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Bride to Wife: Part 3: What Did You Like Least About Your Wedding?

As part of a 6-part series, I have asked local married women 7 questions…today’s question is:
What Did You Like Least About Your Wedding?

Bride to Wife: Part 2: What Did You Like Best About Your Wedding?

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:

Bride to Wife: 7 Questions

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 [...]

The Real Bride: RSVP Services: Saving a Ton of Time

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 [...]

The Real Bride: Wedding Favors–What is out there?

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 [...]

The Real Bride: Dealing with Wedding Vendors

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 [...]

The Real Bride: Location Location Location…

The average cost for a wedding is currently $22,000–for one day! So what do you do when you budget, like ours, is less than 1/2 of that? You start early, keep an open mind, and look everywhere for everything…
One of the, if not THE biggest expense (some say 50%) of you wedding budget is where [...]



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