Brides and grooms-to-be are scouring the web to find their dream furnishings to add to their wedding registries.

Professional videography preserves and protects life's most precious and beautiful moments...as they actually happened. And what is more precious than the sights and sounds of the most important day of your life, your wedding day? Because your ceremony and reception go by so quickly, capturing all of the activities on video will mean your wedding will be preserved for you and your family now, and most importantly...for all future generations.

A photography and makeup team, John Lichtwardt and Colette Taber venture beyond their extensive fashion and commercial backgrounds to create illuminated bride. By combining their experiences and talents, they bring exceptional beauty and photography to every wedding. Here they share their perspective and insights of the 3 musts for a blissful bride.

What's so unique about the Appreciate Network? It is a national design & gift social enterprise that donates 100% of its proceeds to fund programs for homeless youth. But that isn't the only thing that is catching the attention of American brides, corporations and the press. The company's beautiful gift baskets and wedding favors are designed by homeless youth collaborating with professional designers!

Many weeks if not months can go into planning a wedding with so many details to consider and decisions to be made. By the time the big day arrives, much time and cost has been invested. It can make a bride anxious and very distracted on her wedding day. By now she wants more than anything for everything to be perfect and perfect does not exist.

So many wedding gifts are universal - appropriate for any couple, or even any occasion.

Paying attention to one's inner peace on a busy day is often overlooked. Following are easy suggestions to create a calmer and more present self.

Inner Beauty

Create a space for beauty and transformation. Designate your time in makeup as a peaceful and reflective time to gather your composure. Bring in beauty for the senses like fresh flowers and peaceful images, play soothing music. Choose your music wisely. It's not the best time for music that brings up strong emotion. Plan to have a massage before makeup or something that gives you a deep calm, perhaps it's Yoga or a good run. Let your beauty professionals in on your plan so they are supportive and not too talkative.

And whichever way you choose, tips for doing it right...

For some couples, deciding whether or not to invite kids to the wedding is not an easy, slam-dunk kind of question. Kids certainly add an air of "unpredictability" to a wedding, But as we all know...unpredictability can go any number of ways. If you are on the fence about whether to include kids or have a strictly adults-only event: read on. Or, worse yet, if you and your fiancé are on opposite sides of the fence on this issue: read on. These are some points to consider, which will hopefully help you make the right decision.