February 8th, 2007
As part of a 6-part series, I have asked local married women 7 questions…today’s question is:
What did you like best about your wedding? (During Planning, actual day, etc)
And here are their answers:
February 4th, 2007
I was recently chatting with some fellow wedding vendors, one of which mentioned tipping. It was brought to my attention that “some†brides are unaware of tipping etiquette. Read more…
February 3rd, 2007
Since I have been planning my wedding, some of the best advice I have received has been from women who have already went through the whole wedding planning process. They could give me advice on everything from planning to pitfalls–and also offer advice on how to keep it all in perspective…To that end, I created a list of 7 questions that I forwarded to some of my married friends, some who have been married from a couple of years, some, a bunch more than that! Here are the questions:
January 24th, 2007
You get engaged, revel in the excitement for about a day and then panic sets in! You realize quickly that there is that list of vendors you need to book fast before you and your wedding date are left in the dust. A photographer has only one slot to fill for each weekend day and the same goes for your caterer, DJ or band and of course your wedding planner. The last thing on your mind is invitations - you think to yourself “I can get those last minute…I think my friend ordered from a catalog.â€
January 22nd, 2007
I have been hearing the horror stories about how you send your invitations out with an RSVP date of 3-4 weeks later, so you can get your final count to your caterer on-time. 4 weeks later, Only about 1/2 of your invitations have been responded to. So, 2 weeks before your wedding, you are making phone calls to all of the people who have not responded–and normally, you have to leave a couple of messages until they finally get back to you, and, if you have folks coming from far away, you have to deal with the long distance changes. And it’s not like you don’t have anything else to do at this time… Read more…
January 12th, 2007
When my fiance’ and I were discussing wedding favors, we threw out a TON of different ideas: The little tiny picture frames (I have 6 of them at home in a drawer, none of them have any pictures in them) or bubbles (not really “enough” of a favor) Wedding Scrolls (same thing) Candles (gets expensive if you get anything but the littlest candles) Wine (fairly expensive, and what do you get for the under-aged, non-drinking, or recovering guest?) 6 Jordan almonds, wrapped in netting (way too 1976). We both agreed that we wanted something meaningful, that people would not just throw in a drawer
So I decided to start looking online to see what was out there…WOW..When you type in “Wedding Favors” at Ask, you get 3,950,000 hits. And every one of them is chock full of favor ideas, for all types of weddings (beach and cowboy themes) and all types of styles (casual to ultra formal) and all budgets (from 50 cents to $50.00 a person). Here are 5 of the best: Read more…
January 2nd, 2007
One of the most amazing things we have encountered while planning our wedding is the way perspective brides and grooms are treated. When I began my reading, some the books mentioned that some vendors maybe less than pleasant, and I was very skeptical. But in our quest for our wedding, we have actually spoken to vendors who have acted like they are doing you a favor talking to you.
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