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Engaging ways: from then, and now
You're engaged, and suddenly
everyone's got advice for you -
your mother, his mother, friends
and relatives, perhaps even grand
parents. They all mean well, but as
a bride of the nineties, you have the
freedom to do things your way.
According to Bride's Magazine,
engaged couples of just a genera
tion ago followed a much stricter
code of wedding “rules” than do
brides and grooms right now.
Today, you can choose to follow
the traditions that mean most to
you, and tailor the rules to suit your
style.
The Proposal
Then: The groom asked the
bride’s father for her hand.
Now: The couple decides to
marry, and the proposal may be
dramatic - a diamond in a cham
pagne glass, the words, “Will you
marry me?” flashed across a
stadium scoreboard. News of the
engagement is FAXed to family
and friends.
The Invitations
Then: Invitations were formal,
engraved, and issued by the bride's
parents.
Novo: Invitations reflect the spirit
of the celebration. They may be
Champagne part of
romantic tradition
Champagne is the most romantic
of wines. Its sparkling effer
vescence toasts the sweetness and
hope of new marriage, the celebra
tion of life's successes, the arrival
of tiny new lives, the anniversaries
of love.
It's a time-honoured tradition to
toast the new bride and groom with
a shimmering glass of champagne
or sparkling wine. And champagne
can add a festive elegance to your
wedding in many ways:
• Add sparkle to your wedding
table with bright, shiny confetti and
glittery metallic ribbons entwined
in the flowers and tied to the chair
backs. Have your florist create
table arrangements using cham
pagne buckets or clusters of grace
ful champagne flutes.
• Consider champagne as gifts for
the bridal party and anyone else
who helped smooth the way for a
perfect wedding day. A bottle of
champagne with a champagne
bucket (and perhaps one of the new
champagne stoppers) will let them
relive the happiness of your wed
ding with their own special some
one.
• Don't assume good champagne
is too expensive for your wedding
budget. There are many excellent
and reasonably priced sparkling
wines from California from which
to choose.
• Why not serve champagne
throughout the wedding meal? It
will add to the festive feeling of
your special day. Champagnes and
sparkling wines are excellent
accompaniments to food, especially
light fish and poultry dishes with
cream sauces. Ask your caterer to
work it into the menu.
• Give special guests - mom and
dad, grandma and your favourite
cousin - corks from champagne
popped for the occasion. Mark the
corks: “Mary and Joe's wedding
day,” with the date, for a wonderful
wedding memento.
And when the wedding's over,
champagne can help the romance
live on. Plan to make champagne a
part of your married life. Create
your own champagne traditions,
and keep the spark alive! Cham
pagne and sparkling wine can
enliven any celebration, no matter
how big or small the triumph.
Served with Wednesday night's
dinner, champagne can pick up the
whole week!
etched on glass, printed on hand-
painted cards, collaged from mem
orabilia of the couple's courtship,
lettered on scrolls.
The Bride
Then: The bride's full-time job
was to work on wedding details
with her mother.
Now: Career-minded brides don’t
let wedding planning disrupt their
jobs. Weekends and lunch hours
are prime planning time, and an
increasing number of professional
brides-to-be hire a wedding consul
tant to handle the specifics.
The Groom
Then: All that was expected of
him was to show up on the wed
ding day.
Now: He takes part in planning
his wedding, interviewing photo
graphers, screening bands and help
ing select the wedding menu.
The Shower
Then: Women gathered for an
afternoon to shower the bride with
household items, linen, lingerie.
Now: Showers may be coed -
and at night - and with gift themes
that revolve around the couple's
interests.
The Site
Then: Couples planned to marry
in a church, synagogue, hotel or at
home.
Now: The trend is toward
ceremonial sites which evoke a
sense of history or have a special
appeal - an elegant Victorian man
sion, a museum, or a spacious loft,
for example.
The Cake
Then: The bride's cake was a
white, tiered confection with white
frosting, and a plastic bride and
groom on top.
Now: Cakes are creative works,
decorated expressly to complement
the wedding theme. Flavours are
for sophisticated palates - spice,
carrot, cheesecake, lemon, orange,
chocolate mocha, and sometimes
all of them at once.
To top it off, couples choose Mickey and Minnie figurines, or a
something special: a pair of crystal custom-made bride and groom
swans, a miniature flower basket," painted to resemble themselves.
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"Where Lasting Memories Begin"
Radiant complexion
reflects inner happiness
Your wedding day, the one
you've dreamed of since you were a
little girl, is just a few weeks away.
You've bought your wedding gown,
the most beautiful dress you've ever
owned, and a romantic veil that
frames your face. Everything
should be perfect!
But, comes the actual day of your
wedding, and ... horrors! Your skin
looks drawn and gray, the result of
months of stress and strain that
have gone into planning the wed
ding event.
How can you make sure this
doesn’t happen to you?
The time to start is right now,
weeks or even months before the
wedding day.
To tum your skin into a radiant,
glowing reflection of your inner
happiness, you must find time
every day to pamper your face and
body with a good skin care regimen
that nourishes and cleanses both
inside and out.
Here's how:
1. Diet: Be sure to include lots of
vegetables, fish and whole grains in
your diet. Drink at least six to eight
glasses of water a day to cleanse
your system and to help clarify
your skin.
2. Minimize Stress: Try to relax
as much as possible by giving your
self time alone to listen to music,
read, exercise or simply unwind.
3. Cleansing (Daily): Cleanse
your face at least twice a day by
washing with a mild soap and
water, then use witch hazel to
remove remaining traces of makeup
and soap residue.
After your bath or shower, a
splash of witch hazel liquid helps
tone your skin all over. Witch hazel
is a mild, non-drying astringent that
can be used as often as you like
without fear of irritation.
4. Cleansing (Once a Week):
Once a week, use an exfoliator
such as cleansing grains or a mild,
herbal mask to remove deep down
dirt. Follow with an application of
witch hazel to soothe and smooth
the skin.
5. Moisturize: Use a moisturizer
every time you cleanse your face.
For daytime cleansing, follow up
with a light moisturizer. Before
going to bed, use a richer variety.
When using a body moisturizer,
try smoothing it on after you bathe
or shower so that the warmth of
your skin and steam from the show
er can help the lotion to penetrate.
6. Stay Out of the Sun: If you
must sunbathe, remember to apply
a lotion that contains a SPF of at
least 15. If you plan on spending a
lot of time outdoors in sunny areas,
wear a hat with a large brim to keep
your face in the shade.
By devoting just a few minutes
each day to “romancing” your skin,
you can be sure you'll present the
perfect picture of a happy, glowing
bride that looks as beautiful as she
feels.
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the purchase of wedding bands
by such respected names as
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By the area's leading diamond seller
Gemini Jewellers (Listowel) Ltd.
(does not apply to merchandise already
discounted)
Authorized by David Hicks
Expires________June 30.1992
Gemini Jewellers
The Ring Leader
102 Main St. West. Listowel