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 Dowry's procedure Dowry is a blessing from the bride's parents to their own daughter and future son in-law, it also symbolises that their precious daughter has grown up and ready to fullfill the role of a wife. This procedure is done on an auspicious date chosen by a professional Feng Shui consultant before the wedding. Dowry is a process where the bride's parents will buy items like bedsheet, baby prosperity set, toiletries like mug, toothbrush and toothpaste for the wedding couple to a start of a blessful marriage together. The individual items has a special meaning behind. All of them are blessing to the couples for an everlasting marriage and hopefully to carry on a prosperous family line. Items required: Baby bathtub Baby potty Double happiness basin Sewing Kit Double happiness mug Wedding Towels Double happiness Tea Sets 1 pair of bowl, chopsticks with spoons Auspicious ruler Wedding sweets Red and Green beans

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Bed-setting's prodecures Parents of the Groom will move the bridal bed slightly and red packets or “destiny charm”, also known as “Yuan Qian” or “Yuan Zi” in Mandarin, are then placed at each corner as it symbolizes blessings of wealth and prosperity for the couple. A young boy (normally a relative of the Groom) will be invited to jump and make merry on the bed. Peanuts, red dates, lotus seeds, 2 oranges, and other sweets are scattered on the bed to complete the bed installation procedure. Red papers bearing the Chinese character of “Xi” which means double happiness will be pasted onto cupboards, mirrors and doors, and each drawer of the tables and cupboards in the bedroom must contain a packet of “destiny charm”, a red packet or moneybag and some pine leaves for blessings and good luck. This symbolises the good health, abundance of fortune and the off-springs of the couples. it can be done before or after the hair-combing procedures. The items for bridal bed-setting is available at our retail outlet.  

Posted: 14/02/08 3:00 pm Post subject: Scrapbook as BM gifts - tell me what u think! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love to scrapbook! I've made so many scrapbooks as gifts that I've lost count. So I was thinking of making each of my bridesmaids a scrapbook as part of their gift. But I need some help on decisions. I could make them each a wedding themed scrapbook. I would decorate all the pages (in the colors of the wedding) but leave space for the pictures. This way they could put in pictures from the wedding. Or should I make a general scrapbook that they could put in any pictures they want. I don't want to be presumptuous to think they all want a scrapbook of my wedding. What do you think?

maybe just decorate a couple pages with a wedding theme and make sure you give each of them pics from the wedding.. not just of You and FH... Have pics of them with you etc... The rest I would find some pictures you have of them already and decorate a few pages around them and leave the rest general so they and choose what pics they want to add.

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