Welcome to Ottawa Wedding Magazine!

Ottawa Wedding Magazine is the must-have guide for the city's brides to be, it provides all the information and options you need to make your dream of a wedding day come true. From news about the latest drop-dead gorgeous, fairytale dresses to advice about planning, shopping and making the innumerable arrangements, Ottawa Wedding provides the know-how you need to create a beautiful, picture-perfect occasion that people will talk about for years to come.

• WEDDING PLANNING  Show your Appreciation

  Wedding Gifts for the Bridal Party

  The bridal party is usually made up of your best friends, or perhaps your brothers, sisters and cousins. Whoever they are, they are the people who have been there for you through good and bad times, and they should continue to be there for you in your married life. You want to show your appreciation for the role they are playing on your big day.

• TRAVEL  WEDDING PLANNING  Planning your Wedding Day

  Survival Checklist

  Travelling, hotels, handling family members..........you need an emergency survival kit.

• TRAVEL  Green and Glam Costa Rica is Pura Vida

  Pura vida” is a popular greeting among Costa Rican residents. It means “full of life” or “life is good” — and perfectly captures the essence of this colourful country. Teeming with orchids, tropical rainforests and wildlife, Costa Rica treasures its reputation as the world’s greenest country. Almost 30 per cent of this country, including much of the coastline, is protected.

• WEDDING PLANNING  The Wedding Meal

  First of all, you want to think about what kind of food you want at your wedding. The formality of the wedding should match the formality of the food served at the reception. Less formal weddings normally serve snack foods or simple hors d’oeuvres rather than large sit-down meals. Once you consider the formality of your wedding venue and service, you can match your caterer accordingly.

• WEDDING PLANNING  Sweet Spot

  Personal, elegant and in tune with the ambience of the special day. This is the current trend in wedding cakes, say wedding cake designers. “It’s definitely about personalization these days,” says Tracii Reardon, the Village Cake Lady of Oxford Mills.

• NEWLYWEDS  Merging your Money at the Altar

  It’s  not unusual for couples to spend more than $20,000 on their wedding. Unfortunately, the debt load can be overwhelming when the honeymoon is over. To ensure financial and marital bliss long after the wedding day, here are four tips to consider: