on August 21st, 2009 | Buying Guides
This weekend, Aug 21-22, Macy’s is having a one day sale, which also coincides with their Semi-annual Home Sale. You might find stylish kitchen products for your new home or great gift items for that bridal shower at a great price. Unfortunately for us Shabbos keepers they always have them on Saturday. The sale is on their website as well, you might be able to get some of the good deals online (there’s a free shipping promotion that may work for you, read on.) Here are a few of our picks: (more…)
on July 17th, 2009 | Wedding Advisor
All you really need for a Jewish wedding is four poles and a sheet. Let’s talk a little about this canopy we call Chuppah. The Chuppah, as you probably already know, serves as a symbolic house into which the groom and the bride step into to start their ‘real’ house. A symbolic house was originally used instead of a real house so as not embarrass the groom who couldn’t afford a house of his own, and since the real estate boom took most young couples out of the real estate market this custom seems as appropriate as ever. It could also be, (more…)
on July 10th, 2009 | Ideas and Inspirations
If you’re fond of hand lettering, (or almost anything handmade for that matter) as I am, you’ll find these handwritten invitations by Cara Buchalter of Octavine Illustrations simply stunning. The letters seem to be imbued, even soaked with feelings ethereal and timeless. When done by hand, the letters (in my eyes) just seem to cloth themselves with richness that is subtle and yet complete, that is rarely found in printed invites.
on June 25th, 2009 | Interesting
Did You Know? When a traditional wedding invitation seems to be just so… – traditional, you can always do something like this? Gruda Design, an Israeli graphic desginer in NJ was the author of this wedding invitation for a couple who were willing to come a bit closer to the edge. (Perhaps a bit over the edge for most people.) The transformed Bazooka bubble gum comic strip works well for an invitation because, in addition to the cartoon, it contains a Hayadata? section where the date, time and place of the wedding can be put in.
on June 19th, 2009 | Wedding Advisor
Photo by Creagency
We will soon feature here on JewishWeddingInfo real stories from real people about their real weddings. We’ll need some of you newlyweds to give us a hand. That’s right, and we want to see some pictures too. Do you think your wedding, the wedding you so meticulously planned, has got some shareable moments and ideas, please email us ( team@chossonandkallah.com ) and we’ll work together to put a little spotlight on your wedding and share it with our site’s visitors in an informative and elegant way. (more…)
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