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Wedding Traditions

Jaya and Jordan, Calistoga, California

How do a progressive pair honor both their religions and modern love? By saying "I do," not once...
Weddings Good Things: Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue

Weddings magazine editorial director Darcy Miller returns to the show with some blue and white...
Wedding Day Ideas

Darcy Miller joins Martha to share some ideas for personalizing your wedding with favor...
Announcements: The Wedding

Although notifying the world about your completed vows can come to pass only after the wedding...
The Timeless Traditions: Tossing the Bouquet

It's a suspenseful moment when the single women gather behind the bride for the bouquet toss, to...
The Timeless Traditions: Wearing a Veil

With so many styles, materials, and decorative details available, there appear to be as many...
The Timeless Traditions: Throwing Rice

Tossing rice is a custom from the ancient world that has long been popular in the United States...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: Gold

Gold is a symbol of fire; fire is a symbol of passion. One heart bound to another for a half...
Wedding Cakes

Q. What is the proper way to cut a tiered wedding cake?...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: Steel, Silk, Lace, and Ivory

SteelThe gardener in your life might need a spanking-...
Doily Cones

To send a newly married couple on their way from the ceremony to the reception, there are plenty...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: China

A couple's wedding china takes a beating over a couple of decades of use. Likely a child or two...
The Timeless Traditions

How to honor cherished wedding rituals? For a truly personal celebration, adapt them as you...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: Coral

Once prized as an easily carved, vibrantly colored material for jewelry and other decorative...
Including Cultural Dances

Irresistibly festive and steeped in colorful tradition, ethnic dances add a unique dimension to...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: Silver

Everyone knows the silver anniversary is a couple's twenty-fifth; by this time in a relationship...
Writing Your Own Vows: Real Couples' Vows

Yvetta Fedorova and Scott Menchin...
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries: Ruby

In some cultures, a ruby is said to make sorrow disappear and banish bad thoughts. Roman brides...
Cake Toppers: Marzipan Fruit

Marzipan FruitThis ceramic basket overflowing with...
Cutting and Preserving the Cake

The first cut of the wedding cake is ceremonial. A knife tied with a ribbon is set next to the...