Your guests need to know where to sit at your reception, so you might as well guide them in style. Seating charts have gotten much more elaborate over the years. If you’ve got a creative eye and some time on your hands, why not try making your own?
Using everyday items like glass bottles, cheese boards, plant leaves and mirrors, you can easily create a stunning seating chart that will impress your guests.
Here are some creative ideas to inspire you:
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Some rules are meant to be broken. While tradition states that men are meant to propose to their future brides, many modern women are taking back the power…
During lockdown, couples have to make do with what they have to keep the love alive. One man, Mark Oakes from Gauteng, wanted to ask his beloved Maxine to marry him but of course, no jewellery stores were open.
So, he decided to get creative and make a ring himself! “One can’t let a pandemic stand in the way of what your heart wants,” he said on local radio show Breakfast with Martin Bester.
He planned a beautiful picnic in the garden, got out some wine (another rare commodity these days) and popped the big question. “We had a proposal picnic with an arts and crafts ring. Our friendly chefs at Woolies provided us with a great meal,” he said.
The ring, complete with a little golden bell in place of a stone, won Maxine over and she said yes.
Take a look at how the romantic day went down:
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Love looked a whole lot different back in the 1950s. Before Tinder and Instagram DMs, writing letters was the original form of romantic correspondence. This couple accidentally became…
This season’s Bridal Fashion Week was nothing like we’ve seen before. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, designers displayed their new Spring 2021 collections virtually instead of on the runway.
Although many designers opted to skip the season entirely, a few soldiered on to present the looks they’ve worked so hard on these last few months. Here are a few standout looks from this season:
Viktor & Rolf Mariage
Pronovias
Amsale
Reem Acra
Savannah Miller
BHLDN
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Tears are inevitable at weddings, but we wouldn’t want your makeup to be ruined. Try these 5 stunning mascaras that won’t run no matter how much you turn…
As kids, we all watched movies and dreamed that our lives would turn out just like those happy endings. For those who were born to be hopeless romantics, you probably also aspire to ensure that your wedding would be like the ones you saw in the cinemas!
Big screen nuptials are often the way we define what a “fairytale wedding” looks like. From dramatic decor and perfect locations, to heartfelt speeches and outpourings of love and devotion, silver screen weddings are enough to make your heart skip a beat.
Perhaps you want to base your wedding on your favourite cinema wedding memory, or maybe you simply want to feel warm and fuzzy inside. Or you’re just looking for some Netflix inspiration! Here are six of our favourite big screen weddings to entertain you
Love Actually
As the bride and groom make their way down the aisle as newly-weds, a choir can be heard singing “Love, Love, Love”. The chorus echoes through the halls and musicians are revealed on the pews, behind some curtains. The event was a surprise for the couple from the best man, who is the best friend of the groom and happens to be in love with the bride too.
27 Dresses
Jane finally gets to be a bride after playing the role of bridesmaid 27 times! Once she breaks out of her shell, and finds her husband in the process she ends up with a colourful wedding (with 27 bridesmaids). What more can you ask for!?
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Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones
For some, bigger is better and for others the opposite is true. Anakin Skywalker was one of the latter. On top of the fact that we had Jedi training amongst other things. He and his better half kept it simple, getting married overlooking the coast. How romantic, right?
Padme Amidala’s dress has to receive an honourable mention here too. The detail is exquisite.
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn
Lavish, bohemian, and picturesque. A forest wedding, followed by a massive reception at an outdoor venue. Natural decor with flowers overflowing at the ceremony and reception. This is truly the wedding of dreams.
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Runaway Bride
The scene moves from Julia Roberts and Richard Gere slow dancing on a balcony over looking the city, to their nuptials in an open field surrounded by their loved ones. Thereafter, the newlyweds ride off on some horses. I mean, can anybody say fairytale?
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The Sound of Music
When a song used in a movie wedding influences brides for decades to come, you know for sure the film was something special. Julie Andrews is magical in the wedding scene, which is what made it so amazing.
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Image: Screenshot from Love Actually wedding scene