The Makeup University YouTube channel offers tips on how to do you own weddingmakeup. http://www.youtube.com/makeupuniversity

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I just stumbled across a fun weddiing dress and evening dress site, www. cocomyles.com. It lets you customize your wedding or bridesmaid dress online by color, style etc.!  They even allow you to customize the groom's tie.

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www.AmericanBridal.com is offering eco-friendly wedding favors and gifts. The one of one-of-a-kind gifts are made with recycled components, renewable resources, biodegradable papers, and organic ingredients. It includes natural bamboo coaster, a note Pad & Pencil Set and a variety of personalized wildflower seed wedding favor bags. In addition, customers can pick up biodegradable wedding poppers and printable seed wedding place cards with eco-friendly bamboo place card holders.

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The Illinois CPA Society offers the following tips to help bridesmaids save money:

•  If you can’t afford all of the expenses that come along with being a bridesmaid, tell the bride that you are honored, but you just can’t do it.   
• Don’t underestimate the cost of the gifts, parties, and showers and budget for the costs.  You may want to ask if other bridal party members want to split the cost of gifts or parties. 
• If you can't afford the $300 a night hotel room right next door to the reception stay in a cheaper nearby hotel.
• Remember that the happy couple needs your friendship and support and those things are free.

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With KODAK PROFESSIONAL Collections, newlyweds can create professional -looking wedding photo albums with photos taken by familiy and friends. Professional designers lay out your photos to tell the story of the wedding day. Also, wedding albums use a special kind of paper that lasts for more than 200 years in typical dark home storage. Album pricing depends on the album features you select,. www.kodak.com/go/professionalcollections.

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Sometimes a tattoo just ruins the look of your wedding dress and you do not have the time or money to go through the whole laser removal process. Dermablend Professional launched its Leg and Body Tattoo Primer. It goes under the Leg and Body Cover to create a more natural and flawless result. It is smudge resistant for 12 hours. http://www.dermablend.com.

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A photography studio is sponsoring a contest to win $7,000 in prizes. Mail in a letter stating "Why You Deserve This Dream Wedding Package!" to Anthony Ziccardi Studios 53 Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ 07871

Include your Full Names, Address, Phone Number, Email Address, and Chosen Wedding Date [Must be 2010-2011]

Inlcude a portrait of you and your fiance. The deadline is August 31

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A federal judge in San Francisco struck down the gay marriage ban in California. It's time to ponder how my own marriage will be undermined. Jealousy may do it. I may start imagining a husband who likes to shop, wants goes to art museums, and curls up on the couch with me to watch the latest episode of Glee. I may be consumed with worry that my children will be exposed to a gay married couple. What a terrible message it is to be non-juddemental to people from different walks of life. I may be consumed with anger that our very freedoms are at stake when a voter proposition was struck down until I remember that our constitution protects individual rights against mob rule.

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Peter Geyer and Andrea Parrish of  Spokane, WA raised money for their wedding by recycling aluminum cans! The couple has collected 400,000 cans, worth about $3,800. When they  got engaged, they started their quest to recycle aluminum cans to pay for the ceremony. Alumiunum producter, Alcoa, donated 150,000 cans. "Alcoa's contribution put us past the halfway mark. Since then, people around the world have lent a hand," said Andrea Parrish.

Andrea and Peter say they will continue to collect cans to help pay for their honeymoon and will donate 60% of what they receive to the charities of Doctors Without Borders and Rim Country Land Institute. And they will continue to advise others on how they can start their own fundraising efforts through recycling aluminum cans.

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RS2Guru.com Intoruced a collection of wedding invitations available in all the autumn colors.

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Get Married Media is offering a live, behind-the-scenes look at all the latest wedding fashion trends from New York Bridal Fashion Week 2010.  Get Married is conducting live interviews with top bridal fashion and accessory designers, providing exclusive front-row runway reports as well as showcasing images and video coverage of the hottest wedding dresses. Visi getmarried.com.

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 The Remus Lupins, a Santa Monica Whimsic Alley first opened its doors six years ago, it attracted Harry Potter fans from around the world. The themed environment resembled a shopping district straight out of Dickens or a Potter film. Patrons often came dressed in witch or wizard garb.

The new L.A. location is four times larger. A team of Hollywood set designers built the two-tiered wizards' marketplace. Shops feature wizard apparel, books and quills, magic wands, and designer witch hats. There are curio and candy shops and shops featuring Harry Potter and Twilight branded merchandise.

Now, with a room large enough for 100-150 guests, Whimsic Alley can host not only birthday parties, but weddings, bar mitzvahs, meetings and banquets.

Whimsic Alley is located at 5464 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

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Ninety-two percent of brides today are paying for a portion of their wedding, according to a survey of 1,500  prospective brides by Get Married Media.

Prospective brides say the following resources are most helpful in wedding planning:

• 82/% wedding websites 
• 58% wedding magazines
• 45% advice from friends and family
• 36% wedding television programs
• 36% real wedding images
• 20% advice from wedding professionals

Also in the survey:

• More than half of brides surveyed said the season was the most important element when choosing a wedding date since it sets the tone and backdrop for a wedding.
• Most brides described her wedding as elegant and romantic.
• 70% of couples spent the 2009 holidays together with both families.
• Grooms have the strongest opinion about the venue, caterer, music and photography.

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Fitness Magazine and FitnessMagazine.com have developed a six-week fitness boot camp perfectly timed for spring and early summer brides. The bridal boot camp newsletter includes workout routines, nutrition tips, weight-loss plans and more. It's the perfect program for buff brides or those wanting to get buff by the big day

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