Free Wedding Mags to the US Only!

You know one of the reasons I ventured into this arena was because I kept coming across the American sites that were selling all manor of wedding favours while us Brits were still giving out 5 Sugared Almonds (yes, I know some people like sugared almonds!). And now I find that of you are living in the US or Canada you can get yhour hands on Free wedding magazines! Via a nacky site called - free-wedding-magazines.com (it does exactly what it says on the tin!).

The featured free magazine at the moment is WeddingChannel.com Wedding Bells. All their members have to do is fill in a simple form and they get a free copy! Now - how come our magazine companies are not so forward thinking in their marketing! I know my members would love to get access to such an offer but the best I could get for my UK brides was a discount from Wedding Ideas (which incidentally is a very good magazine).

So, if you are reading this blog and you happen to be living in the US or Canada I suggest you get yourselves over to Free wedding magazines and take a look at what they have. Not only are there some great offers but there are also some interesting articles as well including one on Reasons to Elope - how romantic!

Wedding Stationery - The Champagne Lover's Guide

We all know wedding stationery is important as a means of communication before, during and after the wedding. But, have you thought that it is also going to create the first impression of your big day - and we all know how important first impressions are!

Vicky of Serendipity Moon - who are specialist handmade wedding and civil partnership stationers, has produced this guide to wedding stationery. To read more visit Mrs2Be.com

Cheap wedding dresses

Weddings are well known to be a huge financial drain with the average cost of a wedding costing around £17,000. However not everyone has that kind of resource available to them. Every bride has the right to look beautiful on her wedding and we have uncovered a way to purchase cheap wedding dresses and help those less fortunate.

Are weddings are becoming more intimate

Personally I think we are seeing a move away from the big bold brash wedding of the links of Peter Andre & Jordan in favour of more personal intimate weddings.

In a recent Mrs2Be poll, we asked people to vote for their favourite celebrity wedding of Summer 2006 of which there were a few including:

Cheryl Tweedy & Ashley Cole
Ant McPartlin & Lisa Armstrong
Tamzin Outhwaite & Tom Ellis
Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban

The over-riding factor that stood out about 3 of these (excluding Cheryl Tweedy's wedding) was how traditional and intimate they appeared to be.

The clear winner by over 50% of votes was Ant McPartlin & Lisa Armstrong who got married in a very traditional, intimate wedding ceremony this summer after a long courtship.

Interestingly though Posh 'n' Becks Wedding is still rated by many as The Celebrity Wedding of the last decade which is interesting. Perhaps largely because it was the first of its kind?

I'd love to hear your comments on this......

Exciting Updates from Mrs2Be

Wow - the summer is pretty much over and we are heading into busy Wedding Planning time. The Bridal Fairs will all be starting up again so don't forget to check out our list of bridal fairs to find one near you.

Upgraded Wedding Planning Tools

Whilst our blog may have been quiet during the month of August -we certainly haven't been!

So far we have updated our budget planner to make it more streamlined and more functional.

We have also updated our wedding guest planner. Some exciting new features are:

Dietary Requirements
Guest of Bride, Groom or Bride & Groom
Seating Plan
Sort Facility







Also available is a FREE Mrs2Be Toolbar! So download it now.

Happy Planning!