| Come Party With Me: Baby Shower - The Look
While a baby shower is generally held to celebrate the upcoming birth of an unborn child, they are also thrown to shower gifts on the baby. I consider a baby shower to be the child's "first" birthday. Much like a wedding, guests are asked to bring essential gifts that will aid the parents in their new life with baby. Diapers, bottles, blankets, clothes, and toys can all be incorporated into the look of the baby shower. The theme colors, pale pink and sky blue in my case, should be used as inspiration for the party decor. Although I included the colors in the invitations, I did not work them into the food or drinks, so I definitely want to use lots of pretty pinks and soft blues in the decorations. To see how I'll do it, and to get some cute baby shower ideas, The baby shower I am planning for Naomi Watts is a sit down luncheon, so tables and chairs are a must.
GMA’s Champion: Go Green And Don’t be so Wasteful at Your Wedding
On Monday's "Good Morning America," ABC weatherman Sam Champion again promoted the liberal environmental agenda. This time, he hosted a segment on the phenomena of green weddings that, according to Champion, "more and more Americans" are embracing. Additionally, the piece featured footage of such an event. One of the participants in this green wedding just happened to be an employee of the Sierra Club, a left wing environmental organization: Sam Champion: "Weddings are, of course, about celebrating a couple's love for one another. And now some couples are taking that just a little step further, not just sharing their love for one another but also sharing their love for the world around them and the environment. It's the latest trend more and more Americans are finding.
Canucks dig out from under Stars for 2-1 win
Center Jan Bulis #38 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates a goal with teammate Brendan Morrison #7 against the Dallas Stars during the third period of game three of the 2007 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals at American Airlines Center on April 15, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. .
Lifestyle: Weddings Gone Wild
A Chinese wedding may conjure up images of a convoy of flower-covered luxury cars to pick up the bride from her home and a feast complete with the cake-cutting, champagne and endless rounds of toasts to all the invited guests. It is usually a happy and lively occasion. But many young people see such weddings as too stereotyped and out of date. "I attended two weddings recently, one in Shanghai and the other in Beijing. They were done in exactly the same way," said Si Tingting, 25, a media worker in Beijing. "Each wedding should be unique reflecting the couple's love stories and personalities. I'd like to have my wedding in a church, to represent the marriage's solemnity," she said. A Chinese marriage licence costs only 9 yuan, however the wedding ceremony afterwards can cost a small fortune.
Peranakan design: Rich symbolism
"As with Chinese antiques, the details in Peranakan decorative objects, including furniture, are rich in symbolism," said Rusdy Tjahyadi, a Peranakan furniture enthusiast and collector. "For instance," he continued, "a bat, or pien fu in Chinese, sounds very similar to 'luck' in Chinese, and the five bat carvings in furniture symbolize the five blessings from Heaven: longevity, wealth, health, virtue and natural death." But this is not written in stone, and Peranakan furniture often display varying numbers of bat carvings. "No matter the number of bats, this animal always means luck," said Rusdy, who also collects books on Chinese symbols. Hence, we will see this auspicious animal -- an appreciation contrary to the often dark images associated with the bat -- in a variety of Peranakan furniture, from tables to cupboards.
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