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More than a Beautiful Building Bliss Bridal Formalwear Boutique

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How Their Stories Began Couples’ Proposals

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More than a beautiful building

By The Daily Republic

In February 2015, Megan Sabers, owner of Bliss Bridal Formalwear Boutique and Tickled Pink Boutique, decided to move her businesses.

The move was largely the result of a November 2014 fire that caused extensive damage and temporarily closed the shops at the former location at 304 N. Main St. Just down the block and across the street at 217 N. Main St., the former Mitchell

National Bank building was available and full of perks for Sabers’ businesses, she said. Increased privacy for brides was especially appealing, as was the opportunity for off-street parking and a drive-up area for consignment drop off, Sabers said.

The Daily Republic’s photographer, Matt Gade, shot photos of the interior and exterior of the remodeled bank-turned-bridal boutique for this edition of the Wedding Guide.

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Photos by Matt Gade/Republic

Bliss Bridal now occupies the former Mitchell National Bank building located at 217 N. Main St. in Mitchell.

Wedding dresses and a viewing mirror are pictured on the second floor.

On the cover • Cover design by Jen Phillips/ Republic

• Cover photo by Metro Creative • Publication layout by Kella Rodiek/ Republic

A second room filled with wedding dresses is shown at Bliss Bridal.

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O ne room of dresses is shown upstairs at Bliss Bridal.

T ux edos for men and boys are pictured.

D resses are shown in front of the upstairs display windows.

Men’ s tux edos are shown at Bliss Bridal.

T he main floor at Bliss Bridal is currently filled with formal wear and prom dresses. T he upstairs rooms are where most of the bridal gowns are located.

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At that point, Justin got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, continuing our love story where it first began.

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This last summer, he planned a surprise date day to relive our college days and do things we used to do, including disc golf and lunch at Mexico V iejo.

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Bud and I rekindled an old friendship in 2004, which began 60 years before in 1954 when I was a senior at Corsica High School. He had graduated the year before from Avon. We dated for a few months — not sweethearts, just lots of fun and roller skating.

A few years after our spouses had passed away, the Lord caused our paths to cross again. This time we became sweethearts and still are.

Eight months later, we were married in my church in Platte with his four children and my two as our attendants in street clothes. Our 14 grandchildren — each had half — all had jobs as ushers, candlelighters, flower girls, bell ringers, etc. My six-month-old grandson was “allaround charmer” in a borrowed tuxedo.

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True love isn’t taught in school I was assistant for the instructor of a Dale Carnegie course. Forty men enrolled. As the only female, one of the assignments was to propose to me according to a set script with false names.

The class decided if the person sounded sincere. Unknown to the instructor, but not the class, Gil and I were dating.

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When his turn came, Gil went down on one knee, took my hand, and said: “Lillian, will you marry me?” The class cheered.

Gil asked me again in private. But I have always said he couldn’t back out because I had 39 witnesses.

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How to get married without losing your friends or alienating people

You set the tone: ‘If you are happy and enjoying yourself, your loved ones will be, too’

By ELLEN McCARTHY The Washington Post

So, you got engaged over the holidays? Congrats! It’s so exciting for you and all the other newly minted fiancees who can’t stop staring at their ring fingers.

(Or their partners sighing over freshly dented bank accounts.)

Surveys have shown that a third of all engagements happen between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. (Don’t forget Valentine’s Day.) Once the bubbly stops flowing, the planning begins in earnest, with the first workdays after New Year’s showing huge spikes in traffic for wedding websites.

I spent four years covering

ADVICE weddings for The Washington Post and wrote a book about the relationship lessons I learned on the job.

All told, I’ve attended 255 weddings — maybe more that I’ve blacked out. I hope that yours will be the greatest, most fun, meaningful wedding there ever was. And more than that, I hope you don’t lose friends and alienate everyone you know in the process.

To that end, here are my tips on how not to make your 2016 bliss the bane of anyone else’s existence:

1. Your loved ones will want to be involved with your blessed day and help in whatever way possible.

Except by refereeing fights over guest lists, registries, wedding bands, seating charts or appetizer options. That is on you.

2. Don’t feel that you have to keep everyone updated on your progress or stress levels via daily updates on Facebook. They’ll be able to live with the suspense.

3. Over the course of your engagement, your friends will occasionally want to talk about something other than the wedding. To facilitate this, it’s advisable to posit the following questions: “So, how are you?”

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4. As requested, many will save the date of your wedding.

They may not, however, save the dates of multiple engagement parties; your bachelor or bachelorette weekend; the first, second and third shower; the rehearsal dinner or morning-after brunch. Again: Keep. It. Short.

5. Do not make your guests wait 30 or more minutes for the ceremony to start. If the invite said 5 p.m., the masses will get restless by 5:15.

6. No tongue at the altar.

7. If possible, try not to book your ceremony and reception a stressful 60-mile drive away

from each other. Also, please try to avoid scheduling a fivehour gap between them. If this cannot be accomplished, be prepared for your guests to show up half drunk.

8. It’s wonderful that you are a gluten-free, dairy-free, rawfood-eating, vegan locavore. But your guests may not be. Don’t be offended if they duck out in search of a nearby McDonald’s.

9. If you are happy and enjoying yourself, your loved ones will be, too. If you are overwrought and yelling at the event manager for arranging the floating candles wrong, they will notice.

You set the tone. Everyone will follow your lead.

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Making a second wedding stand out Tips for when ‘I do’ happens more than once

By Metro Creative

Couples planning to get married do so with the intention of spending the rest of their lives together.

Few couples exchange rings thinking divorce or the loss of a spouse is in their future, but some marriages do end.

Happily, that reality does not prevent many people from seeking happily ever after once again.

A recent study from the Pew Research Center found that many people who were married before are deciding to take the plunge a second time. Four in 10 new marriages in the United States now include one partner who was married before. Roughly 42 million American adults have gotten married a second time — up from 22 million in 1980.

The Pew study also discovered that more men than women are likely to get

remarried. Around 65 percent of previously married men have a desire to remarry, compared to 43 percent of previously married women.

Men and women about to get married for a second time can consider the following tips to help make the day one to remember forever.

• Recognize that a second wedding is in no way less important than the first.

Couples should remember that this is still the first wedding for the two of them as a couple and it should be seen as just as special as any other wedding celebration.

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party. Friends and family who are supportive of you shouldn’t have reservations about helping you celebrate.

• Don’t feel boxed in by old-school etiquette. Rules have relaxed with regard to weddings. Many couples put their personal imprints on their weddings and do not feel the need to conform to outdated expectations.

You don’t have to skip all of the frills of a first wedding the second time around or head to the local courthouse and pass on another big wedding. Do what feels comfortable to you, whether that means throwing a big party or hosting a smaller affair.

• Let past experience serve as your guide. You’ve been married before and can use that to your advantage. It’s likely you know what worked for the wedding the first time around and which things you probably could have changed

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or done without. Maybe you were stressed about having everything go perfectly or feeling like you had to put on a show for guests.

As a more mature person this time around, you no doubt realize that sharing this special time with the ones you love is the most important wedding component of all.

• Be open-minded with your wardrobe. Let the formality of the event and the time of day when you’re getting married influence what you will be wearing instead of perceived etiquette or family notions. It’s acceptable to wear white again if you so desire. Plus, more mature couples have a sense of what makes them look good, rather than opting for trendy outfits.

Above all, have fun.

Couples know what to expect the second time around, so stress usually doesn’t stem from the unknown. You may feel more relaxed at a second wedding, so let that ensure you have a great night.

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Forget the white, go green How to make your wedding more eco-friendly without compromising on style and fun

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C ouples about to tie the knot may be preoccupied with finding the right color palettes for their wedding days. While white has long been a favorite wedding day color, many couples are now looking for ways to go green at their weddings, as more and more couples want to make their ceremonies as eco-friendly as possible.

While it might once have been difficult to make weddings environmentally friendly affairs, today’s couples have many eco-friendly options at their disposal. From hotels that use solar power to reception halls that rely on locally sourced foods, there are plenty of ways to turn weddings into entertaining and eco-friendly affairs.

• Reduce reliance on statio-

nery. C ouples hoping to be more eco-conscious can cut back on the amount of paper they at their weddings and throughout the planning process.

Invitations can be printed on recycled stock, and couples can avoid using the envelope within an envelope that is often used when mailing wedding invitations.

Furthermore, reduce what you place inside the invitation, including direction cards. H ave guests visit a website to learn about hotel accommodations and respond to the wedding invite.

• C hoose earth-friendly fabrics.

When selecting gowns and other attire, lean toward natural fabrics, such as cotton, wool, hemp, or linen, each of which are eco-friendly fabrics.

• Pick fl owers that are in-sea-

son. Much like produce, certain fl owers are grown out of season with the use of pesticides and herbicides. Imported fl owers have high carbon footprints due to the distance they have to travel. C ut down on how far fl owers have to travel and the use of potentially harmful chemicals by buying locally grown, in-season fl owers.

• E ncourage guests to carpool to the wedding. Y ou may want to make a fl ashy entrance at the ceremony, but you can curb emissions by having as many people travel together as possible.

Ditch the sedan or limousine and rent a party bus that can fit many of your guests.

• Rethink wedding favors.

Instead of trinkets that are produced overseas and likely to end up in the trash, opt for edible favors, seeds or plants or even

donations to charitable organiz ations.

• C ut down on waste. Do you really need four courses at the reception and a complete dessert display? Food that goes uneaten will likely end up in the garbage.

If you cannot arrange to have food delivered to a soup kitchen or another charitable group, scale back on how much is served.

C hances are guests will not even miss the extra food.

• Recycle your gold or silver.

Wedding bands are customary at wedding ceremonies. Rather than buying new rings, transform old j ewelry into rings by having the metal melted down and formed.

• Style your hair naturally.

A lthough many hair products have reduced or eliminated their use of C FC s, which can enter the atmosphere and damage the

oz one layer, harmful chemicals are still used in many products.

Brides can skip the elaborate up-do that requires a lot of hair spray for a more natural, free-fl owing look.

• Rent or borrow whenever possible. Rented items are reused over and over, while items couples buy specifically for their weddings are liable to be used once and then discarded. O pt for rentals when possible.

• L ight beeswax candles.

C andles are an eco-friendly way to provide romantic lighting at the wedding. O pt for non-toxic beeswax candles rather than paraffin candles.

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Photos should be more than sweaty faces and heels stuck in the ground How to arrange the best outdoor wedding pictures in uncontrollable conditions

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Photography is a great way for couples to capture all the special moments that occur on their wedding days.

Lon g after the final piece of wedding cake has been consumed, wedding albums remain to remind couples of all those moments that made their big day so special.

Photography preferences differ from couple to couple, but when weather permits, many brides and grooms prefer to take photos outdoors. Mother Nature can provide some awe-inspiring backdrops, and such beauty comes at no extra cost.

C ouples using professional photographers should share

their image preferences with their photographers, especially if outdoor photography is desired.

Photographers may have to do a little more work to achieve great outdoor photographs, even visiting a site in advance of the big day to scout areas that can produce great photos.

Scouting and preparation can involve seeing the landscape, examining the way the light shines on photo subje cts and getting an accurate light reading on a meter to adju st fl ash accordingly.

Photographers also will need to ensure there are no obstructions that will appear in the background of the photos.

It’s also important for pho-

tographers to select locations that have shade. This way they can adj ust the amount of light needed, rather than having to contend with the photo washing out from too much sunlight.

There’s much a photographer can do in production to finetune photos, but the couple can help things along. Bring along some powder or makeup to touch up between photos.

Warm weather can cause shininess or beads of sweat on the skin. A light dusting of powder can tame shine, while any remaining moisture can be blotted away with a towel.

Al though brides and grooms may think clouds on their wedding days are a harbinger of

bad luck, overcast conditions can actually contribute to better photos.

A healthy blanket of cloud cover can produce richer colors and pleasing shadows, making photos even more appealing.

If the clouds are j ust passing, photographers may wait until a cloud passes over the sun to provide j ust the right amount of light filter.

C ouples may want to change into comfortable footwear as they traverse the landscape to get into perfect portraiture locations.

This will help keep their fancier shoes clean, and photos can be cropped to hide feet.

Bring along some refresh-

ments when posing for photos, as it can be tiring. C ouples can take frequent breaks as the photographer adj usts his or her camera for the next shot.

Staying hydrated will keep skin looking supple and ensure that everyone feels refreshed when it’s time to return to the party.

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The reason behind the ring Wedding bands are symbolic gestures of commitment, traced backed to ancient Egypt

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C u ples adhere to many trao ditions on their wedding days, including the exchange of wedding rings.

Wedding rings symbolize the union of two people and their pledge to remain faithful to each other.

No one is exactly sure ju st when the tradition of exchanging wedding rings originated, but some say it can be traced back to ancient E gypt, when the oldest recorded exchange of wedding rings was made.

Reeds growing along the Nile were twisted and braided into rings and given during betrothal ceremonies.

The round ring symbolize d eternity, and the hole within

the center meant a gateway to things unknown.

Since reeds were not very durable, soon ivory, leather and bone were used to create wedding rings.

As new lands were explored and territories expanded, traditions from one culture were adopted and modified by other cultures. The same is true with wedding rings.

Ac cording to the Diamond Source, wedding rings were adopted by Romans and incorporated into Western wedding ceremonies.

Romans’ rings were highly decorated, and some historians believe wedding rings were given to represent ownership over brides instead of symbol-

izi ng love. These rings were made of iron and called “ An ulus Pronubus,” or “ betrothal ring.”

Rings have been simplified since those days and ultimately made of many materials.

Throughout history, wedding rings were worn on various fingers and even both hands, whereas many married people in Western cultures now wear their wedding rings on the left hand and on the fourth finger.

Romans once believed that this finger contained a vein, called the “ V ena Am oris,” that ran directly to the heart.

Though that is not true, the tradition has prevailed.

Ot her legends say that, when blessing a C hristian marriage, priests would bind the marriage

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Tungsten carbide is another durable metal that has grown in popularity in recent years.

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significant other. The survey also revealed that 47 percent of British women would consider reversing the traditional proposal roles and pop the question themselves. It seems the folklore belief of waiting until a leap year to propose is on the decline, as the survey highlighted that 6 2 percent of women wouldn’t wait until a leap year if they did decide to take the plunge and propose.

Traditionally, L eap Day, which falls on Feb. 29 , is the one day that comes along every four years when women can turn the tables and ask their partner to marry them.

The tradition began in Ireland in the 12th century, where it was believed that a balance could be achieved between the traditional roles of men and women by allowing women to propose to men every four years.

Relationship E xpert and L ife C oach K eren Smedley comments: “ We learn most of our beliefs, habits and traditions from our parents when we’re very young. We absorb this information and it becomes our internal benchmark for decision-making. A leap year proposal is a traditional story that most learn as children. It’s based on the premise that men were in charge and decided who and when they wanted to marry. But, one day every four years, tradition is set aside

and women can propose with men told to respond honorably to the request. “ O f course, equality in relationships and male and female roles have changed since the 12th century when leap years began and women are perfectly capable of asking a man to marry them on any day of the year.

What hasn’t changed are our emotions and feelings and desire for romance. Marriage has remained a symbol of commitment and love and the proposal is a significant and important part of that ritual. “ Today, it’s more common for couples to have discussed their life plans together with the proposal becoming a romantic formality to confirm this j oint decision.”

Women asking men to marry them, or couples coming to a mutual agreement on getting married, could become more popular with the survey results showing that over half of women and more surprisingly, 6 5 percent of men, think the tradition of men proposing to women is old-fashioned and outdated. Teresa Nicholson, managing director at Red7, said: “ A s we suspected, the survey results show that traditional roles concerning marriage proposals are changing. The results signify a shift in attitudes about the roles men and women play in relationships and shows we no longer live in a society where we are bound by cultural constraints. Getting married is a big decision and taking a relationship to the next stage is something a couple work towards together.”

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