There are many different types of weddings. Some short and simple, others produced as if they were a Broadway play. Neither is right, neither is wrong. When you make the decision to start planning your big day, the choice is up to you and you alone. It is fine to include certain aspects and to not include other aspects of the “typical” wedding. You should plan the most perfect and memorable day of your life. In fact, some things are not even as popular as they used to be and …

A wedding is usually a joyous time and a time of celebration. Two people have come together to commit the rest of their lives to each other. In some cases though, this can often be a sad time as well for the bride or the groom. In some occasions, a close relative or friend has passed on and not there to be able to participate in this wonderful time in their lives. When I was married eight years ago, sadly my mother had passed away from lung cancer two years …

I met my husband to be about 12 years ago and we were married shortly thereafter. Thankfully, we have been happily married for almost ten years now. Many times over those near ten years I have been asked what attracted me to my husband. It is still the same answer after all this time, his funny personality. My husband has been a jokester from the first day we met, even on our wedding day he didn’t let up on his carefree ways. Because this is the first thing that attracted …

When someone finds their soul mate and commits to getting married it is an absolutely magical time. Often though, when someone gets engaged everyone goes into “wedding planning” mode. Which is just wonderful, but I believe as do many others that you must celebrate the engagement first! When I met my soul mate almost eight years ago, I decided to celebrate every aspect. That included searching out the perfect engagement announcement too. If you are not familiar with what an engagement announcement, it is just like a wedding announcement. The …

I absolutely loved planning my wedding. Don’t get me wrong, it was extremely stressful.  I am normally organized by nature, but tend to be pretty non decisive at times.  That was my biggest problem.  Chicken or fish? White gown or eggshell colored?  Eight bridesmaids or two?  The decisions just went on and on.  One of the hardest decisions I encountered was what kind of wedding invitations to purchase. Should they be traditional wedding invitations or contemporary wedding invitations? Believe me, I pondered this decision for quite awhile.  I grew up …

Every since I was eight, I dreamed of what my wedding would be like — what I would wear, where it would be, what the food would be like (at eight, it was pizza and hamburgers!), and what I would give away as a wedding favor.  Almost twenty five years later, I got the opportunity to plan my actual big day.  To my surprise, you will never guess what the hardest thing to choose was….the wedding favor!  We (me and my fiance) literally looked at a hundred different options.  From …

I remember when I was growing up, my mother always joked and said that unless I got married in December she would not be attending (she despised the heat that was so prevalent in the warmer months of the year). Unfortunately she passed away before I got married, but I got married on the beach so I am sure she would not have been too happy!
One of the great things about getting married now is that you can actually choose a particular theme for your wedding. No matter where you …

Deciding to get married is a big step in anyone’s life. In addition to a couple committing their undying love to each other, they also want their wedding day to be picture perfect and memorable for them and everyone else who takes part in their special day. Many times they attempt to “think out of the box, ” to have their wedding day stand out among the other weddings that their guests have been to prior to attending theirs. Something that has becoming more and more popular as an idea …

“Why not choose a destination wedding?” should be the question. Destination weddings are becoming so popular that planning one is almost a no-brainer. You get a picture-book wedding setting and a vacation to boot – and your guests will love it!
Below are the top five reasons that you should consider planning a get-away wedding.
1. You get to leave all your “cares” at home and leave the details to others.
Whether you choose an island wedding, European sojourn, “rough it in the wild” safari in Africa or a dream cruise on a …

An important part of any wedding party are the groomsmen (also known as ushers). These are usually men that the groom chooses to stand beside him on one of the most important days of his life. Most often they are brothers, brother in laws, uncles, nephews, or extremely close friends, but can be anyone who has a true bond to the groom. The groomsmen perform various functions before and during the wedding. They also assist in the preparation of the big day and help the groom in any way possible, …