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9 French Wedding Traditions
Mon dieu! Did you know that brides wearing a white gown on the wedding day is one of many customs that began in France? Or that the traditional bridal hope chest, otherwise known as the “trousseau” in...
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6 Secular Wedding Traditions
As you plan your wedding ceremony, you undoubtedly want to personalize it to who you and your future spouse are as a couple. This is probably the most important and meaningful part of your wedding day,...
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2022 Wedding Reception Trends
As 2022 ticks by, you may find yourself wondering what the biggest wedding reception trends are as of late. After all, along with long-held wedding traditions, there are so many things that come and go...
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How to Plan a Picnic Wedding
There are so many ideas for making a wedding unique, but nothing is quite as relaxing and quaint as a picnic-style wedding. If you’re looking for calm, outdoorsy vibes and you love things that are...
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6 Ways to Reuse Wedding Items Post-Celebration
You’ve just celebrated the beautiful and unforgettable wedding of your dreams! Now, after months of painstaking decisions when it came to the decor and details of your big day, you might be wondering...
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The Pros and Cons to Separate Ceremony and Reception Venues
Planning a wedding can bring up a number of different questions—like whether to have separate ceremony and reception venues. As you’re deciding upon venue locations for your big day, it’s bound to come...
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The Pros and Cons of Wedding Reception Seating Charts
Your wedding reception is finally here! With the ceremony complete, you breathe a sigh of relief and look around the venue, decked out just as you envisioned it would be. Your guests may not fully...
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Three Types of Music Needed for a Traditional Wedding Ceremony
When you’re a guest at a wedding, do you pay much attention to the music at the ceremony? You may notice familiar or favorite love songs as a guest, and perhaps appreciate the musicians who are...
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5 British Wedding Traditions
Anyone planning a wedding knows that there are a lot of traditions to consider. Figuring out what you’ll include and what you’ll nix is all part of the wedding planning process…but where did all these...
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Alternative Fall Wedding Color Palettes
Fall is one of the most perfect times of the year to get married. The air is crisp, the leaves are beginning to fall, and vibrant colors come to life. One of the best things about having your wedding...
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8 Unexpected Amazon Prime Items You Need for Your Wedding
There are so many things that you need to buy in preparation for and planning a wedding—and some items that you need to stock up on may even be unexpected! Buying everything you need can get pretty...
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The Best Locations for a Fall Wedding
Autumn is one of the most popular times of year to have a wedding, and understandably so! The mild temperatures, fresh feeling to the season, and colorful foliage in many places simply can’t be beat!...
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7 Prime Day Deals for Your DIY Wedding
It’s that time of year again—Amazon Prime Day! With many deals to be had, this is the perfect time to stock up on items that you can use in creating all things crafty for your DIY wedding. It’s no...
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Fall 2022 Wedding Trends
Wedding season is officially back! This summer has been a busy one for sure, but just wait for fall! Couples are shaking up conventional wedding trends and getting creative. From unique décor and...
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5 Commonly Asked Questions About Wedding Ceremony Planning
The marriage ceremony is the most important part of planning a wedding, yet it’s often the area that couples have the most questions about. The legality and traditional aspects vary by state and also...
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12 Fun Ideas for Your Summer Wedding
Bright sunny days and warm twinkly nights are a summer bride’s dream. With warmer temperatures and vacation on the brain, summer wedding season is one to look forward to. This season, surprise and...
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How to Plan a Wedding When Your Families Don’t Get Along
What happens when two people love each other—but their families don’t get along? For starters, it makes having a wedding that much more complicated. Sure, we’re all used to family quibbles, but you’re...
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How to Deal with Uninvited Guests at Your Wedding
Surprises aren’t always a good thing—especially when they come in the form of uninvited wedding guests. Although this is not a common issue, it is something that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise if...
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8 Swedish Wedding Traditions
Whether you’re trying to get in touch with your roots, honoring your or your fiancé’s family expectations, or even attending a Swedish wedding, there are a few very special traditions that you should...
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What to Do When Your Wedding Goes (Seriously) Over Budget
Even with excellent planning, it’s not uncommon for couples to go over budget when planning their wedding. In other words—it’s not something you should beat yourself up about too much. However, in all...
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What’s Going on with Fake Weddings?
Fake weddings are not a new phenomenon. For decades, many entertainment-focused cities, such as Las Vegas, have hosted fake wedding shows where you could buy a ticket to attend some actors’ nuptials...
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How to Choose Between a DJ or Band for Your Wedding Reception
The aisle has been walked, the vows have been said, and now it’s time to dance the night away. But when you imagine getting down on the dance floor, what do you picture? Do you see a DJ taking...
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How to Use the Coastal Grandmother Trend in Your Wedding
The “coastal grandmother” trend started on TikTok and seems to have taken the world by storm this summer! This means that it applies to more than your beach attire, but also other parts of your life...
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How to Use Succulents in Your Wedding
Succulents! They’re very hot right now and for good reason. For one, they’re adorable, but they’re also versatile and not very fussy. Nowadays, everyone wants to do something different and some brides...
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7 Fall Wedding Centerpieces
Fall is a crisp and beautiful time for a wedding, but since many popular flower choices may not be in season, you’ll have to turn to other ideas for table centerpieces at your reception. Using more...
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How to Become a Marriage Officiant
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been asked to officiate the wedding of a friend or family member. It seems that this is very much an up-and-coming trend. (And who knows, maybe it’ll lead to a...
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How to Write Your Wedding Vows
Writing wedding vows is typically one of the most stressful parts of wedding planning for couples. Just writing a letter to a loved one can be intimidating! Capturing how you feel—not to mention...
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What to Do with Leftover Wedding Decor
The knot has been tied and the honeymoon is (sadly!) over—and now you’re surrounded by boxes and boxes of votives, mason jars, and all of those DIY projects you spent months agonizing over before the...
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6 Wedding Ceremony Traditions that Include Your Family
It’s often said that weddings are all about the bride and groom: it’s their day. While it’s true that the whole reason for the occasion is the marriage of two people, families play a significant role...
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Wedding Guest Etiquette 101
You’ve just received an invitation to a wedding—congratulations! Most likely, you’re going to have a really good time. However, since you are an invited guest, there’s a few pitfalls possible at any...
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How to Get Married in Your Own Backyard
A lot of couples opt for backyard weddings because of their affordability, intimacy, and opportunity for memorable experiences. Deciding to celebrate your special day in your own backyard definitely...
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The Pros and Cons of DIYing Your Wedding
Pinterest makes a DIY wedding look simple and easy. From the perfect invitations made by hand to the gourmet food that looks like Martha Stewart made it herself, a DIY wedding can seem a lot easier...
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6 Wedding Things to DIY Instead of Buy
The average wedding now costs about $35,000 a pop, so naturally you might be looking at creative ways to cut costs. Luckily, DIY projects are still a huge trend in weddings and are a great way to save...
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When Is Wedding DIY Not Cost-Effective?
The average cost of a wedding in the United States is between $20,000 and $35,000. For the majority of us, that’s a lot of money to spend on one day—which is why so many couples are opting to go the...
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8 Tips for DIYing Your Wedding
If you’re big into crafting, then you’ve probably considered DIYing at least some parts of your wedding celebration. From the food to the décor, your crafty touches could be everywhere—but just pause...
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9 Tips for Making a Rainy Wedding Day Work
While most couples don’t even want to think about the chance of rain on their special day, it’s better to prepare for the worst than try to deal with it as it happens. If you’re busy scheduling a...
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Money-Saving Tips for a Wedding Dessert Budget
Let them eat cake! Guests may be happily dancing and toasting to their newly married friends at the reception, but food is always on everyone’s mind, especially cake and dessert. Fortunately, there are...
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How to Have a Stress-Free Beach Wedding
On a typical summer beach outing, you make sure to take along all the essentials including sunscreen, cool beverages, sunglasses, and a good book. The beach is the perfect place to relax, but you have...
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How to Make Your Wedding Week Schedule
While most couples know that having a schedule for the wedding itself is a good idea, it’s also not the worst idea to make some detailed schedules for the whole week. Everything in the lead-up to the...
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How to Master Your Reception Seating Chart
Your wedding seating chart can quickly become a nightmare. From last-minute RSVPs to making sure each table is filled with people who will enjoy one another’s company, you can quickly start...
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How to Decide What Time of Year to Get Married
Shortly after you’ve said yes to the ring, you will undoubtedly have moments in which someone asks when the big day is. Whether you’ve thought about this very question for years or you haven’t thought...
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What You Need to Know About Wedding Vendor Contracts
A handshake and a smile might seem like it’ll seal the deal on your wedding day must-haves, but when something goes wrong, those aren’t enough. Vendors and couples both need to know what to expect from...
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Don’t Make These 5 Outdoor Wedding Ceremony Mistakes
Sunshine, breezes, trees, flowers; these are all things often experienced at an outdoor wedding. Other things an outdoor wedding provides: bugs, sunburns, a cold bum. An outdoor wedding can be a...
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Wedding Cake Traditions
There are a lot of traditions around weddings; just consider the popular saying, “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” I’m sure a dozen others come to mind, too! In fact,...
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Where to Buy Personalized Wedding Swag
For many couples, a fun part about planning a wedding exists is ordering personalized swag to go along with their big day. This has become more popular in recent years and there are now more options...
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How to Choose the Right-Sized Wedding Venue
It’s easy to fall in love with a wedding venue: those beautiful flowers, the perfect ribbon accents, or the woodsy decor are enough to draw anyone in and make them feel charmed. Once you’ve seen that...
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How to Plan Wedding Catering on a Budget
The meal at the reception is easily one of the biggest pieces of your wedding budget, and let’s face it—feeding over 100 people isn’t exactly cheap. So, how exactly do you feed that many people without...
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14 Ways to Use Fall Leaves in Your Wedding
Fall weddings are so beautiful for so many reasons. Just think about all the great décor inspo! When you have an autumn wedding, all that you need for décor can be found around you. Think pumpkins, hay...
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Seasonal Flowers for a Winter Wedding
When you think of winter, you certainly don’t think of flowers—so when it comes to a winter wedding, flowers are a worrying issue. What’s even available? Don’t settle at your winter wedding; check out...
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8 Essential Elements of a Winter Wonderland Wedding
Despite the cold temperatures, there is something so exhilarating and beautiful about winter. It offers stunning inspiration for hosting a luxurious winter wonderland wedding. This is an amazing way to...
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