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The Ring's Online Formal Wear
Gallery is your chance to walk through different trends and styles, find out
what you like, and find out who sells and rents them.
With great photos, item numbers and
options provided by
Collins Formal Wear and
Tuxedo Royale, choosing and ordering the duds for the men in
the bridal party has never
 been easier... or more fun!
There are more styles available but
we've chosen some of our favourites and some unique styles to show off... the
rest is up to you!
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With a focus on treating customers and
fellow employees with no less than top notch respect, they opened
their first Tuxedo Royale store in 1979 and haven't altered their
main goals since. Tuxedo Royale now has sixteen locations across
Ontario, including one right here in Kitchener...
Their formal
wear makes appearances at the Juno's each year, in movie
productions like 'The Tuxedo', and at a ton of local weddings. We
asked Charlene Downey, Supervisor of the Fairview Park Mall
location, how Tuxedo Royale has come to be so famous for formal
wear. |
Formal wear that measures up to the movies,
the Juno's, and your wedding day
Tuxedo Royale
comes recommended by many of The Ring's grooms as well as some of
the area's top bridal shops in the area (the likes of Taylor's
Bridal... Charmante... ). After twenty-five years in the business
and a standard 'best price guarantee', they know exactly how to
take even the most ordinary guy and turn him into that handsome
man you'll be meeting at the alter.
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for full story |
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Roy-Al Rentals creates fantasy
outdoor weddings for brides
 Guelph
company, Roy-Al Rentals, spends each week creating fantasy
outdoor weddings, customized just for their clients. Owners,
Al and Pat Lefneski, have everything a bride needs to bring
together the day she's been dreaming of since childhood.
From tents, chairs, tables, and linens to glassware,
lighting, dance floors, and wedding arches - the options
seem endless. Roy-Al Rentals is one of those wonderful
long-time, family-owned companies that you feel safe
trusting your wedding with. Operating since 1973, they have
the experience, versatility and personal touch you can
expect from a company that has been running successfully for
three decades.
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This
family business is busy with weddings every weekend
typically doing approximately 25 weddings per weekend during
their busy season, some of which include a complete overhaul
of an outdoor space including tents, tables, chairs, linens,
dishes and accessories. With that many events, it would be
easy to wonder if quality gets lost in the numbers... |
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in kitchener...
COST:
The fee to obtain a
Marriage Licence is $115, payable in cash or by debit card. Licences are
valid for 3 months.
WHERE:
Marriage licences are issued at Kitchener City Hall, 2nd Floor, Clerk's
Division, 200 King Street West, or download the form online at
www.city.kitchener.on.ca
WHEN:
Hours for issuing
marriage licences are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
HELP:
Kitchener has an automated Marriage Licences Info Line 24/7 at 519-741-2285.
For answers in person, you need to go to 2nd Floor, Clerk's Division, City
Hall. |
in waterloo...
COST:
$100,
Payable by cash or debit card, valid for 90 days.
WHERE:
Issued at
Waterloo City Hall, Clerks/Corporate Secretary Service Unit, 100 Regina
Street South, First Floor, or download the form online at
www.city.waterloo.on.ca
WHEN:
Online
anytime or in person - 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (closed on
Statutory Holidays).
HELP:
Phone 519-747-8777 or 519-747-8776. |
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good to know...
Couples planning to be married in
Ontario are required to obtain a marriage licence. A licence is valid
anywhere in Ontario for 90 days from the date of issue. There is no waiting
period between the date of issue of the marriage licence and the date of
marriage.
- information
gathered from Kitchener City Hall and Waterloo City Hall web sites |
 
 most romantic proposal:
'Valentines Day Proposal!' by secondtimebride
 I was widowed 6
years ago at age 42 and left to raise my 3 children. I basically thought my
life was over. I dated a few men about 4 years after my husband died but
most of them were after one thing only. Then I met Don. I had placed an ad
in the personal column of the Guelph Mercury and he read it in the Hamilton
Spectator! We met for coffee at Tim's and spent 4 hours talking! The rest is
history. He gave me a beautiful diamond eternity band at Christmas but did
not ask me to marry him then, only to spend eternity with him. To me that
was heaven. But on Valentines Day 2004 he arranged with my parents to watch
the kids and he took me to Niagara on
the Lake. We walked around the stores in the snow, took a horse and buggy
ride and walked down by the lake, it was beautiful. When we went to supper,
the restaurant was all done in pink, red and white for valentines day. We
had a beautiful table by the fireplace, with candles, and flowers on it, all
set up by him earlier in the day when I was taking a nap. After supper, he
started telling me how much he loved me and my children, and then he got up,
came around the table, got down on one knee (he is 50 and has a bad knee, so
this was a lot for him), and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.
Of course we both started crying and I said yes! The whole restaurant
cheered and the waiter gave us free drinks. It was the most romantic day of
my life.
my diary fave: 'Close' by
Cilairus
I just realized there is
only 3 and a half months to go! I'm starting to panic cuz there are a bunch
of things to do like getting favours, getting a bunch of decorations,
getting a song for the ceremony and getting the music together. Is anybody
else feeling the same thing?
* photo by Heather Fritz Photography
 
Courtesy
of Deco Designs
 When you're getting
married, you want your day to be remembered as YOUR day and not get
blurred together with your sister’s or your cousin’s wedding. Here are
some tips to really make your dream wedding
come to life with personality, starting with the first glimpse your guests will
get - the invitation!
•
Make your invitations
speak for you.
Invitations often show your guests of the type of wedding to
expect. Carry your flowers, colours or theme throughout your entire
wedding by starting with your invitations. If you have your heart set on
lilies on the invitation, consider using lilies as your main flower.
• Colours are
easy to incorporate throughout your wedding.
Try having a tiny detail or
graphic printed on each piece of your invitation package in your wedding
colour - i.e. linking hearts to show the love between the two of you or a
nautical compass (see right) because both of you are into sailing.
• If your are having a theme event...
such as a medieval or a
Victorian wedding, speak to
your designer regarding the look of any paper and printed materials. The
wording is just as important as the feel of the paper. Use language that
supports the theme.
• Carry it
forward...
The next time your guests
will see items regarding your wedding will be at the event itself. This
is a great time to use any graphics, styles or colours that were in the
invitation package. It will trigger your guests memory and
reassure them that they are indeed at the right wedding! Spice up
seating charts, menus, favour tags and wine labels just by placing your
colour or font on them!
• Extra touches
here & there go a long way...
Tie your favour tags,
centrepieces or wine glass stems with satin ribbon in your
colour boasting an elegant foil imprint of your names and the wedding
date. Your guests will keep and cherish this little extra as a bookmark
for a favourite novel or an agenda.
• Turn your
intials or names into a monogram or logo.
Your initials or
names can also be used on most of your printed pieces, by turning them
into a monogram or a logo. This can then be used on everything from your
invitation package to your seating charts to your favour tags. You can
also use this idea in the future by inserting it into email
communications, creating labels for your homemade wine, printed onto
custom greeting cards and wedding announcements.
• For showers &
parties...
So maybe you are not
getting married right now, but you know someone who is and you have
decided to plan a shower or party to celebrate this new adventure.
Showers and engagement parties are an ideal time to focus the attention
on the couple and what better way to do that than with foil imprinted
napkins in the couple’s wedding colours?
In
summary...
Your wedding is about
declaring to the world that this is the person you want to spend the
rest of your life with. Help everyone to remember the celebration of
your love and commitment by
making the day unmistakably yours!
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In Season 2,
we want you to tell your story to the local bridal community, in words, in
photos, in person. Local brides can share their reality wedding stories with
other brides in The Ring.
Read
Season 2 Reality Wedding Stories
Share
your K-W Reality Wedding story.
Write
and publish
weekly or monthly diaries, show off your ring, share photos and tell it like it
is to a community of brides who tune in to reality weddings each month.
*photo top right courtesy of Janie-lee Teeple &
Jesse Free
 
The Ring meets
Reality TV... on the net! Reality weddings give real local
brides a way to share their love story while giving K-W's
bridal population an exciting, local example of how amazing
K-W weddings can be!
In the first season,
which is still being followed, The Ring told each couple's wedding stories.
We've followed them through the whole process - and even on Kendra and Ryan's
wedding day!
Read Season 1 Reality Wedding
Stories
Season 1 Online Photo Album:
To wrap up Season 1, we've put
Kendra & Ryan's
wedding album online
for you to see in living colour! All courtesy of barebonephoto and Kendra & Ryan
Martin.
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Dear brides,
friends & experts,
This May newsletter offers
new ideas, provokes online discussions, unites local brides in person and gives
you an in-depth, in-colour look at local formal wear - just to name a few.
Use your newsletter as your
doorway into the local bridal community and all of the wonderful options that are
out there just waiting for you!
Happy planning!
Jennifer
Goulden
theweddingring.ca
&
kw.theweddingring.ca
email:
info@theweddingring.ca
*photo by Accent Studios Photography |
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