Less is More in 2015
Today’s hip young couples are living green, living organic, and living small. No more over the top opulence for this group. They have truly embraced the concept that “less is more.” This mindset governs their choices such as which car to purchase, what foods to consume and how best to furnish their living spaces.
Hybrid cars are good; farm to market foods are best; and traditional stores with overpriced
furnishings and fine china are out. This generation is choosing homes without dining rooms and is turning to stores such as IKEA for their ideas and style. IKEA calls itself the “Life Improvement Store.” As newly married couples work to mold their routines and attitudes, they are increasingly becoming the savviest generation we’ve seen. They now have the ability to create an environment that is a reflection of them. Living a minimal lifestyle makes daily life less messy and provides more time and resources for a foundation that is solid.
In fact, IKEA gets an overwhelming thumbs up! Actress Jennifer Lawrence of the Hunger Games agrees. She recently told “The Telegraph” in an interview that she bought a couch from IKEA because it doesn’t matter how much money she makes, unfairness in price really fires her up. It seems this young generation is really onto something. Less is more, which is pretty neat!
Cirkel
The History of the Song, "Here Comes the Bride"
Have you ever sat waiting for the bride to walk down the aisle, anticipating the sound of the famous song, “Here Comes the Bride”? Have you ever wondered how this tradition first got started? “Here Comes The Bride” is part of an 1850 opera called Lohengrin written by Richard Wagner. The irony is that in the opera, the “Bridal Chorus” is sung as the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber and the wedding party prepares them for their first night together, not to mention the whole story of two star-crossed lovers ends in tragedy rather than in a happily ever after. The “Wedding March” composed by Felix Mendelssohn, was created in 1842 to accompany Shakespeare’s famous A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mendelssohn’s wedding march was first played in a wedding in 1847, but it was Victoria, the Princess Royal and Queen Victoria’s daughter, who made it the song to play during a wedding ceremony by having it accompany her own wedding in 1858. Needless to say, every bride followed suit in England so they could feel like a Princess Bride. It later surfaced in America used by the "Blue Blood" brides.
Trish Phillips Johnson
Tied in a Bow
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