So your daughters getting married, seems like a lifetime since yours and it’s your responsibility to send her into a married life that will be as successful as yours, in a sentimental, amusing way. Take your time to enjoy this moment you’ve waited all your lifetime for this. Even if you’re not a slushy gushy father, and neither you’re daughter take this chance to tell her how much you care and let the world know how wonderful she truly is.

Now what to say, be sure to thank all your guests for coming and sharing in your daughters special day, it’s also a good idea to mention anyone that has travelled along way to thank them for their efforts. It’s a dead cert that anyone who has provided any sort of financial contribution to the wedding should definitely be on your thank-you list. Let your daughter know how proud you are of her, how much you love her and how much she means to you. This moment is as bigger part of your daughter’s life as her marriage is. Welcome your son-in-law into the family as well as his family let them know you’re happy for them to become a part of it. Reminisce on your daughter’s life pre-wedding, it was still an important time for her and the time that shaped her into the women she now is. Wish the newly-weds all the best of success and happiness in the future. And finally propose a toast to the bride and groom.

So you’re the best man and you have to write a speech because, you’ve known the groom most of his life and have copped the responsibility and regardless of the fact that the groom has known you for the same amount of time he seems to have forgotten you’d be clueless when it comes down to writing a speech. So here’s some advice.

Never swear or use offensive words no matter what. When you’re writing your speech keep in mind your audiences and lil ode Gran in the corner, we don’t want any unexpected heart attacks on the day. Don’t try to hard to be funny it’s not a good look. You can’t go wrong if you don’t say anything that you wouldn’t want anyone to know about, unexpected surprises aren’t great. Most, best men find it helpful to write down their speech in notes for reminders don’t worry about this looking bad it will look better than awkward silences or adlibbing. Make a note of anyone or anything you want to mention or thank. Never make fun of the wedding no matter what may happen. Avoid potentially difficult subjects, the following need no more saying, drug problems, previous partners, womanising, excessive partying, having family or money issues. And the last two most important things, practice, practice, practice! and most importantly enjoy yourself.

Finding the words to use can be difficult, but before you begin, take a few moments to read the Golden Rules of Speechmaking as set out below:

Speeches can be difficult, especially if you find that you and words are not on the best of terms, and you haven’t put pen to paper for a while, but there are some things that if taken into consideration are a dead cert to go down well.

Choose your wording carefully, think about language that will relate your stories to the entire audience, from Great Gran in the corner, who’d me lost at the mention of ‘Facebook’ to the 9 year old Flower girl who’d turn to tugging on mums sleeve wanting to know who ‘John Major’ is. Possibly the most commonly flaunted rule, no swearing or the use of any, let’s say x-rated material. Be natural, it’s no good being remembered as the class clown at high school only to get up there and try to impress with a few words, let’s face it even you don’t understand. Stick to the short and sweet stories, Uncle Joe will fall asleep before the nights out anyway he doesn’t need your help. Get it structured, make sure it’s going somewhere, the best way to go is usually, pre-meeting each other, once together, and now, a big finish is always the way to go. Never laugh at your own jokes, if Lee Evans doesn’t do it it’s a no for you too. Finally, stand up, smile, and don’t put too much pressure a lot of pressure on yourself, you want to look like your enjoying yourself not laying eggs.

Here are more great tips for keeping the wedding day budget manageable:

Dress – the flowing white gown is still popular today but many have started to vary it with a suit or dress that can be worn on other occasions. If you are still steadfastly traditional then hire your dress instead and get the bridesmaids to pay for their dress. Children’s outfits can be reasonably priced at around £20.00.

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The magazines are full of all the glitz, glamour and decadence of celebrity weddings and the shocking price tags that go with it. However if you are a couple saving up to get married in the UK the thought of clocking up a £10,000 bill by the time the big day is over might be enough to put you off.

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It’s always one of the more stressful parts of arranging a wedding. I’m not talking about the flowers or the dresses and suits. I’m talking about the food. There’s just so much to think about, varying diets, who’s going to cook the food, any catering equipment that has to be rented and much more.

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Following on from our previous article and looking great for the big day we focused on diet and exercise but this isn’t the full picture.  According to beauty therapist Joanne Leah:

“It’s important to cleanse, tone and moisturise every day to get rid of any impurities.”

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No matter where you are up to in the planning of your wedding there are steps you can put in place to improve how radiant you will look on the big day.  These include general improvements to diet, skin cleansing and your lifestyle.  With a few tweaks you can make sure you really are the centre of attention that day!

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When organising your wedding there are a multitude of things to consider and the entertainment for your guests is a major one.  If you want to create a focal point for your guests to meet and relax at then a chocolate fountain is a great choice. 

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Brides and grooms across the nation are following a new craze in which they and their wedding party perform their wedding song for the camera.

The trend dubbed ‘Marryoke’ is currently livening up wedding videos and DVD’s all over the country.

One couple who have taken part in it are newly weds Andrew and Caroline Caotes. Hey performed to ‘That’s How You Know ‘ from the hit movie Enchanted at their recent wedding in their home town of Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

33 year old Andrew said:-

“When we were planning the wedding I really didn’t want to go for all the traditional stuff like the photos and music and the cheesy, staged video.

Originally we wanted to get married in Disneyland but we realised that wasn’t going to work because some of the elderly guests would struggle to get there.

But we still wanted to do something a bit more fun and a bit different.”

The unique wedding production features the newly weds as the main characters but also includes the remainder of the wedding party as the supporting players.

Caroline aged 26 said:-

“It was fantastic and really made the day.

We put notes on the seats at the wedding ceremony explaining what everyone would be doing in the video.

It went brilliantly because everyone felt involved. My grandpa picked up his trumpet for the first time in years and plays it in the film.

I teach four to five year olds and after the wedding I took the video into school. My pupils loved it - and for a while they thought I was a real Princess!”