The fabulous and talented Toni pointed me toward this very sweet wedding, and I’m glad she did. I’m always psyched to see unusual weddings where the bride and groom have really gone all out when it comes to a theme. While I wouldn’t recommend that all brides and grooms take the route that Michelle Rosen and David Zornitsky took, it is fun to see how they envisioned and executed their candy-themed affair.

The bride wore a borrowed dress made of candy wrappers that was designed for “Project Runway, and the couple said their vows in Dylan’s Candy Bar in New York.

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Swine flu has been big in the news of late. What does this have to do with weddings? I’m sure it’s factored into at least a few couples’ plans…but I know for certain that it’s altered Seal and Heidi Klum’s annual vow renewal ceremony. Each year since they married in 2005, they’ve gone back to the site of their marriage in Mexico to renew their commitment to one another. This year, however, with worries about swine flu, three small children and another on the way, they’ve decided to play it safe and stay home. They will hold their annual ceremony in Los Angeles rather than skip the festivities.

Yearly vow renewals: what do you think? Me? I think I would prefer to save up an idea like that for a major milestone, but if it makes Heidi and Seal happy (which it seems to do), I say more power to them.

Changing plans for a vow renewal, however, is not nearly as traumatic as calling off an entire wedding, as Megan McAllister and Phillip Markoff did two days ago. The reason for the change in plans? Phillip is preparing to stand trial in the infamous Craigslist murder of masseuse Julissa Brisman last month. McAllister maintains her belief in Markoff’s innocence, but her lawyer, Robert Honecker said in a public statement on her behalf that “…she has to take steps to do what she has to do on her life.”

Whatever the truth in the legal case now pending, I wish McAllister well. This is obviously a difficult time for her. She has my sympathy.

On a more practical note, I’m loving a feature of the website Project Wedding. They feature a vendor review section. Simply choose the area closest to you (choose from urban centers throughout the US as well as several major cities in Canada, England, Australia, and the catch-all section ‘other’), pick the service you’re looking for, and read promotional materials and reviews from customers both satisfied and un.

If you’re looking for a vendor, you might want to read up on how different ones in your area do. If you’ve recently used a vendor who is listed, take a moment and let potential customers know how you felt about the services provided.

Well, it’s saturday and time to declare a winner in last week’s Sunday Caption Madness contest.

Last week I presented you all with this haunting image:

and five of you left giggle-to-guffaw-worthy responses. Well done, to all five of you. You set the bar high.

In the end, though, there can be but one winner. This time it has to be daisyj for this gem:

It was cute for the first couple of steps. But when the guests realized that the happy couple was planning to do their “special dance” all the way to the reception, the defections to the bar were swift and decisive.

Congratulations, daisyj, and thanks to everyone who played! You all made me feel much, much better.

I think that there’s still time to send in your wildest and weirdest wedding photos to TMZ’s Wacked Wedding Reception Photo Contest, but I’m not really sure since their contest page doesn’t make it abundantly clear. They’ll post the entries Saturday? This Saturday? Or Saturday next? Who knows! Still, the “Holy Sh*t?@!!?” snapshot you enter doesn’t have to come from your own wedding, and the prize is $250, so why not give it a go?