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Writing invitations for informal weddings is a bit different than invitations for more formal ones. Since we have encountered many that have struggled to piece their invite together, we have provided some tips on writing an informal wedding invite below.

Does "keep it simple stupid" ring a bell? Well, KISS couldn't be more applicable to informal wedding invites. Most people forget that they have to include a significant amount of information in their invites and thus proceed to cram it with useless junk. Overcrowding your invite is one of the worst things you can do. Not only may you confuse guests, but you may also encourage them to gloss over important information. Find a special quote or an excerpt from a poem, select a place for it in your invite and wrap up the process. There's no need to add additional reading material.

While addressing your potential guest in the invite, feel free to use lower diction wording - just don't exaggerate. You want to avoid using slang words or any other words that could be considered inappropriate.

Finally, don't focus too much attention on the small details. Many people spend days trying to decide whether a particular part of their informal invite needs to be capitalized or italicized. These types of things aren't important to us. If we were writing a more formal invite, we would dedicate much more attention to these smaller details.

As a final reminder, be sure to mail out your invitations several weeks prior to your wedding. You don't want to procrastinate on the wedding invitation process and have the invites mailed out a mere week before the wedding. You need to give your guests plenty of notice before you hold your wedding. Otherwise, you may find that attendance is minimal. Get working on your invites as quickly as possible to ensure that everyone on your guest list makes it to your wedding.

the wedding bells

Bells have become a great tradition at weddings and putting out some stunning bell favors will certainly add to the entertainment of your wedding. Whenever the guests want to see a loving kiss between the bride and groom they can ring these bells that you have placed at their seats for them to take home and remember your special day forever. Bell wedding favors come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and styles anywhere from traditional to unique and contemporary. Placing some shining bells around the tables at your wedding reception will certainly brighten the mood of the party with the light they shed all over the wedding hall. Each bell represents the special loving bond between the bride and groom that is so palpable in the atmosphere at a beautiful wedding party. Here are a few product suggestions to help you make your wedding more beautiful and to get your guests involved in the events of your wedding.

Gold Toned Favor Bells:

These are very simple golden colored bells that will add elegance to your wedding reception. Each bell has a solid handle at the top with a whole through the center that can be used to tie on personal tags or to even hang the bells from walls, ceilings, or anywhere else you can think of. The tag that comes with the bell states "The air will fill with a joyous sound when the jingling bells are passed around. Ring as a signal to toast and cheer, Celebration Bells bring luck to all who hear!"

Bride and Groom Silver Plated Bell:

The contemporary style of this bell will add some culture and panache to your wedding tables. The handle of these wonderful bells are crafted into the forms of the bride and groom looking into each other's eyes as they share a loving dance on their wedding day. The curving form of the bell and handle really make this an eye-catching wedding favor that your guests will appreciate and praise you for.

Tie-on Wedding Bells:

These small bells can be stringed and tied to anything form wedding favors to bubbles to centerpieces. The little bells are a golden color and have a unique twinkling sound when they are shaken and clanged together. Your guests will love these adorable additions that you tie onto anything you desire at your wedding reception.

Silver Bell Heart Place Card Holder:

This is a unique bell because it doubles as a place card holder. The sheer good looks of this wedding bell will add style to your wedding table while also serving its use as an indication of where each guest is to be seated at your wedding reception. The heart at the top is a simple tribute to the love shared between the bride and groom.

clip art wedding bells

Nipple jewelry can be so exciting. The younger boys and girls typically wear piercing jewelry as an expression of their self confidence. It is hip, fun, sexy, and for the girls, something to show off to the boys if the boys are lucky enough to get a peek.

Piercing jewelry can be dangerous though. It can, if not done right, or taken care of correctly, cause allergies, infections, scars and other more serious complications that can go on for a lifetime. There are been cases where some women experience painful nursing or even blockage of the milk ducts. Non piercing body jewelry would be a great alternative to these issues.

Non piercing nipple jewelry gives the illusion of piercing without the side effects. Using nipple clips will also eliminate the pain of piercing jewelry. You can also wear nipple chains, nipple shields, belly clips, handcuff jewelry, bells and other sexy items from the nipple. Material can be as expensive as gold or platinum to as economical as surgical steel, plastic, glass or other man-made fibers. All look sexy and wear well.

Some of the nipple jewelry adheres to the body by clip, magnet, spirit or eyelash glue, pinching the skin slightly to attach or other means. NEVER is there piercing involved. So you can wear this jewelry often or now, or swap out different styles immediately. No need to worry that a hole will close up and you will have to spend more money at the tattoo parlor or piercers.

Nipple Jewelry is sexy and fun to wear. This is very trending jewelry yes it is here to stay. As NippleCharms.com states in it's tag line:

All the pleasure and none of the pain.

Nipple Rings from NippleCharms.com and fashion go hand in hand.

rogers, wedding bells

The Tower of London is not one single tower but a complex of buildings. The towers that make up the Tower are:

1.Beauchamp Tower

Built by Edward I, the tower takes its name from a fourteenth-century prisoner, Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. The Beauchamp Tower is home to some of the most elaborate inscriptions carved by those who were kept prisoner in Tudor times. Some show remarkably detailed heraldic symbols but one of the most moving is simply the name 'Jane' which refers to the nine-day queen, Lady Jane Grey, executed at the age of 17 in 1554, and was probably carved into the wall by her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, who was imprisoned here before mounting the scaffold himself.

2.Bell Tower

The second oldest of the towers, the Bell Tower was built in the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Sir Thomas More was imprisoned there in 1534, as was the future Elizabeth I, who was confined there during the reign of her sister Mary.

3. Bloody Tower

Originally the Garden Tower, the Bloody Tower gained its more familiar name in the sixteenth century because it was the place where the young princes, sons of Edward IV, were supposed to have been done to death on the orders of their wicked uncle. The Bloody Tower has undoubtedly seen other murders. It was the place where the Jacobean courtier and writer Sir Thomas Overbury met his end, finished off by a poisoned enema applied on the orders of a powerful noblewoman he had been foolhardy enough to cross.

4.Bowyer Tower

According to tradition, the Bowyer Tower was where the Duke of Clarence, troublesome brother of Edward IV and Richard III, was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine. Shakespeare shows the murder in Richard III, although his setting is described simply as 'The Tower. London'.

5.Brick Tower

Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Brick Tower in 1592 after incurring Elizabeth I's displeasure by seducing one of her maids of honour, Elizabeth Throckmorton, making her pregnant and having the temerity to marry her in secret. The queen's servants were expected to seek her permission before marrying and, although Sir Walter was released from the Tower, the Raleighs were in disgrace for many years.

6.Broad Arrow Tower

Part of Henry Ill's extensions to the Tower in the middle of the thirteenth century, the Broad Arrow Tower took its name from the motif that was stamped on goods to show they were the property of the crown.

7.Byward Tower

Probably named for its proximity to the old Warders' Hall, this is the tower from which the chief warder emerges each night to perform the Ceremony of the Keys before locking the whole Tower complex for the night.

8.Constable Tower

In the past, this tower has been the used as the official accommodation of the Constable of the Tower. Today it contains a model of the Tower of London as it appeared in the Middle Ages.

9.Cradle Tower

Built in the middle of the fourteenth century, the Cradle Tower owes its name not to a bed for a child but to a kind of hoist which allowed boats to be raised from the river to the level of the tower's gateway. It was from the Cradle Tower that the Jesuit priest John Gerard made his escape in 1597.

10.Develin Tower

The furthest east of the towers and one not open to the public, the Develin Tower once opened onto a drawbridge which ran across the moat to the since-demolished Iron Gate.

11.Devereux Tower

The tower is named after Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was imprisoned here after his abortive coup against her in 1601. Essex had hoped that Londoners would rise to join him but most watched with indifference as he marched through the streets with a handful of men. He was captured, imprisoned in the tower that bears his name and executed on Tower Hill.

12.Flint Tower

The tower is so named because of the flint stone used to build it. Like many of the towers within the complex it was largely reconstructed in Victorian times.

13.Lanthorn Tower

The tower was named for the lantern that was placed at its top as a guide for boats on the Thames.

14.Lion Tower

The Lion Tower, no longer in existence, stood on the site of the present ticket office and refreshment room and it was where the Royal Menagerie was once housed. The menagerie was established during the reign of Henry III after gifts of three leopards from the Holy Roman Emperor and a polar bear from the king of Norway. With a chain around its neck to prevent it escaping, the polar bear would swim in the Thames near the Tower to catch its supper. Other animals followed, including an elephant from the king of France which is buried somewhere within the Tower of London, and the menagerie became one of the great sights of London for centuries. The animals were eventually sent to Regent's Park to the new London Zoo in the early 1830s. The tower was demolished some twenty years later, although the Lion Gate still stands.

15.Martin Tower

Built by Henry III, the Martin Tower was where Henry Percy, the ninth earl of Northumberland, known as the 'Wizard Earl' for his scientific and alchemical experiments, was imprisoned by James I for sixteen years on suspicion of involvement in the Gunpowder Plot. Also known as the Jewel Tower (the Crown Jewels were kept here from 1669 to 1841) this was the scene of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal the Crown Jewels. Eleven German spies faced a firing squad outside the tower in World War I.

16.Middle Tower

The main entrance for visitors to the Tower complex today, the Middle Tower, as the name suggests, once stood between the demolished Lion Tower and the Byward Tower.

17.St Thomas's Tower

Standing above Traitor's Gate, the tower takes its name from St Thomas a Becket who was Constable of the Tower in 1162. Sir Roger Casement, the former diplomat and Irish Nationalist who was accused of treason after attempting to transport arms from Germany for use in Dublin's Easter Rising, was held in this tower in 1916 before his trial and execution.

18.Salt Tower

The Salt Tower contains a number of elaborate carved inscriptions including one which was created by a man called Hugh Draper who was imprisoned on suspicion of witchcraft in 1561. This complicated diagram cut into the stone and intended for casting horoscopes has the words 'Hew Draper of Brystow made this sphere the 30 daye of Maye anno 1561'.

19.Wakefield Tower

Henry VI died in the Wakefield Tower and a ceremony in which lilies are placed on the spot where he was believed to have been murdered was instituted in 1923, paid for by Eton College as a mark of respect to the college's founder.

20.Wardrobe Tower

Partially demolished in the reign of Charles II, the Wardrobe Tower was originally built on the foundation of a Roman bastion and was the place where the king's clothing, armour and equipment were kept in the Middle Ages.

21.Well Tower

Built at the time that Edward I was expanding the Tower complex in the thirteenth century, the Well Tower contained two shafts used for drawing up water.

22.White Tower

The oldest part of the Tower, this was built in the reign of William the Conqueror.

Look for holiday rentals London to visit some of this great Towers and have wonderful holiday.

bride wedding shoes

Weddings involve a tremendous amount of planning. It may take months to find the dress you want to wear down the aisle. You have to decide whether you want the bridesmaids to wear dresses you find ready made, or dresses you have sewn specially to fit them. Colors and styles are difficult to choose, too. Then, there are details like the kind of cake you want and who you will trust to bake and decorate it. Along with all these decisions is the choice of wedding shoes.

You will be busy the whole day of your wedding. There is no reason to make yourself uncomfortable unless you are certain you want to wear dressy shoes. Women's dress shoes can be beautiful, certainly. If you are wearing a wedding dress that is not full length, you will probably want to wear elegant high heeled shoes in a white or candlelight color, or any shade that matches your dress. You will want to look your best, but keeping the heels in the lower height range of high heeled shoes is a good idea. You will be walking too much to be comfortable in stiletto heels. With a lower heel, you can look graceful and be comfortable at the same time.

If you are wearing a full length dress, you have the opportunity to take comfort to the next level. No one will likely notice your shoes under a long dress, especially if it has a train. Your feet will be securely hidden from view. Many brides take advantage of this fact by wearing alternative wedding shoes that may seem unusual if you have not been around brides lately.

Ballet shoes can be worn as bridal shoes. Ballet shoes are some of the most comfortable wedding shoes, yet they look dainty if your feet ever do show. Brides can wear ballet shoes and never fear getting a blister or twisted ankle from wearing tight or high heeled shoes. Ballet shoes often come in white and pink, but other colors are sometimes available.

Comfort can be very important to brides. Many brides now wear simple white tennis shoes as wedding shoes for the comfort they provide. Tennis shoes could even be seen as appropriate, considering all the running a bride will have to do to coordinate every little detail on her wedding day. Some brides even wear house slippers as wedding shoes. Whether standing at the altar or gliding across the dance floor, there is no reason a bride should be in misery because of her shoes.

Alternative shoes are also advantageous because they are not expensive. Weddings can cost a small fortune, but that does not mean your shoes have to be costly as well. If you want to buy cheap shoes for your wedding, you are much better off buying comfortable footwear at a low price than cheap knock-offs of expensive brand name wedding shoes. These cheap imitations do not look as good as the wedding shoes they imitate. They do not hold up as well, and may even come apart on the day of the wedding. That is the last thing a bride needs to worry about. Besides that, the cheaper the dress shoe, the more uncomfortable it usually is. It is much better in every way to find the most comfortable bridal shoes that are appropriate to go with your wedding dress.

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Many brides want to consider red wedding shoes. Red is a fabulous choice for wedding accessories. Bridal ballet shoes are available in red in a range of styles. Red is lush and beautiful, be it in velvet, satin, taffeta, silk or leather. The shades of red fill the spectrum from hot poppy shades to elegant rose red, and the cooler wine-maroon shades.

To accent traditional white gowns, cream colored or champagne colored dresses, red is a strong and lovely accent. The flat ballet style shoe in red is the perfect punctuation mark on a white stockinged leg.

Flowers on the shoes, on the wrist, for bouquets, and in the hair are easy to accessorize in red tones. Flowers can be chosen for their appearance, and also for the qualities they traditionally represent.

The red Aster for example, used to be considered enchanted, and capable of warding off evil.

The Anthurium represents hospitality. The gleaming heart shaped flower is long lasting and radiant.

A red Carnation stands for admiration. The deep color is often mixed with the pure white of its kind, which represents good luck.

Red Chrysanthemums stand for sharing.

Red roses stand for passionate love, and red tulips are a declaration of love. So if the messages conveyed by flowers in older times interests you, have fun weaving them into your red accents in your wedding party's stylish look.

Red flat shoes are going to be easy to find. Once a style of ballet flat has been chosen, if it is not available in the perfect hue of red, then any particular shade, the exact color needed, can be mixed and dyed.

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As you would suppose just from the name, men's alligator shoes are of course, shoes that are constructed of alligator hides, which are skins taken from animals for human usage. The use of Alligator skins to make leather for men's shoes is an excellent because of its durability. Men's alligator shoes can be a little tough or expensive to obtain because it is quite in demand in the footwear category. To make it even more difficult, until recently alligators were considered by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States as an endangered species. Just a couple months back, due to careful controls, the popular reptilian products are now back on the sales rack because the alligator population is now off the list of endangered species and are actually being put on the list of creatures that will be allowed to be hunted with some restrictions.

Alligators have existed in this planet about 20 million years now according to scientists. Alligators, which are very closely related to crocodiles, are also related to the dinosaurs. This is why they have the saw-like teeth and those rough skins that are nearly impenetrable. This is also the same quality that gives alligator hides their rigidness and durability. Alligator hides do not only make great men's shoes; they also make great belts, belt straps, braces and wallets.

Of the few manufacturers of men's alligator shoes here are the most recommended men's alligator shoes manufacturer and some online retailer of men's alligator shoes:

The David Eden Company is an exotic skin shoe manufacturing company that features a diverse variety of alligator shoes, as well as crocodile, lizard, emu and other animal skin combination. Their vast selection of alligator shoes ranges from plain, conservative colors to higher fashion styles.

Mezlan is another great shoemaker that offers the finest quality shoes from Spain. Their alligator shoes are made for both style and comfort and feature some of the best craftsmanship in high quality exotic shoes.

The International Manufacturing Group Int. is a shoe company that is just beginning to make its mark in the exotic shoe industry. They are known for having very low price on their products.

Regent Shoes is known worldwide for their large selection of top fashion footwear that are worn all over the globe. Regent Shoes offers the best quality footwear with the latest in style and fashion. The company also has a wide array of colors and exotic materials available at a wide range of prices. Regent Shoe's claim to fame and the staple of their business is their exotic skin shoe department. Regent Shoes has diverse skin combinations, style, colors and sizes. They also have a wide assortment of wide-width footwear.

Alligator shoes can be very expensive but owning even just one pair is like owning a very limited treasure of nature.

gold wedding shoes

Platinum is often considered the best there is, and with good cause. It can make diamonds sparkle like no other metal can and is much harder than white gold. But if you can't afford the platinum price tag, than palladium is a good option to consider.

The main benefit of palladium over platinum wedding rings is price. Platinum is a much more dense metal than both gold and palladium, and thus weighs a lot more. Usually, you are paying for weight with precious metals. They are most often sold on commodity markets by the troy ounce. While the volume may be the same for both a platinum, white gold, and palladium ring, the weight and density of the platinum ring will be almost double, along with the price tag.

Both palladium and platinum offer superb stone security when setting diamonds, much better than that of white gold. The prongs have very minimal spring back and both metals seem to wear well for this application.

Wedding rings made of palladium and platinum are also both very pure metals, usually 95% pure with the remaining 5% being ruthenium or iridium. This is great for those who need hypo-allergenic rings, as both metals will be far less likely to cause allergic reaction than those of white gold. Palladium is usually marked 950PD while platinum carries the mark PT950.

In our experience, both metals wear well. Palladium is a naturally white metal, just as platinum is, and will look shiny and new as long as you clean and polish is regularly. Platinum also requires maintenance, though not as often. However, the maintenance is more intensive and takes longer when you get it done. Over many years the cost will be a wash, but platinum will likely save you a few trips to the jewelery store.

Chances are that if you're looking for a palladium or platinum wedding band you don't want to consider white gold. However, there are some options that have presented themselves with recent technology that give white gold the same advantages as palladium and platinum with a similar price tag. These new white golds stay white and don't need rhodium plating. They are often referred to as precise white gold rings. Our favorite is the new X1 white gold from Stuller. This is available by request in most our gold bands at Wedding Rings Forever. This metal ranks just below platinum on the "whiteness" scale and just above palladium.

For now it still seems that platinum is a superior choice for luster and wear. It is also a completely inert metal that will not react, meaning no oxidation or tarnish. However, the new X1 gold and 950PD palladium will certainly be competitors coming into the future.

wide heel wedding shoes

as the name indicates, the special shoes designed and made to wear while engaging in ball room dance. Generally there are two categories of ball room dance, as recognized by International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF): ballroom dance and Latin American dance. There are two kinds of ball room shoes, one each for each category. The main design specification of ball room shoes is the suede soles. Also in general, ball room shoes are of low heel variety, especially for shoes intended for women. For men, ball room shoes have one-inch heels. For ladies, ball room shoes have two-inch heels. The main attraction of the ball room shoes is the attractive multi-color fabric of the shoes. The colors are designed to provide a match for the multi-color dress of the ball room dancer. Low heel shoes are used for ball room dancing because the weight of the dancer is distributed across the foot. It should be kept in mind that for Latin American dance the shoes have higher heels. It is intended to distribute the weight of the dancer to the toes. Low heel shoes allow freedom of movement while dancing, which in turn provides physical convenience and mental comfort. So it is possible to dance for more time wearing low heel shoes than with conventional shoes. There is no danger of the dancer's feet swelling or ankle twisting with low-heel ball room dance shoes.

In spite of the obvious advantages of low heel shoes, it is always better to try the shoes before buying. In cities, there are plenty of shops that offer a wide variety of ball room shoes with excellent quality. But there is good news for rural people. There are several good online shops in Internet that offer good quality shoes in bargain prices. There are several types of ball room shoes available in the market. Tan leather shoe is the basic kind of single-strap shoe. Black Nubuck shoe is a special kind that looks extremely good while dancing and it is said to provide an appearance of sophistication while dancing. Gold sparklenet shoe is a glittering variety that is going to shine in the dance floor. Light brown shoes are another highly popular variety of ball room shoes. An attractive collection of low-heel ball room shoes is known as Stephanie Latin Shoes. Another attractive, though expensive, collection is the Celebrity Spectator shoes. Also available are some vintage ball room dance shoes. Among the vintage shoes, the most popular series is Remix Vintage Shoes. In this series, 1940s Wedgies and Classic Saddle Shoes are two of the excellent varieties. These shoes are cute and unique and provide a highly comfortable feeling while dancing.