Not Your Day

Weddings are a big day for us women. Many of us have dreamed about the event since we could first pick up a Barbie Doll and have Ken carry her over the threshold of our Barbie house. I have a hope chest I stuck ideas and clippings in during my teenage years stashed somewhere in the house. Those are going to be some out of date ideas when I finally need them.

But what about our hapless groom. As a friend of mine says, he doesn't start thinking about it till the day he puts the ring on our fingers and then tries not think of it as much as possible. I never knew that my friend was basically pirating that saying till today when I found a old CD he'd given me a few years ago. Not Your Day... A Grooms Guide To The Most Important Day of Her Life by Rex Havens.

I don't know why I had never listened to it till today but puttering around the house getting ready for Christmas I decided to put it in the stereo and listen. I must say, it's hilarious! You can see and hear a few of the jokes from the CD at Rex Havens' website. Apparently he's let the CD go out of print, I couldn't find it anywhere. But he has a new one that looks just as funny: Everything I Needed To Know, I Learned From My Wife. If you get a chance check out the clips, they are very clean and oh so true. And maybe if enough express interest he'll sell the album on iTunes. It would make a great present to all the grooms out there.

Great Song Find

I was surfing around YouTube today, looking for some of my favorite music videos I haven't seen in a while when I stumbled across this song: I Will Love You by Fisher. This would make a great photo montage song for couples or could easily be used in a love story or wedding film. Check it out! Or get it at





I have added it to our growing list of Music for Montages.

-Amy

Unique Save The Date Cards

I love these, creative, unique and just too cool. I stumbled over this blog My Aim Is True and found a post about these save the date cards. I like them a lot.
-Amy

How TO Marry A Fabulous Man

I was watching the Today Show this morning when they brought write Pari Livermore on about her new book How To Marry A Fabulous Man. A very interesting interview about finding your mate. The best advice was that you can't fin the "perfect" mate that meets all of your criteria; Choose the on that fits the top things you want. Good advice whether it's dealing with dating or planning your wedding. I have seen too many weddings go bad because the bride stressed out needing everything to be perfect and in the end nothing was perfect and the bride was upset. If you are here, still looking for that husband, check it out, How To Marry A Fabulous Man by Pari Livermore.

-Amy

Holiday Spiced Nuts

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Happy Holidays everyone! Snow is gently falling here in South Bend, IN and it's looking pretty good for a white Christmas in these parts. In celebration of the Holidays here is a recipe for some sweet and spicy nuts shared with us by Brian from River City Productions and Cynthia from Girly Girl Gifts.

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1/2 Teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 Teaspoon Curry Powder

1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

2 Tablespoons Sugar

1 Tablespoon Honey

3/4 cup black walnuts

3/4 cup pecan halves

Instructions

Take a cookie sheet and lightly brush with olive oil. In a large nonstick skillet heat olive oil over medium heat. Add ginger, curry powder and cayenne pepper. Saute' until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Stir in sugar and honey. add nuts and continuously stir until the mixture is amber in color and the nuts are well coated. Approximately 6 to 8 minutes. Spread on cookie sheet and let cool.

-Amy

Interview with Brett Culp

Brett Culp and hist team at the CVP Experience are some of the hottest wedding cinematographers around. Only David Robin at David Robin Films has more of the prestigious WEVA Creative Excellence Awards in the industry. Brett was interviewed by the Lifetime show Get Married recently and below is the video. Enjoy!


-Amy

YouTube Find

I was surfing around YouTube today looking at the wedding videos and stumbled across this. A great immitation of the Apple Mac commercials.