Bridesville.com Web News Archive

More brides angle for cheaper weddings (The Pantagraph) - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brides are still saying “I do” in 2009, but they’re saying “I don’t” to lavish weddings.

The Big Money: The Wal-Mart of weddings (MSNBC) - More than 2.2 million women will get married in the United States this year. About one-third of them will be outfitted by one company: David's Bridal.

PHOTOS: Economy has simplified weddings in SW Florida, but it certainly hasn’t stopped them (Naples Daily News) - Karen Vazquez’s North Naples bakery is the last place you’ll find signs of a sluggish economy. Vazquez, owner of Kakes by Karen LLC off Old 41 Road, pipes icing on a sample cake while convincing a Texas bride and her mother over the phone that the fondant she uses to decorate her cakes will not melt in the Florida humidity. She hangs up, flips on a mixer and her Blackberry buzzes on a stainless ...

Academy of Music celebrates weddings (Lancaster Online) - In celebration of June weddings and the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the "Wedding March," the Pennsylvania Academy of Music will host an indoor garden concert and party Sunday as part of its "Vivace!" international music festival.The Academy's glass-enclosed rooftop atrium wi...

Reserve county garden for weddings (The Bernardsville News) - The Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission is accepting reservations for wedding ceremonies and photos for the Perennial Garden, the Rose Garden, and the Colonial Park Arboretum. The fee for each site is $75 per hour.

Allure of weddings keeps chapel humming (Las Vegas Review-Journal) - Cricket chirps fill the gazebo outside the Little White Wedding Chapel -- at least they do in between the whooshing of vehicles along Las Vegas Boulevard. The chapel's first bride and groom of May 16, 2009 face one another.

Green paint and fresh food take home sustainability awards (Queensland Country Life) - Eco-friendly farmers. Bridge-builders using recycled materials. Printers using soy-based inks. An energy-efficient industrial estate that is pretty enough to host weddings after hours.

popping the question (Handbag.com) - dont think this quite qualifies for the weddings forum? basically im thinking of proposing to my girlfriend of 2 years and am a bit (or rather a lot) unsure of how to do it, apart from obviously asking the question.

Has bell tolled for Scots’ weddings? (The Herald) - The recession appears to have cooled Scots' love affair with marriage, with new figures showing the number of weddings this year has fallen to a historical low.

Museum showscentury of weddings"June Brides: 100 years of wedding fashion" is on display noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and ... (Perkasie News-Herald) - Bedminster Township is known for its support of farming, but not this kind.