After giving this a lot of thought and throwing three bachelor parties myself, I pretty much have it down to a science. I have to admit though, that my record is 2 and 1. For those of you out there who do not follow football or boxing, that is two wins and a loss. The first bachelor party I put together did not go very well. Things got broken, the food was terrible, and the entertainment left something to be desired. I redeemed myself with the next two and I am now the go-to guy when it comes to the bachelors last hoorah. Throwing a bachelors party is not as easy as it sounds. It is not like picking out unique wedding favors where you have a couple of choices and you pick the one in the middle. Wedding favors are a piece of cake when compared to bachelor parties. In fact, the phrase “Throwing a Bachelors Party” is completely wrong. It implies you threw it together and if you follow that philosophy, you are already doomed to fail. Here are the five most important things to remember when you put together your shindig.

Fundraising is the most important word in the throw a great bachelor party handbook. If you can afford to pay for the party then be my guest but if you are like the majority of us guys out there, you need as much help as you can get. Start fundraising early because you want to have your party well in advance of the wedding. You should have a bachelor’s party at least two weeks in advance of the wedding. Invite only close friends of the groom. Remember, just because you are his best man does not mean you know everyone he does. Ask his family for help finding close friends that he would like to see but that you do not know. Let everyone invited contribute to the cause. Do not set a price but make a suggestion of $100.00 per head. This will go a long way to making it the best party he has ever had.

Invitations are for weddings. Avoid sending invitations for a man’s party. Go and invite each person individually. Leave them with a card or something with your name and number on it. You will need to know if your head count changes. If someone is inviting someone else or if they have something come up and cannot make it, you will need to know in advance so that you can adjust accordingly.

It is not a bad idea to cater the party’s food and drink. Have an open bar and a buffet style meal for the guests to enjoy. Remember that these are men you are catering to so have plenty of man food. This includes pizza, burger and dogs, chips and dips. If you throw a bachelors party and serve chicken casserole and a nice salad, be prepared for a severe ribbing and quite possibly a burning pink belly. You might want to go with a sports theme and rent some space at your local sports bar. Big screen TV’s and single guys partying go hand and hand.

Safety is not a word men often use when talking about anything. However, it is a good thing to keep in mind. You would not want to lose anyone over a problem that could have been avoided with a simple question, like, “Are you allergic to any foods?” Do not serve shrimp or peanuts to someone who has an allergy to these things.

Another aspect of safety is drinking and driving. It might be a good idea to reserve some of your funds for a nearby hotel room if you are not already holding the party in a suite. Having a place that someone who has had way too many to crash for the night and safely park their car is always a great idea. Before your party starts, collect emergency numbers from everyone. This is not just for emergencies but if you take away a friends car keys because they are too inebriated to drive, they may have friends or loved ones that would worry should they not come home that night. A simple phone call and explanation that they are sleeping it off in a safe place is the courteous thing to do.

These are just a few of the important highlights that go with having a great bachelors party in a responsible way and the reason you will be chosen to put them together whenever the need arises.

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Most of us have to budget just about everything in life. We keep track of how much is in our shopping carts as we walk through the grocery store, we turn off lights when we leave a room, and chastise our children when they do not. Many of us even budget ourselves by watching the calories or carbs that we eat during the battle of the bulge. We are very economically alert and savings minded since, in this day and age, every penny counts. There is one budget however, that we do not watch as closely, nor should we.

Our wedding budget is usually more of a guideline than anything else because we want to have the best wedding that we can possibly afford so we barter, haggle, and compromise our way though, trying to make sure we get the value for our big day. That is what makes these wedding items so amazing to see. It must be nice to afford things like this, especially when we struggle just to afford personalized wedding favors and personalized favor boxes to put them in so they are presented in a unique and caring way.

The wedding bouquet is not something that makes dollar sign warnings go off in your head when you hear the words. When I think of a wedding bouquet, all I think about is a bunch of flowers. There is a bouquet however, that costs an astonishing $125,000.00. This amazing bouquet is made from white and red gemstone flowers that absolutely sparkle with brilliance and when you first see it, it nearly takes your breath away. This bouquet has earned a top spot in the Vietnamese Guinness book of Records and sits behind a glass case in Hanoi at the Ruby Plaza. Everyone who stays at the Ruby Plaza insists on visiting the sixth floor so that they can take in this bouquet’s magnificent beauty.

Not to be outdone by a mere bouquet, this next budget buster will blow your mind. It is a wedding cake that could have fallen from heaven itself. If the good Lord above enjoys a good piece of cake every now and then, this is probably the one He would choose. Of course, no one but Him would know what it tastes like because no one ever ate this magnificent cake. With a price tag of 20 million dollars, it was on display only and even then, it had to be the only wedding cake in the world that was surrounded by armed guards. It is decorated with priceless gemstones and, of course, diamonds that make it look more than mouth watering. This wonderful wedding cake was created by Nahid La Patisserie and Jewelers Mimi and premiered at the Luxury Bridal Show on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills Ca.

Every woman would love to get married in a pair of these stunning shoes. Stuart Weitzman and The La Vian name, which carries over five hundred years of shoe making tradition behind it, joined forces to create the most stunning pair of sliver evening shoes that just beg for the foot of a lovely bride. The front strap alone has diamonds to the tune of 28 carats. It is also adorned with a pair of 16-carat gemstones surrounded by 185 carats of tanzanite, all museum quality. Who would have thought that a pair of silver leather shoes would have over 200 carats of priceless stones on them… only every bride who has ever daydreamed about the perfect wedding? Now if we can just squeeze 2 million dollars out of that wedding budget, we will have it made in the shade.

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Some couples will give wedding favors that depict the popular traditions of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, put a sixpence in her shoe. These unique wedding favors bring to mind the time honored traditions and their meaning in today’s modern weddings. One of a father’s worst fears is that his little girl will get married and then her husband will whisk her off somewhere that would make it difficult or impossible for him to see her again. This very often happens as a new couples future unfolds and takes them places they did not expect to go. A new and rewarding job might open up on the other side of the country or the husband might be in the military. For this reason, the symbol of something old comes into play during the wedding as the new wife makes a promise not to severe ties with her family by wearing an old family heirloom.

The popular choice used to be the wedding dress, which was handed down from mother to daughter for several generations. This tradition is not as popular as it used to be. Many young women want a new dress and part of the fun of planning their wedding is shopping for one. A piece of old jewelry or a single article of clothing is now the preferred choice for the tradition of something old.

Traditions such as these often change ever so slightly but never really fade away. While the wedding dress used to be the choice for the old item symbolizing continued family ties, now it is usually the chosen item for something new. Something new symbolizes a wish for a successful marriage and blessing. This is very important in these times where divorce rates soar and marriages are more for convenience that for any other reason. The need for luck, good fortune, and success is higher now than ever before.

The promise of friends and family to help and support the bride whenever it is needed comes from something borrowed. The symbol of something borrowed is a promise of love and support as family and friends vow to be there in the couple’s time of need should one ever arise. It is a beautiful gesture of love and strengthens the tradition of something old. It even expands it to include close friends. The relationships that we leave behind should never be broken. In fact, the union of two people should actually strengthen ties with friends and family and bring the new spouse closer into the circle of love.

Many years ago, in biblical times, the color blue was a symbol of purity and faithfulness, much as the color white is today. The bride wears something blue, like a garter or other small article of clothing to denote her pure love for her husband and the faithfulness and loyalty that she will bring into their marriage. Something blue is loyalty and the respect for the other’s feelings by being faith and pure only to each other. It is a beautiful and touching commitment to each other.

Many people do not realize that there is a fifth element to these traditions. They only know about something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. However, tradition goes on to include a sixpence inside the left shoe of the bride. This is family and friends wish for the bride (and groom) to have success and happiness. In current tradition, the bride would place a dime or penny inside her left shoe. Many brides temp fate as their shoes are already uncomfortable and they do not want to put an irritating coin in them. Unfortunately, writing an I.O.U. on a piece of paper and slipping it into the shoe will not work.

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The very first wedding was between two cave people who decided that there should be a ceremony and reception. The thinking was that the village (the first ever) always celebrated before and after a hunt. They boogied down deep into the night when the monsoon season ended and they celebrated the birth of the children, so why not celebrate when two cave people decided to move into their first cave and share a life together? Grog wanted to give the guests wedding presents because when they announced the ritual, to be held by the tribe’s holy man; everyone looked at them as if they were crazy and refused to come to the event claiming they had to wash each other’s hair and was way behind in picking bugs off each other.

This is how the very first wedding planner came to be. Winnie’s brother, Rock Stonehead suggested they give gifts to the tribe members who would show up. The problem was what to give. Trog was smart though, and he knew that when lightning struck the beach, the heating of the sand made glass, so he gathered up a bunch of it and picked up some of the shiny rocks that they had found while shopping for a good cave to spend their lives in. Therefore, each guest received glass-wedding favors and the tribe elders received crystal-wedding favors.

Trog and Winnie had a beautiful ceremony under a great tree that provided plenty of shade for the guests. Of course, they had to because the tribe’s holy man was not convinced that moving out of the trees was a good idea and still made his home there. The couple got married but they put their wedding rings through their nose instead of on their fingers. This is because they were still dragging knuckles and the rings kept falling off in the rocks and dirt. Many years later, one of trog and Winnies descendents started the tradition of putting the wedding ring on the finger because they had a cold and did not want to get snot on the ring. They placed it on the finger since their arms had shortened and no longer scraped the ground.

At Trog and Winnies wedding party, now known as a reception, the first thing they did after bandaging their heads was to create music. They had to bandage their heads because they did not have rice to throw back then so they threw sticks and rocks. The first wedding band was formed as the guests started to get bored and were dancing but there was no music. A friend of Trog was tapping on a log when everyone realized it sounded pretty good. After that, several of the tribe was joining in on the fun by beating the trees with the bones of the animals they had for supper the night before. Soon, the reception was really swinging.

Another tradition that was born on that first wedding was the kissing of the bride. Before this, they just went around licking each other’s faces. But Winnie, who loved to eat wild berries was about to open her mouth to speak when Trog went to give her their first lick as a married couple and stuck his tongue in her mouth quite by accident. It tasted so good that soon, everyone was eating berries and “kissing” each other.

The best part was when the couple finally got tired and the fire had burned so low that they could barely see. Trog took his new bride to their new cave to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, there was no such thing as full disclosure so the cave estate agent that sold Trog and Winnie the cave did not tell them that there was still a saber-toothed tiger living in it and they were both eaten during the night.

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Celebrating the most important day of your life in an outdoor wedding and reception affords you with opportunities an indoor wedding cannot, especially if you have a beautiful garden. With a little hard work and some help from Mother Nature, your wedding can be as beautiful as the one in your dreams. Here are a few tips to make it even more so and help you on you way to an unforgettable event.

One option is to have your wedding ceremony in the evening so your guests can enjoy the beauty a garden flower affords and with the reception held in the oncoming dusk, you have an opportunity to show off your favorite parts of the flower garden with lighting. Strings of white lights hung in smaller trees and shrubbery add luster to the affair and solar panel stake lights can light the way down pathways to help you navigate your guests to food or dance areas. Have ushers in attendance to help older guests to the bathroom and back to their seats.

Having your reception out of doors saves your budget on food as you grill for hungry guests. For larger weddings, have several grills set up and dedicate one to children’s favorites like hamburgers and hot dogs. Volunteers from friends or family can cook or you can hire professional grillers for your reception. This is less expensive than you would think and much less expensive than having the entire reception catered. You will afford your guests freshly cooked food, right off the grill.

Sound carries better at night and a live band will afford more quality than a D J. Make sure to have the band set up as far away from the food area as possible to avoid too much traffic in one area. A patch of grassy lawn makes the perfect dance floor or you can have one made from wood and linoleum that is fairly inexpensive. Surround you band and dance area with round tables and reserve a long rectangular table for the bride and groom and the wedding party. These tables are the perfect place to present your guests with spring wedding favors or garden wedding favors.

Most weddings have up to a year of preparation time so plan your garden accordingly. Cover less desirable areas with wildflowers; which are inexpensive and will grow in shade or sun. This will keep your guests out of trouble spots and children can be occupied by making bouquets from these as they are easily replaced.

Lakes and ponds are beautiful and inviting but do not be tempted to set up your reception too close. Large bodies of water are bug fests and mosquitoes and snakes love a good party. Protect your guests by putting some distance between you and water. Spay for bugs a day or two before the event and set up a barrier with a line of citronella candles. Certain flowers also repel mosquitoes and your region might support this so check with your local Department of Parks and Recreations for a list.

A makeshift wishing well is the perfect opportunity to get your guests to participate. As they arrive, have the ushers give each guest two shiny pennies and inform them they can make a wishing well wish. Let them know that one penny is for good wishes for the bride and groom and one is for them. You can then set up a camera and microphone so you can make a video of your well-wisher’s sentiments.

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