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08 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
The Questions Never End ...
The annoying questions that other people ask you throughout your adult life are, well... annoying. Once you reach, say, the age of 23 or so (or younger if you don't attend college) people start with the annoying questions about your life plans. The questions usually run in stages; according to the d
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08 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
Signature Cocktails: Rhubarb-Strawberry Champagne Cocktail
Rhubarb-Strawberry Champagne CocktailServes 8 4 oz. Rhubarb mix 4 oz. Cointreau Champagne to top (1 bottle 750ml) Rhubarb Mix: 2 stalks rhubarb 1/2 pint strawberries, washed with tops removed 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. sugar Juice of fresh lime Puree all ingredients except lime. Reduce liquid to 1
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07 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
Top 11 Things I Love About my Husband ...
Today; October 27th, is my first Wedding Anniversary. Well, by the time this blog is published, it will no longer be my Anniversary. But right now, as I write this, it is. Today at this same time, we were cutting into our wedding cake while a Harry Connick Jr. song played in the background and our f
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06 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
The Perfect Proposal #7: Back From Iraq
If you thought getting back from Iraq safe and sound is a blessing on its own, throw in a ring and a wedding proposal. Here's how one woman handled it!
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02 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
Something Old, Something New...
We all know the saying: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Each item in this poem represents a good luck token for the bride if she carries them on her weddng day. The Something Old represents the continuance of the bride's past, the Something New means hope for the
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01 Nov
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
I Have a Proposal for You ...
The Proposal. It seems like such a formal word for something that is so personal, doesn't it? A Proposal sounds like some sort of business transaction between two corporatations, rather than the beginning of a lifelong commitment to a new life together. There are so many "stereotypical" proposals th
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31 Oct
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
What If?
So weddings are all fun, fabulous, and momentous occasions we want to remember fondly for a lifetime. No one ever wants to talk about the “what if.” Shhh…don’t tell anyone, but I actually want to talk (or whisper) about the “what if.” In an attempt to learn something from trage
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30 Oct
Blog: Bride-O-Rama
Confession of the Day
"My son threw up all over the carpet the other night. I left it there hoping the dog would eat it."