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over the top,” Winikka said. “Sheer
“Brides are becoming more daring with lace, that’s sexy.”
Strauss suggested going sheer at
for their wedding-day looks and opting
the
bottom if legs are your best asset
for seductive silhouettes,” she said.
and
you’re uncomfortable with reveals
“Keren and I like to balance these
elsewhere.
bold shapes with
Cutouts are also
romantic details
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happening in bridal
such as soft tulle,
gowns. Winikka
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don’t have it,” she
want to consider a
said. “Make sure
more modest look
for the “I Dos” and then change for they’re placed at the natural waist if
you want to achieve that.”
fun, fun, fun at the reception.
Sexy is one thing, Winikka said, but
Convertible gowns are more plentiful. They include “infinity” looks with surveys done by TheKnot.com show
attached wraps and sashes that can that more brides respond to questions
be tied and twisted in different ways, about their dresses with: “I just want
offering more coverage for church and to look like me.”
Ultimately, Strauss said, a bride has
sexier scenarios for later. Other convertibles have detachable trains and to be true to herself when choosing a
gown.
transform into minis.
“You should dress for yourself,”
Since Kate Middleton’s grand nuptials with Prince William in 2011, she added. “You shouldn’t be worrysleeves on bridal gowns have picked ing about Uncle Harry. This is your
up steam. A gown with sleeves can red carpet day.”
Photos by the Associated Press
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Elizabeth Brandon, owner of the Los Angelesbased Wink! Weddings. “Try to take everything
with a grain of salt. This day is about her.”
Be a buffer
Being head bridesmaid means running interference between the bride and her other bridesmaids or any meddling family members.
“Be kind to your bride and help with internal
squabbles among the bridesmaids,” said Yolanda
Crous, features and travel director of Brides
Magazine.
Get together with the other bridesmaids
and let everyone vent, she says. “Feel free to
let loose.”
On the day of the wedding, ask the bride for
a list of the people with whom she’d like to interact, since she’ll be bombarded all day. If her new
mother-in-law ticked her off during the week,
steer her away from the bride, said Brandon.
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amazing cookie bar while the bride stays on the
dance floor with her champagne and is happy,”
she said.
Don’t go overboard
“It can be super-easy to get carried away and
plan a bridal shower that you think is perfect
and would make Martha Stewart proud. But if
it’s one the bride doesn’t want, you would be in
a world of trouble,” Brandon said.
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Succulents are showing up everywhere in the world of weddings, from
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They’re dainty yet hardy, and come
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special day.
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SUCCULENTS ARE shown here in a tea cup being used as a wedding favor. More and more
couples are using succulents as favors — an eco-friendly parting gift that’s far less likely to be
tossed in the trash when guests get home.
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California brides for years but has really taken
off thanks to social media sites like Pinterest
and Instagram.
Demand for drought-hardy succulents in the
gardening world has also made these once hardto-find plants readily available year-round across
the U.S., and at a cheaper price than more traditional wedding flowers like roses and peonies.
Taylor Cassard, a 27-year-old nursing student
in Montana, used a variety of light green rosetteshaped succulents from the Echeveria family in
her bouquet for a rustic yet modern look when
she got married at a guest ranch in Big Sky this
summer.
“They were absolutely gorgeous and mixed
so nicely with the other flowers to create a soft
natural look,” says Cassard, who planted some
of the succulents post-ceremony in metal buckets
used by her flower children.
Many wedding florists recommend sprinkling
succulents among traditional flowers rather than
creating an all-succulent bouquet, which can get
heavy and bulky-looking. The plants’ vibrant
green and sometimes purple colors pair especially well with jewel tones, burgundy and apricot shades. According to Prinzing, succulents
are a particularly nice complement to dahlias,
hydrangeas, lilies, orchids, roses and spring bulb
flowers.
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Traditions
Honoring
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incorporated into part of the reception
without dominating the event: think
small bites during cocktail hour, on
a dessert table or even as a midnight
snack to keep the party going.
“My grandmother, who I was
incredibly close to, was a major
chocoholic. So we had nice chocolates on all the tables and served a
chocolate cake,” says Julia Moss, who
got married last month in southern
California.
To honor her grandfather, a
baker who “made the world’s best
banana cream pie, we gave little jars
of banana cream pudding to all our
guests.”
She explained the connections
in short paragraphs in the wedding
program.
day. The tributes, silent or overt or
somewhere in between, are a good
idea for those who are missing somebody important that day, said San
Francisco wedding planner Kathryn
Kalabokes.
“A wedding is the one time that
everyone would be there, and when
you’ve lost someone, especially during
the planning process, it can be very
devastating,” she said. “The best thing
to do is to honor them because you
know that person would have been
there and been a significant part of
the wedding.”
A tribute, though, should feel right
for a celebratory day, nothing too
somber or serious.
“It is important to honor that
person who is close to you, but maintain the positivity and look ahead
to the life change and union of two
people,” said Jamie Miles, managing
editor of TheKnot.com.
To come up with a fitting tribute,
consider your relationship with the
person. What did he enjoy? What are
your memories of her? “It’s all about
making it a personalized remembrance and what feels right to you,”
Honoring lost loved ones
There are many ways to honor
loved ones who have died: pictures
set in empty chairs, charms of
remembrance on the bouquet, poetry
readings.
Rebecca Bridge chose a venue in
the Smokey Mountains to honor her
deceased mother, who loved the area.
Her ceremony, while not traditionally
religious, included the Lord’s Prayer
Photo provided to the Associated Press
BRIDESMAIDS SHANTI Markstrom (left) and Angela Bennett pass out “angel wings” to guests as they arrive
for Serena Markstrom Nugent’s wedding in Oregon. The wings had the names of the deceased loved ones they
represented written on them. They were designed to rest over the backs of chairs and pews in order to “save a
seat” for that person.
to honor her mom and fiance Mike
Pantoliano’s deceased grandparents.
Serena Markstrom Nugent’s creative approach to honoring deceased
loved ones at her wedding in Eugene,
Oregon: “We made angel wings and
wrote the names of the people they
represented on them,” she says. “We
gave the wings to people who were
closest to the departed and asked
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NICOLE AND Anthony DePinto check their GoFundMe page on an iPad to see how much
money their family and friends have gifted them for their honeymoon. The DePintos raised
$2,900 for their Icelandic trip with crowdfunding.
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They loved the natural beauty of the icy
island in winter, and besides: “They’re all places
we wanted to go eventually.”
Most guests gave the couple cash-stuffed
envelopes at the wedding, but the 14 donations
they got online covered their hotel and airline
tickets, even after GoFundMe kept more than
$230 in fees. The Union City, New Jersey, couple
also had a registry at Target, but asked for just
a few things there since they had lived together
for three years.
“In that time we’ve acquired tons of pots,
plates, towels, throw pillows and bedding,” they
explained on their GoFundMe page.
Asking for cash in the invitation is a wedding
faux pas, says Kristen Maxwell Cooper, deputy
editor at The Knot. But passing around a link
to a honeymoon registry works, because couples
can explain to guests exactly where the money
will be spent, she says.
Couples have a few options to turn to.
Crowdfunding site GoFundMe has collected
$2 billion to date for all sorts of personal campaigns, raising money for medical emergencies,
crime victims and other local causes. But the
site does have a weddings and honeymoons section where users have raised $4 million since
GoFundMe was launched six years ago, says
media director Kelsea Little.
Anyone can see a GoFundMe campaign, but
don’t expect strangers to hand over cash — only
friends and family will likely donate, says Little.
“It’s a common misconception,” she says.
Honeyfund, meanwhile, is more focused on
honeymoons. Couples can list exactly what the
cash will pay for, from hotel rooms to sightseeing
tours to massages.
Major resorts and cruise lines are jumping in,
using Honeymoon Wishes to power honeymoon
registries built into their sites.
At Carnival Cruise Line, for example, couples
can ask wedding guests to pay for scuba diving
excursions or horseback rides. The money goes
straight to Carnival and couples can redeem
the gifts on board, says Nancy Williams, the
business development director at Honeymoon
Wishes. Couples can also go to Honeymoon
Wishes and build their own honeymoon, without
being attached to a certain resort.
“It’s now socially acceptable,” says Williams.
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Honoring
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LAUREN CHERTOK displayed a photograph at her wedding of her and her Aunt Rosie taken at Chertok’s Sweet
16 party. Aunt Rosie passed away two weeks before the big day. Tributes for loved ones who have died can be very
important for the couple to have on their wedding day.
out as a favor. Or, couples can make
a charitable donation in the person’s
honor instead of a favor.
For a more subtle tribute, a bride
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may stitch a memento under her
gown, such as a piece of her mother’s
Miles said.
Kalabokes said many couples are wedding gown, or wear a loved one’s
worried about bringing their guests garter. Wearing keepsake jewelry or
down on what is supposed to be a cuff links from departed relatives
happy day. She recommends talk- keeps them close. Or include a beloved
ing with each other and with family flower, even a favorite color, in the
members to see what everyone is com- bridal bouquet.
One bride who lost her mom about
fortable with, so nobody is caught off
18 months before
guard.
her wedding
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gram, or dedicate
a poem or reading. Light a candle in knew the mother loved butterflies,”
his or her honor, or have a moment of she said. “It was her thing.”
Weddings are already emotional
silence during the ceremony. Couples
sometimes leave an empty chair, often days, and thinking about someone
in the front row with a flower on top, who died may not be right for everyone. For Chertok, the tributes were
as a tribute.
A popular reception tribute is the a comfort.
“She did so much for me growing
display of photos of departed relatives. A loved one’s special cooking up and for my family,” Chertok said,
creation, say chocolate chip cookies, “that doing something to honor her
can be served with dessert or handed meant a lot to me.”
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floral accent and have become a popular choice
for boutonnieres as a result, says Anastasia Stevenson, a wedding planner and founder of the
website How to DIY Wedding.
They’re sturdy and can stand up to the
rigors of being pinned to a jacket that’s tossed
about all day. Succulents make good corsages
for the same reason.
Cassard used a mix of small, rosette-shaped
succulents and wild grasses for rustic-yetelegant boutonnieres, sprinkling the plants
throughout her reception area that night as
table centerpieces and cake accents.
Rosette-shaped Echeverias like those Cassard used work well as centerpieces because
How about succulents as jewelry? Wiring and
flower glue are keys to this recent bridal trend,
which includes everything from rings and necklaces to bracelets and headpieces, says Prinzing.
Other couples have said their vows before a
wall of succulents or used them as eco-friendly
wedding favors — a parting gift that’s “unlikely
to be tossed in the trash when the guests arrive
home,” says New York-based wedding-trends
expert and editor Anne Chertoff.
And succulents aren’t just for people.
“I know of one creative designer who offers
floral dog collars for her wedding parties,” Prinzing says. “Succulents are ideal for this situation
because they withstand canine activities that
are probably more lively than a groom or bride’s
movements during a ceremony.”
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Love and marriage at the cemetery
Death business expands into
hosting weddings, other events
By TOM MURPHY
AP BUSINESS WRITER
DARRON CUMMINGS / The Associated Press
DANESSA MOLINDER and Billy Castrodale (above left) got married last June in the open air courtyard at the
Community Life Center in Indianapolis. While funerals and cremations make up a bulk of the death business,
proprietors are finding new life in the industry by hosting other events such as weddings.
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Molinder entered the courtyard wearing a white dress and matching veil.
Her groom waited at the other end, in
front of decorative doors and lattice
work that blocked the view of a nearby
cemetery with 73,000 graves.
Molinder’s June wedding was one
of more than 50 that will be hosted
this year at a $10 million events center
run by the Washington Park East
Cemetery Association in Indianapolis.
The somewhat ironically named Community Life Center sits on cemetery
land near a funeral home and also has
hosted a prom, community banquets
and even breakfasts with Santa.
“It’s such a beautiful building,”
Molinder said. “That’s what really
drew us to it.”
Funeral homes aren’t just for funerals anymore. Businesses that once
focused almost entirely on honoring
the dead are now open to an array of
events as they seek to add revenue.
Cemetery and funeral home operators say they’re being squeezed as
more people favor simpler, less expensive funeral services. Their businesses
also are being pressured by the growing popularity of cremations, which
can bring in less than half the revenue
of a traditional casket burial.
Cremations are expected to
become the most common form of
body disposition nationally in a few
years, according to the Cremation
Association of North America.
Funeral home operators also say
there’s a need in their communities
for locations that can host weddings
or other big events, and people are no
longer hung up on their main business.
Declining membership in churches
and civic organizations also may be
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Cemetery
executives say they haven’t replaced their main
business.
Matt Linn built a multi-use facility in 2008
after a flood damaged his funeral home. His
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, business now runs three
boosting demand for nontraditional venues for wedding venues and two locations that can host
weddings and funerals. It also manages a golf
weddings and receptions.
As a result, funeral homes and cemeteries course and runs a farmer’s market.
But the versatility helps with his main line of
nationwide have been marketing their properties for an array of uses. Nearly 10 percent of work. Even when people are looking into hold280 respondents to a National Funeral Directors ing services for a deceased loved one, they’re
Association survey last year said they built a opting more for celebrations of life filled with
community center to host other events. That’s slide shows, food and alcohol, instead of a traditional viewing and service that stretches out
up from 6 percent in 2011.
“As a business, we need to find ways to keep over a few days.
“I don’t think I’ve coordinated a (traditional)
growing,” said Bruce Buchanan, a member of the
funeral in a long
Indianapolis cemetery
time because they’re
association’s board
“Funeral homes were seen for one
and owner of a funeral
depressing things,”
home business.
he said.
reason: to have a funeral. Now
Younger generaEvents at the Comtions are growing
munity Life Center in
they’re being used for all kinds of
up without the same
Indianapolis account
things.”
stigma toward death
for only about 5 perthat their parents and
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revenue.
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ding business didn’t really take off until four
“People aren’t as religious as they once were or five years ago. Now, it’s booked nearly every
... and their attitudes toward death are chang- weekend during the summer for weddings and
ing,” he said. “Funeral homes were seen for one is taking reservations far in advance.
reason: to have a funeral. Now they’re being used
Molinder, the Indianpolis, bride, said the
for all kinds of things.”
center’s rates were comparable to other venues
That versatility might be appealing to couples they considered.
who need a place to host their big day but aren’t
The center grabbed her attention in part
affiliated with a religion, said Stephen Prothero,
because it was easy for her guests to reach and
a Boston University religion professor.
He said that theory comes with a caveat: The could host both the ceremony and reception.
site should have some separation between the That convenience helped the 250 people who
wedding and funeral businesses, because there’s attended her wedding dodge rain that had been
a cultural taboo against mixing death too closely brewing in the gray clouds overhead.
Guests were able to take a short walk from
with weddings, which often are about birth and
the
courtyard into the center after the ceremony.
the starting of families.
Chelsey Lesnick picked a suburban Cleveland Once inside, they sipped drinks and mingled
funeral home that her grandparents opened in around a fountain in the center’s rotunda, which
is laid out in Italian marble, while they waited
1949 as the site for her nuptials last March.
The home’s second-floor reception center — for the reception in a nearby ballroom.
That fountain sat a short walk away from a
not the funeral site downstairs — hosted the
service and the party afterward for about 50 darkened office where customers for the cempeople. Lesnick, 24, said the site didn’t feel like etery’s main business can view casket samples.
In the end, that main business never bothered
a “house of death or a place of mourning.”
“It felt like a place of love and just bright Molinder, 26. Her only concern was to make sure
the photographer avoided getting gravestones
happy joy on that day, it really did,” she said.
Despite their growing openness to holding in the pictures
“Everything turned out perfectly,” she said.
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