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For the Love of Brides

This week we thought we take a little trip down memory lane. Everyone knows that Wed With Style helps plan gorgeous, perfect weddings, but we are so much more than that. Victoria, puts so much love and attention into every wedding and also with every bride. She deeply cares about each one and understands that their happiness and complete satisfaction on their wedding day is what matters more than anything else.

So, with that being said we thought we would share a little insight into how she began this journey. It all started around 20 years ago when her best friend was getting married, as she was helping her get ready the photographer took this picture, little did she know that this image would one day become a common reoccurrence as she soon found herself in more and more pictures with more and more brides.

 

 

Victoria and Kim August 1999

Victoria began Wed With Style in June of 2010. While she loved staying home with her 2 boys, she also knew that she wanted to do something more, event planning and design came easily to her and after some consideration, she made the leap into starting what soon became a very rewarding business. She often jokes and says that in a house full of boys (including the family dog) wedding planning gave her the “girly” outlet that she was looking for. Tie that together with her precise organizational skills and love for all of the details both large and small, it’s no wonder that she has been so successful!

Wed with Style loves their brides, it’s been a joy working with them to plan their big day and continuing to watch their love stories unfold. From celebrating anniversaries to the birth of their children, Victoria enjoys keeping up with the newlyweds even long after the wedding day is over.

For the Love of a Special Invitation

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This post was created in collaboration with Minted, however my love for these gorgeous invitations and this company comes straight from my heart! 

Happy 2020! We hope that this year has started out beautiful for you and we are looking forward to the many new weddings we are already planning, and all of the other exciting events that pop up!

Today we are thrilled to share with you our latest collaboration with Minted Weddings. Minted has so many great items, not JUST wedding invitations and save the dates, they have everything from art prints, invitations and announcements, pillow and chair covers, and so much more!

There are different sizes and paper, fonts and textures to chose from. A TON of color options and designs, something perfect to fit every budget and every style!

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As part of the collaboration with Minted, I even got to chose my very own personalized stationary and I couldn’t be happier, the artwork is beautiful and the quality of the paper is perfect. I LOVE having stationary customized just for me and look forward to ordering more from Minted! IMG_5327

So, when you are ready to order those Save the Date cards and your wedding invitations, make sure to visit Minted Weddings and give them a try! Oh and I almost forgot to mention that you can even order a sample so that you can see how they turn out before placing your entire order. Check out how gorgeous their packaging is…19WED0699OLP_Option2_OP

Make sure you visit Minted Weddings and let us know! Wed With Style has a special discount code just for our brides, we think you will love their products just as much as we do!

 

 

 

Wedding Traditions That You Probably Never Knew About

Recently we got to coordinate a beautiful Greek wedding. It was gorgeous and full of love, friends and family. It was also full of tradition, for instance the use of a button, that looks like a blue eye (the color blue is powerful to ward off evil spirits)  was attached to the bouquets and boutineers of not only the bride and groom but also all of the wedding party attendants. The idea is that they would ward off any evil spirits that would bring any bad luck to the newlyweds.

Another tradition is the use of gold crowns.

Two gold crowns are made and connected by a single strand of ribbon. This symbolizes the union of the two people into a single married couple. The crown also signifies that they shall rule over their household together. The crowns are called “stefana” in Greek. During the ceremony, the crowns are swapped back and forth three times by the koumbaro.

The bride and groom also hold candles during the ceremony. These symbolize the light that Christ symbolizes. The candles can be left in the church to burn, or brought back home to be used, but should never be thrown out. They should be burned down completely.

The priest will pour wine into the “common cup” – that is, one single wine glass – and the bride and groom each take three sips from it. The wine symbolizes life, and the sharing of sips of it is symbolic of how the couple will share in life together. (https://blog.udemy.com/greek-wedding-traditions/)

Other interesting and sometimes disturbing traditions involving good luck and bad luck superstitions on wedding days include:

  • If a spider is found in a wedding dress it signifies good luck in English traditions. Um, no thank you.
  • Also in English tradition, Wednesday is considered the “best day” to marry, although Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health.
  • Did you know the reasoning behind the groom carrying his bride over the threshold of their new home? We didn’t either…apparently it’s to protect her from any evil spirits lurking below the ground!
  • The Hindus believe that rain on your wedding day will bring good luck.
  • Forget rice, in Czech traditions, the guests throw peas at the newly married couple!
  • Pine trees are planted outside of the home of the newlyweds as a symbol of fertility.

And finally, who really knows why we wear our rings on the fourth finger of the left hand? It was once believe that a vein traveled from this finger directly to the heart. That’s actually pretty sweet!

What traditions are you familiar with that others might not recognize?

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