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Wedding cakes are beautiful, creative, unique and hopefully taste good too. But do you know the the tradition behind the wedding cake?

According to experts, wedding cakes have been around since the Roman times. The Romans baked a small bun that was broken above the bride's head at the close of the ceremony. The cake's main ingredient - wheat - meant fertility and the crumbs were eagerly gathered by the guests as good-luck charms.

In the Middle Ages wedding cakes…

According to most etiquette and bridal experts, wedding favors are a way for the bride and groom to share their wedding magic with all of their guests.

Brides and grooms have always been considered to be lucky. In past times wedding guess wanted that luck to rub off on them. So the guests would help themselves to this luck by tearing off ribbons or small pieces of lace from the bride's wedding dress. They would snatch little flowers from her bouquet.

Then along…

During wedding planning, it's a common joke that Dads are just there to write the checks. While it is funny. Many,many brides are "daddy's girls" and for a Dad a wedding can be very emotional.

Throughout their daughter's lives the Daddy is always there to protect and take care of his little girl. Now he has to hand over that responsibility to another man. It's hard to Daddy to walk his daughter down the aisle and hand her over. He remembers the ballet recitals, tea parties,…

We all know that the economy is adding an extra layer of stress to wedding planning. This should be one of the most exciting times in a couples' lives. This is the time for the bride to be the center of attention and to have her "princess" moment.

A great way to help ease that stress is to hire a wedding planner to handle - Day of Coordination. Only those in the business know that Day of Coordination is really Month Of Coordination.

Here are some of things that…