Bridesville.com Web News Archive

Puppy love: More pets partake in even formal weddings (USA Today) - Though pets have long been part of casual weddings, couples are increasingly including their dogs (and other pets, to a much lesser degree) in the wedding parties of some very formal weddings at the most ornate churches and refined locales, spending hundreds on doggie dress-up.

Simple weddings: Get me to the courthouse on time (Hartford Courant) - Some brides and grooms are scrapping their plans for big, expensive weddings. Despite the gloom and doom of the economy, couples are still game to say, "I do." Indeed, the number of weddings expected to take place in the U.S. in 2009 is on par with recent years, holding steady at about 2.2 million. But the style and scope of those weddings are in flux. Many couples are reconsidering big, blowout ...

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.

Bakersfield brides still spending on weddings despite recession (The Bakersfield Californian) - Courtney Moore got to pick out whatever wedding dress she wanted. Her fiance, Luis Garcia, cashed in his retirement fund so Moore could choose the perfect dress, regardless of the cost.

Anniversaries | Births | Engagements | Weddings (Nassau County Record) - Bells celebrate 50 years of marriage Charles and Jeanne Bell of Jacksonville will celebrate their 50th anniversary July 4. Mr. Bell and the former Miss Atkinson were married July 4, 1959, and previously resided in Callahan.

Life in a Year, Part 6: Wedding Day (San Jose Mercury News) - Whether they take place in the sight of God, or within sight of the Vegas strip at a little drive-thru chapel, weddings are the reordering of two separate lives into one shared experience.      Video: Getting hitched | Life in a Year series

Delayed monsoon worries India (Asia News Network) - Villagers are holding frog weddings, women are yoking themselves to ploughs and tilling the fields, and priests are chanting prayers while sitting in cooking pots, as the Indian government worries over truant monsoon rains.

Anniversaries, Engagements & Weddings (The Southeast Sun) - June 26, 2009 12:26 Yarbrough – Scarlett Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Yarbrough of Enterprise announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Lynn, to Michael William Scarlett Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scarlett of Ozark.

Actress: 40s tough on a leading lady (The Post and Courier) - "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie MacDowell says her 40s were an awkward time, partly because Hollywood filmmakers didn't know how to cast the veteran American actress. The 51-year-old actress, a Gaffney native, hasn't had a big hit since a string of commercial successes in the early and mid-1990s, including "Groundhog Day," "Michael," and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."

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.