Marry ME Magazine

Personalizing Your

BIG DAY

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On Your Special Day

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A hundred hearts would be too few

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To carry all my love for you.

~Author Unknown

PHOTOGRAPHY Left Top: Memory Maker Photography; Left Middle: Sierra Kristen Photography; Left Bottom: Reflections Photography ; Right: Atlantic Photography

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Say “I do” by the sea…

Atlantic Oceanside Hotel & Conference Center

offers full reception facilities, guest and honeymoon lodging and local activity planning to make your wedding a very special event for you, your family and friends. Our full-time event manager will assist you with your planning and supervise the day’s events to ensure its success.

• Dining accommodations for 300 guests • Hotel features 150 rooms with ocean views • Indoor and outdoor saltwater pools • Fitness center, tennis courts, private pier

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Hotel & Conference Center

www.BarHarborMaineHotel.com 800-336-2463 • 207-288-5801 119 Eden Street, Bar Harbor

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DERON PALMER SMITH

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VICKY ANN DAVIS

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August 6, 2010

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Flowers for the Guys PHOTOGRAPHER DEBRA BELL FLOWERS CHAPEL HILL FLORAL ILLUSTRATION SAM WOOD

Pink mini calla lily with ivy and feathers Strong men wear pink and this pink mini calla lily is accented with ivy and feathers to match the bride’s bouquet.

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Mini cymbidium and yellow calla lily

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Sunflower with curly willow stems Make his day sunny and unique with a whimsical boutonniere made from a sunflower bud and curly willow stems.

Making YOUR accent

STAND OUT

This unique boutonniere turns ideas about the calla lily upside down. Mini cymbidium’s sit right side up while a yellow calla lily creates a dramatic visual.

Accented with red wire, this boutonniere will bring rightful attention to the groom.

English garden rose with jewel This traditional boutonniere style features one flower, but it has a bold punch. Using one of the “in” colors — purple — this yellow rose is accented by a purple floral jewel and yellow leaves. The stem is wrapped in a purple and black ribbon for added punch.

White calla lily with ivy and feathers Similar to the pink feathery calla lily boutonniere, this white boutonniere screams tradition while also throwing in some funkiness.

STEP 2 - pick up the corsage by the stem and place it at the same angle as the lapel. Do not pin it through the buttonhole on the jacket. The boutonniere should be placed on the left lapel.

STEP 3 - coming from underneath the lapel, pin directly through the back of the boutonniere parallel to the lapel.

STEP 4 - push the pin back through the fabric to hide under the lapel.

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Why does it have to be the bride who carries something blue? This boutonniere of mini spray roses is accented by blue wire and blue jewels with a unique touch of beargrass thrown in to give movement.

STEP 1 - have the recipient put on the jacket.

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Mini spray roses with beargrass and blue jewels.

Here are your four easy steps for pinning on a boutonniere with a straight pearl-headed pin:

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ESTHER LEE

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to submit your best tips, tricks, photos, advice, or wedding story for January’s Marry ME magazine.

Check out page 50 to see what’s coming up for 2012!

Send submissions to Debra Bell at editor@marrymemagazine.com, call 207-990-8118, or visit www.marrymemagazine.com to learn more.

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Simply Accommodating…

An outstanding location in Ellsworth, the crossroads of Downeast Maine ■

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Exceptional facilities for ceremonies, receptions, rehearsal dinners and showers Minutes to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park Comfortable accommodations for your guests Professional menu planning and bridal service

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215 High Street ■ Ellsworth, Maine 800-401-9341 ■ 207-667-9341 ■ www.Ramada.com

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Traditional and non-traditional ways to celebrate a wedding Some couples want to celebrate their weddings in traditional fashion. Others want everything to be unique, new and exciting.

Today’s weddings are largely planned, financed and executed entirely by the couple getting married. Therefore, it is up to them how to celebrate their special day.

Here’s a look at some of the traditional wedding elements and how they can be shaken up for a different spin.

TRADITIONAL: Father walks the bride down the aisle.

ALTERNATIVE: A son, daughter, friend, or even both parents walk the bride down the aisle. She can also traverse the white carpet solo, if desired. Perhaps the groom meets the bride halfway and they walk the rest of the aisle together.

TRADITIONAL: "The Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride)" plays when the bride enters.

ALTERNATIVE: Any favorite classical or modern song is played when the bride enters, as long as it is approved by the venue where the ceremony is taking place.

TRADITIONAL: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

ALTERNATIVE: Wear all new items, all antique items. Borrow all of your wedding day apparel -- it’s the bride’s choice.

ALTERNATIVE: Welcome everyone present to dance with a special member of their family so all eyes are not on the bride and groom, who may be selfconscious about dancing with their parents.

These dances also can be skipped.

ALTERNATIVE: Toss beads or treats in the style of Mardi Gras to all of the guests, so it’s not only about single men and women.

COURTESY OF METRO CREATIVE SERVICE

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TRADITIONAL: Bouquet toss for the bride and garter toss for the groom.

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TRADITIONAL: Mother-Son, Father-Daughter dances at the reception.

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Ducktrap Retreat was designed and built specifically to hold corporate meetings and special events. In recent years the property was enhanced to make it an elegant choice for wedding events as well. Enjoy all the amenities including access to Ducktrap Harbor Beach, tennis Š Rogier van Bakel / www.eagereyeweddings.com

or basketball in the onsite courts, and several cabins and guest rooms on the property.

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Just 90 minutes north of Portland.

Entering our 5th year of Business.

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