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Wedding Traditions

From the cake to the confetti

 

 

Looking After Your Relationship

The key to a successful marriage

 

 

Pick Of The Bunch

Hints for choosing your wedding flowers

 

 

Location Location Location

Tips on selecting a reception venue

 

 

Getaway

How to plan your honeymoon

 

 

Arrive In Style
Wedding Transport

 

 

Diamonds Are Forever

All you need to know about diamonds

 

 

Wedding Music

Music to your ears

 

 

Wedding Legalities

The forms and fees

 

 

Marry Me?

Proposal stories from the heart

 

 

Take A Seat

A guide to seating your guests

 

 

The Great Outdoors

The trend towards outdoor ceremonies

 

 

Sugar Coated

Trendy versus traditional cakes

 

 

In Focus

Choosing a wedding photographer

 

 

Wedding Versus

Sample versus for your ceremony

 

 

Wedding Vows

Sample vows for your ceremony

 

 

Wedding Anniversary Gifts

Traditional and modern gifts

 

 

Children Add Charm But...

Pros & cons to having children in your wedding party

 

 

 

 

YEAR

TRADITIONAL GIFT

MODERN GIFT

First

Paper

Clocks

Second

Cotton

China

Third

Leather

Crystal/Glass

Fourth

Fruit/Flowers

Appliances

Fifth

Wood

Silverware

Sixth

Candy/Iron

Candy/Iron

Seventh

Wool/Coppe

Desk Sets

Eighth

Bronze/Pottery

Bronze/Pottery

Ninth

Pottery/Willow

Linen/Lace

Tenth

Tin/Aluminium

Leather

Eleventh

Steel

Jewellery

Twelfth

Silk/Linen

Pearls

Thirteenth

Lace

Textiles/Furs

Fourteenth

Ivory

Gold Jewellery

Fifteenth

Crystal

Watches

Twentieth

China

Platinum

Twenty-fifth

Silver

Silver

Thirtieth

Pearl

Diamond

Thirty-fifth

Coral

Jade

Fortieth

Ruby

Ruby

Forty-fifth

Sapphire

Sapphire

Fiftieth

Gold

Gold

Fifty-fifth

Emerald

Emerald

Sixtieth

Diamond

Diamond

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