50th wedding anniversary party favors

January 27th, 2012
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:54:26 GMT

50th anniversary proves truth of love at first sight - Wrangler News


Wrangler News

50th anniversary proves truth of love at first sight
Wrangler News
“We thought we were really grown up, so we said let's get married in December during Christmas break, and our parents were totally in favor of it,” Joy said, reminiscing about their wedding day. “We were in love, but we also had other intangible things ...

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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:34:15 GMT

Near and Far with The Friday Flyer: Globe-trotting with The Friday Flyer in 2011 - The Friday Flyer


The Friday Flyer

Near and Far with The Friday Flyer: Globe-trotting with The Friday Flyer in 2011
The Friday Flyer
This is the third time many of these friends have traveled to Mexico together, celebrating 50th, 60th and 70th birthdays, along with 30th, 40th and 50th wedding anniversaries. • Ginny Furnish, the storyteller for Friday Story Times at the Canyon Lake ...

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A Gift of Poetry

bridal shower

January 26th, 2012
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:13:37 GMT

Winter Bridal Shower Favors - Wishpot (blog)


Winter Bridal Shower Favors
Wishpot (blog)
There's something magical about wintertime, and having a winter bridal shower can be a lot of fun. It's all about frosted glass and crystals, decorations in pale blues and shimmering silvers, and snowflakes. Lots and lots of snowflakes.

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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:24:55 GMT

Miss Manners: Bridal shower gift charade is something more than farce - Washington Post


Miss Manners: Bridal shower gift charade is something more than farce
Washington Post
DEAR MISS MANNERS: In the last few years, I have become aware of a new custom in bridal showers that seems troubling: The bride lives across the country, and is coming to town for a bridal shower (or baby shower) hosted by a good friend of her mother's ...

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:18 GMT

Planning A 'Sweet' Wedding With Cupcakes - Huffington Post (blog)


Planning A 'Sweet' Wedding With Cupcakes
Huffington Post (blog)
Another unique idea for incorporating cupcakes into your bridal shower is to replace the traditional candy bar or dessert buffet with a cupcake bar that enables guests to frost and personalize their own cupcakes with a variety of flavors and ...

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:11:32 GMT

Wholesalefavors.com Announces New Prom Glassware Favors for 2012 - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)


Wholesalefavors.com Announces New Prom Glassware Favors for 2012
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
With new, inexpensive prices on the world's finest personalized gifts, shower party favors, grooms and brides can choose from a wide selection: Unique wedding favors, place card holders, baby shower favors, groomsmen gifts, bridal shower favors, ...

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Time 'Flys' in stingy three-banger - Vancouver Sun


Time 'Flys' in stingy three-banger
Vancouver Sun
The kitchen became a "Garry no-go zone" while the phone rang off the wall with calls about the bridal shower Lisa was throwing for our future sister-in-law, Erin. "All right. I can rebuild the brownie pyramid and smooth over the fork marks in the dip, ...

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:21 GMT

How I Went From Bridal Shower Critic To Guest Of Honor - Huffington Post (blog)


How I Went From Bridal Shower Critic To Guest Of Honor
Huffington Post (blog)
I've never been a fan of bridal showers. The tissue-papered excess, the cooing over Crock-Pots and vacuum cleaner cozies, the theater of watching someone unwrap gifts they already know they're getting. It was all lost on me. More than that, the ritual ...

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:02:27 GMT

Gifts at bridal shower become farce - STLtoday.com


Gifts at bridal shower become farce
STLtoday.com
Dear Miss Manners • In the last few years, I have become aware of a new custom in bridal showers that seems troubling: The bride lives across the country, and is coming to town for a bridal shower (or baby shower) hosted by a good friend of her ...

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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:43:20 GMT

Fun Engagement and Bridal Shower Gifts - AZFamily


Fun Engagement and Bridal Shower Gifts
AZFamily
As I have mentioned before, over the years I have been to countless engagement and bridal showers. There is always the question of what is appropriate as a gift. Do we go big time and give them something that they have registered for and then do the ...

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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:11:54 GMT

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Obsessing Over Details - Philadelphia Magazine (blog)


Philadelphia Magazine (blog)

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Obsessing Over Details
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
... for the beauty salon where we'll get beautified that morning; the bridal suite where we'll continue getting ready; the transportation; the bathrooms; the walkways; the after-party; and, yes, even the bridal shower and the bachelorette party.

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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:23:19 GMT

Bridal event will be Jan. 25 at St. Norbert - Green Bay Press Gazette


Bridal event will be Jan. 25 at St. Norbert
Green Bay Press Gazette
The event is focused on providing ideas and services for everything a bride and her bridesmaids need to plan the perfect bachelorette party and bridal shower, as well as the latest bridesmaid fashions. Sixteen local vendors from different categories ...

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:25:07 -0800

Joann Klimkiewicz: How I Went From Bridal Shower Critic To Guest Of Honor

The tissue-papered excess, the cooing over Crock-Pots and vacuum cleaner cozies, the theater of watching someone unwrap gifts they already know they're getting. It was all lost on me. Read more

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:35:33 -0800

Shower gift charade is a farce

Dear Miss Manners: In the last few years, I have become aware of a new custom in bridal showers that seems troubling: The bride lives across the country, and is coming to town for a bridal shower (or baby shower) hosted by a good friend of her mother’s. Read more

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:14:22 -0800

Brides, babies focus of showcases

Beban Park Social Centre will be a hub of activity Jan. 15 as Welcome Wagon hosts its annual baby shower and bridal showcase. Read more

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:28:11 -0800

Wholesalefavors.com Announces New Prom Glassware Favors for 2012

Wholesale Favors Inc announces new prom favors and specials for 2012.Greentown,pa (PRWEB) January 26, 2012 Wholesale Favors Inc announces new prom glassware options for 2012. These prom favors offer the option from customization with the prom date, theme and school name. Prom glasses can be the perfect gift for prom attendees this year. Prom is considered the magical night around the country ... Read more

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:34:54 -0800

Golden Globes Fug Carpet: Connie Britton

But this is so not a Globes dress. This is a luncheon dress. This is a daytime movie premiere for an animated kids film dress. This is a friend’s bridal shower, your agency cocktail mixer, maybe Church. Read more

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:29:57 -0800

Carolyn Hax: Wishes of honorees have baby shower provider thinking again

My brother and his wife are expecting a little boy this spring. We're all very excited, and I've offered to host the baby shower. Read more

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:09:28 -0800

Tell Me About It: The baby shower they want isn't what she wants to give

Question: My brother and his wife are expecting a little boy this spring. We're all very excited, and I've offered to host the baby shower. Read more

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:58:01 -0800

Paralyzed Bride Hurt in Virginia Hopes to Walk Again

A bride injured in a bridal shower accident at a Virginia hotel says she hopes to move on her own again and is hoping to have a child with her new husband. Read more

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:01:07 -0800

Melissa McCarthy: Her 5 Funniest Bridesmaids Moments!

Most Valuable Bridesmaid! Melissa McCarthy nabbed her first-ever Academy Award nomination on Tuesda[...] Read more

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:23:34 -0800

Carolyn Hax: Honor them with their party

DEAR CAROLYN: My brother and his wife are expecting a little boy this spring. We're all very excited, and I've offered to host the baby shower. Read more

fifth wedding anniversary gift ideas

January 26th, 2012
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:00 GMT

Milledgeville man's paper flower company created from origami hobby - Macon Telegraph (blog)


Macon Telegraph (blog)

Milledgeville man's paper flower company created from origami hobby
Macon Telegraph (blog)
The mostly Internet-based company now not only sells roses made of paper but also out of wood, leather, lace, steel, silver and other materials that fit traditional wedding anniversary gift lists. Paper is the gift material item given for the first ...

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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:42:24 GMT

Getting a head start - Keokuk Gate City Daily


Keokuk Gate City Daily

Getting a head start
Keokuk Gate City Daily
Washburn's daughter rented a photo booth for her wedding several years ago and it was very popular with guests. “I thought it was a cute idea and I was interested in bringing something to the area that I knew was not here,” Washburn said.

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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:20:38 GMT

NY museum explores diversity of Jewish culture - Canadian Jewish News (blog)


Canadian Jewish News (blog)

NY museum explores diversity of Jewish culture
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
NEW YORK — Housed in an imposing French Gothic chateau-style building on New York's Fifth Avenue, the Jewish Museum is doubtless one of the great museums in the United States. Its permanent collection of 26000 pieces, ranging from paintings and ...

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:50:59 GMT

Anglican Communion News Service - Anglican Communion News Service


Anglican Communion News Service
Anglican Communion News Service
This was the fifth annual service of lessons and carols held jointly with the USA. On the morning of January 10, 2012, due to his advanced age, died Bishop Arturo Sánchez Galán, fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Reformed Spanish Church (Anglican ...

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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:32:11 GMT

Ordinariate on*AMiA hopes for reconciliation*2011 a dismal year for Communion - Virtue Online


Ordinariate on*AMiA hopes for reconciliation*2011 a dismal year for Communion
Virtue Online
Fifth century Stand Your Ground in the World. True believers are always represented as mixing in the world, doing their duty in it, and glorifying God by patience, meekness, purity, and courage in their several positions - and not by cowardly desertion ...

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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:46:31 GMT

The architect of Apple iconography - Salon


The architect of Apple iconography
Salon
A new, self-published book (available online) shows off some of Kare's most recognizable work (including more recent projects, like Facebook's popular digital “gifts”) — and resurrects other designs that have been phased out of Apple computers ...

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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:39:56 -0800

North Central Community Calendar — Oct. 6

North Central Community Calendar — Oct. 6 Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. North Central Baptist Hospital hosts support groups and free educational programs: couples dealing with ... Read more

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:40:06 -0800

North Central Community Calendar — Oct. 13

North Central Community Calendar — Oct. 13 Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. North Central Baptist Hospital hosts support groups and free educational programs: couples dealing with ... Read more

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:28:40 -0800

Getting a head start

A cake decorator with HyVee Keokuk for the past 22 years, Sandy Pezley knows wedding cakes. Pezley passes out samples Saturday at the Bridal Showcase. Read more

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:38:54 -0800

Neighborhood Network 1/26/12

As I said last week, all we need is consistency, but we are certainly not getting it. We seem to have fallen into a weather pattern that changes every day: cold, wet, warm, dry. No wonder we are as confused as the daffodils! Read more