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Lia sophia offers special for brides (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - BARBOURSVILLE -- Christie O'Bryan with lia sophia, the direct-seller of fashion jewelry, offers special pieces for bridal attire and invites brides to be to book shows demonstrating the fashions.

Lifting the Veil: 'What's on Brides' Minds'? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Weddings, by definition, are steeped in tradition. But a just-released survey found that today's brides are standing tradition on its head:

Brides go for something old, new, borrowed and ... green (Independent) - An increasing number of couples are becoming concerned about the damage their wedding will do the environment. More and more are opting for "green" weddings that keep down carbon emissions, save on food miles and promote sustainability.

Brides in Uganda to wear Vermont wedding gowns (The Burlington Free Press) - Seventy-nine Ugandan brides will don wedding gowns from Vermont when they marry en masse in July. The never-worn wedding gowns are left over from a charity fund-raising event.

COOKBOOK NOOK: Publishers cater recipe books to new brides (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Once the honeymoon is over, many brides will find themselves in the kitchen, scraping up a meal. Having a good cookbook or two handy could be of some help.

Be your own boss Self-employment can be a profitable endeavor (This Ithaca Journal) - WASHINGTON — Joe Pregiato gave up selling bonds on Wall Street in favor of snapping pictures of blushing brides.

Here Comes the Bride (but Not From Afar, Emirates Hope) (New York Times) - In this nation of five million, of whom only about 10 percent are native citizens, the battle for cultural survival begins with "I do."

Be your own boss (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Joe Pregiato gave up selling bonds on Wall Street in favor of snapping pictures of blushing brides. In doing so, Pregiato made the leap from working for someone else to being his own boss - joining the ranks of the millions of self-employed Americans who decide to hang out their own shingle for any number of reasons.

Made in Vermont: Lovely Lace (WCAX 3) - If idle hands really are the devil's workshop, then Middlesex crafter Evelyn Gant must be almost angelic. Gant's fingers move at a blinding clip, making lace. She chuckles, "They always say I'd be good at cards."

A liberated Lion City is roaring (Los Angeles Times) - Westerners have discovered Lviv, a place of fine dining, Baroque and Rococo treasures and excellent prices.