Cakes

Grooms Cake

This is a cake that some people use at either their rehearsal dinner or wedding to reflect an interest of the groom or serve as an alterntive side cake to the wedding cake. It sometimes is a chocolate cake.

Pillars

Separators between the different tiers (levels) of cake

Cake Glossary

This page has listings of the many different kinds of frosting and techniques used to decorate a cake.

Attire

Trousseau

Personal possesions of a bride - traditionally this was what the bride brought with her into the marriage - all of her clothes, linens, and precious possessions.

Blusher

the part of a veil which is placed over the face during the ceremony

Train

part of the wedding dress which extends beyond the hemline to flow behind the dress

Dress Details

This is an excellent resource for fabrics, laces, and parts of the dress/veil

Bridal attire glossary

includes definations of trains, sleeves, and collars

Groom attire glossary

includes definations of coats and ties

Flowers

Flower Glossary

A great resource of the different terms you'll need to know before ordering flowers

Flower arrangements

shares definations of the different kinds of arrangements you can carry

Corsage

decorative flower arrangement worn by a woman of honor at the wedding

Boutinierre

small flower arrangement worn on a man's coat

Toss Bouquet

a separate bouquet from the brides bouquet that can be used for the bouquet toss at the reception. The traditional use has all of the single ladies at the reception line up, the bride turns around, and throws the bouquet. Whoever catches this bouquet should be the next to marry!

Invitations

STD cards

"Save the Date" cards are sent out before the invitations. They are usually a good idea if your wedding is near a holiday or a section of the year that many guests would be usually unable to attend.

Engraving

A formal way of printing invitations - it raises the letters from behind and usually costs more

Thermography

The slightly less formal and more cost efficiant way to print invitations - it doesn't raise the letters like the engraving does, but it still looks elegant.

Invitation glossary

overall information on what you need to know to order invitations

Acronyms

FH

Future Husband (sometimes also FI for Fiancee)

MOB

Mother of the Bride

FOB

Fother of the Bride

MOG

Mother of the Groom

FOG

Father of the Groom

MOH

Maid/Matron of Honor - A maid of honor is unmarried, while a matron of honor is a married honor attendant

BMs

Bridesmaids

BM

Best Man

GMs

Groomsmen

FMIL/MIL

Future Mother-in-law

FFIL/FIL

Future Father-in-law

FSIL/SIL

Future Sister-in-law

definition of bridal party duties

Listing of each person and their traditional duties