Everyone wants to save money on their wedding, but they don’t want it to appear cheap.  Unless you do your research beforehand and plan it all out, you can easily be spending a whole lot more on your special day than expected.  If you are looking to cut corners without your wedding looking anything less [...]

One of the toughest things that a bride and groom will both have to do is to limit the guest list.  Limiting the guest list means potentially saving thousands of dollars, but it can be a rather trying and difficult thing to do.  So who do we get rid of from our guest list for [...]

After having suffered several headaches trying to pick out your own bridal gown, and then the dresses of your bridesmaids and maid of honor, now comes the task of dressing the mother of the bride.  Though this isn’t a choice that is traditionally as much a choice of the bride as it is her mother, [...]

The invitation that you send out to your guests before your wedding helps define just what your wedding is about.  The style of the invitation, the fonts used, the colors – these things all paint a picture of what your wedding is going to be like.  When considering what wedding stationary to use to announce [...]

“I got this price for my caterer!” “Oh yeah?  Well I got this price for the same catering company and even more food!” We all hate to be taken for our hard earned dollars, which makes it exceptionally hard to hear that someone else got a better deal on the exact same package as us.  [...]

The most nerve wracking part about a wedding may very well not be walking down the aisle and standing in front of a lot of people, it may be the toast that you are expected to make at the reception!  If you are stating to sweat it and aren’t sure where to start with your [...]

Think that finding your perfect wedding cake is as perfect as finding a picture of that “perfect cake” and handing it to a baker?  Think again.  There are a lot of things that you need to consider before buying a wedding cake, and even more importantly a lot of brides and grooms are completely oblivious [...]

Thinking about creating your very own wedding stationary but you aren’t sure how you can possibly get it all done?  A trick that a lot of do-it-yourself brides use is stamping.  Stamps will give your wedding stationary that professional touch while also saving you a whole lot of time from writing out your own details [...]

Whether you are one of the more adventurous “do it yourself” brides  out there or one who would rather leave everything to the pro’s, it’s still a good idea to try and do a few things yourself.  Not only will taking on a few do it yourself projects help you save a ton of cash, [...]

You just went through the process of choosing your own wedding dress.  Now you have to choose the bridesmaids dresses for your friends and family!  Though this tends to be an easier choice for the bride, it can be particularly difficult if you have some opinionated bridesmaids, and bridesmaids of all different shapes and sizes.  [...]

Choosing a ring can be hard enough, given the different shapes of the gems there may be, the different clarities, just how many gems you should have on the ring, and price.  One thing that is rarely considered or thought about is just what metal is being used for that wedding or engagement ring. Gold [...]

So you have your dress picked out, your groom says he has his tuxedo rental all sorted out and you have your wedding date all set.  One thing you will now have to start thinking about is what color you would like your bridesmaids to wear.  Some bride-to-be’s have this color picked out from the [...]

As in most bridal parties, the bachelorette party is left on the shoulders of the maid of honor and/or her bridesmaids.  Before you begin stressing about what to do and how you’re going to pull the whole thing off, here are some things you can consider doing for your bride for her bachelorette party: Spa [...]

Food is a large element to any wedding.  Most guests come to celebrate the union between you and your partner, but they also come for the food.  For this reason alone, it’s important that you put a lot of thought and research into the caterer that you choose to feed everyone at your event. With [...]

These days, the cost of the wedding seems to lie in the hands of the bride and groom. That being said, there are still a lot of families out there who are more traditional and like to partake in paying for the wedding. When it comes to the traditional way of sorting out marriage costs, [...]

If you are currently going through the steps of planning your marriage, you have undoubtedly begun brainstorming about just what kind of dress you would like to be wearing.  You have bought a bridal magazine (or ten) and have checked out the many different styles that are out there.  You love them all, but you [...]

The stress of the wedding is over!  Now it’s time for you and your new husband or wife to really get to know one another on a one-on-one level.  Choosing where you will have your honeymoon may not be a difficult choice for some, but for those who don’t want to simply go on a [...]

Weddings are a time of joy, celebration, and happiness.  But weddings are also a time of choices, headaches, and a whole lot of stress.  One of the most pressing questions that crosses the minds of all brides is just what sort of meal to have for their wedding.  There are a lot of different “meal” [...]