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Oct 29, 2009 - Henry Hager And Jenna Bush Wedding Your wedding will no doubt be the most romantic day of your lives, it's a celebration of love and commitment. But it's also the biggest party you'll probably ever throw. So pull out all the stops and make it a night to remember. We've researched the top wedding experts to find their best ideas for throwing a fun and unique reception, while maximizing the romance and tugging at the heartstrings of your guests. Whether you use one or 10 of them, we hope you will find at least a few new and creative ideas to make your reception even more fabulous.

If you're planning an outdoor event, don't forget to spray the grounds for insects about an hour before the guests arrive.

Skip the huge head table at the reception, share an intimate dinner for two, or share a small table with your parents or children.

Ask your caterer to prepare a late night snack for the bride and groom. As more often than not you are too busy with guests when dinner is served.

Want to use those disposable cameras on the reception tables. To avoid having hundreds of the same pictures by turning your guests into creative photographers with a photo hunt. Leave a list of ten great photos you would like that table to take during the reception. Photo ideas could include; build a pyramid, group table shot, funniest pose, a guest kissing the bartender or grandparents holding hands.

Don't like the disposable cameras but still want to get memories captured by your guests? Set up a docking station so guests can load their photos to your computer on the spot.

Offer your guests one or two signature cocktails that you've personalized with a cute name and your wedding colors.

Want the expensive look of calligraphy for your invitations without the cost? Calligraphic fonts that look like the real thing are readily available. Free font sources: searchfreefonts.com, highfonts.com, dafont.com

Have a graphic artist create a custom wedding logo that you can use on printed materials and other elements of your wedding to create a cohesive look. (If you’re artistic you can do this yourself. - 0 Comments

Bride's bouquet brings down plane.

Aug 13, 2009 - The wedding tradition of throwing a bride's bouquet for luck proved to be unlucky at one Italian wedding when the bride's bouquet caused a plane to explode and crash in Montioni Park in Suvereto, Tuscany. According to a report by the BBC, the bride and groom hired a small plane to fly over the wedding reception and throw the bouquet to the female guests. But instead of falling to the ground, the bouquet was sucked into the plane's engine, causing it to catch fire and explode, the story said. - 9 Comments

What to do in Dallas with a 5 year old??

Jun 16, 2009 - We are going to be in Dallas over the July 4th weekend to attend a wedding. There are two wedding events that we are going to, but they are in the evenings of the 3rd (halud) and 4th (reception). That gives us the days free, and I am wondering if anyone has any ideas of fun stuff to do in Dallas with a 5 year old. - 38 Comments

UPDATE: am i doing the right thing

Mar 12, 2009 - ok ok I get it, the bride is always right. We, my bro and I , met her in 3 of the classes we share in college. That's why when she set the wedding date she told us, me, and then to him, to separate the day. - 4 Comments

With a rocket, Obama's hope is shot back down to earth (UK)

Apr 06, 2009 - With a rocket, Obama's hope is shot back down to earth While the US president's pull may help change the world, North Korea won't be the only state needing a lot of work to convince o Michael Tomasky in Washington o UK The Guardian, Monday 6 April 2009 History may one day record it as a stark irony - and let us hope an amusing one rather than the tragic kind - that on the very day that Barack Obama was sketching out to an adoring throng in Prague his vision of a post-nuclear world, North Korea launched a rocket that may one day give it the capacity to fire a nuclear warhead as far as 3,700 miles. This means, to get down to brass tacks, that it could hit Alaska. The juxtaposition is worth dwelling on. - 2 Comments

Seven reasons for healthy skepticism

Jan 21, 2009 - Jim VandeHei, John F. Harris Jim Vandehei, John F. Harris – Wed Jan 21, 3:20 am ET Even in a city of cynics, the Inauguration of a new president — and the infusion of new ideas, new personalities and new energy that comes with it — summons feelings of reverence. - 22 Comments

my artistic vision...am I crazy??

Feb 08, 2009 - So I am newly engaged and my wedding is still over 2 1/2 years away, but I am having so much fun dreaming and pre-planning! I have this idea, but before I get too attached to it, I want to make sure that people don't think I'm nutso! So you know how when people were first coming to America from Europe, the men would come over, build a house, get settled then send for their wives. - 1 Comment

Group Therapy: I fear having a wedding reception because of my parents.

May 05, 2008 - I am engaged to a great guy who comes from a great family, and are planning for a wedding which is two years away, but still coming up pretty quickly in my mind. I said HE comes from a great family, I on the other hand, do not. My parents went through a rocky divorce after a rockier marriage of 19 years. - 1 Comment

I fear having a wedding reception because of my parents.

Friday the 13th...Do or Don't

Mar 17, 2008 - My fiance and I were trying to pick a date for our wedding. He would like for it to be sometime this year and I told him there is no way I can plan a wedding in less than a year. I'm very particular and know I would be stressed out if I felt I didn't have enough time. - 10 Comments