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Wedding Ceremony Fainters and How to Deal With Them
By Maureen Thomson · 12 years ago
Any professional wedding officiant with a substantial level of experience can share a story or two of wedding ceremony fainters. My personal favorite is the wedding I performed where the maid of honor saw the ...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Brides to Be
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
The Seven Deadly Sins for Brides to Be
By Maureen Thomson
Lust
You may be in love with the idea of being married, getting married, planning your wedding and being in love. You can't get ...
Including Man's Best Friend in the Wedding Ceremony
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
Including Man's Best friend in the wedding Ceremony
By Maureen Thomson
I live in Colorado, and people here are nuts for their mutts! Leash-free dog parks and pooch-friendly businesses abound. Colorado Springs has been voted ...
Are You Being Too Efficient in your Wedding Planning?
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
Are You Being TOO Efficient in your wedding planning?
By Maureen Thomson
Putting together a wedding--at least one of any significant size--is a lesson in organizing, attending to details and planning. The most organized of ...
A Dozen Ways to be the Best MOB (Mother of the Bride)
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson
No one is more qualified than I to write this article. I've been officiating wedding ceremonies since 2002 and I've met MOBs of every type. I'm often asked by people fascinated by ...
Wedding vendor, wedding vendor, where art thou?
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
As one who chats with many brides to be, one of the biggest (well justified) rants I hear from them is about wedding vendors who don’t return phone ...
Utilizing Strategic Urination When Planning Your Wedding
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
I knew that title would get you. Doesn't "strategic urination" sound like the plan the bride has to put into place in order to go the bathroom while ...
Plan Your Wedding As If It Were a Shotgun Affair
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
So, I’ve been thinking about Shotgun Weddings. Do they even call them that anymore? In spite of how many couples are postponing marriage until after they have kids, ...
Breaking Rules
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
While walking the beach one drizzly Oregon day, I happened upon a little girl--perhaps five or six. She was wearing a pink jacket with multi-colored legwarmers, a green ...
Avoid OWS (Overstuffed Wedding Syndrome)
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
I'm been embracing a more minimalist (more minimalist? I think that is an oxymoron) lifestyle, although maybe hardcore minimalists would beg to differ. While our 2,000 square foot ...
A Dozen Signs That Your Future Marriage May Be (No--Definitely Is) Doomed
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
WARNING! The following is an intervention directed at you. Yes--YOU! You with the bridal magazine in your hands. If more than one of the following applies, then you ...
10 Free or Close to Free Places to Hold Your Small Ceremony
By Maureen Thomson · 13 years ago
by Maureen Thomson of Lyssabeth's Wedding Officiants
I just received yet another email from a hopeful California bride wanting to get married at dusk at any beautiful outdoor location with a view of the Golden ...