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If you ever find yourself in the enviable position of planning for a wedding then a trip to the dentists may not to be on your checklist of things to do to make sure your big day goes off without a hitch. The list is endless enough as it is with the venue, the guests, the reception, and all the potential tiny disasters that go with them. However, whilst it might not be the first thing you think of when planning a wedding, a wedding magazine recently made it known that nearly a quarter of brides to be are including a trip to the dentists on their checklist of things to do before the big day.

The reason for this is teeth whitening, which is a form of cosmetic dentistry that improves the colour and â??whitenessâ? of teeth through a bleaching process. It is natural that brides to be want to look their best for their wedding and, alongside other goals such as losing weight and gaining a more tanned appearance, whiter teeth are becoming more and more of a factor.

Certain toothpastes rarely help with a immediate effect and it is widely accepted that drinking a lot of tea and coffee, and also smoking, will continually cause some discolouration of the teeth. Furthermore, it is accepted that aside from a scale and polish from a dental hygienist, the teeth will not have a noticeable whiteness unless you opt for professional dental teeth whitening.

The now common process of tooth whitening removes stains and discolouration through bleaching, consequently showing a large enhancement in the appearance of teeth. It has become increasingly popular as brides and the public have become more aware of the possibilities this treatment may provide. Some of the positive aspects of this non-invasive treatment include: when the procedure is carried out properly by professionals, it is straightforward. It will not cause any damage to the teeth or gums and is â?? happily for anyone considering teeth whitening who would not usually be especially fond of a trip to the dentists â?? virtually painless aside from a little sensitivity in the hours after the treatment.

There are a number of ways in which teeth can be whitened. Some dentists use lasers, which are generally quicker, but more common is the use of bleaching gel being put in a sleeve moulding to your teeth. This has the advantage of being a more gradual process, which gives greater control when it comes to the exact â??whitenessâ?? your teeth will be after the treatment.

Professional dentists have put out several words of warning:

If you choose to have your teeth whitened then to do it through a professional.

Although you can buy do-it-yourself kits from the internet and over the counter in some retail outlets, they will not be made to precisely fit your mouth, which has a unique shape. This may cause over sensitivity to your gums. They also have varying ingredients, some being unauthorised by UK standards, which may cause blistering of the mouth or worse some damage to the enamel of your teeth.

It may also be the case that your teeth are not suitable for teeth whitening, particularly if you have gum disease or crowns, and it takes a professional dentist to identify this with a thorough examination prior to the treatment.

Increasing amounts of brides are choosing smile makeovers and teeth whitening services as part of their big day check list and are finding that using the professional route on such a momentous day is the safest and most rewarding way forward to looking beautiful.

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Dr John Mantel
http://www.articlesbase.com/dental-care-articles/teeth-whitening-brides-for-their-wedding-rise-in-popularity-669200.html

This subject is best separated into two categories: how to plan for a marriage and how to plan for a wedding ceremony. It’s well known that planning a wedding can be highly stressful, especially when a lot of money is involved, but even if it’s a relatively modest affair. There are numerous details that have to be provided and the job of a wedding planner is basically an acting project manager of a large group of people. (Sometimes in excess of hundreds of guests) Some brides are nervous enough about the occasion and prefer not to deal with the logistics of planning a large wedding event.

However, someone has to do it! At this point, the couple can delegate the authority to family members (who are usually happy to assist) or to a professional wedding planner. The advantages of the latter are many: this is an experienced professional who can guarantee that a wedding ceremony and reception will go swimmingly. Not only is a wedding planner experienced, but he or she also brings a more objective point-of-view to the affair. Often times, when you hire relatives to organize weddings, some hurt feelings or personal disappointments can appear. Hiring a wedding planner ensures that things are kept strictly professional and the event is truly a success. A wedding planner’s services do cost you, however. As much as you would like to hire a wedding planner to carry the full burden, it may not be an option for you.

If this is the case, then a personal wedding plan (made by you or relatives) can be a success; it just takes lots of preparation and clear communication between all parties involved. Start by setting aside a budget and then making an outline of all the major decisions before the wedding day. It will help to create a checklist that you can work by, a list of contact numbers, and a schedule of approximate times.

In addition to planning the wedding ceremony and reception, there are also other activities and events you must plan for. If you want to have a marriage ceremony on a certain date, then you can get married in front of the justice of the peace, where he or she will witness you sign a marriage certificate. You could even have a friend be specially appointed on a temporary basis to act as minister. You also need to give special consideration to planning a honeymoon (location as well as weather) and timing the events to comfortably coincide with a woman’s menstrual cycle. If you need help on the logistical side of planning a wedding then it may help to attend local bridal shows in down and other events of interest to a new bride. The events are also great for networking among cake makers, musicians and wedding planners.

What about the big name change? The first point of contact is the Social Security office, but most brides advise that you shouldn’t change your name until after you return from the honeymoon, since it will be easier. (Otherwise, you could run into some difficulty with passports and other legal forms giving two different names)

Last but not least if you need some practical advice on planning a wedding, honeymoon and marital future, then talk to your parents or the parents of your spouse. These experienced paramours will give you a great deal of comfort, as you know that all of these bridges have been crossed before and that you have a large support group to work with.

Planning a wedding is not easy, but with patience and preparation it can be done, professionally or even amongst family.

Richard Adams
http://www.articlesbase.com/relationships-articles/where-to-go-for-help-planning-your-wedding-680056.html

So he popped the question…now what?

If you’re among the nearly one million brides-to-be who received an engagement ring over the holidays, it’s time to ring in the new year by scratching the first few items off your wedding day “to do” countdown. Kick start your 2009 wedding plans now!

Here are the first three items that you must cross off your wedding planning checklist before you can accomplish anything else.

Step 1: Determine Your Budget

Your budget will determine the type of wedding you can have - from how many guests you invite, to where and when you host your wedding, right down to the specific blooms in your bouquet, so you need to start here. Sit down with everyone who is going to contribute to the wedding-day piggy bank and discuss how to logically divide the tab and arrive at a total number.

Step 2: Find a Site and Set Your Date

Remember - many reception sites book over a year in advance, so you really can’t decide on a wedding date until you have officially booked your venue with a signed contract. Find as many reception sites that meet your budget, capacity and overall style quotient as you can. Use our wedding reception site search to find venues in your area, and narrow down your list. Then schedule appointments to tour each wedding venue and meet with the manager.

Step 3: Start the Guest List

You don’t need to have the list finalized just yet, but you’ll need an estimate from both sides of the family (and yourselves) right away to avert countless planning headaches down the road.  Once you’ve talked with all financially contributing parties to determine your total wedding budget, you can estimate how many people you can afford to invite to the affair.

Now that you’ve tackled the first three steps, this complete weddings guide will walk you every step of the planning process, from setting the theme and style, to booking your vendors, to managing every detail.

Cori Russell
http://www.articlesbase.com/weddings-articles/new-ring-for-new-years-kick-start-your-2009-wedding-plans-702580.html

When couples are organizing a wedding, many of the couples have to select wedding favors and choose the appropriate models for the occasion; this can be a pretty daunting task to do, therefore, couples might feel overwhelmed at certain points and thus experiment a lot of frustration because they cannot find the right gifts to give at the wedding. Plus, there are also a number of other details including the location, the catering company, the centerpieces and the meal boards which amount to a significant number of other decisions to make.

Therefore, for these couples who are in need of some organization in order to ease off frustration it is important that couples name, for instance a family member of perhaps a friend to become responsible for the choice of wedding favors. If the partners really want to concentrate on other things rather than on the wedding favors, then it would be a wonderful idea to name someone else to do the job. Therefore, you will find below in the articles some guidelines regarding how to choose the correct wedding favors for your special event and how to insure that the person you have left in charge with the favors will pick the right ones for your wedding.

For instance, the first thing one might want to pin point would be that the family member of the friend you are asking to purchase the wedding favors instead of yourself, needs to be aware of the fact that you have a limited budget for the wedding favors. Therefore, investing your money in simple, but interesting little wedding favors would be the way to go. Therefore, it is important that you let the other person know how much you could afford to spend because otherwise you might find yourself paying for what you do not have. Therefore, say that you have one thousand dollars to spend; you might want to let the person being in charge of the wedding favors know that you would be willing to spend about seven hundred fifty dollars, if possible. That way, you will not go over your budget.

Another factor worth some consideration would be that you need to let the person know that you will be selecting the favors according to your personal tastes and fashions. Therefore, before the person goes shopping you should let him or her know what you have in mind and what would be the preferences you have. Therefore, do some research in advance and form a rough idea of what you would buy as wedding favors. Let the friend or the family member know what you have in mind so that you can agree on the choice of favors. This way, you will be able to steer the person towards your idea of wedding favors and your guests will without doubt, be delighted by the favors you will offer at the wedding.

One last thing to picture in your mind would be that you need to be aware of certain numbers when making up your calculation for wedding favors. Estimate how many people will come at your wedding and what types of products you would purchase and give out as gifts. Also, make sure that you don’t find a small number of gifts but neither, a big number of gifts. Let your friend or the assigned family member aware of this wish of yours so that they can come up with the type of wedding favors you would have expected them to.

Also, make sure you estimate correctly how many guests will come and what the expectations will be, because you need to make a rough approximation of the size of your budget. Another thing to consider would be to keep your calculations for yourself, because you don’t want the others to know how much money you have assigned for wedding favors.

Jennifer Walter
http://www.articlesbase.com/marriage-articles/wedding-favor-checklist-the-responsibility-for-wedding-favors-698375.html

Wedding is no doubt the most important occasion and phase of your life. You do numerous things and make several plans to make it special and unique. Most of the young couples make some very special plans for their marriage catering, decoration, food, theme etc. Before making decoration plans, there are various other important things to be dealt with. Due to this reason, it becomes very important for you to make a Wedding checklist. This allows you to complete all the marriage work on time without missing any of the relevant points.

There are certain things that are required to be accomplished as soon as the wedding date gets finalized whereas some other things can be postponed to a later date, according to the requirement. The first and the foremost thing to be taken care of is the booking of the wedding venue. You should always take a written confirmation for your bookings from the owner of the place, in order to avoid any problems on the final day. Other things to be included in the checklist are the budget, size of the wedding, number of functions to be organized, time for the events, drawing the guest list, distributing the various tasks, booking a suitable accommodation for the guests, catering services, wedding invitation cards, floral and lighting requirements etc. This is the list of various jobs to be done before the marriage with utmost care and should be included in your checklist.

Various jobs to be done in advance before the wedding day include ordering sweets, honeymoon planning, trousseau and new clothes for both bride and groom. When only a few weeks are left for the wedding, ensure that all the shopping is completed and you should start packing all that is required by you on the wedding day. The last step for you should be to reconfirm all the bookings regarding the caterers, venue, decorations, florists etc. After you have completed all the tasks mentioned on the list, you should just sit and relax to enjoy your special day. The checklist provides you with the benefit of concluding all your tasks without the negligence of any work.

Aakash Shah
http://www.articlesbase.com/weddings-articles/importance-of-wedding-checklist-693720.html

does anybody know of where i can get a FREE Wedding checklist from online as i am starting to plan my wedding & i need somewhere to keep up to date on everything

thanks
Leelee — i went on it but it was all in dollars but i wont it in pounds.

i used the one on confetti.com - it’s uk-based so pounds rather than dollars

you can also add your own things to the existing list, which can be helpful if you’re planning something a little different

I want my weding to be very traditional!
Know any wedding traditions for a formal wedding? I wanna know!
Or if you have any links to good marrige sites that talk about good traditional weddings? everyone i find is crap!

Also, know any nice Wedding checklist templets to download?

thanks!

http://www.theknot.com/ is a really great site. I just signed up today and love it. They have an awesome checklist of everything you are suppose to be getting done at certain times leading up to your wedding. They also have great ideas on everything you need for the weeding. From dresses to flowers and everything else. There is also a community that is available if you need any specific ideas (not that Y!A- Weddings Category isn’t great!)

You could also ask your parents, grandparents, or older folks that you know that have been married. How they got married, any traditions they know of/followed.

im the maid of honor and the wedding is in hawaii and i need to take a lot of things, so i was wondering if there is a website besides weddingchannel.com (i cant get it to work) that i can make a checklist on? preferably at a wedding site so it can give me ideas of things i might forget, but any site you know of would be very helpful

THANKS!

www.theknot.com

They have some great things for all bridal party members. It will take a lot of clicking around to find what you’re looking for, but they have some excellent resources and ideas for decorations, hair, dresses, everything. I’m not sure of what kind of checklists there are, but I know for sure there are ones for the actual wedding day and events leading up to it. I hope you find what you’re looking for

or did you just plan things as you saw fit?

I didn’t do it in that exact order, but I was glad to have it because there were things that I forgot to do and it reminded me to get them done!

I need a web site that has a complete checklist to plan a wedding in under a month. From something as small as the garter belt to the thank you cards your going to be sending out after the wedding. I need a list that is very detailed. Thanks in advance for every ones help.

You need to go to www.theknot.com! They have every checklist you will ever need! Obviously, the checklist will be drawn out over a longer period of time, but you just need to get things done faster than the list. It’s a great resource though! It helped me plan my wedding in 2 months! Good luck and congrats!