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By Maggie Newman
Staff Writer
Angie Poirier grew up in
Big Lake and when she
graduated from high school
decided that she wanted to
go to college.
She attended Anoka Tech
and then got a job working
with seniors. She went back
to do more schooling at St.
Marys and graduated in
1990 with a degree in social
work and in 1991 she got a
job at the Courage Center,
working with patients who
had been diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis.
Angie was very dedicated
to her job and jokes that she
was a self-proclaimed spinster. In 2003 Angie herself
was diagnosed with MS, and
was just a few classes away
from getting her masters degree when she had to quit
due to health issues.
Since Angie could no
longer work she started to
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Submitted Article
Did you know that in
2014, only 38% of brides
still dressed their bridesmaids in the same dress
color and style.
These days, modern weddings are all about the mixand-match. From ombr
bridesmaid dresses to an assortment of necklines and
hemlines, brides are branching out from the traditional
one-color, one-style bridesmaids dresses for more
creative and dynamic approaches to bridal party
wardrobe.
Were even seeing patterned dresses popping up
all over the place, from
sparkly dresses to floral
frocks.
Gone are the days of
poofy nightmares making
their way down the aisle.
Brides today are using online color palettes from a
number of sources to easily
select a group of colors
while sticking to the same
aesthetic.
Theyre allowing their
bridesmaids to select their
own dresses (within reason!) in order to ensure
To plan your
romantic
wedding
night
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Wrap things up at a reasonable time. If you dont
want to be so exhausted that
you head to bed and immediately fall asleep, get a full
nights sleep the night before and end your reception
at a reasonable time. Remember, you and your
spouse can leave a little before everyone else if you
want. Youre the guests of
honor!
Curb the alcohol intake.
Many couples want to celebrate their nupitals with
champagne and/or cocktails, and thats okay. Its a
celebration, after all! But
know your limits, and keep
the coming wedding night
in mind. You want to be
clear-headed and aleart to
focus on your new spouse.
Get away from it all. Consider booking a room somewhere away from where
your guests are staying. If
you stay near everyone else,
you run the risk of getting
disturbed by well-wishers,
or even thinking more about
whether your guests are
comfortable than about
your new spouse.
Have a late-night snack.
Many couples get so caught
up with making the rounds
to thank their guests and
dancing the night away that
they neglect to eat much of
their
reception
food.
Arrange for a light snack of
cheese and crackers, chocoNight Continued on Page 3
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When it comes to planning a wedding, it is important to keep with the initial
budget you and your
spouse-to-be have set. You,
like a good majority of
brides, most likely do not
have hundreds of thousands
to spend on your wedding.
And lets be honest, that is
perfectly okay. Your future
will be more than thrilled if
you do not spend that much.
The big question that is
heard time and time again,
is how do you plan your
dream wedding on a
budget? Simple. There has
been many tips and tricks
on how to do it.
Below you will find some
great ways to save in all
areas of your planning
process. From stationary to
venue to the food and drink
at your wedding.
Without further ado, here
are some great ideas for
sticking to your budget!
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Wedding VenueVenue
1. Look into public spaces
parks or local village
greens. They may be available at a lower price than
most large event spaces.
Only caveat is if the space
does not traditionally accommodate for events, then
you will most likely have to
rent everything from the
napkins to the table and
chairs.
2. Consider hosting your
wedding ceremony and reception at the same space.
Doing so will cut out multiple site fees, and eliminate
transportation costs between two different sites.
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3. Season is everything, so
be sure you consider that
when booking. You will
most likely get a much better price for a venue in January than you would for the
same spot in June.
Fall wedding food
trends
4. Consider going family
style at your reception with
platters for pasta or sliced
meats that your guests can
pass. Youll see savings up
to about 20%.
5. Hosting a cocktail hour
with appetizers? Skip the
traditional fare and go with
comfort food. Think macaroni and cheese in martini
glasses, mini grilled cheese
Submitted Article
First off, let me congratulate all those lucky
brides who got engaged
over the Valentines
Day weekend! Talk
about the perfect way to
say I want to spend the
rest of my life with you
over the most romantic
weekend of the entire
year. Right on!
Now comes a very serious question Do
you love the engagement ring? We all know
that getting engaged
isnt all about the ring,
but it is a decent sized
piece of the equation.
So what happens when
he pops the question
with something that
isnt quite your dream
engagement ring? Simple, there is a few scenarios that may help
you get over the hump
of saying you dont like
it without offending
him.
If You Hate the Stone:
5 Colors
for 2016
1. Blue or any hues of it - This is actually the year's
lucky color also according to the Chinese predictions.
2. Off white - It's not just brides who have access to
the pure color these days. Dress your entourage into
something close by giving them off white as a background with some colorful highlights.
3. Orange - Bright and colorful, the color orange is a
fun experimental way to highlight your wedding
this year.
4. Purple - Purple may not be the year's color but it
sure is going to be a hit this year for your wedding
day.
5. Green - Use mint greens or yellow green as your
hue should you try this one as your wedding color.
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Getting engaged is such an exciting time.
However, the exhilaration of saying I will
can quickly be replaced by the overwhelming concerns surrounding planning a wedding.
To take the worry out of planning your
wedding. Here are tips for couples who are
planning their weddings. Sometimes it can
be overwhelming to consider everything
that needs to be done, so breaking things
down into ceremony planning, cocktail
hour planning, and reception planning can
be helpful. Listed is some of the Dos and
Donts of planning your wedding ceremony.
Do:
Make an appointment with your officiant
(even if its over the phone). This is the person marrying you and guiding the ceremony. Youll want to make sure you feel
his or her personality will be a good fit for
you.
Give yourself some extra time to get
ready. Brides especially need a little buffer
when theyre getting ready on the big day.
I recommend at least two hours for hair,
makeup, and dressing in your wedding
gown.
Make sure guests are comfortable. Offer
seating for all guests, choose a shaded location on warm days, provide blankets or
fanseverything you can to make sure
your guests are comfortable during the ceremony.
Fill everyone in on whats happening.
Make a program for guests to follow if your
ceremony will involve any special tradi-
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Couples used to take formal, posed engagement
photos to post in the local
newspaper beside their engagement announcement.
While some couples still do
this today, the nature of enphotos
has
gagement
changed a lot over the
years.
Nowadays engagement
photos are infused with creativity and personality, and
theyve become almost as
important as the wedding
photos themselves.
Eleven tips you need to
know before you schedule
your engagement photo
shoot:
1. Start with your wedding
photographer. Many wedding photographers offer a
special rate on engagement
shoots if youve already
booked their services for
your wedding day. This can
be a great budget saver and
you already know you like
their work since you hired
them for you big day.
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Waist measurement: Place tape around the persons waist at
navel level. This is the height at which formal trousers are worn.
Make sure tape is somewhat snug, yet can move freely.
Inseam Measurement: Using a pair of nice-fitting pants, measure
from the top of the inner pant leg seam to the opening at the bottom of the pant leg. The number of inches is the inseam length,
rounded to the nearest half inch.
The Shirt
Neck: Place tape around neck at the level the shirts collar would
be buttoned. Place two fingers between the neck and the tape.
Make sure the tape is snug, but moves freely.
Shirt Sleeve: Measure from just below neck, over the shoulder
to the elbow, and from the elbow to one and a half inches below
the wrist bone.
Submitted Article
These days, weddings
arent so traditional. Couples are finding ways to
personalize every part of
their wedding. You may
have thought to add special
items to your bouquet, or
sewing in something blue to
your wedding dress, but
why stop there?
A traditional guestbook is
normally a book that you
dont ever see again after
your wedding. Personalize
your guestbook and make it
something that you will use,
play, or put on display in
your home. Weve put together some ideas for every
kind of couple whether you
like to do puzzles together,
read books, or travel. Whatever you enjoy, we have it
here for you:
1. You were my missing
piece. For the couples that
like a little challenge, have
your guest sign a puzzle
piece. For your first anniversary, put your puzzle
together, frame it, and put it
on display at your home.
2. For the outdoors couple.
Have your signature bench
on your porch and on warm
summer nights, sit and reminisce.
3. For the traveling couple.
Display a globe and have
people sign it. Decide what
places you want to travel together as Mr. and Mrs.
4. Build memories with
your loved ones. Enjoy a
Creative
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your
wedding
memories
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Photographs are the most
popular way to preserve
wedding memories, and we
can understand why. But
sometimes there are elements of your wedding that
you want to preserve in
more than just photographs.
Here are some creative
ways to do just that. Check
these out:
Turn your cake into an ornament. This idea has been
making its way around the
internet, so we cant take
responsibility for it. But its
a wildly creative idea that
we just had to include. Turn
a photo of your cake into a
keepsake youll always
treasure.
Design a serving tray
around your wedding invitation. Take one of your
wedding invitations and
turn it into a serviceable
serving tray you can bring
out while entertaining family.
Preserve some of your
floral. Okay, this is actually
a classic wedding tradition
that has gone by the wayside in recent years. You
dont have to preserve an
entire bouquet, however, to
capture the essence of your
beautiful wedding floral.
Collections of items that
would fit nicely on any end
table or bookcase.
Wear a piece of your wedding gown. Take a bit of
fabric from your wedding
gown and design a necklace
from it. While this wont
preserve the entire gown
(which is also something
many brides do), its some-
Bridal Shower
What is it? History states that the bridal shower was for the brides empathetic
friends to shower her with enough gifts to allow her to set up her new home
for her and her husband. This is obviously a very traditional sense of the term
and now it is more of a day for girlfriends and family to get together and enjoy.
Gifts are still commonly brought for the bride but arent always just for her new
home.
When should it happen? It should happen at least 2-3 weeks before the wedding, but can be as far in advance as the host would like. Normally 2-3 months
prior to the wedding.
Who throws it? This shower is typically thrown by the Maid of Honor or a
close group of friends of the bride. Sometimes the Mother of the Groom likes
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groomsman
wear his own tuxedo,
the shirts and accessories should all be
rented, since colors,
styles, ties, studs and
cuff links will vary.
The groom/groomsmen clothing should
match the formality
of the wedding and
the time of day of the
wedding/reception.
For instance, morning, daytime or early
afternoon weddings
may call for a cutaway
or
stroller
jacket and striped
pants instead of a traditional tuxedo.
A good men's formal wear store is usually the best place to
rent your wedding
clothing,
because
they have large selections and sizes, can
do quick alterations
and can recommend
appropriate attire for
your situation (time
of day and formality).
The
groom
and
groomsmen should
be measured for formal
wear
three
months before the
wedding. It's best to
rent all clothing from
the same store. Most
stores you rent from
will provide postcards with the brand
name and style number of the tuxedo included
for
out-of-town
men.
Then, these attendants can visit their
local formal wear
store for measurements using the same
brand jacket (most
stores are happy to do
this) and send the
card to the appropriate formal wear store.
Then, they should arrive a few days before the wedding and
go to the tux store for
fittings to allow time
for final alterations.
Jacket sleeve length
and pant length are
always altered. In
general, the wedding
clothing should be
picked up 2-3 days
before the wedding
and everyone should
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