If you are married, getting married, or have been a bridesmaid or groomsman in a wedding, you more then likely have taken part in a wedding rehearsal dinner. If the phrase “wedding rehearsal dinner” is foreign to you, allow me to explain. The night before or 48 hours before the wedding, everyone in the bridal party plus the parents of the bride and groom get together for a dinner. Before the dinner actually takes place, they usually practice how the wedding will run in their church or venue. That way …

Though some brides and grooms break the bank on their wedding reception, others want something a bit more affordable. No one can really say which way is right and which is wrong, it is a decision that the couple must make on their own. Whatever they decide, their wedding will still be a wonderful and special day. When my baby brother was married two years ago, him and his fiancee did not have much money to spend on a wedding. They truly just wanted to be husband and wife. They …

Deciding to commit your life to someone special is a wonderful time in any one’s life. Most women have been dreaming of that day for most of their life, the day that they will be married to the man they love. Though the time is magical, there is much preparation to be done for the big day. Many enjoy the decisions and the preparations, but some actually do not. So what happens if you met your soul mate, but have no interest in planning the big day? This is where …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …