Movie Time: Breaking Dawn

I think a lot of you have seen the movie already or maybe are going to see it soon, so I won't be telling the plot of the story. Just my opinion of the movie.

Of course I liked the movie! The Twilight movies always have a good story (and fantasy) and I'm a big fan of them. This movie even convinced me to read all the books. A friend of mine has all the books and I am going to borrow them. I've already read Eclips and saw the movie. I can honestly say that a book tells you so much more than a movie can. You see that in Breaking Dawn too. They skip a lot in the movies, that is actually a part of the story. But I still like the movie!

Breaking Dawn is about Bella and a vampire Edward. They become wife and husband in the movie. Later Bella gets pregnant from him. The baby is not completely human and grows very fast. It will kill her if they don't find a solution for it. You can watch a trailer on youtube if you want to know more, because I don't want to tell too much about it. If you have seen the movie, please tell me what you think of it, because I like to read your opinions as well (and comment on them?)!

The sad thing is that the movie was split up in two parts and that means we have to wait for more. On the other hand, when you watch it back later you can watch more movies. Actually it's a kind of sad that there is only one movie, before it all ends.  :(

ROYAL WEDDING

Kate ‘will not obey’: Bride will follow Diana’s lead
and ditch ancient vow as she pledges to ‘love, comfort, honour and keep’

Kate Middleton will not vow to 'obey' Prince William in her wedding vows - following Princess Diana's lead, it was claimed last night.

The bride-to-be will instead promise to 'love, comfort, honour and keep' her husband.

The couple have decided themselves what they want to say in their vows.

Diana ditched royal protocol when she wed Prince Charles in 1981 and controversially did not vow to 'obey'.

But Diana, then just 20, failed to set a trend among royals. Sarah Ferguson and Sophie Rhys-Jones promised to obey in 1986 and 1999 respectively.

William, 28, and Kate 29, who marry at Westminster Abbey in just seven days time, decided on a version of their vows weeks ago but have kept the decision under wraps.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams praised the young couple for their approach to the wedding.

'They have a very simple, very direct picture of what really matters about this event.'

The couple are believed to have ditched tradition and the word 'obey' because after knowing each other for a decade - first at university - they treat each other very much as equals.

Rowan Williams, who will marry the couple, has described a wife pledging to 'obey' her husband and not vice-versa is archaic and could even be used to justify domestic violence.

Guidelines published by the Archbishop's Council in 2006 in the responding to Domestic Abuse report said: ‘A promise to obey was in the past part of different standards and expectations of women and men within marriage, for example the fact that women had no standing in law until 1926.’

At their weddings, William’s grandmother, the Queen, and his aunt, Princess Anne, used the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, which requires women to promise to ‘love, cherish and obey’.

The Bishop of Norwich, who conducted Sophie’s wedding to Prince Edward, defended their use of the traditional vows, claiming it was ‘no big deal’.

The Right Reverend Peter Nott said: ‘It is a mistaken assumption that when a bride says she will obey it means she is going to be subservient. It is to do with trust, and with listening, and to recognise that in a family you have different functions.

‘There are times when the husband will rightly obey the wife because she knows better and is the lead in that area.

'The partnership is equal and leadership in a good marriage always shifts. I think obey means “I trust you to make decisions that are for the good of the family”. It’s no big deal.'

Wedding reception centerpiece ideas

Wedding Reception Centerpiece Ideas

Innovative, gorgeous, sophisticated and creative wedding reception centerpiece ideas are basically the ideas which depict the mood, atmosphere and nature of the occasion. Some people like to hire professional designers and florists for this purpose and some like do on their own. By doing their own selves gave much satisfaction and pleasure.

Before brainstorming about wedding reception centerpiece ideas let us just make clear few things in our mind, which are:

• Your plan is must be easy going and stress free, make sure all the stuff is available when you    working on it
• Will the wedding be in traditional, cultural, modern or religious way
• Size of sitting area
• The placing and shape of tables
• Size of arrangement, width and length because people will want to talk with each other across the table so they have complete vision
• The Personality of bride and groom, their traditions, age and personalities
• The season, when wedding will be take place for example if it is summer(in which mostly weddings take place because of shinning days and availability of various species of flowers), cool and pastel colors will really look nice and in winter bright color really warm up the party, fresh arrangements will be preposterous in spring and fresh colors look great in fall
• Do not make big arrangement it will give feeling of being congested and overcrowded
• Containers are very important object! You can use different vases or plates too, but it must be according to your theme, you can make centerpiece in the combination of different vases, flat plates and trays
• Add fancy looking chocolates, this will give nice and romantic touch
• You can also add freshly available fruits by cutting into pieces or not. Citrus fruit are preferable because of their fresh fragrance
• Let your imagination go wild, use fresh vegetable like asparagus, artichoke and green beans etc
• Fresh and dry both arrangements will work, fresh roses with Scattering petals give a very romantic and elegant touch and completely or partially dried arrangements also works
• Sea shells and artificial pearl give nice, elegant touch in pool side wedding 
• In tropical wedding use bananas, pineapples, and coconut with wild tropical flowers
• You can use balloons with different color combination
• Glass object like bowls or other sophisticated and stylish objects specially with candles, ribbons, napkins and silk pieces can be use for classy and stylish touch 
• There are many ready made decorative objects are available in market, like unique fillers, such as colorful water, glass marbles, heart shaped candies, coffee beans, or sand. you can also search the Wholesale market such as artificial flowers and other fancy things which will make the task more convenient    
• Upcoming events can be your advantage like little Santa will look nice when Christmas
•  Add some fragrant objects, like floating fragrant candles in bowl
• Some designer like to add wine bottle
• Using branches, bamboo, long grasses, and different sizes of pine-cones make presentation eye soothing and more interesting  

 

Principles to arrange the wedding reception centerpiece

Design or arrange the wedding reception centerpiece is an Art! And it has some basic principals which are:

The Design:

It is the structural pattern of the arrangement. It resolute by the location, occasion and the materials you choose.

      Balancing:

It is focused on symmetrical balance by keeping the things in mind about the colors, size and different shapes of all the objects and materials.

Space: Size of the arrangement with combination of different objects.

Rhythm: A very eye catchy flow of design.

Harmony: The appropriate use of all the colors, material and resources in wedding reception centerpiece and also in whole area.

 

Flowers for wedding reception centerpiece:

Flowers are like ambassador of the occasion. Flowers have their own language to express the feeling of the occasion. You can choose flowers according to the spirit of the party. For example

Daisy and Carnations mostly used in somehow the sad way

Lily is a symbol of purity and related with maiden goddesses, in the Catholic tradition, it is also related   with the Virgin Mary

·           Lily of the Valley, In Irish folk law, these flowers are Symbols of ladders climbed by fairies 

·          Red Carnation portrays Intense love

·          Red Chrysanthemums depict "I desire you"

·          Lavender says  "I love you too"

·          Red Rose  all embracing love

·          Wallflower describe Consistency ,"my love will be strong in good times and bad"

 

Different decoration styles

Select a theme like English, Chinese or Japanese

·          Akabana

·          Japanese Bonsai art

·          Chinese flower vase

·          Classic and modern styles

·          Fairy tale presentation

·          Indian and other Asian region styles

Now with the help of this article, you have lot of ideas about how to design your or any other beloved’s wedding centerpiece. We wish all the joy, fun and happiness on this lovely occasion.