Ask for his/her service as a wedding gift instead. Choose buffet or plate meals or to bring your budget down even further, get married earlier for a breakfast reception. A mid-morning or afternoon reception will mean less food expense, allowing you to serve just hors d' oeuvres, cake or non-alcoholic drinks. Autumn leaves, yarrow, rosehip and rosemary are the commonly used foliage for an autumn wedding. Winter wedding would include flowers such as orchids, poinsettias, camellias, jasmine, amaryllis, accents of pine, ivy and spruce. Flowers that can be found easily all through-out the year are carnations, roses, gardenias, baby s breath, ivy, snapdragons and stephanotis. Music of the 30s or 40s is a unique era that would enliven everyone present. To go with the music, the bride could wear a slim suit with drop shoulder and full length gloves. A netted face veil on a hat is fitting for the outfit. The groom, on the other hand, could go for a suit in pin stripes or army theme. By inviting God to be present in a wedding you are starting a marriage centered on Him. Surely, He is very much pleased to join a couple in their marriage. Planning a Church Wedding Service Soon after the couple's engagement there is a need to with the officiating minister to make known the wedding plans. If no wedding occurs, the Notice of Marriage and any proceeding thereafter will be considered void. Cyprus bestows penalties to any individual who willfully issues a false statement in any required document presented and the violation may mean imprisonment. Church ceremony If both parties are Catholic, they should present their baptism certificate. Of course, this is also a great way to test if those people really care about the couple. Some couples who are having a wedding abroad can still subscribe to a bridal registry especially if the newly weds will be residing back home. Those who are planning to immigrate should probably mention in the invitation about this so cash can be given instead.