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Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Created for free by https://foxyutils.com 2-A NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 5 great reasons to take engagement photos During their engagements, couples will a chance to connect with their how they will appear in pictures. Seeing photographs can be used for save-the-date make many decisions in regard to their photographers. Booking an engagement these photos might help cards or social media postings (check weddings. Wedding planning can sometimes photo shoot provides helpful information couples grow more with the photographer for licensing seem like a runaway train of appointments, to both the couple and the photographer. comfortable in front of the agreements). This can be a great schedules and deadlines. As a result, some The photographer gets to see how the camera. This practice can way to spread excitement about couples do not take the time to enjoy being couple interacts in front of the lens and help couples temper their the upcoming nuptials. engaged, which is a special and unique time can determine any insecurities or anxieties prior to the 5. Photo shoots provide in their lives. strengths and weaknesses couples may wedding. An a chance to experiment with Engagement photo shoots can be a have. These lessons can be filed away engagement shoot vivid backdrops. Engagement unique way for couples to commemorate and help make wedding day photos look also can be a great photography gives couples and enjoy the months preceding their better. Similarly, spending time with the time for couples to plenty of opportunities to weddings. Engagement photos memorialize photographer gives the couple an speak with their experiment with different the engagement and provide many opportunity to develop a rapport with their photographers locales, which may not be additional benefits as well. photographer. If couples and their about angles or possible come the wedding day. 1. Engagement photo shoots give couples photographer don’t click, scheduling an styles they prefer or Engagement photography can be engagement shoot well dislike. a worthwhile inclusion in pre- in advance of the 4. The bride and wedding celebrations. wedding gives couples a groom have save-the-date or chance to find someone social media photos. Engagement else to take their photos. 2. An engagement Custom Dress Making & Veils photo shoot gives couples time to spend Formal Fabrics for Bridal together. 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One origin story states that tying the knot can be traced back to the Roman empire, when brides wore girdles that were tied in knots, and the groom had to eventually untie those knots to consummate the Preserve & Protect marriage. Tying the knot also may be traced to the custom of handfasting. The marriage contract was established between a bride and a groom by joining their hands together and tying them. Although Your Wedding Gown accounts vary as to whether the hands were tied only during the ceremony or later, this is believed to be an ancient Renaissance or For Generations to Come Celtic tradition. Others speculate that the phrase traces its origins to Hindu weddings in which brides and grooms tied a necklace of flowers • Keepsake Box as part of wedding tradition. Yet another theory suggests that the phrase can be traced back to the knotted string that supported beds • Clean & Press Gowns/Dresses Prior to Wedding prior to the use of metal springs. Therefore, in order to make a marriage bed, couples first needed to tie the knot. Knots also represent a difficult-to-break bond, which is why they have long been associated “Give Your Clothes with marriage. In one unity tradition, couples may braid or knot That Personal Touch” together three strands, with one representing the bride, one symbolizing the groom and the third representing God as they join 1111 Riverside Blvd. together in faith. Similarly, the phrase “getting hitched” is associated with knot-tying as well. The saying implies that two people are being Norfolk, NE tied together just like a horse is tied, or hitched, to a wagon. 402-379-9400 Created for free by https://foxyutils.com 143438 NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 3-A Things to consider when choosing a wedding party Making the important decision to get wedding, but the couple will have certain wedding party members are not prone to get along. married can fill couples with joy and expenses tied to the wedding party as overreacting. Choose a wedding party that Wedding party sizes are up to the excitement as they imagine spending the rest well. These can include limousines to ferry can be trusted and people with whom you couple, but bigger isn’t always better. of their lives together. Naturally, brides- and people between the ceremony and grooms-to-be are anxious to share the good reception, photography costs to arrange news with others and include family and and photograph large wedding parties, the friends in the festivities. One way couples cost of boutonnieres and bouquets, exemplify inclusion is by asking their closest attendants’ gifts, as well as extra mouths acquaintances to be part of their wedding to feed at the rehearsal dinner. Small The 4 Cs of diamonds parties. wedding parties can be easier on couples’ Diamonds are the stone of choice for valuable the less color it contains. GIA uses Being asked to serve as a bridesmaid or budgets. engagement rings and wedding jewelry. a D-to-Z grading system to determine a groomsman is an honor. Some couples may • Know your expectations. Couples Diamonds are durable and remain a diamond’s color value. D would be a be tempted to ask every friend, sibling or should discuss what they expect from their timeless way to complement every style. colorless diamond and Z the most cousin they have to be in their wedding wedding parties. Do couples want their Anyone who is about to purchase a saturated with color. parties, and some do. In fact, ancient Roman loved ones to be very hands-on or waiting diamond is encouraged to do their research • Clarity: Diamonds are formed by law required 10 witnesses to be part of the in the wings? For those who want a lot of about selecting quality diamonds. At the carbon exposed to heat and pressure. wedding ceremony. However, the larger the input from their wedding parties, asking heart of the diamond grading process are Natural internal characteristics known as wedding party, the more people couples have distant friends or family to be included the 4 Cs of diamond quality. The Cs refer to inclusions and external components called to coordinate and the more personalities they may be impractical. carat weight, color grade, clarity grade, and blemishes are the norm. The closer the must manage. • Select reliable, easygoing people. cut grade. The Gemological Institute of gem comes to being perfectly pure without While large wedding parties are in style, Wedding party members should be people America helped to create the Diamond inclusions or blemishes, the greater there isn’t any one-size-fits-all formula to couples can rely on, and it only helps if 4 Cs and the International the value. decide which size party is right for a Diamond Grading System™. • Cut: To transmit light and particular situation. Trends vary based on These benchmarks are used to sparkle, diamonds have to be cut geography and culture. These tips can help classify all diamonds. precisely and with great artistry. A couples decide on the size of their wedding The following is the GIA’s diamond will be further graded parties. explanation of each component of based on symmetry and proportions, as • Match it to scope and style. Wedding the system. well as how the stone returns light. planners may use a standard ratio for a • Carat: Diamond carat weight is the Brightness, which is the internal and proportion of guests to wedding party measurement of how much the diamond external white light reflected; fire, or the members. That ratio is one pair of wedding weighs and is equivalent to 200 milligrams scattering of white light into rainbow colors; attendants for every 50 guests. This creates per carat. Each carat is subdivided into and scintillation, or the sparkle the a balanced feel where the more people in 100 points. Therefore, a one-carat diamond produces, are factored into how attendance, the larger the wedding party and diamond is 1.00 or 100 points, while a the cut is valued. vice versa. twenty-five point diamond is .25 carats. Diamonds are a major investment. • Consider your expenses. Wedding party Naturally, larger diamonds can be more Consumers who do their research and members may be asked to spend rare and desirable. verify diamond grading can get the best considerable amounts of money to be in the • Color: A white diamond is more value for their money.