LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Golan brides know there is no going back (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Arina Safadi, wearing a sumptuous white wedding dress, walked past barbed wire in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights so she could join her future husband on the Syrian side.

Slow Economy/Lack of Funds Forces Brides into the Kitchen Arranging Their Own Flowers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Do-it-Yourself Bouquets Not So Far Fetched: Brides Seek Alternatives to Expensive Weddings and Simple Designs Inspired by Martha

Helping child brides break free (CNN) - "When I got married I was scared," remembers 10-year-old Nujood Ali. "I didn't want to leave my family and siblings."

Artists tells stories of war brides with portraits (Times Herald) - The giant portrait of Dorothy greets visitors to the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery.     Her languid eyes gaze out from a blue background.

Fargason: Football guide for brides (Savannah Morning News) - I'm not an expert on love or relationships and have never been married. However, I have been in enough weddings to know how they are planned.

Gustav claims Thomas Boyd oak (The Advocate) - A 250-year-old oak tree at the State Capitol was battered by Hurricane Gustav, and that has some brides ready to shed a tear. News 2's Dana Hackett tells us why.

Bridal Style Alert - Classic is Back (Carteret County News-Times) - (ARA) - Good news for brides inspired by Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, classic is back. Fabrics, silhouettes and accessories borrowed from the 1940s through 1960s offer brides the opportunity to start with the basics and enhance them with luxurious finishing touches.

Rafoo Chakkar (Comedy) Cast: (The Times of India) - This one's a comedy that never takes off. Unless you find fine actors like Mita Vashisht and Archana Puran Singh playing 45-year-old brides to twenty-something chokras in order to hang on to their father's fortune.

Brides-to-be blow off some steam at bachelorette parties (Wisconsin State Journal) - Women have come a long way since they voted in their first election in the 1920s. Today, they outnumber their male counterparts at universities and threaten the concept of a male-dominated workplace. So, if men can go out with the guys, get drunk and ogle the opposite sex before saying their "I dos," why can't women do the same thing before their weddings? "It really wasn't acceptable back then ...

The Honeymoon's Over, Now Lose the Weight Together (Carteret County News-Times) - (ARA) - For many, the stress and whirlwind of wedding planning can get crazy. And it often leads to brides and grooms crash dieting in order to fit into their dress and tux.