Talk about fanatic! According to Yahoo Sports, a bride made a wedding dress for herself out of her husband’s Manchester City sports jerseys. And you know, it looks pretty good! Check out Yahoo for the pictures. wikipedia.org
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92 Weddings at Once!
According to the Metro, 92 couples in Lima, Peru got married all at once recently! The mass ceremony was done by Lima’s mayor, and was done for a special discounted rate per couple. Ages ranged from 18 to 74. cia.gov
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Through the Mud for Love
According to the Marlborough Express, a New Zealand man was forced to trek across damaged roads and through waist-high mud to get to his wedding. After severe weather made it impossible for him to leave his family’s farm and get to his wedding site, he decided he’d rather walk than miss it! Don’t worry– he [...]
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Occupy Their Wedding!
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a couple in Melbourne, Australia planned to get married in a public garden. When the date of the wedding arrived, they found that the Occupy Melbourne movement had moved into the garden. But the couple embraced the Occupiers, and even did a wedding photoshoot with them! The personal is [...]
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James Blunt Joking About Playing In Royal Wedding
James Blunt has said he will be performing in the Royal wedding according to ABC news. The only problem with that is, it was just a joke. He will actually be on tour in the United States on April 29th.
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McDonald’s In Hong Kong Now Offering Wedding Packages
According to CNN Hong Kong will be the first city in the world to offer marriage package for couples. McDonald’s offer a full wedding package including apple pie cake. To keep up the family restaurant image, there will be no alcohol served.
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Facebook Funds Wedding
A couple who have been engaged for over 14 years and not had a wedding was given the chance finally to have the wedding of their dreams by a friend’s fundraising campaign using the popular social media giant Facebook. The friend was able to raise 20,000 lbs through Facebook. Visit BBC News for more information.
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Cruise Lines to Show Royal Wedding
According to Gadling, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Cruises, and other cruise lines will be airing the Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton so that all passengers may have a front row seat of the special event. Although quite different than what cruise lines are used to, namely on-board weddings, cruise lines are [...]
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Royal Wedding Date Creating Fear Among British Brides
The wedding date announcement of Wills and Kate is much anticipated not just in Britain but all around the world. British brides will be most affected, how would you like for a multimillion dollar wedding to fall on your exact wedding day? Stiff competition I would say. Read more at Yahoo News.
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40 Killed in Afghan Wedding
According to Yahoo! News, a roof collapsed at an Afghan wedding party, killing more than 40 women and children on Wednesday in a remote northern village in the war-torn and impoverished country. The traditionaly made mud brick homes have poor structural support and cannot support but a limited number of guests.
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DIY African Wedding
Lauren over on Every Last Detail Blog has featured a DIY African Wedding photographed by Otto Schultz who beautifully shot wedding pictures that capture the perfect amount of light, details, and the emotions of the wedding day. Among the amazing aspects of the wedding include the bride’s birdcage veil and the many unique wedding decorations. [...]
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Italian Wedding Traditions
Xochitl Gonzalez has posted over on Always a Blogsmaid an article about Italian Wedding Traditions. Among the various Italian Wedding Traditions Xochitl writes about are: 1. Where green at your rehearsal dinner. 2. The groom should pick the bride up at her house and carry her to the church ( Maybe this is too old [...]
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“White Wedding” In South Africa
According to NJ.com, the recent world cup of soccer was supposed to reintroduce South Africa to the world. Instead, what was introduced to the world were those annoying vuvuzelas. Well, a “White Wedding” is a movie that puts South Africa on display and is a lovely, loving snapshot. In the end, South Africa, although not [...]
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International Wedding Customs
People from around the world come from different backgrounds and nationalities, have different traditions and customs, and yet all still in one form or another, share in recognizing matrimonial relationships between a man and a woman. The Telegraph shares an article this morning that features different international wedding customs. As a taste, Croatians, Yemenis and [...]
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Telegrams from a British Prisoner of War to his Young Bride
An article entitled, “Love letters from Bridge over the River Kwai to the bride who never gave up” on Mail Online is about a British prisoner of war who sent telegrams to his young bride during World War II to let her know that he was ok. Harry Williams was forced to build the infamous [...]
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Illegal Marriage Brokers & Difficulties Faced by Foreign Brides
According to The Independent, Vietnamese brides are flocking to South Korea in efforts to marry and live a happier more prosperous life than they would have by remaining in Vietnam. Vietnamese women are fed South Korean culture through television and are set up to believe in a sometimes false portrayal of how living in South [...]
