Every spring and autumn The Designer Card Company holds a competition for one lucky bride to win her whole suite of luxury wedding stationery in the colour and design of her choice.
2 wedding shows and 260 competition entries later we are pleased to announce the winner of our spring competition…
And the winner is… Emma Dugdale!
Congratulations [...]
Archive for the ‘Wedding Invitations’ Category
Announcing the WINNER of our Competition
The National Wedding Show
We are pleased to announce that The Designer Card Company will be exhibiting at The National Wedding Show at the NEC, Birmingham this Friday, Saturday and Sunday 5th, 6th and 7th March 2010. The show is from 10am - 6pm on Friday and Saturday and 10am - 5pm on Sunday. The show is always jam-packed [...]
Peckforton Castle Wedding Show
We are pleased to announce that The Designer Card Company will be exhibiting at The Wedding Show at Peckforton Castle, Cheshire this Sunday 28th February 2010. The show is from 11am - 3pm. We will be bringing a wide selection of gorgeous designer wedding invitations along with a matching suite of handmade wedding stationery for every design, [...]
Debenhams to Launch Divorce Gift List
Debenhams is introducing a divorce gift list service to cater for the growing numbers of people saying “I don’t” rather than “I do”.
The high street retailer said its Divorce Gift List service was being launched today amid a reported spike in couples deciding to divorce after the festive period.
The decision to launch this controversial service [...]
Muslim Wedding Traditions
Muslim weddings are significantly different from other religious wedding ceremonies. Many of the customs and traditions are from the local country. Some of the common customs and traditions in Muslim Weddings include the favorite time of year for a wedding - Shawwal. The sacred months of Muharram and Ramadan are very bad times to hold [...]
Greek Orthodox Weddings
In Britain, there are 30,000 people of the Greek Orthodox faith from the mainland of Greece, and a further 300,000 Cypriots. The Greek Orthodox wedding is very similar to a traditional Church of England wedding. The rituals of the day are alike, but there is little flexibility in the service itself; you cannot have readings [...]
Hindu Wedding Traditions
Hindu weddings are elaborate celebrations blending traditional elements with the personal style of the couple. There are several different ways to hold a Hindu wedding ceremony. The time span of the wedding can last from a few hours to an entire week. Hindu ceremonies are family oriented and place great emphasis on creativity and entertainment.
Clothing
Hindu [...]
The Gujarati Wedding Ceremony
Pre-Wedding
Sagaai
The Sagaai is the engagement ceremony and begins when the bride-to-be arrives at the groom-to-be’s home with the matli, a package that represents good luck. The matli is a container which is now often made of steel and contains sweets and gifts for the groom and his family. This symbolises the bride’s family’s acceptance of the [...]
Hindu Weddings
Hindu sacraments are called ’sanskars’ and the sacraments performed at the time of a wedding are called ‘Vivah Sanskar’. This sanskar marks the start of the second and the most important stage of life called the ‘Grihistha Ashrama’ which involves setting up of a new family unit.
Two individuals who are considered to be compatible form [...]
Muslim Weddings
Muslim weddings vary enormously according to the culture of the people involved. Many people in the UK confuse the celebrations at a Pakistani or Bangladeshi wedding with an Islamic wedding, and assume they are the same thing. This is not so, as many of the Muslims who marry are from widely different cultures - Turkish, [...]