Wedding TNT

In Indian society, a wedding or a marriage is considered auspicious and the custom of sending wedding invitation cards is also a traditional and holy affair. One, therefore, must select the best designs before finalizing the choice. Internet offers you the opportunity of buying cheap wedding invitations and exclusive wedding cards at very affordable prices. Though, you can always buy wedding cards from an onsite designer, most people these days prefer to put their money on online designers because of convenience and variety. Since, all reputed and top-class card designers are now operating through websites, you can be rest assured of finding the dream wedding card you were looking for.

Cheap wedding invitations: Wedding invitation cards come in a huge range of design and price. In Indian society, marriage is a big affair and can be a burden on your pockets. Even the printing of bulk wedding cards can be pretty taxing. Hence, some reputed online designers offer their services at rock-bottom price. If you are looking for cheap wedding invitations, then you can find the most attractive cards at very low prices on the net. There is intense competition on the web world which results in lowering of prices. Also, the web-based card designers crave to create a permanent niche in the market and keep their prices low in order to attract clients. But no compromise is done with the quality of the cards. Hence, you are always in a win-win situation.

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The Pebble Toss is another Celtic wedding tradition tied heavily into the belief of sacredness of place, honoring one’s ancestors as well and honoring or at least diverting the ire of any of the fairy folk. This is in tune with the whole ‘wishing well’ phenomena as well.

In today’s parlance, it is all about luck and wishing the happy couple good fortune and prosperity. As with the Oathing Stone, well wishes, prayers and happy hopes for the couple are placed into a stone or in some cases, just thinking them was enough while holding a small stone. Next this stone is tossed into a nearby body of water such as a river, stream, lake, a well and so forth.

These symbolic tokens would please the ancestral spirits of the place who would then also add their blessing to the couple. Sometimes other small gifts would be offered as well, such as coins, food, drink and other items.

No one knows exactly how far back this practice goes but it seems to go back into prehistory, back when giants were often thought to rule the lands and even create them, such as the Goddess Cailleach, who would carry stones in her apron and when it would inevitably tear, the stones would fall, often creating mountains or trails of boulders we now attribute to the action of glaciers. In Scotland at least, moving across the British Isles and even into Galatia in Spain, such offerings are an appeasement to her for she was considered a rather vain being who’s ire it was good not to attract.

Sometimes, such gifts were given to appease trickster spirits of the fae who might wish to bring harm to the couple or jinx their chances at having children or be prosperous.

In the more modern version of this tradition, a helper may present a tray to each person in the wedding party who will then select a stone, make their prayer or wish and then cast their stone into the well, river or lake, adding their blessing to those of the bride and the groom. Often the stones may be colorful tumbled stones or simple little river pebbles.

This tradition obviously has it’s roots with the Oathing Stones, or perhaps the other way around, or perhaps they simply coincide. Whatever the case, seeking the blessing for the happy couple from the Otherworld was a time honored practice. So many wedding traditions are centered around this, it is often hard to keep track of them all.

Weddings are a time of seeking blessings of prosperity, happiness and a strong and vital lineage for the future. This is one reason why we have weddings. It is a communal event to celebrate a joining and all that it promises for the future. We want the best that can happen for all concerned.

The Pebble Toss, like dropping pennies into a wishing well or Oathing the Stone, throwing a bouquet, tossing coins rice, or other favors to the attendees, providing a fabulous feast and gifting the less fortunate from one’s old leavings of clothes and so forth is another way to bring blessing and prosperity to the newlyweds and to their lineage for years to come.

If you are having your Scottish wedding in Glasgow and you are looking for a more unusual type of wedding venue for your ceremony or reception, then any one of these beautiful wedding venues will be worth a look.

Trades Hall
Situated in the trendy Merchant City area of Glasgow, the Trades Hall is truly a hidden gem when it comes to wedding venues. Built around 1790, it is probably one of the most important historical building in Glasgow. Impressive, sumptuous, and elegant, it is a truly memorable venue to have a wedding. It can accommodate up to 230 for the wedding meal.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
This massive Victorian building is arguably Scotland’s best art gallery and museum. It contains one of the most unique art collections in Europe with paintings by Picasso, Botticelli, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Millet, and Monet. The ground floor is a spectacular place to have a wedding and there are many great locations, inside and out, for wedding photographs.

The Barony
Owned by the Strathclyde University, The Barony is a spectacular, Victorian church with impressive architecture and imposing stained-glass windows. It is a truly magnificent and sumptuous venue for any wedding. It can accommodate up to 200 guest for the wedding meal and 350 for the evening reception.

The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour
The Glenshee is a romantic 19th century sailing ship berthed a Glasgow Harbour. The ship has been fully restored and is a popular venue for weddings and events. It can accommodate up to 216 people for the wedding breakfast and 350 for the wedding reception. What more could any swashbuckling bride or groom want?

House For An Art Lover
This beautiful house was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1901 and is now one of Glasgow’s top visitor attractions. It is situated in Bellahouston Park and is next to a superb Victorian Walled Garden. It can seat 120 for the wedding meal and accommodate 130 for the evening reception. Mackintosh’s brief was “to design a House in a thoroughly modern style, where one can be lavishly entertained” and he certainly did that. It is a wonderful venue for smaller weddings.

People’s Palace and Winter Gardens
Situated in Glasgow Green, The People’s Palace is Glasgow’s social history museum. Attached to the Palace is The Winter Gardens, which is a large, elegant Victorian Glasshouse full of exotic, tropical plants. Directly outside the Winter Gardens is a grand driveway with the Doulton Fountain in the centre. It is the largest terracotta fountain in the world and is quite spectacular when lit up.

Glasgow University
Glasgow has one of Scotland’s oldest and most impressive Universities. The Cloisters and Chapel are breathtakingly beautiful and the Bute and Randolph Halls are architecturally magnificent. So, whether you are having a religious or civil wedding, Glasgow University can accommodate your dreams. The Bute Hall can seat up to 400 guests for the evening reception.

So, there we are. A selection of great wedding venues, that will suit any type of Scottish wedding and the most discerning of Scottish brides.

A wedding, along with the other events related to it, is a formal occasion. Thus, all official documents required for the wedding such as wedding invitations, thank you notes and programs should all be done and written in formality. When it comes to formality, Calligraphy never ceases to qualify not only as a formal method of writing but it also exudes beauty and elegance which makes it more perfect for all wedding occasions.

There are school or academic programs and curriculum that includes calligraphy as a course. It may also be taken as a hobby or a diversion. For these reason, it is safe to say that most people have background in this well-known art of writing. But not all with a hint of how to hold a pen properly can make the perfect calligraphic output. It still requires a talent and skill combined with numerous practice to achieve the best result. If you are a talented bride who wish to utilize calligraphy in your wedding invitation but has doubts if you can come up with the best output, it is commendable to simply hire one of those vendors who offer calligraphy services. If you really would like to do calligraphy on your own to save money, then you need to have some serious skills and make sure that no amount of ink drops or smudge on your invitation and envelopes for not only are they unsightly, they will also cost additional money and time.

Should you decide to actually settle on hiring a calligrapher, be sure to consider the following: if the calligrapher has tools and supplies of his own, the samples of the calligraphers previous works, your budget and the calligraphers service cost. To find a calligrapher for you, you can ask recommendations from friends and family, from artist shops and through online searches. If you have found one calligrapher, it may help to ask for his or her previous clients and give them a call to ask about the workmanship of the calligrapher, if your money would be worth it and if could finish the invitations on time.

Keep in mind that the standard charging is per envelope and ranges about two dollar apiece. When providing the envelopes, make sure also to provide some extra pieces should there be accidental mistakes while writing. Aside from writing calligraphy on the wedding invitation envelopes, you may want the same effect for the wedding programs, thank you note envelopes and place cards.

When purchasing supplies for the wedding calligraphy project, select those that ideally match the writing and is perfect for the wedding occasion. Ecru, buff, eggshell and ivory are best used in wedding calligraphy. Paper made with cotton fiber is known to bind excellently with any ink. When it comes to the ink, a wedding invitation is printed and written with black ink. Calligraphic writing is made even more beautiful and perfect if done with a matching ideal pen such as a quality set that includes different nibs or tips that can be detached or interchanged. At the first sign of wear, the nibs must be replaced as this will only result to a scratchy lettering.

The Emcee runs the show, directs traffic and delivers some hilarious wedding jokes and one-liners like the host of a comedy show. It is therefore very important to have good, clean, humorous material in his or her arsenal.

There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to where or when the Emcee should deliver jokes. Good jokes can and have been delivered practically anywhere during the reception. However, one of the best times to share some jokes is when introducing the guest speakers. A few of the attendees who usually give speeches and toasts at most wedding receptions are the Best Man, the Maid of Honor and, of course, the Groom.

The Emcee must have enough funny material for the entire reception because there are other guests who may want to say a few words, particularly the bride and groom’s parents.

The Master of Ceremonies must not take over the proceedings with too many jokes at one time. The jokes should be spread throughout the entire program. Jokes can be delivered before the introduction of each guest speaker or after the guest has given his or her speech, or both. Balance is the key.

If the Wedding MC is not too familiar with the speakers, here is a good tip that can make things a bit easier. A few weeks before the big day, he should gather all the relevant background information from the bride and groom concerning the various guest speakers.

With some background knowledge at his disposal, he will be more confident that he will not embarrass anyone or himself by incorrectly pronouncing the person’s name or telling an inappropriate joke.

Without this background knowledge one could easily introduce the groom’s father by commenting that he is a good example to follow, not knowing that he has been divorced 4 times over the last 10 years. Before the reception, it is always a good idea to run a joke by any one of speakers if, for any reason, the MC feels it may embarrass that guest.

Another good time to give some humurous jokes is during the announcements. Throughout the reception the Emcee will be required to give a few announcements. Some of these announcements may include the arrival of the newly married couple, how long the formal part of the program will be, when the speeches and toasts will begin, the sequence in serving the meals, where and when the bouquet and garter toss will start, directions to the bar, the name of the DJ or band, and what time the dancing will commence.

Other announcements may include directions to the restrooms and where the designated smoking area is. These are great opportunities to deliver some related jokes to liven up and entertain the guests.

Jokes can also be introduced during the various activities, whether its when the meals are being served, while the guests are eating, during the selection of the music, before the sticking of the cake or during the bouquet and garter toss.

Proper selection of jokes is vital to avoid embarrassing or humiliating the audience. Generally, the use of dirty jokes which include swearing should be avoided at all cost, particularly if there are children around. Of course, there are weddings where only adults are invited and the couple may request or allow dirty jokes. One must never assume this is the case.

Wedding jokes are an important part of any wedding reception and proper delivery of jokes is essential to be successful as an Emcee. Jokes can be found almost anywhere, but it takes know-how and practice to deliver them effortlessly to bring the house down.