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Read first Part 1
ONE DAY BEFORE: ONE DAY…Just ONE. This is most crucial part of the to-do list/tips for last minute because the day before, consists of all those last minute to-do’s that you can only do on…you guessed it…the day before! Two days before just wouldn’t fit because it’s the DAY before that makes sense to do all of the following:
*Go to mani and pedi appointment with your bridal girls and RELAX. Also, book a massage if you would like. Take a bath before you go get nails done…or after (but just watch your nails, you don’t want the color coming off while soaking in the tub!). This nail appointment and/or massage treatment will give you the last chance to relax with your girls before the chaos of the next day.
*Make sure the men go pick up their tuxes. Have them try it on while in the shop to ensure they don’t need last minute alternations.
*Put wedding rings and marriage license in a safe place.
*Set aside cash for tips/payments in marked envelopes for limo driver, and others who deserve a tip, and give them to a relative or trusted friend in the bridal party to hand out when the time calls for it.
*Give out bridal party gifts at the rehearsal dinner. Make sure people are being monitored so that the bridal party, and the bride and groom mostly!, do not drink too much- – NO HANGOVERS ON WEDDING DAY!
*Go for a mini-walk after the rehearsal to walk off the dinner. This will help clear your mind before bedtime.
*Do a meditation before bed. I call it, BRIDAL BEAUTY BREATHING: Do alternate nostril breathing where you close one nostril with your thumb, breathe through the other, then close off that nostril with your pointer finger, and exhale out the other. Repeat. Do this for a few minutes. It helps to bring equilibrium for a deeper meditation. As you sit and close your eyes to meditate, create visualizations…sort of like “dream building” for the next day: Create mental images of love and beauty, how you want to look in your wedding dress, how you wish the ceremony and reception to be. Play out everything in your head that you wish to happen. Creating mental images of the energy, mood, color, and feel for the general picture of the wedding day will attract that all to you tomorrow! You can even throw in some gentle yoga postures and stretching before the meditation. All of this will help you SLEEPpeacefully and awaken with a fresh face.
Read also Pat 4
Aleana’s Bridal Shop in the town of Paramus, NJ – Bergen County will help you design the dress of your dreams.
This article brought to you Aleana’s Bridal Shop Bergen County, NJ.
By Jaclyn Ianetti
The song that will be playing as you pace dreamily down the aisle is playing like a broken record over and over again in your head. The only time you need to hear this song is at the wedding. How to tune it out at such a stressful and crucial time? Pace yourself – -and get FOCUSED! You don’t want to miss doing these last few significant things as the big day approaches…
Tail SpinorTo Do?
Before you get caught in the tail spin of stress, try and catch yourself to stop and see what exactly it is that is stressing you out. One way of doing this (and probably the BEST way) is to make a list. Make friends with your notepad and use some sticky post-its as your new guidance. This helps you keep track of appointment timings and the zillion other things you have to do. In order to organize all of this, the timeline with tips offered below helps to let you know when you need to be making the last call for things to get done and crossing them off.
(Notice how you feel when you cross things off your list…it feeds that good type of stress hormone that your body pumps to keep you motivated in getting something accomplished. You feel empowered and productive with the swift cross of ink flooding over a “to do” that is equivalent to the sound of a sigh of relief.)
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YOUR LAST MINUTE LIST…before true love’s tick of the clock tower strikes at the time of the ceremony!
ONE MONTH BEFORE: You’ll want to confirm the appointment with hair stylists, make up artists, and whoever else would be part of the glamour team to transform you into a bride beaming with beauty on your special day! Book a facial and other date/time set-ups for skin maintenance (you don’t want to go on a date that is too close to the wedding day). Also, make sure to go for a trial run to test out different styles you were thinking about to see what makes just the right fit for you…and on you. Stick to a fitness regimen. Have a separate calendar for all dates/times to set aside for your personalized work-out agenda, including exercise classes. Exercising shouldn’t just primarily be to focus on your weight. Exercise is about energy…endorphins…feeling good. You want to feel your very best during this time in your life. And look it, as well!
Aleana’s Bridal Shop in the town of Paramus, NJ – Bergen County will help you design the dress of your dreams.
This article brought to you Aleana’s Bridal Shop Bergen County, NJ.
Brides by body type: What’s your aisle style?
….And once you thought the mission was accomplished of you being so lucky enough in life in finding the ONE…the one person who suits you so well, your best friend, your soul mate…a sigh of relief is put on hold once more because you need find the OTHER ONE: your perfect wedding dress.
You may try on four or five gowns, still being unsure of which one you want. Exhausted and ready to give up for the day, your mother, sister, or best friend (or maybe all three!) will eye-ball one last dress that they beg you to try on. Reluctantly, yet with grace (because this is all about you!), you give in. After trying on the gown, you may turn and see your loved ones break down in tears. Then you turn and look at yourself in the mirror. Your reflection leaves you awestruck. You begin to cry…This is it, your moment…you found the one. It stunningly fits like a glove, and you finally feel like a gorgeous bride!
Sometimes your family & friends can see your strengths and flaws easier than what your own eye is capable of seeing. Notice how we take notice from a compliment of a stranger? When someone acknowledges or reassures us of something, an instant rush takes over our bodies. We are suddenly swollen with a moment of pure happiness and self-confidence. Let that someone be someone closest to you, and include them in your days of wedding dress shopping. Their eyes may see something yours miss.
The right clothing to suit our body types, the right or “perfect” wedding gown may not even be in our radar. We have a certain sense of style instilled in us and that is our taste in fashion that we usually stick to. This doesn’t mean that we should change our tastes, but to just become more aware of how to choose the proper dress and details that work with us and our bodies. A dress that fits is a dress closer to perfection. And don’t we all want to look perfect (our best) on our wedding day?
“CHOOSE THE RIGHTSTYLE
BEFORE WALKING DOWN THEAISLE“
Identifying the type of body you have first will help you understand what dress works best for you. Every bride wants to looks her best on the big day, and by keeping an open-mind by viewing several styles of wedding dresses for your body type can help you choose the most flattering fit for your figure. Look for a dress that creates a balanced build. Once you begin to understand what body type you are, it will be easier to concentrate on certain styles that accentuate the shape of your body.
Refer to our simple guide to get started: Rectangular Body shape, Hourglass Body shape, Apple Body shape, Spoon Body Shape.
This article brought to you by www.aleanasbridal.com a bridal shop located in Paramus, NJ.
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Wedding Last Minute To-Do Tips (Part 3)
/in Articles /by Svetlana ZakharinaThis article brought to you Aleana’s Bridal Shop Bergen County, NJ.
Read first Part 1
ONE DAY BEFORE: ONE DAY…Just ONE. This is most crucial part of the to-do list/tips for last minute because the day before, consists of all those last minute to-do’s that you can only do on…you guessed it…the day before! Two days before just wouldn’t fit because it’s the DAY before that makes sense to do all of the following:
*Go to mani and pedi appointment with your bridal girls and RELAX. Also, book a massage if you would like. Take a bath before you go get nails done…or after (but just watch your nails, you don’t want the color coming off while soaking in the tub!). This nail appointment and/or massage treatment will give you the last chance to relax with your girls before the chaos of the next day.
*Make sure the men go pick up their tuxes. Have them try it on while in the shop to ensure they don’t need last minute alternations.
*Put wedding rings and marriage license in a safe place.
*Set aside cash for tips/payments in marked envelopes for limo driver, and others who deserve a tip, and give them to a relative or trusted friend in the bridal party to hand out when the time calls for it.
*Give out bridal party gifts at the rehearsal dinner. Make sure people are being monitored so that the bridal party, and the bride and groom mostly!, do not drink too much- – NO HANGOVERS ON WEDDING DAY!
*Go for a mini-walk after the rehearsal to walk off the dinner. This will help clear your mind before bedtime.
*Do a meditation before bed. I call it, BRIDAL BEAUTY BREATHING: Do alternate nostril breathing where you close one nostril with your thumb, breathe through the other, then close off that nostril with your pointer finger, and exhale out the other. Repeat. Do this for a few minutes. It helps to bring equilibrium for a deeper meditation. As you sit and close your eyes to meditate, create visualizations…sort of like “dream building” for the next day: Create mental images of love and beauty, how you want to look in your wedding dress, how you wish the ceremony and reception to be. Play out everything in your head that you wish to happen. Creating mental images of the energy, mood, color, and feel for the general picture of the wedding day will attract that all to you tomorrow! You can even throw in some gentle yoga postures and stretching before the meditation. All of this will help you SLEEP peacefully and awaken with a fresh face.
Read also Pat 4
Aleana’s Bridal Shop in the town of Paramus, NJ – Bergen County will help you design the dress of your dreams.
Wedding Last Minute To-Do Tips (Part 1)
/in Articles /by Svetlana ZakharinaThis article brought to you Aleana’s Bridal Shop Bergen County, NJ.
By Jaclyn Ianetti
The song that will be playing as you pace dreamily down the aisle is playing like a broken record over and over again in your head. The only time you need to hear this song is at the wedding. How to tune it out at such a stressful and crucial time? Pace yourself – -and get FOCUSED! You don’t want to miss doing these last few significant things as the big day approaches…
Tail Spin or To Do?
Before you get caught in the tail spin of stress, try and catch yourself to stop and see what exactly it is that is stressing you out. One way of doing this (and probably the BEST way) is to make a list. Make friends with your notepad and use some sticky post-its as your new guidance. This helps you keep track of appointment timings and the zillion other things you have to do. In order to organize all of this, the timeline with tips offered below helps to let you know when you need to be making the last call for things to get done and crossing them off.
(Notice how you feel when you cross things off your list…it feeds that good type of stress hormone that your body pumps to keep you motivated in getting something accomplished. You feel empowered and productive with the swift cross of ink flooding over a “to do” that is equivalent to the sound of a sigh of relief.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
YOUR LAST MINUTE LIST…before true love’s tick of the clock tower strikes at the time of the ceremony!
ONE MONTH BEFORE: You’ll want to confirm the appointment with hair stylists, make up artists, and whoever else would be part of the glamour team to transform you into a bride beaming with beauty on your special day! Book a facial and other date/time set-ups for skin maintenance (you don’t want to go on a date that is too close to the wedding day). Also, make sure to go for a trial run to test out different styles you were thinking about to see what makes just the right fit for you…and on you. Stick to a fitness regimen. Have a separate calendar for all dates/times to set aside for your personalized work-out agenda, including exercise classes. Exercising shouldn’t just primarily be to focus on your weight. Exercise is about energy…endorphins…feeling good. You want to feel your very best during this time in your life. And look it, as well!
Aleana’s Bridal Shop in the town of Paramus, NJ – Bergen County will help you design the dress of your dreams.
Love your body
/in Articles /by Svetlana ZakharinaThis article brought to you Aleana’s Bridal Shop Bergen County, NJ.
Brides by body type: What’s your aisle style?
….And once you thought the mission was accomplished of you being so lucky enough in life in finding the ONE…the one person who suits you so well, your best friend, your soul mate…a sigh of relief is put on hold once more because you need find the OTHER ONE: your perfect wedding dress.
You may try on four or five gowns, still being unsure of which one you want. Exhausted and ready to give up for the day, your mother, sister, or best friend (or maybe all three!) will eye-ball one last dress that they beg you to try on. Reluctantly, yet with grace (because this is all about you!), you give in. After trying on the gown, you may turn and see your loved ones break down in tears. Then you turn and look at yourself in the mirror. Your reflection leaves you awestruck. You begin to cry…This is it, your moment…you found the one. It stunningly fits like a glove, and you finally feel like a gorgeous bride!
Sometimes your family & friends can see your strengths and flaws easier than what your own eye is capable of seeing. Notice how we take notice from a compliment of a stranger? When someone acknowledges or reassures us of something, an instant rush takes over our bodies. We are suddenly swollen with a moment of pure happiness and self-confidence. Let that someone be someone closest to you, and include them in your days of wedding dress shopping. Their eyes may see something yours miss.
The right clothing to suit our body types, the right or “perfect” wedding gown may not even be in our radar. We have a certain sense of style instilled in us and that is our taste in fashion that we usually stick to. This doesn’t mean that we should change our tastes, but to just become more aware of how to choose the proper dress and details that work with us and our bodies. A dress that fits is a dress closer to perfection. And don’t we all want to look perfect (our best) on our wedding day?
“CHOOSE THE RIGHT STYLE
BEFORE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE“
Identifying the type of body you have first will help you understand what dress works best for you. Every bride wants to looks her best on the big day, and by keeping an open-mind by viewing several styles of wedding dresses for your body type can help you choose the most flattering fit for your figure. Look for a dress that creates a balanced build. Once you begin to understand what body type you are, it will be easier to concentrate on certain styles that accentuate the shape of your body.
Refer to our simple guide to get started: Rectangular Body shape, Hourglass Body shape, Apple Body shape, Spoon Body Shape.
This article brought to you by www.aleanasbridal.com a bridal shop located in Paramus, NJ.