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The 5 Ways To Serve Alcohol At Your Wedding
One of the things guests are most excited for at any wedding they go to is an open bar. Where else can you go on a Saturday night where you don't have to reach for your wallet to pay for drink after drink? But when you're the ones paying for it, you will...
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The Ultimate Guide To Rehearsal Dinner Etiquette
Just when you think you've finished having to tread carefully to avoid any etiquette faux pas throughout wedding planning, it's time to plan the rehearsal dinner. While certainly not as time consuming or stressful to plan as your wedding itself, the rehearsal...
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4 Sexy Item You Can Add To Your Registry
As Gloria Brame, Ph.D., sexologist and author of The Truth About Sex: A Sex Primer For The 21st Century, says, "the more sex loot, the merrier." That's true even when it comes to your wedding registry, where you can safely add sexy items while saving...
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5 Things To Keep In Mind When Planning An Office Bridal Shower
When your office bestie gets engaged, talks of weddings can take over all the water cooler conversations as she begins to plan her big day, and spending so much time together on the job means you'll definitely want to celebrate her big news! But when...
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The Guide To Choosing a Honeymoon Location You'll Both Love
Your honeymoon is, arguably, the most important trip you'll take with your new spouse. It may be the first trip you've even taken together, and it just might be the biggest, most expensive trip the two of you will ever take. And that means that you might...
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4 Things Wedding Guests Absolutely Hate
Wedding planners get an incredible amount of insight into what wedding guests don't like simply by listening to what goes on around us during the wedding weekend. Even a well-planned wedding can be unpleasant if the couple doesn't plan ahead for some...
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The 7 Worst Wedding Planning Tips Every Bride Should Avoid
When you're engaged and jumping on the wedding planning train, advice will suddenly start to surround you. Every article you read online will be about wedding dos and don'ts and every friend and family member will try to feed you tips and tricks that...
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The Ultimate Romantic Honeymoon In Africa
Looking to add some Out of Africa romance to your honeymoon plans? An African honeymoon is easier to achieve, more affordable, and possibly even more exciting than you ever thought possible. Here's an easy intro to Africa itinerary to fulfill your honeymoon...
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Ask Yourself:What Do I want My Guests To Remember Most About My Weddingg
Ask yourself this: What do I want my guests to remember most about my wedding? What immediately comes to mind? Do you want your guests to be blown away by the venue? The power of the ceremony? The romance of your relationship? The food and wine? The warmth...
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The 5 Items You Must Check Off Your Wedding To-do list Before You Get Engaged
If you were the little girl who's dreamed of her wedding day since she began playing dress up in her mother's gown, then you might be biting at the bit to begin planning even before you have a ring. And while it sounds a tad crazy — and more than a little...
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8 Ideas For Bridal Party Photos That Haven't Been Done To Death
Professional photos are one of the only things that lasts after the final dance on your wedding day. So you'll want to capture some snaps that are creative, original, and will make you smile for years to come. We asked some professionals in the industry...
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6 Conversations To Have With Your Future Mother In Law Before you marry her baby
No matter how much you already get along with your future mother-in-law, before you find yourself decked out in the wedding dress of your dreams, about to marry the love of your life, it's important to sit down and have a heart-to-heart conversation with...
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This Is How To Respond When Someone Asks How Much Your Wedding Costs
When you're knee-deep in wedding planning, it can seem like everyone is bombarding you with wedding questions. Some may be people you're super close with, like your bridal party and family members, while others may be complete strangers or acquaintances...
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6 Reasons You'll Love your Engagement!
Getting engaged is a wonderful time, there is so much to look forward to and so much to enjoy as you plan one of the most important days in your life. We thought we would share some more highlights of your engagement that will definitely make you love...
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Do We Have To Have a cards&Gifts Table At Our Wedding Reception
While most guests nowadays choose to buy wedding gifts online and ship them directly to the couple, there are still a few holdouts who would rather bring the gift in person, especially if it's cash or a check. Collecting these gifts on your wedding day...
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The Top Wedding Things Grooms Care About Most
Far more grooms are participating in wedding planning than ever before. I've watched the change with fascination in the past few years, and it's really cool. And by "participating," I don't mean they sit there and say "whatever YOU want" to their bride...
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6 Pieces of Relationship Advice You Should Ignore
There's a lot of good relationship advice going around. But some pieces of advice, even from well-meaning sources, should simply be ignored. Here are six of them. 1. You should stop seeing him. Before you blindly take this advice, consider this: "What...
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How To Find The Perfect First Dance Song For A Same-Sex Wedding
Choosing the perfect wedding song for such a monumental moment as the first dance is a task and a half, and especially so when you're a same-sex couple. Ahh the first dance song, the track that will play as you and your newly minted life partner sway...
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Bridesmaid Gift Ideas For Summer Weddings
Brides getting married in the summer have a slew of things to be grateful for when it comes to their planning their weddings — great weather, longer days full of flattering lighting, and guests that are seriously in the mood to party (rosé all day please!)....
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How Should We Tell Our Guests About Wedding-Day Childcare
Deciding whether or not to have children at your wedding can be tough, but if you've got friends with little ones or a soccer team worth of flower girls and ring bearers, it's pretty much a no-brainer. That doesn't mean, however, that Mom and Dad have...
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What kind of fights you might have with your mom
While you're steeped in engagement bliss, you might just be blissfully unaware that your mother is teeming with concerns, worries, and even demands. And that, our expert warns, could be a recipe for conflict. So here are five wedding fights you might...
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Which stlye Bridesmaid Dresses That'll never go out of style
Breakfast at Tiffany's fans, this one's for you. Every girl loves a little black dress — and bridesmaid dress, for that matter. If you're still searching for a haute hue for your 'maids, we're throwing it back to black — the classic go-to hue for a city...
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What you need to know before throwing an all-whhite wedding
It's been popular lately to assign a color theme to a wedding, and ask your guests to dress in the color of your choice. "White weddings," where everybody (wedding party and guests) wears white, are also trendy, especially in tropical destinations. My...
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Which things the maid of honor can't forget to do the morning of the wedding
Calling all maids of honor! You've been crazy busy helping the bride for the past year, but now's the time to really let her sit back and relax and soak in the moment. Take charge and make sure your best friend's big day goes off without a hitch by adding...
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How to nail Bachelorette Party Beauty
We love a classic bridal beauty look for the wedding day — glowing skin, natural lips, a bit of a cheek flush, and lightly lined eyes. You want to keep the look timeless when you say your "I dos" — those photos are forever after all. But who says you...