Hayden Coleman Wells, 91: The Wedding Planner
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Roswell United brides-to-be took notice. Before long, when they filled out their wedding information for the church, they specifically requested Mrs. Wells. By then, she'd become a member of the church altar guild, a group responsible for ...
The Knot Announces 2009 Registry Study
MSN Money
With our access to brides nationwide, we are uniquely suited to provide these relevant insights and look forward to sharing them with industry stakeholders.” TOP THREE RETAILERS MAINTAIN THEIR DOMINANT POSITIONS: Nearly 70% of couples creat...
Wedding cake search launches sweet career in Norman
Daily Oklahoman
I have lots of brides coming in asking for black.” Making custom cakes is interesting because she never knows what the next request might be, she said. One of the most unusual cakes she ever made was a roadkill armadillo groom’s cake, compl...
FLDS writings, pictures to be used in Texas trials
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
Texas child welfare officials alleged a pattern of abuse, with girls becoming child brides and boys groomed to be sexual perpetrators. The state's case imploded, however, when a pair of Texas appellate courts found the children were not at ...
A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic
New York Times
COMFORT LEVEL Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are brides, and possibly bellwethers. “It was like an arrow was shot through my heart,” one said, describing an early meeting. “I felt weak at the knees.” “I’m going to be with her until ...
FACES OF THE ECONOMY
PennLive.com
Instead of renting gold-painted dinner chairs for $7.50 each, brides are opting for the folding variety at $1.90 a chair. These days, place settings for the average wedding are around 175, down from more than 300 before the recession.
Military brides given free gowns on Veterans Day
HamptonRoads.com
Maryfrances Jerez and her best friend, Lorena Herrera, pondered their options. Sequins, beads or lace? Strapless or halter? The wedding dress they chose for Jerez’s mother, Carmen Baca, had to be perfect. Baca, who is deployed with the Army...
More brides saying 'I don't' to keepsake gowns
WKYC
Imagine, it's the most expensive outfit you'll ever buy -- and you wear it only once. Sound familiar, brides? While generations of women have carefully preserved their wedding gowns, many of today's brides are taking a far less sentimental ...
Stolen Lives: Lebanon suffers problem of child brides
Lebanon Daily Star
BEIRUT: Early marriages are making an unwelcome comeback in impoverished Lebanese villages and among the Palestinian refugee community, spurred on by the global economic crisis and harmful gender stereotypes, women’s rights activists warned...
High Schools
Chicago Tribune
Dana Stahl never wins anything. For most of her life, she's worked for what she has. But this spring, the 24-year-old won a prize about which most girls can only fantasize: Dana won a dream wedding. Like many other local brides-to-be, Stahl...
75 lucky military brides receive free wedding dresses
WTKR
Margaret Hasty is one lucky woman this Veterans Day. Hasty spent the night camped out in front of Maya Couture in Norfolk. Along with dozens of other brides-to-be, she waited in line for the chance to snag the ultimate wedding gift - ree dr...
Mass Wedding Celebration for Brides for First Time
Khaleej Times
ABU DHABI — The Marriage Fund will organise mass wedding celebration for women for the first time next year, Dr Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State and Chairperson of the fund, announced on Monday. “An awareness campaign will be held ...
Bridal salons giving away gowns to military brides-to-be
Examiner
In a show of support for members of the U.S. military and their loved ones, 16 bridal shops - including one in Southern California - will give away free gowns on Veteran's Day to a limited number military brides-to-be. As part of the Brides...
