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    So while it looks like the coronavirus will be meddling in our plans a while longer, you may find yourself having to postpone your wedding.

    If you could manage to move the date, make sure all your guests are notified by sending them pretty ‘Change the Date’ cards.

    Try doing it as soon as everything is confirmed so the guests have enough time to plan ahead too.

    We recommend sending e-cards, as the postal services are most likely not running! Here are some ideas to help you get creative:

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    Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are donating the profits from their royal wedding broadcast to help feed hungry families amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    The royal couple will donate $112,000 (R208,4219) to Feeding Britain, an organisation aimed at alleviating hunger.

    According to a spokesperson for the couple, Harry and Meghan have visited the organisation before and have been moved by their work.

    “The Duke and Duchess were able to speak to The Archbishop [of Canterbury] recently, and were moved to hear all about the work Feeding Britain was doing to support people during Covid-19,” the spokesman said.

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    Like many others, Alex Buckwell, 26, and David Collie, 36, were forced to cancel their wedding on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Luckily for them, they recently moved into the friendliest of neighbourhoods and were treated to a surprise wedding by the other residents.

    The couple from Eastbourne, East Sussex, postponed their ceremony which was supposed take place in a Scottish priory. Of course, they were heart broken by this. Instead of their big wedding, they planned to eat fancy steaks in their new garden on March 23, since they had just moved in.

    That evening, they heard the sound of bagpipes and a knock on their door. To their surprise they found that their new neighbours put together an impromptu wedding with champagne, bagpipes, flowers, and a bubble machine.

    “It was the most touching surprise,” said Alex, who works in HR for the NHS in Eastbourne, to the Daily Mail.  “To know that this was all organised by strangers made it even more incredible. I couldn’t stop crying.”

    “We’d moved into the house on the last day possible before house moves were banned and then we were in lockdown so we hadn’t met any of the neighbours.”

    She said she only briefly mentioned what would have been her wedding day because the woman who lives across the road had asked her if they could swap parking spaces.

    The couple danced to ABBA’s Dancing Queen as the neighbours applauded their first dance in the middle of the road.

    Congrats to the happy couple!

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    Thanking your guests with a take-home wedding favour adds an extra special touch to your big day. However, there is no need to outsource this service.

    There are so many cute and simple wedding favour ideas you can easily make from the comfort of your home. All you need is time and a few extra products you can order online.

    Here are some ideas to inspire you:

    Homemade jam

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    Some punny tea

    Fragrant soap

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    Hangover kit

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    Popcorn

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    Hot chocolate kit

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    Coffee beans

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    Succulents

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    Seeds

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    With all the time on your hands right now, it seems like the right time to perfect your makeup skills. The latest makeup trend sweeping the beauty blogs is the fox-eye look, and it might just inspire your bridal beauty look.

    The fox-eye look is a makeup technique that makes your eye appear more angled and elongated, like a fox. The trend originated on Tik Tok and is typically accompanied by straight, archless eyebrows to make your eyes appear even more angled.

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    However, if you’re not willing to shave off the ends of your brows to achieve this look, fear not. When filling in your brows, you could simply add more product in the arch to make the brow appear straighter. You could also skip the brows all together and focus on your eyeshadow to achieve this effect.

    The eyeshadow effect requires you to ‘contour’ your eyeshape from above your crease upwards towards your browbone. This creates a shadow, making it appear as if your eye is naturally shaped this way. Complete the look with angled liner using a dark brown eyeshadow then softly diffuse the line. It’s not a cat-eye liner you want, this look is much softer and more ‘natural’. Then sharply define and elongate your inner eyeducts to make them appear more angled. Voila, the fox-eye!

    Here are a few tutorials to help you perfect the look:

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    With quarantine in effect throughout the globe, people are having to find creative ways to keep busy. This UK-based wedding photographer decided to keep his skills sharp. However, since he can’t shoot real weddings, he staged and shot a Lego wedding.

    Wedding photographer Chris Wallace of Carpe Diem Photography shared a series of images from a wedding he shot for Lego couple Florence and Fred.

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    “Wow what an incredible day! Florence & Fred were extremely lucky to have their wedding during lock-down, the suppliers pulled out all the stops to make this magical day happen,” wrote Wallace on his website.

    “They first met in a warehouse, it was a meeting like no other. On the Amazon conveyor belt their eyes made contact and they fell in love, it was from that moment they knew they would be together forever. ”

    Their outdoor wedding  featured esteemed guests such as Chewbacca, Hans Solo and 1980 Lego spaceman among others.

    There was not a dry eye in the crowd when Florence walked down the aisle, escorted by her father Harry Potter.

    The reception was a great time, even though the guests had to maintain social distancing. Take a look at their special day below:

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    All images captured by the talented Chris Wallace of Carpe Diem Photography

    Even in the time of coronavirus, love conquers all. It finds a way around all barriers, even hospitalisation. This elderly Italian couple celebrated their 50th anniversary, in an intensive care unit (ICU) after medics arranged for them to be together.

    Sandra (71) and husband Giancarlo (73) both contracted COVID-19 and were thus hospitalised at the Murri Hospital in Fermo, in the eastern region of Marche.

    Roberta Ferretti, a nurse at the hospital, heard that the couple’s 50th anniversary was coming up and decided she would organise a a celebration with the help of some other medics. “Sandra cried a lot, not for herself; she was worried about her husband. He told me how much he still loved her, after so many years. When I found out that it was their anniversary, I thought they had to celebrate it,” said Ferretti to a local media outlet.

    According to the Daily Mail, the celebration lasted only 10 minutes, and a candle was placed on a cake without lighting it since it cannot be lit close to the oxygen.

    The couple held hands as the medics played the Wedding March.

    In a Facebook post, Ferretti said that Sandra was crying tears of joy, and her husband only spoke about how in love with her he is.

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    Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting quarantines and self-isolation regulations, many are postponing their weddings. However, moving your wedding doesn’t mean your orginal wedding date has to be any less special.

    You may have had your heart set on your original date, it may have been a sentimental choice, or perhaps it was the perfect date for you. Whatever the reason for the original choice, you should still celebrate! Just because the actual celebration won’t be on that day, doesn’t mean you can’t do something special to comemorate what the date means to you now.

    Here are some ways to celebrate in self-isolation:

    – Have a mini photoshoot 

    Set the self-timer and get posing! You could dress up in your wedding outfits if you have them, or formal attire if you don’t. You could even make it light hearted and take some funny photos of the two of you dressed up in costumes put together with household items. If you’re feeling extra creative, you could create some fun backdrops.

    You and your partner can cherish the photos for years to come. It’ll be a fun way to comemorate the day, and will bring back all sorts of memories every time you come back to them.

    – Host virtual drinks with your wedding party 

    The bridesmaids and groomsmen have been commited to your wedding for a while! Why not celebrate the day with them by you side? Hop on Zoom or Skype, and have a drink with them in comemoration of the day you all have spent so long preparing for.

    – Make a wedding cake 

    Spend some quality time in the kitchen creating a wedding cake. You may not have the one you ordered on hand, but that doesn’t mean you should go without! And of course, what is a celebration without a cake?

    – Write wedding day letters 

    In place of saying your wedding vows to each other, why not write letters to exchange on the original wedding date. This way, you’re celebrating in a special and intimate way, while saving your actual vows for your postponed date.

    – Have your first dance 

    You’ve practiced it for so many hours! Pop some music on the speakers and have your first dance.

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    Originally, “kimono” was the Japanese word for clothing. These days, it refers more specifically to traditional Japanese clothing. Typically in the olden days, color combinations represented either seasonal colours or the political class to which one belonged, according to web-Japan.com.

    Traditional kimonos have beautiful floral designs and are made of silk.


     
    In modern times, the Japanese rarely wear kimonos except on special cultural occasions like weddings, funerals, tea ceremonies, or festivals.
     
    As the world turned into a global village over the years, different cultures and fashions were influenced by each other, taking inspiration from the beautiful designs of foreign nations.

    It’s not advisable for Westerners to wear traditional Japanese bridal kimonos on their weddings without specific reasons, however taking design inspiration and adapting it to your own style is a great way of celebrating wonderful cultures and learning about customs around the world.

    Take a look at these incredible gowns inspired by kimonos, mixing East and West in a splendid way:

     
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    Instead of going for something expected like a white cake with floral detail, why not be bold? Live your life in colour with a fun wedding cake that your guests will love.

    Once lockdown and quarantine ends, attending an actual physical wedding in the future will be extra special. As such, we predict couples will go big and bold to honour the occasion. What better way than with colour?

    Using fun splashes of colour is a simple yet striking way to make a statement and add personality to your wedding cake. Here are a few of our favourite colourful creations:

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