to get out the word.

Take NoteCustomizable paper blocks

of sticky notes, printed with your wedding date, will un-doubtedly secure a spot on your loved ones’ calendars. To create them, download clip art at www.marthastew artweddings.com, then send it to www.ArtPromos.com for printing. For a personal touch, jot down a message — “Please pencil us in!” — on the top sheet of each pad.

Make An ImpressionCreating a personal touch

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Send AirmailSure, you could hire a

plane to trail an aerial ban-ner broadcasting your wed-ding date, and invite your friends and family over to watch it fly by. But posting these 3-D announcements is far more practical (and just as creative). Plus, your in-vitees will love opening the tiny envelope to reveal your happy news. While the air-plane motif is apt for a desti-nation wedding, these cards are also suited for local cel-ebrations.

Whet Their AppetitesHosting a laid-back bash

with a focus on sipping and supping? Custom-print-ed napkins that say “Eat, Drink, Marry,” along with your wedding date, sug-gest an evening spent with a cocktail in one hand and hors d’oeuvres in the other and give loved ones a taste of what’s to come.

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tures the romance of a love note from a bygone era Add a contemporary twist by folding your notes into their own origami-style enve-lopes — a trick that works on any sheet of 8 ½-by-11-inch paper. Maybelle Imasa-Stu-kuls (www.may-belle.com) offers hand-addressed and -folded versions. If you’re up to the challenge of printing and folding them yourself, she’ll send you a PDF of her artwork and leave the rest to you. Each piece will be deli-cate, so request that the post office hand-cancel them.

Light It UpCustom-printed match-

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Float The IdeaSnail mail has never been

quite so exciting. Upon open-ing their envelopes, your friends will be blown away (pun intended) by the sur-prise inside: balloons printed with the details of your day and attached to white cards bearing simple instructions: “Please inflate.” The child-hood throwback gives guests

all the information they need — “Please save the date! We’re tying the knot!” — and sets the tone for a fun-filled wedding.

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Don’t do it just to cut corners

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELLAP FAshion Writer

NEW YORK — There’s something romantic about the idea of a vintage wed-ding dress, with the wonder-ful stories it could tell. May-be there’d be some delicate lace, too, or exquisite siren-worthy satin.

Reality, though, isn’t al-ways so pretty.

Some vintage dresses are those perfect gowns you dream of, says Mark Ingram, CEO and creative director of Manhattan’s Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier, but others are too costume-y, too dated or, more likely, simply ill-fit-ting.

“You can reach back to some vintage eras and look as contemporary as buying a new dress. But,” he says, “you have to consider your figure first and foremost. If the dress isn’t flattering to your figure type, just don’t go down the road.”

Cameron Silver, owner of the Los Angeles couture vintage shop Decades, sug-

gests these questions to ask — frankly — of yourself:

Do you need to wear a bra? Do you have a boyish figure? An hourglass shape? What about your hips? All of these, he says, are factors in buy-ing any wedding gown, but particularly those meant to fit women of previous gen-erations.

Silver, a resource for Hol-lywood red-carpet looks, also warns that finding a pristine white vintage dress can be hard, and that a good vintage dress, if it’s not an heirloom, can be more expensive than you’d think. Even with your grandmother’s dress, there could be pricey alterations.

“Don’t do this because you think it’s the easy way out, or that it’ll be cheaper,” adds Ingram. “You have to want it — you have to want to have this look.”

But if you do find that ideal

gown from yesteryear, Silver says, it’s a magical moment. He once sold a full Chantilly lace wedding gown by Cha-nel. “It was such a thrill,” he says.

There was a more recent Olivier Theyskens for Ro-chas gown that practically brought tears to his eyes.

(If you find a keeper, be ready to buy it right away — no wavering — because there’s not another one stuck in some inventory closet.)

If you’re partial to em-broidery, look at gowns from the 1920s-’30s, while sultry, satin gowns come out of the ’40s. Women with a full bust might look to the curvier ’50s silhouette, says Ingram, WE TV’s “gown guru,” while mini-dresses of the ’60s are cool, yet hard to pull off un-

Choose vintage gown because you love it

Associated PressChunky beading and silk charmeuse fabric contribute to the vintage look of this Jenny Packham wedding dress at

Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier in New York.

Associated PressThe beading and material contribute to the vintage look of this Jenny Packham wedding dress at Mark Ingram Bridal

Atelier in New York. Some brides like the idea of a vintage or vintage-inspired wedding gown.

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less the event is casual or the bride prides herself an individualist.

Silver says that’s usu-ally the case with those who wear vintage. “This bride doesn’t want to look like ev-eryone else.”

Still, you can hit con-temporary fashion trends. Something from the ’70s, a little bohemian but sexy, too, is probably the hippest look going.

The period to stay away from is, no surprise, the ’80s, with i ts oversize pouffy shoulders and ta-pered sleeves. “Right now, the ’80s looks so dated. Yes, 20-30 years back is ‘vin-tage,’ but if you’re going back, that’s a bad period to

dip into. No ‘Dynasty,’ not even Princess Diana,” In-gram says. “There could be a big trend back to the ’80s if Kate (Middleton) wore it, but I can’t imagine that. It’s too big. The proportion was too big, and it wouldn’t look modern now.”

A bride’s goal often is a timeless look, since the photos will hopefully last a lifetime, but each era still has its signature, says Mi-chael Shettel, designer of bridal brand Alfred Angelo. You might be best off with a classic silhouette, while ad-justing embellishments and details to current tastes, he suggests.

Wedding-gown trends don’t swing as quickly as ready-to-wear fashion, he explains: Of course, white always dominates the mar-ket and the overall vibe is fancy, but when you line

them up, you’ll see differ-ences in the size and types of pearls and beads, chang-es in popular lace patterns, hemlines going up and down.

“You want to make it your own, while still hon-oring whoever wore a vin-tage dress before. ... Maybe you’d like to make it a little more low-cut, a little more fitted, maybe give it a fuller skirt,” Shettel says.

He also borrows from the past for new gowns. The tight-bodice, tea-length ball-gown, which “Mad Men” helped bring back in style, seems very fresh, Shettel says, and the asymmetrical neckline remains popular.

Ingram says the best of both worlds might be vin-tage or vintage-inspired accessories on a new dress. “Add a fur piece — a shrug or a stole — and it looks vin-

tage, even if it’s new, which probably means a better fit. The look could be 1910 or 2010,” he says.

There’s no reason, though, to go back in time for your beauty routine.

“If you do a vintage wed-ding dress, your accesso-ries, hair and makeup have to be incredibly modern,” says Decades’ Silver. “You don’t want to be the bride of Frankenstein.”

Associated PressIn this photo, chunky beading and silk charmeuse fabric

contribute to the vintage look of this Jenny Packham wed-ding dress at Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier in New York.

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By DIANA MARSZALEKFOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

You’d be hard pressed to find a bride who doesn’t make flowers, centerpieces and tablecloths a priority when it comes to creating a certain mood for the wed-ding.

But talk to wedding light-ing designer Bentley Meek-er — whose clients have in-cluded Chelsea Clinton and Catherine Zeta Jones — and he’ll tell you that simple tricks, such as changing the color of light bulbs, can cre-ate the desired ambiance more effectively then roses and fancy tablecloths ever could.

“Wedding lighting is real-ly about what people are al-ways trying to do with their weddings, which is to cre-ate a certain vibe and atmo-sphere,” the New York City lighting pro said.

“Say you’re going to do a wedding in your office, and

you bring in flowers and the tables and you still have flu-orescent lighting,” he said. “It will look like your office decorated for a wedding.

“But if I came in and lit the office and didn’t do any other decorations, we would have transformed that space.”

Diann Valentine, a Los Angeles wedding designer and expert on the cable station Wedding Central, agreed that lighting should top brides’ decorating prior-ity lists because it “allows us to program the mood of an event.”

That might mean changing the intensity of light through-out a wedding — dimmer for cocktails, brighter for din-

ner, for example — or using it to completely change the feel of a room.

Rainer Flor, who married wife Candice last month at singer Gloria Estefan’s Costa d’Este in Vero Beach, Fla., said lighting effects enhanced the “Miami chic” atmosphere they were look-ing for. With floor lights and strategically placed LED lights, he said, the room, right off the beach, “looked almost like an aquarium.”

Central Florida wedding planner Karry Castillo, who helped design the Flors’ wedding, said effects can range from simple spotlights on particular room features or decorations, to lighting

motifs and patterns on walls, floors and ceilings.

In addition, lighting ef-fects can be relatively inex-pensive, anywhere from a

few hundred dollars to thou-sands, depending on com-plexity.

Lighting can transform a wedding space

Associated PressThis undated photo shows lighting designed by Bentley

Meeker at Billy Joel’s wedding in Centre Island, N.Y.

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“In many ways, lighting not only enhances the ele-ments you have in place, but it can also give you a lot more bang for the dollar too,” Castillo said.

Meeker is particularly fond of using pink and am-

ber light bulbs, though he warns that those colors must be used cautiously (“There is ugly amber”). Dimmed incandescent light is anoth-er of his favorites.

Particularly in closed rooms, he said, use light-ing that’s appropriate for the setting — fixtures that can be absorbed into, rather than take over, the larger setting.

“It has to look beautiful so when the guests walk in they lose their breath,” Meeker said.

Associated PressThis undated photo shows lighting designed by Meeker at the wedding of Melissa Rivers at New York’s Plaza Hotel.

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LIGHTINGFrom page 9

By ALICIA CHANGOF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Jen-nifer Cassista expected that her 18-month journey to the altar would include a few stumbles.

A mixed-up order, per-haps. An incorrect size. A meltdown or two.

She didn’t count on hav-ing to book a new venue less than three months before her May nuptials because her first choice closed down.

Of all the troubles that can arise during wedding plan-ning, having the location fall through at the last minute is perhaps the most trying. Couples tend to decide early where to tie the knot, and ev-ery other detail is linked to that. When a seemingly per-fect spot unexpectedly evap-orates before the big day, it sets off a domino effect.

Real-life stories of des-perate brides abound on In-

Sudden change of venue? Don’t panic

Associated PressSarina Chhay (center right) and Brian Harnett (center left) as they dance at their wedding reception at Radius in Boston. Of all the troubles that can arise during wedding planning,

having the location fall through at the last minute is perhaps the most trying. Couples tend to decide early where to tie the knot, and every other detail is linked to that.

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Make sure light isn’t so glaring — or dark — that it distorts or distracts from the wedding party.

And choose soft, flatter-ing colors to create a serene atmosphere, particularly

by quelling strong lights. “Lighting can change so much that people really feel good about themselves,” Meeker said.

Meeker sometimes works with crews 120 strong, and charges anywhere from $4,000 to $500,000 to cus-tom light a wedding. But there is plenty that brides and wedding planners with

more limited resources can do quite simply, he said.

One cost-free suggestion: Dim the lights.

“If you want to transform a space, you put everything on dimmers,” he said.

Meeker says he dims lights somewhat darker than you’d expect (“Your eye adjusts”); whether you can see your shoes and lac-es clearly is a good barom-eter or whether you’ve hit it right.

Other wise advice: “Ask your mother or mother-in-law-to-be, and if it’s not too dark for her, there’s your at-mosphere.”

Meeker also suggests this fairly inexpensive trick: Use small spotlights (about $30 each, he said) to high-light architectural or deco-rative features around the wedding space.

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ternet message boards and vendor blogs. With many world economies weakened in the last few years, it’s not uncommon for restaurants or event spaces to go out of business, leaving couples in the lurch.

Pre-wedding hurdles usually can be fixed in time, said Tampa, Fla., wedding planner Lauren Grove, who keeps the “Every Last De-tail” blog. For couples who find themselves venue-less before the big day, the pri-ority should be fighting to get the deposit back.

Those who can’t need to rethink their budget when searching for a plan B ven-ue, Grove said.

“Hopefully the losses wouldn’t be too severe, and they would be able to re-schedule and have their dream wedding day,” she said.

Luck and resourcefulness saved the day for Cassista and her fiance, Tom Bryan. They had thought they had found their dream ceremo-ny site when they booked a resort lodge not far from where they lived in Ontar-io, Canada, in March 2009. During a walk-through,

the wedding coordina-tor gushed about a coming renovation to erect a new vow-exchange site down by some rapids, complete with a lush garden and pew-style seating. Though the couple had to use their imagina-tion, they trusted the resort to deliver.

Things became suspi-cious when no one returned Bryan’s calls or e-mails when he asked for updates on the project. This past spring, he received a call from a resort front desk re-ceptionist saying the place had gone bankrupt.

Cassista and Bryan start-

ed dialing other venues on their short list. All were booked on their wedding date, May 29.

“We were in desperation mode. It was like, ‘Oh my God, we have to do this all over again,’ ” Bryan said. Bryan’s father, who sells computer touchscreens

to restaurants, suggested Golden Beach Resort on the south shore of Rice Lake, east of Toronto.

C a s s i s t a a n d B r y a n weren’t impressed by the space’s website, but in des-peration decided to check it out in person. Not only were the grounds better than the first place, but the dance floor was larger. An added bonus was that it was avail-able the day they wanted, and was cheaper than the previous resort, too.

With the new venue locked in, the couple spent the next several weeks re-doing invitations and noti-fying other vendors.

Looking back, Cassista said, she was willing to change the wedding date if they didn’t find a backup in time.

“You just need to relax and roll with the punches. Things will happen in every bride’s planning,” she said. “Be levelheaded and try to figure it out.”

Self-described foodies Sa-rina Chhay and Brian Har-nett worked their connec-tions to turn a pre-wedding near-disaster in their favor.

The couple were set on holding their reception at Great Bay restaurant, a seafood restaurant close

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to Fenway Park in Boston. But the economy had other plans. After six years in business, the restaurant was shuttered at the end of May 2009, three months before their wedding.

They scurried to find a replacement, calling more than 20 places and visiting half a dozen, with zero luck.

“There was a feeling of helplessness,” Chhay said.

“I was losing sleep.” Harnett had an idea. As a

last resort, he reached out to the restaurant’s events manager, who promised to check with the other sister restaurants to see if they could host their wedding.

Fo r t u n a t e l y, R a d i u s , known for modern French cuisine, was available. The couple went with it since it was where they shared their first fine dining experience. In September, they cele-brated their one-year anni-versary there too, the chaos all but a memory.

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What bride doesn’t want to be heads above the rest in terms of her wedding day ’do? The trouble is, many brides-to-be don’t take adequate steps to ensure their wedding day tresses will be up to par, including doing a practice run and being confident with their stylists.

Start EarlyOnce you know your wed-

ding date and have the venues booked, start shopping around for a stylist that you’ll stick with through your wedding day. You want to make sure this person is in consistent charge of your look, tailoring haircuts and coloring appoint-ments toward the end goal.

Set a ScheduleCertain hair tasks should

occur at specific times. For example, your final color should be done at least two weeks before the wedding to allow for color blending. A final trim should be around the same time also so that your hair hasn’t just been snipped. You’ll want hair-cuts at regular intervals, even if you’re growing your hair out for the wedding to make sure it looks healthy.

Do Your ResearchBrowse through maga-

zines and make a look book of styles you like. Discuss with your stylist if they will complement your facial structure, style, hair type,

and wedding gown. Talk about the venue and what will be expected of your hair. If you’ll be on the beach with blowing wind, a tight up-do might not be practical.

Have a Hair RehearsalSchedule a rehearsal of

your wedding day hairdo with your stylist after you come up with a look that’s agreed upon. Not only will this help your stylist get his or her technique down pat,

it’ll enable the both of you to fine tune what works and what doesn’t. You can also get a feel for your hair so there won’t be any surprises once you are ready to walk down the aisle. Make sure to bring your veil with you and make-up your face so you’ll get an accurate view of what will be the finished product. Take pictures from all angles to ensure that you’re happy with the look from every di-rection. Remember, you’ll be photographed coming and going, in action and at rest

during the wedding.

Put it in PerspectiveRemember, just like ev-

erything that you’re plan-ning for your wedding, while you hope things go on with-out a hitch, there may be some snags along the way. Remain calm and go with the flow. Guests are more apt to remember the joyous tone of the day rather than minute details that could frazzle you — like an errant Bobby pin or a pull in your stockings.

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