How To Do Wedding Food on a Budget: A Complete Guide
We don't all want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on our wedding reception meals, and we don't have to. I've written in the past about how to cater…
Backyard BBQ Wedding: The Ultimate How-To Guide & Menu
Gettin' married soon and thinking of having a backyard BBQ for your reception? Join the club! When I was doing research for my backyard wedding menu, I read a book…
How to Cater Your Own Wedding: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide
This is the ultimate step-by-step guide with a detailed sample menu designed to help you cater your own wedding easily and without hassle. If you've looked into the prices of…
Top 10 Tips for Planning Toasts at Your Wedding
I have written in the past about whether or not toasts are even necessary at a wedding, and some alternatives you might consider doing instead. However, if you definitely want…
Wedding Weekend Itinerary Template
We recently attended a wedding weekend that was amazing and amazingly well-organized. Wedding weekends are becoming more and more common, and why not? If you're going through the time, effort,…
7 Perfect Ideas for Socially-Conscious Wedding Favors
If you're looking for ideas for socially-conscious wedding favors, it's likely that you've already considered making the rest of your wedding socially-conscious as well, which is awesome! You may have…
Do I Need to Have a Wedding Garter Toss? (and 7 Alternatives)
So, of course, the answer is: No, you don't have to have a wedding garter toss at your wedding if you don't want to. And you don't need to have…
Do You Need to Have Speeches at a Wedding? (& Alternatives)
Whether you're not a public speaker or you just find wedding toasts/speeches to be long and boring, you may be thinking... "Do I even need to have speeches at my…
How Social Media Can Both Help and Hurt Your Wedding
We've all heard for years the debates about the pros and cons of social media, and these are important considerations for a wedding as well. Wedding planning has been heavily…
Is a Wedding Without Dancing Boring?
For couples who aren't into dancing or who are introverted, the dancing aspect of a wedding can be painful. Some couples just feel obligated to have dancing at their wedding…
3 Reasons Why Weddings Are So Expensive
According to Condé Nast, people spend 100 percent more on weddings these days than they did in 1992. Why have weddings become so expensive? Why do we pay so much…
Is a Big Wedding Worth it?
Many of us, as we get deeper into wedding planning, ask ourselves the question: Is a big wedding even worth it? Is it worth the stress and the crazy expense?…