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1. Questions for
Kiya
2. Engagements
3. How to Announce
4.
Events & Dates
5. Smile Events
6. Tips
from the Pros
7. Grand Opening
8. On
Newsstands
9. Trivia
10. Events,
Ink
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 Announce
your Engagement
Send Nuptial
News a candid photograph of you and your
fiance, along with your names and wedding date and we
will post them on Sacramento Bride and Groom's website
. Your picture may even make it into
our Summer/Fall 2008 issue.
(300 dpi
resolution required to be considered for the
publication)
Please send them to Eden@sacbride.com
with "Engagement" in the subject line
(Pictured above: Devon Weaver & Patrick
McGuirk 01-04-08)
***Update***
Congratulations to Devon
& Patrick McGuirk who got married January 4,
2008.
What a great looking
couple!
Photo by Borel
Photography |
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 Events and Dates to
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Pure
Dentistry
Bride & Groom Smile
Events
During 2008 we will
be hosting monthly bride and groom mixers focusing on
educating brides and grooms of their options. One of the
fabulous tools we use is digital photography in a
process called the “Digital Smile Experience”. This
process takes minutes to design a smile, whiten the
teeth or close unsightly gaps without ever touching the
patient.
Please see our ad in
SB&G on page 34 or visit our website by
clicking here
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 Special
News:
Image
Provocateur Glamour Salon & Image
Agency cordially invites you to attend
their - GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Saturday January
19, 2008 - 4pm to 8pm
419 Riverside Avenue Roseville,
CA 916-474-5578
www.imageprov.com
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On Newsstands
Now!
Sacramento Bride
and Groom magazine is proud to announce
that our 12th Anniversary issue is available at Borders,
Barnes & Nobel, Raley's, Bel Air and many other
newsstand locations throughout the greater Sacramento
Valley . Get a complimentary
copy from any of our fine advertisers or at the Premier
Wedding Show January
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Trivia
WHY IT BECAME
"BAD LUCK" FOR THE GROOM TO SEE BRIDE BEFORE THE
CEREMONY
Until relatively recently, brides were
considered the property of their father. Their futures
and husbands were arranged without their consent. The
marriage of an unattractive woman was often arranged
with a prospective groom from another town without
either of them having ever seen their prospective
spouse. In more than one instance, when the groom saw
his future wife, usually dressed in white, for the first
time on the day of the wedding, he changed his mind and
left the bride at the altar. To prevent this from
happening, it became "bad luck" for the groom to see the
bride on the day of the wedding prior to the
ceremony.
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 Questions
for Kiya: Kiya S. Sakaris,
C.P.C.C.
Question:
Dear Kiya,
My fiance and I will be married in 2 months. Everything
is good, but there is one thing that bothers me. My
fiance won't tell me anything about his past. I know he
had been in relationships before me, or at least dated
some girls. I've been in relationships too, and he knows
all about it, but he never asks me to talk about
it more. He says he doesn't even want to think
about it, and that we should leave the past in the
past. I have a different opinion. Isn't a marriage
about being open with each other and isn't our past what
makes us who we are? I would appreciate your
advice. Is there any way I could make him talk to
me about this?
Thank
you
Sue
Answer:
Dear
Sue, With so many people making it important to have
excellent communication in a marriage, it only makes
sense to tell your fiance about your past and the
people with whom you had relationships with. This is a
part of who you are and what you have experienced with
others that had an influence on your life. Although I
agree with this concept of open communication, I truly
do not think that mates/spouses should be talking about
past relationships in a relationship/marriage, unless
there was an event that completely rearranged their
lives. When two people who love one another, become
involved and get married, the thought of being with
others or knowing that they loved and had great memories
with another hurts many people's feelings and this is
not forgotten. Sometimes it is not worth saying anything
because it can cause many problems. If one loves
the other, they do not want to hurt or cause jealousy,
anger, or insecurity to their wife/husband because it
shows them that they are more important to them than
that. A person knows when their mate/spouse is not
opening up to them because they love them enough to
spare their feelings and not want to hurt them or make
them feel bad in any way. Therefore, it sounds like
your fiance loves you very much. He does not want
to cause conflict and he wants to only concentrate on
you. Also, many men do not want to think about the past.
They are so content with their life as it is and what
the future entails. They do not want to remember
their old girlfriends since they sincerely do not
care. Men are so different than women. We may think back
at our past and think about what-if's. They very rarely
think about the past unless it is brought up and they
are more definite when it comes to who they want to be
with in their life. They do not wonder how an old
girlfriend is. Women tend to think men think
like them, which is not true at all. Once a man becomes
married, they just want to please their wife. They think
about how to make things better and they concentrate on
the future. Women analyze too many things, think about
the past and wonder if the future will be OK. So just
remember, you are not alone. Women all want to know
everything within our relationships, down to the nitty
gritty, but sometimes it is just plain better to have
mystery in the marriage. Mystery in a marriage leaves
many years for excitement and new tidbits of information
that we never knew. Just slough it off and make sure you
leave some mystery about you too!
Take care and good
luck!
Kiya Sakaris,
C.P.C.C.
Click here to visit A New Beginning
Email Kiya with your questions libraryoflife@sbcglobal.net
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How To Announce Your
Engagement
 For many this past holiday season
there was more than just merry and cheer... there were
also many proposals! So now that you are engaged,
how will you announce your engagement?
Families first. It is best to share
the news with your family members first, especially your
parents. If your parents are nearby, a visit in
person to share the news is best. You can either
do this as a couple or individually with your own
parents - whatever feels more comfortable.
Next, you will want to call your siblings
and close friends. If there are children from
previous relationships, they should also be told early
on like your parents. You should also call
any extended family members that you are close with such
as Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.
Some couples prefer not to share their
news until they have a wedding date... if that is the
case, you and your fiance should give that high
priority. You and your fiance can also plan an
engagement party/ get together to share your happy news
- you can also let it be a surprise to all of your
guests!
Co-workers can be told in passing,
especially if you are not particularly close to
them. You should always be mindful of who you make
a point of telling right away because often those
people will expect and invitation to the "big day."
If you chose to send a formal
announcement, newsletter or even and e-announcement,
these should also be reserved for those you would be
inviting to the wedding.
In the end if you are happy and excited,
don't hesitate to share your news with anyone who will
be excited for you!
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Tips from the Pros
Chris Kight - Christopher Kight
Photography
Mapping out your
shots
Just prior to your wedding, you'll
have an appointment with the photographer to go over the
details of the day. It'll be very helpful if, in
the months prior to the the wedding, you have collected
a selection of wedding photographs from magazines or the
internet that appeal to you. It gives your
photographer a good visual of what YOU prefer and the
sort of creative shots that you want for your
event. I personally like to see 20 or 25 images
that the Bride collected. We'll spend a few
minutes discussing these shots and exactly why she liked
them so that we're on the same page for her wedding
day.
Click
here to visit Christopher Kight Photography
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Kisty Rose - In the Mix 916
Selecting Music for Your
Reception
Music creates atmosphere and evokes
emotion. Start backwards; think about your guests
leaving at the end of your reception and how you would
want them to feel and what you would want them to be
thinking. I think a good one is “That was an
unforgettable - wonderful time and my feet are killing
me from dancing so much!”
Excluding
the formal song requests, we see couples choose the
music they like to listen to, to be played during the
dancing portion of their receptions. Not
necessarily a bad choice, but it can leave your over all
atmosphere feeling a little less then what you were
wanting the final perception of your reception to be.
The music selection and content at your reception
does make a difference. If you want everyone from
grandpa to your bride’s maid’s boyfriend to get up and
boogie, then your music selections will need to have a
variety and flexibility to meet every taste.
Typically
a wedding reception is four hours in length and will
leave you with 2 to 2 ˝ hours of dance time. That is
approximately 40 songs with the average length of the
song being 3 ˝ minutes long. The average wedding
guest list includes people of all ages and all taste in
music. The larger the guest list, the larger the
age span. The trick to a great reception is
finding the songs that everyone likes to dance to.
One last
thing to keep in mind, you have hired an experience
professional DJ whose job is to keep the dance floor
moving. Giving the DJ a wide variety of songs to
play as well as room for requests from your guest and
flexibility to use his experience in reading a room to
keep the dance floor hoping is a good way to guarantee
your guests will be walking away feeling and thinking
exactly how you want them to.
Click
here to visit In The Mix 916
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Events, Ink
We moved Events, Ink, which
had been in business for 4 years in Las Vegas, to Lake
Tahoe in May this past year and opened our first store on
Kingsbury Grade 3 months ago.
Our "Ranch Wedding"
invitation won the enVee award in May of this past year at
the National Stationery Alliance show in New York.
We are also sponsoring the $1000.00 Invitation
giveaway in the current issue of Sacramento Bride & Groom,
so don't forget to sign-up for the Dream Wedding Giveaway!
Click here
to visit Events-Ink
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