Wedding Vow Rings , Your vows engraved inside!

My husband and I were flying back from renewing our wedding vows in Las Vegas for our wedding anniversary. We renewed our wedding vows with "Elvis" at the Graceland Wedding Chapel. Cheesy? Not really, it was fun and it was romantic. So Bruce says "This is what we should have done for our new wedding rings." I'm like what NEW wedding rings? OK..he shocked me during the ceremony with a new ring, but we didn't get new wedding rings.

He showed me this ad in the onboard magazine:



I've never seen a wedding band with the vows written inside and thought it was cool. Our original wedding bands had our initials and date engraved. There wasn't room to engrave much more. We were limited to like 20 characters. Its hard to say what you feel in 20 characters.

Laser technology has made it possible to engrave your wedding vows inside the ring..and you get 225 characters. You can have your entire wedding vows engraved, or a love poem or a secret saying known only to the two of you.

I am buying one for my husband for Christmas with the renewal vows we exchanged in Las Vegas. I thought about putting inside "take off this ring and I'll hurt you" or "Forget your married and I get the dog, your car AND the house", but my husband is a super guy. So I'll get the vows engraved inside...the Elvis vows. And I have them on a DVD, so it will be easy to get them exact. And I can't wait to see his face!

An Affordable Hawaiian Wedding on NCL

Do you think a wedding in Hawaii is out of your price range? Think again.
7 Day Hawaii Cruise starting at $599

Norwegian Cruise Lines offers affordable wedding packages in Hawaii. You can get married on board the ship or on land. Their wedding packages include EVERYTHING you need to get married including the services of a wedding coordinator. Your ceremony, legal officiant, music, wedding cake and professional pictures its all included when you book your wedding package.

Compare a land based wedding on one of the islands to a cruise ship wedding. All your meals, entertainment and lodging for a week are included on a cruise ship. The price makes it very affordable. It just makes sense to marry through NCL for a romantic wedding in Hawaii.

The cruise ship is your floating hotel and you are automatically on your honeymoon!
You can do it all on board the ship or free style cruise. You can eat when and where you want, participate in activities onboard or just lounge on deck and soak up the rays.

NCL cruises the Hawaiian islands. If you are a US citizen, you don't need to have a passport like you would if you were traveling to the Caribbean.

A wedding In Maui goes under....

This poor bride took a dunking...

Getting married in Hawaii

Hawaii is romance! The swaying palm trees, the tropical breezes, the sunkissed beaches, the tropical flowers, the windswept beaches. Its romantic and a perfect place for a destination wedding.

In Hawaii you can have your wedding your way from the traditional wedding, beach or mountain wedding to Hawaiian lei ceremony where you exchange tropical floral lei's. You can marry at a state park beach, a private beach, a private estate, a large beach resort, the choices are endless as are the price ranges. From budget to lavish, you can do it all in Hawaii.

We recommend if you have no knowledge of the islands, that you do a lot of research. Molokai is the least touristy and the most true Hawaiian. Hawaii is the "big island" that has everything from beaches to snowy mountains
including Kilauea, the most active in Volcano's National Park. Kauai is the northernmost island in the chain and is known for outdoor adventures and the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific", Waimea Canyon. Oahu is the capitol of the
islands and the most populated island. You can go to the legendary Waikiki beach or watch the world famous surfers conquer the waves on the North Shore or go to Pearl Harbor. Lanai has not ONE traffic light and is the place for privacy. Lanai has golf , hiking, off roading and dolphin watching.

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Long Range Wedding Day Weather Forecast

A bride challenged me to help her to schedule her outdoor wedding on a day without rain. What do I look like, God? That's why you develop a plan B for your outdoor wedding. If it rains you move it indoors. Its not rocket science. But she insisted there HAS to be a way to know for sure.

So I hit the web. I vaguely remember seeing a web site that said you could predict the weather way in advance for beach weddings. I couldn't find it.

There are a lot of sites that talk about weather prediction. The amount of weather statistics made me break out in a rash. There are even some sites that for a fee will guarantee you 85% accuracy of their long range prediction. I don't know what they will give back if they are wrong. How you can even prove that it rained where you were if they said it was going to be dry? You can't just plug in a date and a place and read the forecast. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could? Weather is science and Mother Nature is not always predictable. How many times are you looking out on rain and the idiot on the radio is talking about sunshine?

Instead I came to the conclusion that not much trumps the good Old Farmers Almanac and a plan B.

Sandals Resorts For an Amazing Wedding and Honeymoon

Sandals Resorts, home of the "weddingmoon" is offering brides free wedding planner. No strings attached, its free, and who doesn't love free?

A weddingmoon is a wedding combined with a honeymoon. Sandals is the Caribbean resort that pioneered the idea and they do it best. I've never had a couple who married, honeymooned or weddingmooned at Sandals who didn't come home raving about the resorts. They rave about the accommodations, activities, food and staff. Sandals has it down to a science. They know how to do weddings right and they know how to cater to honeymooners. Its all about romance and having fun. You can do what you want, when you want. Join in with other couples or spend time as a couple alone.

Sandals is all inclusive. One price includes your meals in gourmet restaurants, water sports including scuba diving, golf, premium drinks, all resort amenities, hotel transfers, tips and taxes. Its all done for you in one package. No dipping into your pocket for tips and cash. You pay in advance and arrive and enjoy!

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Choosing a Beach Location For Your Wedding

Beach brides say "I just want to get married on a beach." But what beach and how to choose?

Do you as a couple have a favorite beach? Maybe a beach where you went as a child in the summer? Or maybe you got engaged on the beach in the moonlight. Or you both discovered an amazing beach while on a cruise to the Caribbean or Mexico. Or maybe you saw a beach on the Travel Channel that looked like paradise.

Discuss it as a couple when picking your beach wedding site. Research it on the internet. Discuss it with a travel agent. Ask friends who are beach addicts. Before you know it, you'll have your location.

Check with the local beach chamber of commerce before you pick the date to make sure its not bike week or some other large people gathering at the beach. Not only will the extra commotion distract from your wedding, but the prices will be higher because of the increased demand for hotel rooms and condos.

Make sure your location is within easy travel for everyone. A beach should be accessible to a nearby airport for guests and family members who are traveling to your wedding.