• Marriage - Wedding

    How To Show Off Your New Last Name

    After the wedding, it takes a lot of time and effort to properly change your name on all your bills, credit cards, subscriptions, and everything else. After exuding all that energy into telling banks and strangers about your name change, it’s time to show off your new last name in fun and beautiful ways. Here’s a list of items you…

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    How to Decide Who Makes the Wedding Guest List 

    Trust me; it isn’t as bad as it sounds. Unless you come from a large family, then it is…a little.  It goes without saying that establishing a guest list is a full-time job, so the following information will help ease the decision making so you don’t lose your mind figuring it out. Now, you may think writing a bunch of…

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    Disney Wedding Themes to Help Inspire You

    via pinterest Every little girl dreams of being a princess. Regardless of your definition of a princess, this dream comes true on your special day. The traditional white wedding is excellent, but why not take it up a notch and add your childhood touch?  For me, Disney always brings back a wave of nostalgia and soothes my inner child. Would…

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    The Perfect Honeymoon Destination for Every Season

    Setting a wedding date is hard enough, but having to figure where you’ll be spending your honeymoon is a whole other story. Unfortunately, this isn’t something you can pick from the top of your head. Nor does it require excessive research.  The timing of your honeymoon is just as important (if not more) than the location itself. Think about it,…

  • Culture - Wedding

    How Weddings Are Celebrated Throughout the World

    When it comes to wedding traditions, all I know is old, new, borrowed, and blue. It never crossed my mind how unusual this tradition is until I read up on other countries and their way of celebrating. For example, it never occurred to me that a bride’s dress would be any color other than white. I understood that wedding dresses…

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    Weddings Throughout the Decades

    For a substantial part of my young adult life, I was not too fond of weddings. Seriously? Two people decide to spend their lives together and want the whole world to know? Yuck.  As my mind matured and a mimosa at ten in the morning became a thing of the past, I slowly began to embrace them. Whenever I’d receive…

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    How to Have the Perfect Backyard Wedding

    If you’re thinking of having a backyard wedding, then it could only mean one thing… you’re a Pinterest addict. This is a judge-free zone, so don’t panic. It is not- as my siblings like to call it- an older people’s app.  Why are backyard weddings becoming so popular nowadays? There are several reasons, but the most popular are flexibility, familiarity,…

  • Uncategorized - Wedding

    Underrated Registry Items No One Thinks of

    Ah, the wedding registry. It started as a tradition to inform your guests which kitchen appliances you desire or if you prefer China over crystal. Thanks to the never-ending advancement of technology, you no longer have to stroll through a Bed, Bath, and Beyond with a scanner and unraveling indecisiveness.  Yes, you now have several places that not only offer…

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    The Do’s and Don’ts of Throwing a Bachelorette Party

    If you have the honor to plan the bride’s bachelorette party, I have three words for you: it’s rager time.  And by rager time, I do mean exactly what the bride requested, not stepping out of bounds and planning an event she might be uncomfortable with because you thought you knew better.  If you think all bachelorette parties consist of…