Wedding Etiquette & Tradition

Keeping the Romance in Your Wedding Day

While a wedding is all about the love and commitment between two people very much in love, it is surprising how often the romance gets forgotten in the hurly burly of the planning of the event. Click here to read more.

Tips for making a speech

So you have to make a speech at the wedding and you are a bit nervous? You hate public speaking and are afraid of making a fool of yourself in front of the 100+ guests? Click here to read our tips of giving a speech

Readers tips on making a speech +click here

Job specs

Who does what at weddings? How it's usually done +click here

Anniversaries - every year it gets better!

Gift ideas to help you celebrate the milestones +click here

Who pays for what

Help here to work out your budget and who will pay for what +click here

Wedding speeches & toasts

One word guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of speakers and guests alike! However, with planning and preparation, it should be relatively painless +click here

When you'd rather have cash

Got all the pots and pans you need but could use some extra money? Three suggestions for this tricky situation + click here

'The Complete Wedding Speech Guide'

Review of a new book that helps you prepare for the wedding day speeches. Click here

Did you know ...

Something old
Signifies a sense of continuity, tradition and represents the link to the bride's old life and her family.

Something new
Signifies the couple's new beginning, new life together as well as their hopes for the future.

Something borrowed
Something borrowed from a happily married friend or family member to wish that your married life will also be happy, it also reminds the bride that friends and family will still be there for her when the wedding is over.

Something blue
Blue represents fidelity, love, and purity.

And a silver sixpence for her shoe
Signifies a wealth of both money and happiness and joy.
The sixpence, first minted in the reign of Edward VI (1551), has been associated with weddings since the reign of Elizabeth I. The custom of giving a silver sixpence as a lucky charm to bring wealth and happiness to the married couple began in Victorian times. The custom says that, to ensure the couple's wealth and happiness, the bride should put the coin in her left shoe. In some areas the custom is for the father of the bride to put the sixpence in the shoe.