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有收過POPPY喜帖創意家的婚卡的朋友大多發現我們


除了精緻的印刷技術與高質感的進口紙張外


或多或少都有看到我們運用大量的緞帶


來作為點綴與裝飾.達到畫龍點睛的效果


POPPY運用的緞帶 琳瑯滿目 顏色質料


 都可以媲美一家小型的手工藝品店


 因為每一張婚卡與喜帖或小禮盒搭配的顏色和想法都不盡相同


我們只好也順應客戶的喜好與執著


提供從一碼10幾元台幣到10幾元歐元的緞帶.




看到緞帶,是不是就會有一種喜悅的幸福感呢?


妳一定有鬆開蝴蝶結、打開禮物的感動經驗吧!


或是在頭髮上綁個蝴蝶結的美麗歲月吧!


 




緞帶的誕生




緞帶誕生於法國里昂西南方大約六十公里的聖埃蒂安(Saint-Etienne),


一開始以較窄細的素色緞帶為主。


到了十七世紀的波旁王朝時代,


緞帶成為貴族不可或缺的裝飾品,


也由此開始急速發展。



我們從一般常用的粉色 紅色 金色


進階到咖啡色 可可色 藕粉 薰衣草紫 祖母綠 皇家藍的顏色






 


 


緞帶的運用


就好比 設計師 VERA WANG 也大量運用了高彩度的緞帶在她所設計的婚紗與禮服中 一種顏色的緞帶就可以改變一件禮服原有的味道呢





 


 


               


 


       十九世紀以後,提花織布機的發明帶動了緞帶產業的快速進展。


此後,除了素色的緞帶,也可以織出有圖樣的緞帶。


一八三年左右,已經可以製造出寬十公分左右的緞帶了。


這個時代的緞帶,因為受到當時風尚的影響,設計上較為精緻纖細,


色調上則以淡雅為主流。






一八七年代以後,緞帶的風格更為優雅、華麗,


並陸續出現不同寬度及織法的緞帶,


在技術上達於頂峰,


可以說是法國絹織緞帶的黃金時代。




第一次世界大戰後,因時尚的變化而面臨衝擊,


緞帶逐漸衰微,再加上一九二九年世界大恐慌以及第二次世界大戰的影響,


聖埃蒂安的緞帶製造業更為沒落,過去絹織的緞帶幾乎已經消失。


時至今日,取而代之的是以最新化學纖維技術開發出的各種緞帶,


而緞帶給人的印象也越來越多樣化了,


更進一步也給人們的生活帶來更多的美感和樂趣。






想感受美麗的緞帶能夠為你的喜帖增添多少丰采嗎


有空可以來一趟POPPY喜帖創意家喔


 


 



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橘色系婚卡設計~


Pantone’s 2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango


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提起PANTONE,相信所有從事設計相關的朋友一定都很熟悉。


總部位於美國紐澤西州的PANTONE®公司,是一家專門開發和研究色彩而聞名全球的權威機構,


英文全名是Pantone Matching System,簡稱為PMS。


他的專色系統是基於一本顏色樣本用12種基本油墨合成,


可以配成1012種PMS顏色,更提供油墨的配方。


而每年PANTONE也會發表他們的年度代表色,


 


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繼去年的代表色「Honeysuckle金銀花色」之後,


                                                                                                                               


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2012年PANTONE年度代表色則選擇了色票編號17-1463,


充滿溫暖的「Tangerine Tango探戈橘」



 





根據Pantone的說法:「探戈橘是個有點異國風情、非常友善、不具威脅性的色彩」


 





 


POPPY喜帖的橘色系婚卡代表






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橘色上衣




橘色系的花朵


 


 





橘色鬱金香



橘色系家具





橘色指甲油


 


 


橘色系的捧花 霎那間 室內都溫暖奔放起來了~



橘色可以擺脫傳統的大紅色


但又稱得上喜氣 熱鬧


簡直就是平輩 & 長輩都會開心的顏色


看來我們今年會多很多橘色系的設計喔.....


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常常很多客戶會問我們很多喜帖的問題 最常見的就是:


 


Q. 到底多早前將喜帖寄出是最合適的時間呢




A:   以前老一輩的觀念都是在婚禮前2周才將喜帖送到賓客手上,


但是, 我想 那是因為以前婚禮大多以流水席方式舉辦,


求一個熱鬧場面, 費用成本也相對比較低一點 ,


不像現在精緻的喜宴場地所費不貲 (尤其台北市的五星級飯店 加了一成服務費後動輒2~3萬/桌)


因此, 我們強烈的建議新人, 要辦一場完美的婚禮筵席,


 最重要的就是發喜帖和確認參與的正確人數.


在台灣,請客的與被請的, 對於吃喜酒這件事,往往都隨性到不行,


受邀賓客常常會以正式收到喜帖後 ,才會,也願意的去認真當一回事.


    理想的狀況下,我們都建議現在的新人,


可以在婚禮前5-6個星期開始著手寄出喜帖.


在都會區工作的新人們,自己平常也要工作


可以運用的時間大多也是周末假日,


如果是婚禮前2-3個禮拜才開始寄送,


常常弄得自己手忙腳亂 火氣橫生.


    尤其是碰到很多受邀的親友又旅居世界各地時
,


或是在中國工作, 如果新人沒有及早將邀請函寄送到賓客手上,


很多時候 ,親友們要將自己的行程空出來


 (有些親友,需要向公司請假回台,或是
要訂返台機票等)


沒有充裕的時間,相對的就會顯得有點措手不及.


再者 ,新人到婚禮前2個星期, 都常是最忙碌的時候,


如果還在為了喜宴上的桌數和席次煩惱 那壓力可想而知.


 


甚至 我們看過很多新人, 婚禮倒數幾天,


都還不確定實際上會來吃喜酒的賓客有誰,


桌數不確定,當然就意味著: 爆桌或空桌..  


然後婚禮當天的喜宴就是亂哄哄.


吵雜了3個半小時後,


草草結束著籌備許久的婚禮過程.


事後回想起來 ,大家的心得都是


唉! 如果...如果再給我幾周 或是幾天就好,


我一定會好好估算喜宴人數, 婚禮流程.


為了避免大家慘況一再發生.


 




所以 我們的建議是:


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婚禮倒數




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一開始決定婚禮宴客日期時:


盡可能就開始與雙方父母一起擬出受邀賓客名單


(長輩通常打迷糊仗的居多


請新人一定要善盡"逼迫"的責任,畫個表格給爸媽填寫)


同時並開始蒐集受邀親友的


1.手機號碼  


2.郵寄地址




然後


8-10星期前 (甚至更早)     挑選喜帖款式




6星期前 開始派送喜帖




3星期前 開始確認喜宴實際要參加的人數




                    然後才跟飯店具體確認最後桌數




1星期前 開始電話(簡訊)提醒所有參與的賓客 要記得準時抵達


 


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新娘最後一星期要做的事:


 


Do Nothing!!!


 


做好水晶指甲的新娘  當然什麼都不該做


唯一需要的 就是要 放鬆/睡飽 /做臉 /做SPA和做運動




婚禮當天 就當一個最從容又美麗的新娘......


 


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 如果是明年3月份舉辦的婚禮


其實 我們建議 現在就差不多該準備挑選喜帖了


因為中間剛好碰到農曆新年


也許在熱鬧的過節聚會中 就可以順便派發喜帖呢....


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每年總要幫幾組客戶訂做"結婚證書"


這個內容版本 是以前在網路上找到的


覺得還蠻有趣


給大家參考


 


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中華民國     年     月     日


證   人:                   


介紹人:                   


新   郎:                  
新   娘:                 


                                          
結婚人盟誓我們兩人謹定於___ 年___  月___  日___午___時,在_______________舉行結婚典禮,
寫下海誓山盟,終身遵守,在婚姻路上,共同經營,災難病痛,互相扶持,永不分離。
並就下列事項,立下承諾,即令滄海化為桑田,桑田再化為滄海,
也要攜手共進,相親相愛,直到白頭。
我們宣誓:
 
一、從結婚這一天開始,不但成為夫妻,互相敬愛,分擔對方的快樂和憂愁。
      也同時成為朋友,而且是諍友,互相勉勵,互相規勸,互相批評。
二、我們領悟愉快的共同生活,全靠心靈溝通,所以,我們一定善用言語,
      不僅表達愛心、關心,也使彼此藉溝通與語言加深瞭解,一齊成長。
      絕不粗聲斥責,絕不用肢體代替言詞,絕不允許發生婚姻暴力。
三、我們認知家庭與事業是夫妻共同經營的果實,夫妻對家庭的貢獻等值,
      在家庭內或社會上,價值完全相同,社會工作薪俸無論多少,
      家務工作的薪俸都與其相同。
四、我們同意將來我們有子女,管教上如果有不同的意見,
      甚至有尖銳對峙的意見,一定會克制自己,去請教專家,
      絕不把孩子當成實現自己希望的工具,也絕不用孩子來炫耀自己。
五、我們認為一夫一妻制,是社會安定的磐石,是孩子們成長最安全的溫床,
      我們喜歡並尊重這種制度,並用事實和行動,維持它的尊嚴。
六、我們警惕婚姻生活並不多彩多姿,它不但平凡,而且瑣碎,
      如果不滋養珍惜,容易使生命憔悴,心靈傖俗,所以生活之中,
      我們一定保持適度的假期,與孩子一起長大。
七、我們謹記 我們孝敬自己的父母,也孝敬對方的父母,
      不僅是回報養育之恩,也是培養自己人格的完整,為我們的下一代立下榜樣。
八、我們了解我們將來會老,所以,我們從結婚這一天,
      就培養專業之外的其他藝術興趣,如書、如畫、如音樂,
      使我們的生命永遠充實燦爛。



總結以上八點,我們雖不能馬上做得完美,但我們會耐心追求,永不沮喪,永不停止。


新郎:______________                 新娘:______________


 



 


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如何設計創意喜帖-POPPY





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「有些事情,現在不做,以後就不會去做了...」這是出自電影《練習曲》的一段話。
不想隸屬於任何人,也不想有著遺憾,創業於是成為許多人一圓夢想的選擇,夢想和創業,其實可以得到加乘的效果。學學特別邀請手工糖、風格小店、婚禮顧問、法式小酒館、創意喜帖等不同領域的夢想創業家,談談他們實現夢想的現在進行式、創業的實際難度與顧慮,他們又發現了什麼商機與未來。

如何將傳統印刷業的單一產品轉化出更多變的面貌,成為幸福設計的幕後推手。美麗動人的愛情故事,幸福的起點,就從喜帖開始。
開課期間:2011/09/06 - 2011/09/13
講師:詹曉蘋
總時數: 4hrs
價格:NT 1000
地點:學學文創志業內湖大樓
招生對象:一般大眾










課程資訊



























上課日期 上課時間 上課主題 講師 時數
09/06 (二) 19:30 - 21:30 如何設計創意喜帖 I 詹曉蘋 2
09/13 (二) 19:30 - 21:30 如何設計創意喜帖 II 詹曉蘋 2

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From Heart To Heart

by Kim

As the sweet scented petals slowly
Fall from the pink and crimson sky
You hold me close so softly
In your comforting arms
Whispering secrets
Of life and love,
Sparkling with
Laughter.
Hope.

You
Bring me
Happiness.
Perfection in
This single moment.
The world prepares for sleep
Yet we remain with the stars
And your heart sings to me of love,
Eternally bound to each other


 


One Wish

by Jacob M Parnell

If I had one wish.
If one desire could come true.
If I had one wish.
My wish would be you.

If I could choose.
I would stay in your arms forever.
Our hearts would fuse.
And our love would become an endeavor.

I would wish for you to stay with me.
For you to be my love.
You would be my hearts key.
Forever my angel, my dove.

Forever is a long time.
To require in a single command.
I will write our love in a rhyme.
For it would be my demand.

I would ask of this.
Only with your permission.
Lost in a kiss.
Our love is my ambition.

So I wished upon the star.
The star that reminded me most of you.
My actions seemed bizarre.
But this wish I had to pursue.

If I had one wish.
My wish would be you.
And since I made that wish.
My wish has come true...



 



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「囍」字經常會出現在帖喜上,有人甚至稱喜帖為囍帖;究竟「囍」的由來是怎樣的呢?

相傳王安石在前往考試途中,在一個鎮上見到馬員外家出了一副對聯的上聯,要求有才學的人替他對出下聯,上聯是:「走馬燈,燈馬走,燈熄馬停步」。王安石因要趕往考試,所以未有理會。事有凑巧,王安石考完試後,考試官以廳前的飛虎旗作為題目考他,考試官出了下聯,要王安石對出上聯,下聯是:「飛虎旗,旗虎飛,旗捲虎藏身」。王安石想起了馬員外的「走馬燈」上聯,便立即以它對「飛虎旗」。

考試過後,王安石來到馬員外家,又以「飛虎旗」為下聯對上聯「走馬燈」。員外十分高興,便將女兒嫁了給他。就在成親當天,王安石接到金榜題名的喜訊,喜上加喜,就寫了一個大紅雙喜字(囍)貼在門上,吟道:「巧對聯成雙喜歌,馬燈飛虎結絲羅」。

從此,「囍」字成為新婚時常見的字,更是喜帖上一個不可或缺的字了。


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Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
- Kahlil Gibran




You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran




I have looked into your eyes with my eyes.
I have put my heart near your heart.
- Pope John XXIII




God is a great matchmaker.
- Jewish Proverb




Where there is love there is life.
- Mahatma Gandhi




Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
- Ephesians 4:26




There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree
- Vita Sackville-West




Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.
- Barnett Brickner




What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
- Titus Maccius Plautus




How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning




But love is blind, and lovers cannot see:
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
- William Shakespeare




Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beats one.
- Freedrich Holm Joseph Von Munch




Union gives strength.
- Aesop




...And when two people understand each other in their inmost heats,
Their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids.
- I Ching




...In marriage, everyday you love,
and everyday you forgive.
It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness
- Bill Moyers




The deed of love is stronger than words
- Pearl Bailey




The first duty of love is to listen
- Paul Tillich




Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit
- Peter Ustinov




There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage.
- Martin Luther King




...To make One, there must be Two...
- W.H. Auden




What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?
- George Eliot




To be loved, be lovable.
- Ovine




Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.




Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love you. I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.
- William Shakespeare




Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.
- Virgil




There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
- George Sand




If love were what the rose is, and I were like the leaf, our lives would grow together in sad or singing weather.
- Algernon Charles Swinburne




Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.
- Elivis Presley




You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
- Henry Drummond




Each moment of a happy love's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
- Aphra Behn




Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.




Who, being loved, is poor?
- Oscar Wilde




There is one pain I often feel, which you'll never know. It's caused by absence of you.
- Ashleigh Brilliant




That farewell kiss which resembles greeting; that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.
- George Elliot




It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery




The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller




The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
- Victor Hugo




Love is a great beautifier.
- Louisa May Alcott




Love and you shall be loved.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson




It is easy to love people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
- Mother Theresa




The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts,
Of kindness and of love.
- William Wordsworth




When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
- Mark Twain




There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
- Martin Luther




A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.
- Rainer Maria Rilke




If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
- Michel de Montaigne




There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
- George Sands




There is no remedy for love than to love more.
- Henry David Thoreau




There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio.
What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for? What is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same. Only love.
- from the film, Don Juan DeMarco




If you want to be loved, love and be loveable.
- Benjamin Franklin




Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind...
- William Shakespeare




The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
- Benjamin Disraeli




Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
- Plato




Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
- Robert Browning




You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
- John Keats




And all for love, and nothing for reward.
- Edmund Spenser




If music be the food of love, play on...
- William Shakespear




Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love you. I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.
- William Shakespeare




The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.




You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.




Never underestimate the power of love.




The way to love anything is to realize it may be lost.




The heart has its reasons that reason does not know at all.




Music is love in search of a word.




There is pleasure in the pathless woods;
there is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
- Lord Byron




In solitude, where we are least alone.
- Lord Byron




What sweet delight a quiet life affords.
- William Drummond




The way of a superior man is three-fold: Virtuous he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.
- Confucious

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1 Corinthians. 13:4-13


Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, but the greatest of these is love.






I Love You...


I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you, and to comfort you
in times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
when life seems easy and when it seems hard,
when our love is simple, and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you,
and to always hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.







Our Pledge


We pledge to each other to be loving friends and partners in marriage.
To talk and to listen, to trust and appreciate one another;
to respect and cherish each other's uniqueness; and to
support, comfort and strengthen each other through life's joys and sorrows.
We promise to share hopes, thoughts and dreams as we build our lives together.
May our lives be ever intertwined, our love keeping us together.
We will build a home that is compassionate to all,
full of respect and honor for others and each other.
May our home be forever filled with peace, happiness and love.






By the Seaside


As we stand beside the ocean tide,
may our love always be as constant and unchanging
as these never-ending waves that pour beneath our feet,
flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea;
your love came softly upon my heart,
just as the foam comes softly upon the sand,
and just as there will never be a morning
without the ocean's flow,
so there will never be a day
without my love for you.
I pledge myself to you this day.
Our love will be as unchanging
and dependable as the tide;
as these waters nourish the earth
and sustain life, may my constant devotion
nourish and sustain you
until the end of time.






As We Renew Our Vows


Today, we reaffirm our commitment to each other
as beloveds and partners in marriage.
We continue to strive to be sensitive to each other's needs,
to be open and understanding with each other,
and to share our thoughts, our feelings,
and our experiences with each other.
We renew our promise to try always to
bring out the qualities of forgiveness, compassion,
and integrity in our selves and in each other.
We continue to cherish each other's uniqueness.
We continue to share in life's joys and remain steadfast
and comfort each other through life's sorrows.






An Apache Blessing


Now you will feel no rain, for
each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for
each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness, for
each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons, but
there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the
journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion and
your days together be good and long upon the earth.

Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and
remind yourselves often of what brought you together.
Give the highest priority to the tenderness,
gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves.
When frustration, difficulties and fear assail your relationship, as
they threaten all relationships at one time or another,
remember to focus on what is right between you,
not only the part which seems wrong.
In this way, you can ride out the storms when
clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives -
remembering that even if you lose sight
of it for a moment, the sun is still there.
And if each of you takes responsibility for
the quality of your life together,
it will be marked by abundance and delight.






Kahlil Gibran on Marriage


From Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet


Then Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, Master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.






I Promise


by Dorothy R. Colgane


I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realize that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my attention
and to bring joy, strength, and imagination to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you,
to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost
fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship
alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how.
Completely and forever.






How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...


by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.






I take you as my partner...


I take you as my partner, my friend and my love.
My hopes and dreams will now be intermingled with yours.
I will seek to balance my needs with those of our community and family.
I will openly draw from our combined experience
and feelings in our search for truth and meaning.
I will strive for harmony through compromise and understanding.

I will be forgiving, but not complacent.
From this day forward, I take shared responsibility
for our marriage, family, community and myself,
regardless of our successes or failures.

I promise to be faithful and true to you in mind,
body, and spirit; to cherish you and respect you;
and to be a source of comfort and encouragement,
free and bound by our love, as long as we shall live.


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"From Heart to Heart"


Our love is like a lovely bridge
Between your heart and mine
A bridge we've built down through the years
Just to our own design.

It's based on happy memories
Of the good times that we've known
The hopes and dreams we two have shared
The thoughtfulness you've shown.

It's stronger now than ever
For its grown with every smile
And every act of kindness
That makes life seem more worthwhile.

And now I know that, if you're near
Or if we're miles apart
Our love still unites us
With a bridge from heart to heart.


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Bride & Groom Inviting 1

 


Together with their parents
Julia Esabella Sanmeters
and
Nicholas Kristoff Demett
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
on Sunday, the fourth of October
two thousand fourteen
at six o'clock in the evening
Mount Zion Church
11890 Leaf Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 2

 


Because you have shared in
our lives
by your friendship and love we,
Karrie Ester Bryant
and
Matthew Edward Mergesen
together with our parents
invite you to share
the beginning of our new life
together
when we exchange marriage
vows
on Friday, the ninth of May
two thousand fourteen
at half after four o'clock
The Hall of Casa Monica
Four North Bend Avenue
St. Augustine, Florid

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 3

 


You work, you play
and then, one day...
love just happens!
Jenny Thompson
and
Kurt Shippers
invite you to be a witness
to one of life's loveliest
surprises
as they are joined together in
matrimony
on Saturday, the seventh of June
at three o'clock in the afternoon
Birmingham Hotel
42067 Fargo Road
Palm City, Florida 

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 4



Something borrowed and
something blue
some things are old, some
things are new
Someone to care and share
your life
the dream of every husband
and wife
Please join us
Martha McBellow
and
Billy Barton
as we unite in marriage
on Saturday, the twelfth of July
Belleview Grand Hotel
975 Belleview Boulevard
Bellaire Beach, North Carolin

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 5



The future seems so bright and clear
when I picture it with you near
Becky Mophit
and
James Hill
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
Friday, the eighth of August
at half after five o'clock
Church of St. Lucas
828 Licoln Avenue
Minoa, Illinois


 

 

Bride & Groom Inviting 6


Mary Stevens
and
Chuck Henderson
have chosen the first day
of their new life together
as Saturday, the fourth of October
two thousand fourteen
You are invited to share in their
joy
as they exchange marriage vows
at four o'clock in the afternoon
Church by the Sea
19 Riverside Drive
Sand Key, Florida

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 7


From the first 'tee'
we knew we 'wood' spend
the 'course' of our lives together
We,
Megan Riley
and
Jonathan Bueler
‘wood’ love ‘fore’ you to join us
at our wedding
on May 4, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Church of the Saints
1675 Azalea Court
Malay, Indiana

 


Bride & Groom Inviting 8


Friends forever we will be
whether walking on the beach
or sailing on the sea...
Please be our guest as we,
Patricia Morgan
and
Greg Bundy
join together
on September 20, 2014
at 2:00 pm
St. Michael's Church
2003 Curlew Road
Palm Harbor, Florida



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Engagement Invitations Verse 1




We would be pleased to have
you join us
for a party announcing our
engagement
on Sunday, the ninth of April
at one o'clock in the afternoon


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



Engagement Invitations Verse 2




Introducing the future
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson
Please join us for an
engagement party honoring
Victor and Nicole
on Saturday, April 8th at 6 p.m.
The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



 

Engagement Invitations Verse 3




You are cordially invited to
attend an
Engagement Party
given in honor of
Stephanie and John
on March 31, 2014
at 6:00 p.m.


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



 


Engagement Invitations Verse 4




Spring is here
Wedding bells are near…
Please join us to celebrate the engagement of
Heather & Adam
at an Outdoor Buffet Dinner
Saturday, April 19th
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000
Hosted by Mary and Carson Kennedy



 


Engagement Invitations Verse 5




The honor of your presence is
requested
at a Dinner Party celebrating
the engagement of
Shelly and Brian
on January 30th, 2014 at 5 p.m.


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



 

Engagement Invitations Verse 6




The most precious moment of
her life...
Josh asked April to be his wife!
Please join us in celebrating
the engagement of
April Leighson
and
Josh Anders
on Saturday, June 12th at 7 p.m.


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



 

Engagement Invitations Verse 7




Please join us for an evening of
Celebration and Dining
in honor of John and Ann
on their recent engagement
Friday, October 18, 2014
at 6 o'clock in the evening


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000
Mr. and Mrs. Simmons



 

Engagement Invitations Verse 8




We're bubbling with the news...
Martha and Ken
are engaged!

Join us for
cocktails, dinner and dancing
April 23rd at 11:00 am


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



 

Engagement Invitations Verse 9



Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens request the pleasure of your company
at a Dinner to celebrate
the engagement of
Gina
and
Tommy
on Thursday, October 16
at 6 o'clock in the evening
Beachfront Grille
121 South Bay Avenue
Burton Beach, SC


Engagement Invitations Verse 9




Love is here to stay
lets' celebrate by dancing the
night away!
Join us for an
Engagement Party
on March 18th at 8:30 p.m.


The reception will be held at
Ball Room 3rd Floor
Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
No.41,Chung Shan N. Rd,
Sec. 2 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2523-8000



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這首杜甫的詩 已經想不起來是國中還是高中國文課讀的~


昨而個 偶然看到


實在感觸良多


過年時候 和11年不見的老朋友 碰上一面


其內心之激動


實在筆墨難以形容


雖還未到白髮階段


卻也感嘆人生已經去掉大半


為什麼斷了連絡 也說不上來


瞎忙吧


尤其年後 景氣紛亂


時局之差 也真是無法預料


現在 才能體會 杜甫寫此詩 那種無奈又無力的心境


於是 這種時候 蘋果覺得


為你所愛的朋友或家人


打氣最好的方式可以來上幾杯酒


連絡彼此的感情


小酌一番 彼此紓紓壓 舒緩舒緩現實的壓力


上網找了這首詩的原文


有位網友寫的真不錯 在此引述他的見解 http://blog.udn.com/shashinai/2152169


不過 大家還是要加油


冬天到了 春天還會遠嗎???



贈衛八處士   杜甫


人生不相見 動如參與商 今夕復何夕 共此燈燭光


少壯能幾時 鬢髮各已蒼 訪舊半為鬼 驚呼熱中腸


焉知二十載 重上君子堂 昔別君未婚 兒女忽成行


怡然敬父執 問我來何方 問答未及已 驅兒羅酒漿


夜雨剪春韭 新炊間黃梁 主稱會面難 一舉累十觴


十觴亦不醉 感子故意長 明日隔山岳 世事兩茫茫


 


  唐肅宗乾元元年(758),杜甫因上疏救房琯,被貶為華州司功參軍。冬天曾告假回東都洛陽探望舊居陸渾莊。乾元二年(759)三月,九節度之師潰於鄴城,杜甫自洛陽經潼關回華州,路過奉先縣,訪問了居住在鄉間的少年時代的友人衛八處士。一夕相會,又匆匆告別,不久,寫下這動情之作贈給衛八處士,抒發了人生離多聚少和世事滄桑的感歎。


  衛八處士,姓衛,八是他的排行;生平不詳。高適有《酬衛八雪中見寄》、《同衛八題陸少府書齋》,不知是否為同一人。處士,隱居不仕的人或沒有做官的讀書人。


    杜甫做此詩已47歲,正值安史之亂末期,而杜甫的一些所謂驚天地泣鬼神的史詩,就是在此動亂期間寫成。寫贈衛八處士這一年,安祿山已死,局面為唐肅宗控制,然連年戰亂,家屬不得隨行,驚懼焦慮,形單影隻,不免感慨良多,詩中濃鬱之詞,撼動人心,遂使此詩傳誦千古。


           古人的天文知識多為我輩望塵莫及,大家都依賴氣象報告,務農的也不會再看天象來制定耕作計劃,參商在哪裡?知道個北極星算差強人意了,更何況日常煙霧瀰漫天空,看星星都要往高山上跑。


           現代醫學發達,我輩到杜甫這個年紀,十成不會有訪舊半為鬼的感概,就算不知名的病症或是可怕的諸多癌症,能奪走的也沒幾個啦。


倒是聽聞某某又結婚了,還是某某昨兒被老婆逮到了云云……


           現代人這個年紀,兒女大多都就業了,少數已成家,不與父母同住者居多,訪友碰到對方子女機會不大。現代主婦多不舉炊,老友相見十之八九都在餐廳把臂言歡,XO或威士忌自然不在話下,再不濟者共赴小吃攤劇飲啤酒,吆五喝六,亦常事耳。再有閒者,飯後共赴卡拉 OK,若婦道人家未隨行,南部有啥軒尼斯者店,保證賓主盡歡,感子故意長。


           高鐵南北往返,瞬發即至,山岳隔在車外,想細細觀賞都不可能,車速快得可能連余光中將奔馳中的高速公路比喻成拉鍊的想像都體會不來。但這最後二句 -明日隔山岳,世事兩茫茫。  其象徵意義,卻令人沉鬱低迴。


 




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很多客戶 每次問我 要如何列印透明標籤???


在這邊小小公佈


首先你ㄉ電腦裡面一定要有OFFICE軟體


(但可能只是用 WINDOWS 舊版或 XP... VISTA我就不敢說ㄌ)


其實這是我之前在一家外商公司


唯一學會ㄉ厲害EXCEL技巧


EXCEL很好用


可以編排 賓客名單


甚至 排序


(這樣就可以把 姓林ㄉ 姓張ㄉ賓客抓出來


或是住台北市ㄉ


桃園縣ㄉ


如果你發上200張以上


你就會發現 這個軟體還蠻好用ㄉ)


如果大家有發現更精準ㄉ列印方式


再來信賜教囉 感恩!



 

 


1.     excel中打好所有列印名單 (按第一欄位姓名 按第二欄位地址)


2.     存好1個檔案 並賦予檔案名稱


3.     開啟新word文件


4.     在工具----點選(信件與郵件)(合併列印精靈)


5.     右邊視窗會跳出文件類型的選擇 請點選{標籤}


6.     按最右邊底下 {下一步 開始文件}


7.     點選{標籤選項}


8.     小視窗跳出後 點選 標籤樣式 下拉至{AVERY A4 & A5 SIZES}


9.     然後再同一個小視窗點選標籤編號 L7562 (16) 後按確定


10. 即出現16 虛線的標準格式


11. 再點選右邊視窗下面的 下一步  選擇收件者


12. 再點選 瀏覽


13. 立即會跳出新的小視窗 利用滑鼠在連結資料來源指向當初在excel的存檔檔名 選定後按開啟


14. 開啟後 會再跳出新的小視窗 然後點選sheet1 按確定 畫面就可以看到全部預備列印名單 按確定


15. 跳到右邊視窗下面 下一步 安排標籤


16. 用滑鼠點選{其他項目}跳出小視窗


17. 插入 地址-插入 姓名-插入


18. 此時 畫面的16格的左上第一格會跳出 信名 地址(可以調整行距和字形及字體大小) 然後再按螢幕右邊視窗的{更新所有標籤}


19. 按右邊視窗中下 下一步{預覽標籤}


20. 按右邊視窗中下 下一步{完成合併}


21. 就可以開始列印


22. 建議用白紙先試幾次


 


 


Excel 文字欄範本





 


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厭倦了喜帖上 老是印上"執子之手 與子偕老"的文字嗎


參考一下 國外的英文詩句吧


 


Hindu Marriage Poem


 


You have become mine forever.
Yes, we have become partners.
I have become yours.
Hereafter, I cannot live without you.
Do not live without me.
Let us share the joys.
We are word and meaning, unite.
You are thought and I am sound.
May the nights be honey-sweet for us.
May the mornings be honey-sweet for us.
May the plants be honey-sweet for us.
May the earth be honey-sweet for us.

 








Blessing for a Marriage


James Dillet Freeman

 


May your marriage bring you all the exquisite
excitement marriage should bring,
and may life grant you also patience,
tolerance, and understanding.
May you always need one another -
not so much to fill your emptiness
as to help you to know your fullness.
A mountain needs a valley to be complete;
the valley does not make
the mountain less, but more;
and the valley is more a valley because
it has a mountain towering over it.
May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel one another.
May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another,
and not fail in the little graces.
May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!"
and take no notice of small faults.
If you have quarrels that push you apart,
may both of you hope to have
good sense enough to take the first step back.
May you enter into the mystery which is
the awareness of one another's
presence - no more physical than spiritual,
warm and near when you are
side by side, and warm and near when
you are in separate rooms
or even distant cities.
May you have happiness,
and may you find it making one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.

 








Mary Weston Fordham


 


The die is cast, come weal, come woe
Two lives are joined together,,
For better or for worse, the link
Which naught but death can sever.
The die is cast, come grief, come joy.
Come richer, or come poorer,
If love but binds the mystic tie,
Blest is the bridal hour.

 








From This Day Forward


Marianne Williamson

 


From this day forward,
You shall not walk alone.
My heart will be your shelter,
And my arms will be your home.

 








These I Can Promise


 


I cannot promise you a life of sunshine;
I cannot promise riches, wealth, or gold;
I cannot promise you an easy pathway
That leads away from change or growing old.
But I can promise all my heart's devotion;
A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow;
A love that's ever true and ever growing;
A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow.
Yes, I'll Marry You.

 








This Day I Married My Best Friend


 


This day I married my best friend
...the one I laugh with as we share life's wondrous zest,
as we find new enjoyments and experience all that's best.
...the one I live for because the world seems brighter
as our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter.
...the one I love with every fiber of my soul.
We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole.

 








Today I Married My Best Friend


Rachel Elizabeth Cooper

 


Today I married my best friend,
Our bond complete, it hath no end,
We share one soul, we share one heart,
A perfect time - a perfect start.
With these rings we share together,
Love so close to last forever,
This special day - two special hearts,
Let nothing keep this love apart.

 








I Promise


Dorothy R. Colgan

 


I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realize that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my attention
and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you,
to let you see through the window of my world
into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep
our relationship alive and exciting.
I promise to love you in good times and bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside
in the only way I know how,
completely and forever.








Marriage Advice


Jane Wells

 


Let your love be stronger than your hate and anger.
Learn the wisdom of compromise,
for it is better to bend a little than to break.
Believe the best rather than the worst.
People have a way of living up or down
to your opinion of them.
Remember that true friendship
is the basis for any lasting relationship.
The person you choose to marry
is deserving of the courtesies
and kindnesses you bestow on your friends.
Please hand this down to your children and
your children's children.








Never Marry But For Love


William Penn

 


Never marry but for love;
but see that thou lovest what is lovely.
He that minds a body and not a soul
has not the better part of that relationship,
and will consequently lack
the noblest comfort of a married life.
Between a man and his wife nothing ought rule but love.
As love ought to bring them together, so it is the best way
to keep them well together.
A husband and wife that love one another
show their children that they should do so too.
Others visibly lose their authority in their families by
their contempt of one another, and teach their children to be
unnatural by their own examples.
Let not enjoyment lessen, but augment, affection;
it being the basest of passions to like
when we have not, what we slight when we possess.
Here it is we ought to search out our pleasure,
where the field is large and full of variety,
and of an enduring nature; sickness,
poverty or disgrace being not able to
shake it because it is not under
the moving influences of worldly contingencies.
Nothing can be more entire and without reserve;
nothing more zealous, affectionate and sincere;
nothing more contented than such a couple,
nor greater temporal felicity
than to be one of them.








The Art Of A Good Marriage


Wilferd Arlan Peterson

 



Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted;
the courtship should not end
with the honeymoon, it should continue through the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice,
but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation
and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience,
understanding and a sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow old.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal,
dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.









Apache Blessing


 


May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries
And the breeze blow new strength into your being,
And all the days of your life may you walk
Gently through the world and know its beauty.








Eskimo Love Song


 


You are my
My feet shall run because of you
My feet shall dance because of you
My heart shall beat because of you
My eyes see because of you
My mind thinks because of you
And I shall love because of you.








Marriage Joins Two People in the Circle of its Love


Edmund O'Neill

 



Marriage is a commitment to life,
the best that two people can find and bring out in each other.
It offers opportunities for sharing and growth
that no other relationship can equal.
It is a physical and an emotional joining that is promised for a lifetime.Within the circle of its love,
marriage encompasses all of life's most important relationships.
A wife and a husband are each other's best friend,
confidant, lover, teacher, listener, and critic.
And there may come times when one partner is heartbroken or ailing,
and the love of the other may resemble
the tender caring of a parent or child.Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life.
Happiness is fuller, memories are fresher,
commitment is stronger, even anger is felt more strongly,
and passes away more quickly.Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life
is unable to avoid. It encourages and nurtures new life,
new experiences, new ways of expressing
a love that is deeper than life.


When two people pledge their love and care for each other in marriage,
they create a spirit unique unto themselves which binds them closer
than any spoken or written words.
Marriage is a promise, a potential made in the hearts of two people
who love each other and takes a lifetime to fulfill.










Marriage is the Closest Kind of Friendship



 


Marriage is the closest kind of friendship.
Years of traffic wear away the lines
Between two souls with similar designs,
Ending more in unity than kinship.
Separate actors must play separate parts:
They must alone be riveted by need.
Far beneath that soil a single seed
Roots itself, tenacious in their hearts.
In love there is a trust beyond the word.
Each finds peace in each, as though the light
Needed the tranquility of night,
Deeper than what silence can be heard.








To Be One With Each Other


George Eliot

 


What greater thing is there for two human souls
than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen
each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow,
to share with each other in all gladness,
to be one with each other in the
silent unspoken memories?








Love


 


Love is a friendship that has caught fire.
It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving.
It is loyalty through good and bad.
It settles for less than perfection,
and makes allowances for human weakness.
Love is content with the present.
It hopes for the future and it doesn't brood over the past.
It's the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems,
compromises, small disappointments, big victories,
and working toward common goals.
If you have love in your life,
it can make up for a great many things you lack.
If you don't have it, no matter what else there is,
it is not enough, so search for it, ask God for it, and share it!








All My Happiness Goes Out to You


Nicholas Gordon

 


All my happiness goes out to you:
Pride and pleasure, joy, sweet tears, and love!
Reason, hope, and faith together move
In harmony to bless all that you do.
Let this beginning be the golden dawn
At which all dew-drenched nature sings its glory!
Nor should the darkness shrouding every story
Dim the blue-eyed beauty of this morn.
More of life will come than you can hold:
A flood no mortal witness can withstand.
Rest, then, within a quiet, gentle hand,
Knowing where love is as you grow old.








Marriage is the Union of


Nicholas Gordon

 


 


Marriage is the union of
A greater sum than two in love.
Relatives are made by vows,
Relating endless fields and plows.
In bringing families together,
A million lives are changed forever.
Go then in joy, yourselves to please:
Each love shapes many destinies.

 








On Your Wedding Day, as You Trade Vows


Nicholas Gordon

 


On your wedding day, as you trade vows,
No ordinary moment hurries by.
You partake, as far as time allows,
Of something more than time and Earth and sky.
Unknowable, invisible, yet there;
Resplendent to the heart if not the face;
More than both of you, yet less than air;
A transcendental act conferring grace.
Reason might say, How can this be true?
Return then to the heart, for this is love.
In making vows, you make one out of two,
A mystery beyond what words can prove.
Go then as one flesh, one home, one heart.
Each still a whole, yet also now a part.

 








The Vows I Take Will Be Forever


Nicholas Gordon

 



The vows I take will be forever.
I'll love you all my life.
There's no part way, no holding back
Once we are man and wife.The choice is made, and now I swim
In a far different sea,
The shores of which are bright green hills
Raised up for you and me.Our love is like a mountainside
Awash in lovely flowers:
It is our home, our solid rock,
Where all bright things are ours.And though of need we often must
Spend our days apart,
Our love will always be with us,
Held within the heart.


I feel it now, so strong and free,
So part of every breath
That it must live - I swear it will!
Even after death.










The Vows You Have Just Taken, Pledging Love


Nicholas Gordon

 



The vows you have just taken, pledging love,
Mean far more than words can ever mean.
May their gentle spirit in you move.May your years fulfill the beauty of
The feelings whose expression we've just seen,
The vows that you have taken, pledging love.And may you always put these vows above
The things that make life smaller and more mean.
May their gentle spirit in you move.


May your children know the power of
These words to shape a world that's sane and clean,
These vows that you have taken, pledging love.









Thank You For Your Friendship and Love


Nicholas Gordon

 



Thank you for your friendship and your love.
However life may turn, this gift will be
A mountain that has made my river bend,
Nor will it flow the same way to the sea.
Knowing you is something I'm made of.


Years will not this part of me remove.
One lives for just a brief eternity,
Understanding truths that never end.



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從2000年開始 因為工作的關係

接觸的客戶當然都是準新人 和新人的家人們

 

"結婚"是一件非常浪漫的事情

但是籌備婚禮的過程

不知道為什麼卻一點也不浪漫 ?

一個人代表一種個性

而兩個家族的結合

決定事情似乎就是多頭馬車的角力開始

 

結婚要準備的瑣碎事情

真的可以多到令人隨時想拔腿就跑

婚紗找哪家

囍宴場地請在哪

囍餅發幾盒

新房的落腳處(離婆家還是娘家近?)

禮俗 (六禮 十二禮要指定什麼)

婚禮佈置該花多少錢

一人一張嘴

心臟不夠力應付

往往 不用特意減肥

衣帶漸寬自然就發生

外頭天氣炎熱

煩燥的情緒 一觸即發

新郎新娘 吵架在所難免

新人們真的要隨時提醒自己

為什麼想與對方結婚

想與對方廝守一生

再大的困難都會迎刃而解

 

我很喜歡席琳狄翁的這首歌

"Because You Loved Me"

歌詞的涵義  其實就是為"結婚"做了最好的註解


 

 



Because You Loved Me
Celine Dion

 

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me
through it all
                                                                           

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cuz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
           

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you

                                                                           

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cuz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

                                                                           

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

                                                                        

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cuz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

 

 
那些你在我身邊的時光
那些你讓我看見的真相
那些你使我的人生增添的喜悅
那些你改正的錯誤
那些你使之成真的夢想
那些我在你身上找到的愛
我永遠感謝你,寶貝
你始終扶持著我
從不讓我跌倒
你是真正瞭解我的人,瞭解我的一切

當我軟弱無力,你是我的力量
當我無法言語,你是我的聲音
當我看不見時,你是我的雙眼
你看見了我心中的美好
當我拿不到時,你將我高高舉起
你給了我信心,因為你相信
我有了一切
因為你愛過我

你給了我翅膀,使我飛翔
你觸摸我的手,使我能碰到天空
當我失去信心,你為我拾回
你說沒有摘不到的星星
你隨伺在側,讓我高高在上
我擁有你的愛,擁有了一切
我感激你賜給我的每一天
也許我了解的不多
但我明白這都是千真萬確的
因為被你所愛,使我蒙受祝福

你總是在我身旁
像溫柔的風跟著我
像黑暗中的光將愛射向我的生命
你是我的靈感
穿越重重謊言,你才是真理
因為有你,我的世界才更美好


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謹「詹」於




中國是個咬文嚼字的民族,應用文尤然。中學時代,大家都背過一長串必須依照身分、長幼、親疏不同而妥適選用的提稱語、問候語、末啟詞。儘管這些「尊鑒」、「道鑒」、「賜鑒」、「大鑒」、「惠鑒」的文言意義,現代人已鮮能一一區辨箇中差異,但這些抖不落的遺產還是不斷緊箍著我們。


正常情況下,我們可以不理會字面意義,只需根據少許規則直接套用這些制式文字。譬如說:對祖父母、父母親輩的長輩要用「尊鑒」,對師長用「道鑒」,對普通長輩用「賜鑒」,對平輩用「大鑒」或「惠鑒」。不過最近我卻遇見一次不能不求甚解的情況。


一般來說,喜帖內文可分為「男方家長用帖」、「女方家長用帖」、「雙方家長用帖」三種署名方式,若家長能接受的話,新一代人類也可能改採較西化的「新人用帖」形式(像我之前設計的電子喜帖,就是以「新人用帖」的名義向平輩邀請)。不過正式印刷的喜帖,因為還有長輩要寄,所以還是採用傳統一點的「男方家長用帖」樣式比較安全得體。


從以前收到的眾多喜帖,以及喜帖商家提供的範本看來,傳統上,喜帖內文都會以「謹詹於」三字開頭。我雖然不知道「詹」這個字的文言意義,但既然大家都這麼使用,應該不會有問題吧?不疑有他,直接沿用。


岳母大人過目後,卻提醒我們:



有位牧師曾向她提過,不能用「詹」這個字,要改成「訂」。



我很納悶:「詹」這個字不是比較文言嗎?「訂」這個字好像太白話了一點;應用文不是愈文謅謅愈顯得體嗎……難道還有其他的原因?


教育部國語辭典對於「」這個字的解釋是:「選定」。嗯,實在看不出有何不妥。難不成要去找本長於文言典故的大字典?


且慢,且讓我先用「謹詹於」三個字去 Google 搜尋看看……結果我從某一份高中三年級的應用文試題中發現有這麼一條選擇題答案:



詹,占的借字,即指占卜。是說經占卜而擇定。



呃,當年我的高中課本怎麼沒提到這回事?(還是說我當年太混了……)


所以啦,如果你的長輩親友對於「詹」的文言典故有此避諱的,就請改用「訂」吧!儘管現在已經沒有多少人知道「詹」的典故……


不過我想,這些過於陳腐的文言遺跡,遲早都會化成灰燼。等到我們的下一代,大概都是用白話文、西化的「新人用帖」形式吧,既溫馨,又省得咬文嚼字,一不小心還動輒得咎。




 


詹這字,學校教過但不記得是國中還高中了,就算沒記得,望文生義其實也不難瞭解。至於『過於陳腐的文言遺跡』,我倒不認為,除非訂結婚沒在擇日看日翻黃曆的,不然用詹這字,其實僅是忠實反應擇日的過程,也有慎重其事的意涵在內。其實古文字很美的,簡潔明瞭,並沒什麼不好。中國人並非唯一喜歡咬文嚼字的民族,以前的古式英文寫作法現代人也不容易理解,但這其實不過就是文體的演變而已,如果讓古人來看我們的白話文,也許會像我們對現在所謂的注音文一樣斥之以鼻呢。「詹這字…就算沒記得,望文生義其實也不難瞭解」,可是,一般普通人用的國語辭典/字典,也很少點出這一層涵意。可能是您的文字學造詣比一般人好吧。 :) 我的網誌有好幾篇文章都可看出我喜愛優美的文言文,也對目前教育當局輕忽文言文教育的走向不以為然;但,我還是認為「謹詹於」這樣的發語詞,是「過於陳腐的文言遺跡」。我完全同意「中國人並非唯一喜歡咬文嚼字的民族,以前的古式英文寫作法現代人也不容易理解」,但我更看重「文體的演變」力量。現在人,除了來自非常傳統的家庭,否則,有多少比例是會看曆書決定要不要遠行、購車、訂盟、赴約?試想:再過一兩代,沒有人再看曆書擇日,也沒有人再能夠在未經指點的前提下看得懂「詹」這個字還有這一層意思,屆時,「謹詹於」這樣的發語詞,有沒有可能會成為「過於陳腐的文言遺跡」呢?


 


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超級頭痛的狀況 Sticky Situations


隨著時代的演進,我們慢慢踩著美式社會的脈動,家庭的成員不再是一成不變. 常常在店裡面,也會碰到一些令人棘手的複雜問題. 父母離婚囉.再婚啦.或是其中一方過世了.等等... 喜帖內文該怎麼寫就是一個大問題!


POPPY的建議,除了先和大人們商量後,原則上不管是何種狀況,盡量以"避重就輕"要符合新人現階段生活的實情為主,千萬不要多寫 以免"越描越黑".  If you're like many Americans, your familial configuration is anything but nuclear. Parents that are divorced, remarried, or deceased are not uncommon. Likewise, wedding customs have changed: Instead of the bride's family footing the entire bill, more couples are paying for their own festivities, under their own terms. In the wake of these changes, the innocent wedding invitation, where those hosting -- um, paying for -- the wedding are conventionally recognized, has become an etiquette minefield. Read on to escape unscathed with our solutions to sticky wording situations.


 狀態 1: 離婚Divorced


The basic rule of thumb is to tread lightly -- you don't want to salt old wounds or, if one parent is happily remarried and the other is unhappily not, bring public attention to this fact, if only to spare the unmarried parent's feelings. Your safest bet is to list your natural parents' names only and on separate lines. If one parent has been remarried for a significant amount of time and that stepparent has played an important role in your life, it is appropriate to include that person's name on the same line as his or her wife or husband. (And regardless of who's remarried, always list the mother first.) If you are faced with two to four sets of remarried parents hosting the wedding, either list each couple on their own line or use the fallback "Together with their families" to keep the invitation uncluttered. Here are some examples.

離婚父母其中一方主辦婚禮 喜帖內文就可以這樣寫


A divorced parent is hosting:


Mr. John Philip Monroe
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Elizabeth Ann
to
Kevin Charles Black
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black


離婚父母其中一方與他(她)的新配偶主辦婚禮 喜帖內文就可以這樣寫


    A divorced parent is hosting with new spouse:



Michelle & Timothy Wright
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of her daughter
Elizabeth Ann Monroe
to
Kevin Charles Black
son of
Barbara and Stanley Black




離婚父母雙方與他(她)的新配偶主辦婚禮 喜帖內文就可以這樣寫


     Divorced parents are jointly hosting:


Mrs. Michelle Wright
and
Mr. John Monroe
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth Ann Monroe
to
Kevin Charles Black
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black





狀態 2: 過世 Widowed


父母其中一方已經過世 還在世的一方與新配偶都要放在喜帖上面的話 需要明確的表示新娘(郎)是誰的小孩


If the hosting parent is widowed, start with just the surviving parent's name or the surviving parent's new married name and his or her spouse's name. Be sure to specify who is related to the bride.


舉例來說 For example:新娘Ann是Michelle Wright太太與前夫一起的小孩
那嚜喜帖可能可以這樣寫


Michelle and Timothy Wright
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of Mrs. Wright's daughter
Elizabeth Ann Monroe


POPPY Note:
在這個例子 新娘Ann的姓氏還跟著已故其中一方的父親名字In this example, the daughter's fraternal surname is included to honor the deceased parent.


狀態 3:表彰社會地位 Ranked


很多新人希望在喜帖上彰顯出自己在社會上特殊的職位或工作上的專業  但如果你加了一些特別的頭銜 記得就不要再寫出 Mr. Ms. Mrs....


Modern couples today include professional titles on all applicable names. If you choose to do so, keep a couple of things in mind: A title should not be used with Mr., Mrs., or Ms. Also, if you add a title to the bride's name, you should add her last name, as well.


舉幾個例子 Here are the proper titles and usage of common professions:



律師Lawyer:  Michelle Wright, Esq.
醫生Doctor:    Dr. Michelle Wright
法官Judge:     The Honorable Michelle Wright
神職人員Clergyperson:



  • 基督教The Reverend Michelle Wright (Christian)
  • 天主教Father John Monroe (Catholic)
  • 猶太教Rabbi Michelle Wright (Jewish)

軍人Military:     Captain (Commander or Major) John Monroe

Be sure to properly denote each title in a wedding invitation.


For example:



Dr. Michelle Wright and Timothy Wright
and
Mr. John Monroe
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth Ann Monroe
to
Kevin Charles Black, Esq.
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black



緬懷其中一位 Honoring Others


如果不幸父母一方過世了 可以在婚禮進行時 增加一點儀式 來緬懷他(她)們的重要


例如藉舉行宗教儀式中點根蠟燭,或是演奏她(他)曾經喜愛的歌曲,或是朗誦一首詩等等..


 甚至可以將這段過程,編入婚禮當天的項目卡中.


 To honor a mother or father who has passed away, you can skip the once-obligatory invite mention and honor the parent at the ceremony or reception instead. Ideas? Light a candle during the ceremony, play his or her favorite song, or have his or her favorite piece of scripture or a poem read (its significance should be noted in the wedding program).



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在西方國家 除了新人自己支付婚禮各項費用外


最常見的為女方父母支付婚禮的開支, 其次為新郎父母, 祖父母, 繼父母 ,等等.


無論為誰主導婚禮 ,只要是付錢的人, 應該都有權可以將他們的名字為視為主要邀請人的身分印在喜帖上. 同樣的, 在台灣社會中,由於婚宴的賓客大多還是以父母的親友為主 所以大多數的父母都堅持自己為主導婚禮的一方.還記得POPPY前兩年的客戶中,有乙組新人在桃園席開100桌以上 (帖子發超過1000張) 但自己年輕人的好友同事卻只佔了其中兩桌而已,所以基於各種理由,一直到今日,喜帖上面名字還是以父母親為主要邀請者居多.以示禮貌與尊重   Today, a whole roomful of people could be paying for the wedding, including the couple themselves, the bride's parents, the groom's parents, stepparents, grandparents, and the list goes on. It's important that you give credit where credit's due -- whoever's footing the bill deserves to lead off the invitation.


 

如果為一方父母為主人邀請宴客的版本 (父母的名字在最開端位置)

If one set of parents is hosting your wedding, list their names at the top.



Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Ann
to
Edward Malcolm Jones




如果為雙方父母為主人邀請宴客的版本 (雙方父母的名字在最開端位置但須分行區隔)

If both sets of parents are jointly hosting, you should list both on separate lines, with the bride's parents first.



 


Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith 


Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Jonesrequest the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their children
Mary Ann Smith
to
Edward Malcolm Jones



When one couple is hosting, but you'd like to honor nonhosting parents by including them on the invitation (a respectful gesture and very wise political move), you simply make a point of noting their relationship to the bride or groom under that person's name.



Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Ann
to
Edward Malcolm Jones
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Jones




如果為新人自己主導婚禮    If the couple is planning to host the wedding, the invitation begins with the request line.


The honor of your presence
is requested at the marriage of
Miss Mary Ann Smith
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith
and
Mr. Edward Malcolm Jones
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Jones




如果新人與雙方父母都為主要邀請的主人 所以名字都可以列出來If everyone is pitching in -- the couple and both sets of parents are paying, the invitation should begin with the marrying couple's names (bride's name always comes first) and follow with "together with their parents" before the request line.


Miss Mary Ann Smith
and
Mr. Edward Malcolm Jones
together with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith
and
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Jones
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage


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