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Perfect Postage, a graphic design company, launched a new line of custom wedding stamps for brides to be. Brides to be can now choose from a selection of over 3,000 wedding stamp designs. All designs for invitations, save the date, rsvp and thank you are now available at the new postage rates, which will become effective May 11, 2009.

Her first wedding to billionaire fiance Francois-Henri Pinault was an intimate affair at the 6th Arrondisement City Hall in Paris on Valentine’s Day, but for Salma Hayek’s second ceremony on Saturday April 25, 2009, the couple went a more lavish route, People reported.

The wedding weekend kicked off Friday with a rehearsal dinner at the Punta Della Dogana, one of Venice’s most historic buildings, which guards the south entry of Venice’s Grand Canal, a recently renovated building not yet open to the public. The site has been used by Venetian merchants since the 15th century. Due to their severe disrepair condition, the city awarded the lease to Pinault’s father, who has since spent $70 million on renovations. The structure will open to the public as the Pinault Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art on June 6.

Guests arrived for the wedding the next day in black and gold masks. The Carnival in Venice-style masked ball was held inside a white tent in the courtyard with many guests, including Charlize Theron and boyfriend Stuart Townsend, wearing black Venetian masks. Also in attendance were former French president Jacques Chirac and wife Bernadette; Penélope Cruz, Ashley Judd, Bono, Luis Miguel, Edward Norton and Lucy Liu. About 150 friends and family reportedly joined the happy couple, including celebs from all walks of life such as actors Woody Harrelson and wife Laura Louie, Gael Garcia Bernal, magician David Blaine and Vogue editrix Anna Wintour.
According to People magazine, the bride clutched a bouquet of crystal-accented orchids and stephanotis as she walked down the aisle. Salma wore a Balenciaga wedding gown by Nicholas Ghesquiere and a diaphanous veil which cascaded from tresses styled into a bun for the opulent festivities, held at Venice opera house La Fenice.
Among those in the bridal party was the newlywed’s 19-month-old daughter Valentina Paloma, reportedly joined the ceremony as a flower girl, wearing a dress by Bonpoint She was joined by Francois-Henri’s children from his first marriage, son Francois, 10, and daughter Mathilde, 8. The toddler no doubt enjoyed the joyful rendition of “Over The Rainbow,” sung by family and friends during the ceremony.
Earlier this month, Hayek, 42, told People “I think a wedding is about love, friends, family and fun.”
Guests started arriving in Venice, Italy since Thursday. Actor Woody Harrelson and his wife enjoyed a twilight hand-in-hand stroll around Piazza San Marco, while other guests – including Hayek’s ex-boyfriend Ed Norton and actor Olivier Martinez – were seen enjoying the sites of the city.

Source: lovetripper.com; people.com

Wedding favors, baby shower favors, party favors website launched by Sunflower Favors.

The Indians consider that the saree is part of their culture. It defines the attractiveness of a woman. It is simple clothing having various striking designs and colors which is added to its beauty.

The couple was first married in a very private ceremony February 26 at St. Monica Catholic Church in Los Angeles. But, the couple wed for a second time last weekend in the Nicoya Peninsula region of Costa Rica, where the Brazilian beauty owns a home. They exchanged vows in a short sunset ceremony in Santa Theresa, a coastal town.

The bride, in a long designer dress and a veil that trailed 10 feet, held a bouquet of white orchids, “looked so gorgeous,” a source says. “She looked beautiful.” “[Gisele's] dress and veil were designed by John Galliano and created by John Galliano’s atelier in Paris,” a rep for the designer told People magazine.
The supermodel wore “a white silk satin bias cut long gown with spaghetti straps and train, with scalloped seamed details around the hip,” the rep said. Even the bride’s veil was quite a design achievement. “The white silk tulle veil was six feet long with white lace sewn by hand,” the rep added.
Security guards blocked off key access points to Gisele Bundchen’s house in Santa Teresa, where 25 or so guests gathered under a tent set up on the home’s balcony. After the ceremony, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, 31, in a gray suit and vest with white pants, held his 1 ½-year-old son John (whose mom is Bridget Moynahan) on the balcony and spoke with guests like Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. The Brazilian supermodel Bündchen, 28, also hugged guests while friends and relatives snapped photos. They all seemed “very happy, like they were having a great time,” says one onlooker.
That afternoon, Bündchen got dressed at the nearby Hotel Flor Blanca while workers readied her home. Around 4:30 p.m. Bündchen and other guests raced back to her home just in time for the sunset nuptials.
Earlier that day, Brady hosted a bachelor’s brunch for the men in his entourage at the luxurious Milarepa hotel, where guests dined from a menu designed especially by the American chef. Meanwhile Bündchen entertained female guests and went over last-minute wedding details at her home.
However, their wedding day was not 100% happy and peaceful. Agence France-Presse photographer Yuri Cortes and Rolando Aviles of Costa Rican newspaper Al Dia claim Bundchen’s bodyguards tried to seize their cameras’ memory cards and shot at their car when they drove away. Nobody was hurt. Judicial police spokesman Margarita Morales said Tuesday that her agency was investigating their complaints.
Don Yee is Brady’s agent. He has said security personnel reported having no knowledge of the incident.

Source: thehollywoodgossip.com; accesshollywood.com.

Dream It Events wedding consulting and event planning business owned by Melissa Franco, announces a discount that is now available to all their new customers that book before 5/1/09.

Actress Amy Huberman got engaged to her Grand Slam winning boyfriend on the evening of March 28, 2009, when Brian O’Driscoll used flowers to pop the question “Will You Marry Me?”. Flowers have long been believed to possess a language of their own, so the prospective groom chose the garden of their shared Dublin abode for the proposal, as the Irish Independent reports.
The proposal comes at the end of one of the most memorable weeks in Irish rugby history, following on from the team’s Six Nations triumph on 21 March. The team arrived home from Cardiff to a hero’s welcome and have been widely hailed for lifting the Republic’s gloom.

“It’s been on the cards for quite a while and it was more a question of when and not if,” said one of their friends to The Belfast Telegraph. “They’re absolutely mad about each other. Everyone’s delighted for them as it caps off an amazing seven days for both of them.”
“We are both thrilled,” said the RTE presenter. “No date has been set yet or anything. We’re just enjoying the news and celebrating the engagement. I’m over the moon about it.”
And rugby star Brian couldn’t hide his happiness when he appeared at the Leinster/Ulster clash in Dublin’s RDS on Sunday. When asked about his pending nuptials, Brian responded: “I’m delighted, I’m delighted.”
The bride-to-be, known to television viewers from her role on the drama series The Clinic, will soon embark on a separate career path as a romance novelist. Her first tome to be released in the summer of 2009, the TV star may find inspiration in her own love story for another novel as she starts this latest chapter in her life. Currently enjoying their first days of betrothed bliss, the pair have not announced a date for their walk down the aisle.

Furthermore, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, in the States, another beautiful young star said “I do!” to the old question. You all know the chocolate beauty, Isis King, who unfortunately didn’t win America’s Next Top Model when she was a contestant on the show’s 11th cycle. Well, God gave her the biggest prize: a marriage proposal! On Monday, King’s boyfriend, Desmond, got down on one knee while she was on The Tyra Banks Show and asked King to marry him. King had thought she was on the show to open up about her sex change operation last year. “I’m very shocked,” King told Tyra cameras afterward. “We’ve been talking about this kind of thing for a while but I would never have thought that it would happen on this show. I’m very happy. We’ve been best friends for almost three and a half years now. He’s everything I want.”

According to People, King then giggled before giving a Beyoncé “Single Ladies” hand wave and saying: “He put a ring on it!” Said King’s new fiancé: “I feel blessed. I feel like I’m complete.”

Source: independent.co.uk; people.com.

From April 2-5, Eva's of Oak Lawn is offering the Midwest brides a special bridal weekend of multiple events, trunk shows of award winning designers, and special pricing.

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