tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69384914608178768162024-02-18T22:46:10.982-08:00Crepe Bouquet For more information about me visit www.crepebouquet.com.au Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-31806908134591220812014-01-22T05:46:00.003-08:002014-01-22T05:50:39.311-08:00Writing your own vows v2.0<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I have written about this earlier, but I am always inspired by conversations with my clients. Different people consider this option, and its difficulty or simplicity quite differently. The matter is subjective, so I hope this gives you a little help to Keep Calm and ... anyway - Have a great week :-)</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">In your
vows, you speak in future-tense. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">This is
because, in your marriage, you make decisions that affect both of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">You are
making a promise today, that is the promise you will deliver tomorrow,
everyday, 2, 5, 10 + years from now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
greatest promise you feared to give to yourself, for tomorrow – what is it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can
research, you can write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You can feel it is all not-so-easy. BUT! Y</span>ou
will know the words when you see them. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Because these will be your words..</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Borrow them, conjure
them, use your ‘speak’ or jargon, or the jokes your mum use to tell you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are words you will own, and these
words will help you and your marriage become exactly what you mean for it to
be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">I promise
to be your partner, lover, companion and friend;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Your comrade in
adventure and your accomplice in mischief.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">I vow to laugh with you
in joy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
support you in sorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">When our
love grows easily, and when it is an effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">I promise
to enter this marriage</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">To give everything I am</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">From this moment</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">To celebrate our life
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">I will love, respect
and cherish you </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">through all of our
days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When tailoring a reading for your wedding, consider also MUSIC! Your favourite song can be amended to be customised and very unique. It would make for a very lyrical reading too.<br />
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If you have an idea to share, feel free to email me and I can share it with others too.<br />
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And here's a pic of me performing a ceremony on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge last week. I am bottom far right. Sorry you can't hear what I'm saying :-)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-3582554213280274802013-05-18T02:05:00.003-07:002013-05-18T02:05:54.677-07:00May 2013So far, no clients have adopted the idea of having a performance or re-enactment instead of a Reading in their ceremony.<br />
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I've had songs being performed however, and that worked really well!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-48996297313008789112013-05-18T02:03:00.000-07:002013-05-18T02:03:32.267-07:00Planning, planning...Just a few ideas you might want to use, that I have applied having assisted with the coordination, logistics, ceremony and reception MC for a few friends on their big day. So far, no contingency plans have been executed, but you should definitely have them!<br />
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If you want to keep your guests in suspense as to a mystery location (or if you just do not wish to delegate communications for unexpected changes to location), try setting up a blog before you print your invites. Or failing that, sign up to a pre-paid mobile.<br />
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You can blog your developments and cast updates to guests who may not be connected on social media.<br />
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If using a prepaid mobile, you could record a voice invitation in that inbox and send your invites with that mobile number. You can update the inbox message as needed (like tweets), or also confirm or change location details so that your guests can dial in and find out.<br />
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I've also compiled a document to list the info you should typically share to your helpers on the big day.</div>
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You can download these from www.crepebouquet.com.au</div>
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Happy planning!<br />
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P.s. if you're based in Sydney, I've found white wedding umbrellas are available for $20 in Crows Nest. email me if you need details :-)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-34721990653399606312013-03-19T05:22:00.001-07:002013-03-19T05:22:14.031-07:00Reading: You, are.<br />
A florist's harp<br />
With love awoken<br />
When you hand held mine.<br />
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A beat that skipped<br />
Held firm by score untripped<br />
When your heart held mine.<br />
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Your gentle grace<br />
A melody's fair<br />
Embrace<br />
Soft words<br />
Your laugh<br />
Like light<br />
The only compare.<br />
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With only your hand<br />
My being at your call.<br />
You teach me to love<br />
To care for<br />
Cherish evermore.<br />
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My rhythm<br />
My rest<br />
Reason to be complete.<br />
You, are.<br />
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2013 - By Crepe Bouquet<br />
Permission given to be used in ceremonies. <br />
Share your story by contacting me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-33546469737463418382012-12-25T04:53:00.002-08:002012-12-25T04:53:47.904-08:00Writing your own vows
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Whether you are choosing vows from the scripted collection of your Celebrant - you are writing them in history. Your history.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Can you write your own? - of course!</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">With all the tasks to prepare and delegate, couples often cite the simpler vows - trusted and tested - that at first sound so foreign, so surreal, comes to be the memory most entrenched to mark the day. All the preparations are done, every schedule is coordinated, and yet the seemingly simple 30-50 words will always mark the beginning of all that is to come.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Unless you wish for it, vows will not be an eloquent speech.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">It is personal and intimate. It is something you always wish to say - but not in front of all of the world. But you will.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">When you start, think of who you are, who your partner is, and what you wish to give and receive in return in marriage.</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Cut and paste from the examples below what sounds right to you.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">With every word borrowed, insert a line of your own (if you like). </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Edit with your own inspiration. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Reduce to 8-12 lines.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Practice saying it out loud. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Happy writing!</span><br />
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<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I love how you make me feel so happy and loved.</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">From you, I could not ask for more.<span> </span>To you, I could not give less than everything I am.</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I promise to love, care for & be true to you</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">To trust and be honest with you</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">To share and celebrate our life together</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I promise to enter into this marriage with respect for your identity and freedom</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">And I promise to stand by you through everything together</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">whether in sickness or health, through poverty or wealth, I give the strength of my love from this day and always</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I promise my encouragement and my patience; my honesty and my loyalty; my strength and my love.</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I promise to be your partner, lover, companion and friend</td></tr>
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<tr height="26" style="page-break-before: always;"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">To be your partner in adventure, and accomplice in mischief</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I vow to laugh with you in joy, and support you in sorrow</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I make this promise to you as my best friend, my life's companion, and my (wife/husband)</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">You have challenged me and inspired me to become a better person.</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I pledge to share my life openly with you,to honour and care for you</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I join my life with yours as your husband/wife and best friend</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I promise to respect your dreams and encourage you to reach your goals</td></tr>
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<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I will love, cherish and respect you through all of our days</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I look forward to building our lives and a wonderful family together from now and always.</td></tr>
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<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">I commit to give my life to you in marriage, and to carry you through any challenge that may come our way</td></tr>
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<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">Together we are better than we could ever be alone</td></tr>
<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338"></td></tr>
<tr height="26"><td class="xl26" height="26" width="338">So from this day, I give you all that I am, and all you will help me come, for the rest of my life.</td></tr>
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<tr height="13"><td class="xl26" height="13" width="338">I promise to share everything that is me, with you, always.</td></tr>
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-12767006651294885552012-11-22T19:53:00.002-08:002012-11-22T19:53:37.514-08:00Inspirational Quote!<h3>
Love is the only game where two can play and both win</h3>
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- Erma Freesman</h4>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-36296944369409790532012-11-22T19:52:00.001-08:002013-02-03T04:33:47.480-08:00Reading: Sooner or Later<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">"Sooner or Later"</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">by Anon</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Sooner or later we begin to understand</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">that love is more than verses on valentines,</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">and romance in the movies.</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">We begin to know that love is here and now, real and true,</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">the most important thing in our lives.</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">For love is the creator of our favourite memories</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">and the foundation of our fondest dreams.</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Love is a promise that is always kept,</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">a fortune that can never be spent,</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">a seed that can flourish in even the most unlikely of places.</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">And this radiance that never fades,</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">this mysterious and magical joy, is the greatest treasure of all -</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">one known only by those who love.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-8467717970131067702012-09-23T05:30:00.004-07:002012-09-23T05:30:37.313-07:00Inspirational Quote!<h3>
<i><br />Love is a mysterious science. Love is finite - it is limited to what you can give. But, the more you give - the more you have. </i></h3>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-16443860204132482042012-09-12T19:27:00.000-07:002012-09-12T19:27:04.501-07:00Inspirational quote!<h4>
<em>There is no remedy for love but to love more.</em></h4>
- Henry David ThoreauAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-30401921509071999352012-09-11T01:46:00.000-07:002012-09-11T01:46:21.571-07:00Reading: philosophical
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>The reading below may be a philosophy you carry with you... </b></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>It may also suit you if you want to involve a younger person in the ceremony - which could be fun...</b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><b><i>"All I Ever Really
Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," by Robert Fulgham</i></b></span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">All of what I really need to
know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in
Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but
there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Share everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Play fair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Don't hit people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Put things back where you found
them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Clean up your own mess. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Don't take things that aren't
yours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Say sorry when you hurt
somebody. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wash your hands before you eat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Flush. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Warm cookies and cold milk are
good for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Give them to someone who feels
sad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Live a balanced life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Learn some and think some and
draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Take a nap every afternoon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be aware of wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Remember the little seed in the
plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows
how or why, but we are all like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Everything you need to know is
in there somewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">And it is still true, no matter how
old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick
together.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shakespeare </h3>
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When I have time, I'll try pulling an adapted memorable Shakespeare medley together. Surely there are enough memorable one-liners to infuse a ceremony - and everyone has *that* friend who can pull off the most amazing shakespearian prose!</div>
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But meanwhile, below Sonnet 116 is one of the more popular Shakespearian choices. Ever endearing and reflexive - and possibly a good conversation starter for the canapes after the ceremony, "So, what did you think about Shakey's" your guests could say...</div>
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SONNET 116</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Let me not to the marriage of true minds<br />Admit impediments. Love is not love<br />Which alters when it alteration finds,<br />Or bends with the remover to remove:<br />O no! it is an ever-fixed mark<br />That looks on tempests and is never shaken;<br />It is the star to every wandering bark,<br />Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.<br />Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks<br />Within his bending sickle's compass come:<br />Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,<br />But bears it out even to the edge of doom.<br /> If this be error and upon me proved,<br /> I never writ, nor no man ever loved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">- William Shakespeare</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-88736045977264212812012-08-26T07:28:00.002-07:002012-08-26T07:29:11.244-07:00Inspirational quote!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, 'Verdana Ref', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">loving someone deeply gives you courage"</strong> - Lao Tzu.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-42578714717580027442012-08-26T06:52:00.001-07:002012-08-26T07:00:28.569-07:00Reading: Love is patient and Kind<h4>
Did you know? </h4>
The reading below is one of the most popular readings for a wedding ceremony!<br />
<br />
The reading below carries with it a timeless wisdom. If you would like the warmth of history, and an element of self evident truth, if you would like to bring a tear or two to the eyes of those who may have seen or heard this piece over time, this is probably one for the romantic you.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Love is patient and kind</span><br />
(adapted from 1 Corinthians 13)<br />
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Love is always patient and kind<br />
It is never jealous<br />
Love is never boastful or conceited<br />
It is never rude or selfish<br />
It does not take offence<br />
And is not resentful.<br />
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Love takes no pleasure in other people's faults<br />
But delights in the truth<br />
It is always ready to excuse, to trust and to hope<br />
It is always ready to endure whatever comes.<br />
Finally, true love does not come to an end.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-73714746292990604962012-08-23T04:47:00.000-07:002012-08-26T07:00:55.843-07:00Choosing a reading for your wedding<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Offbeatbride.com. talks about themed weddings and my
hit-and-miss research shows indicates that it is lauded that each wedding has
two or three Readings.</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In </span></span>part, it is entirely conventional. However, readings are part and parcel of personalising your
ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also gives you the
opportunity to ask family or close friends to contribute to the ceremony
without them stressing cluelessly wondering what they should say or do for you. (Or you stressing anxiously over what they could say or do for you!).<br />
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As literacy and the vernacular has changed, will a sonnet or two really hit the mark? So, how does
one choose?<br />
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You can pick a theme, you can pick your favourite writers or poems, your favourite scripts, something you both hold a memory too - but here are my simplest tips...</div>
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Crepe Bouquet Tips:</h4>
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<i><br />Choose a reading you would tell a child</i></h4>
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Too often have I heard structured and serious readings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn't matter that the audience are thesis adorned
philosophers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were all once children, there may be children there. Your wedding should always be a young memory regardless of the time that has passed since
your last birthdays.</div>
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<i>Choose a reading you want to and CAN remember</i></h4>
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You will have a lot to remember that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will you remember this reading? If not, why not?</div>
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<i>Choose a reading you can change and re-write for yourselves</i></h4>
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I didn't say the choice would be easy, and you are
unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A minor tweak of Peter
Rabbit, or a song you know, and as long as you had fun it could be your winner.</div>
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If in doubt...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Email me and I'll write you a random Haiku.</div>
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No one said a reading needs to make sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have fun!</div>
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Togetherness</h3>
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Love is a feeling of beautiful warmth<br />
One person can bring to your heart,<br />
A feeling of loneliness deep down inside<br />
Whenever you must be apart.<br />
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Love is a feeling of gladness that comes<br />
From the sign of that one happy smile,<br />
A feeling of comfort you have when you know<br />
There's someone there all the while.<br />
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Love is a feeling of magic and fun,<br />
A feeling of wonderful closeness you share<br />
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-17286472601279919492012-08-23T03:35:00.003-07:002012-08-23T03:35:30.987-07:00Did you know...The most popular colour for the traditional wedding dress is Ivory.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023282225495902669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938491460817876816.post-3534834638678085602012-08-18T02:07:00.002-07:002012-08-18T02:07:20.166-07:00What is the wedding ceremony?<br />
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What is the wedding ceremony?<br />
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I've done some basic web research to see what brides and grooms know about the wedding ceremony. <br />
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Everything is quite correct. And very practical. A few websites talk about the guests being on time, consider seating and bathrooms, don't lose the rings, completing the paperwork, flowers for the flower girls and rehearsing vows..<br />
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When you consult your celebrant, and we ask you what you want for the ceremony, we are focusing on something far more practical and personal. Your story.<br />
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Whether you are a romanticist, a realist or simply existential - you and your guests are actors on a page in a story that you are carefully or chaotically, intimiately or with a cast of thousands! drawing togther.<br />
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Crepe Bouquet says:<br />
"The ceremony is closure and a beginning <br />
Closure to you and your family,<br />
To friends and your community,<br />
Of your life and identity pre-marriage,<br />
To refresh you at your new beginning." <br />
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Crepe Bouquet<br />
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