2011年10月10日星期一

10 Great Wedding Quotes to Make U Glib in Speech

Wedding speeches to those people who are of timidity are a big task to undertake. Think about even the private wedding reception has more than 20 persons, let alone the pomp wedding event, which has at least 80 wedding guests from acquaintance and people less to contact. However, using appropriate wedding quotes or sayings from celebrity or famous webpage can reduce the frequency of staging fright in front of folks when you deliver the speech or toast.

20 top wedding quotes or famous sayings applied in the wedding speech:

  1. William Shakespeare:" Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."

  2. Francois de La Rochefoucauld: "True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."

  3. Christopher Marlowe: "Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"

  4. Enid Bagnold wrote in his autobiography of 1969: "In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring."

  5. Elizabeth Hardwick wrote in Seduction and Betrayal of 1974: "In the long run wives are to be paid in a peculiar coin - consideration for their feelings. As it usually turns out this is an enormous, unthinkable inflation few men will remit, or if they will, only with a sense of being overcharged."

  6. Author Unknown wrote in website: "You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without." "Love is grand; divorce a hundred grand." "Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock."

  7. Helen Rowland, said in Violets and Vinegar: "It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others."

  8. When the 7-year-old child, Kenny, was asked if it's better to be single or married, she responded: "It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble."

  9. Joan Did ion's saying: "In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do. "

  10. Alan King: "If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books."


Surprise! Elizabeth Taylor's Wedding Dresses at Auction

Elizabeth Taylor was a famous actress since she acted as Cleopatra in Cleopatra. On March 23, 2011, this charming beauty passed away and left lots of elegant shades for the public. Her thousands of fans cried for her leaving and were crazy to search for and purchase what Elizabeth Taylor touched. The expectation of purchasing desire always causes the productions. Now here is a iece of good news for crazy fans. That is two of her wedding gowns are auctioned this December.

The two wedding dress separately belong to her 1964 and 1975 weddings to Richard Burton. Besides the wedding dresses, other 398-piece of collection is to be sold at auction, including wedding bags, shoes and accessories, and other private goods she used in her life of all 79 years. This big event will be held by Christie's in New York.



According to words by Phillip B. Crook, the first wedding dress is likely to reach the price between $40,000 and $60,000. As the supposed highlight of the sale, the wedding dress was in white color and had a black square jewel in front of chest. Its smooth fabric and special neckline and sleeves still keep complete and fresh.



Though the wedding dress Taylor wore in March 15, 1964 is splashy, it is not the most expensive item as predicted. The ruby-and-diamond necklace which Taylor designed herself will likely to be the queen, and the necklace estimated up to $3 million.

Hope Taylor's soul in the heaven will smile when she see her things once touched will purchase such high price.

2011年10月8日星期六

Hugh Hefner's Wedding Was Cancelled

Hugh Hefner is the founder of popular magazine Playboy. Though he is 85 years old, I guess there are still many women like to marry with him for his celebrity status and rich property. However, his 25-year-old fiance Crystal Harris didn't think so. The supposed bride changed her mind just two days before the wedding ceremony. The wedding should have been held on 16th June, this year and the wedding venue was located at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. There were more than 300 guests invited to attend their wedding, but now it was over.

Besides this failed nuptial, Hugh had another two marriages. His first marriage to Mildred Williams ended in divorce in 1959. Hefner was divorced from his second wife, Kimberley Conrad, in 2010 after a lengthy separation. Now he broke up with Crystal. In 2008, Harris and Hefner met at his annual Halloweenparty. After a few weeks, She moved in to the mansion and became Playboy's Playmate of the Month in December 2009.



TMZ once posted the split news that they had a nasty argument on the phone and Harris moved out of the mission. That piece of news was proved by one twitter of Hefner, that is, "The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart."

On last Christmas Eve, Hefner proposed to Harris and then announced happily on Twitter. Since then Hefner was always planning the third wedding after his career. There was something ironic to hear their end-up gossip.

2011年10月7日星期五

Karen Mok Wed in Italy

Chinese famous singer star Karen Mok got married with her German boyfriend in Florence, Italy, on 1st October. The romantic wedding happened in Ferregam manor, where she took pictures for her career before. The couple met each other when they studied in Italy and fell in love as their first love. They broke up for years and finally met and loved again last year. They reminded where they met was Italy and decided to hold the wedding at that fancy country.


Karen Mok wedding photos
About the wedding details, Karen paid attention to all details and deal with all problems by herself. She found the designer of wedding dress among her best friends for knowing her better than others and picked the bridesmaid dresses and flower dresses. That's why she became a blissful bride on her big day and began her happy marriage.

Karen Mok wedding photos
According to the local Italy tradition, the bride can not wear the strapless wedding gown in church. So Karen used lots of lace to make up for not showing her charming shoulders. The wedding theme was pink, so her wedding venue looked pink and the groom's three children all attended the wedding. In the pink wedding, the two daughters of the groom also dressed in pink.

Karen Mok wedding photos
In the holy wedding ceremony, the bride was taken by her brother to the hand of the groom. Then the priest wished the newlyweds. The couple exchanged the wedding vows and wedding rings. After a sweet kiss, the couple went out of the church and the wedding guests sprinkled rice in their hands to show the best wishes. Then the ceremony was perfectly done.

2011年9月30日星期五

Wedding Toast

Wedding toast is a traditional custom for the wedding reception. There is a story of the origin for the wedding toast. Once upon a time, a host of a reception invited his enemies. For showing the relief to discard past grievances, he poured from a common pitcher and sipping the wine to prove no poison. He and the leader of enemies slipped the wine into each other's glass to show the trust. Now the toast in wedding means congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds.

In the wedding reception, everyone can toast for cheering up. But the main four persons to speak are the father of the bride, the best man, the groom and the maid of honor.

Wedding toast

The father of the bride is often the first one to toast. He needs to toast for all wedding guests, to wish his daughter's sweet marriage and to welcome the groom become the new member in his family. Saying something about his family and some happy jokes are also popular.

The groom's toast is next his father in law. His toast stands for both himself and his wife. Usually, he will thanks for the love from his wife, the support from the bride's family, his own family and close friends. Thanking for wedding guests coming to his wedding is proper, as well as their wedding gifts and congratulations.

The best man often toasts behind the groom. He will share experiences with the groom in a funny and heartfelt mood. He will additionally wish the newlyweds and set the tone for the rest of the wedding reception. The bride and the groom's families and all wedding guests will be praised for creating such a remarkable memory.

After the best man speaks his toast, the maid of honor will say something about the relationship she and the bride. This toast should be short and must get the point, because everyone is weary of speeches. After she wishes the bride and groom all the best for their future, it's time for free speeches.