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How to pay venue?
Ashley in Etiquette and Advice, on April 12, 2018 at 10:34 AM

We’re getting ready to pay the remainder of the money we owe our venue and it is obviously a large quantity of money, I’m curious what the most secure way to pay for this is? I don’t really want to...

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Older teenagers at a no kids wedding, what is the appropriate cut off?
Ashley in Etiquette and Advice, on August 11, 2017 at 9:03 PM

I'm well expecting to get shut down on this one but I'm curious as to what anyone else has done about the situation. I have a few younger cousins who are under 21 who I would hate not to include in...

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Bar closed for half hour during introductions and toasts or end an hour early?
Ashley in Planning, on May 3, 2018 at 4:35 PM

So my fiancé and I upgraded to 5 total hours of open bar but now it leaves us in a weird spot in terms of timing of the bar. The bar will open at 5 for cocktail hour, so it could go from 5-10 straight...

starsinwaves, May 3, 2018 8 501
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Who do you include in the wedding pictures?
Ashley in Planning, on April 26, 2018 at 4:43 PM

My fiancé and I are planning on doing a first look so we can get the photos of just the two of us out of the way before the ceremony. Family and bridal party pictures will still be during cocktail...

Josh & Justine, Apr 27, 2018 13 223
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Groomsman Mia?
Ashley in Family and Relationships, on April 2, 2018 at 9:53 PM

So this is kind of wedding related because he is a groomsmen but not really other than that. My FHs groomsman has been a good friend of ours for a long time, recently though he has kind of fallen off...

Lynnie, Apr 6, 2018 1 46
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Gratuity paid before trial? How much to give.
Ashley in Hair and Makeup, on April 3, 2018 at 10:03 AM

I’m scheduled to have my hair and makeup trials done in about two weeks and the salon owner contacted me with the contract and said that my total is due including gratuity before my trial. While I...

MrsD, Apr 3, 2018 6 1,099
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Wearing hair down, need extensions?
Ashley in Hair and Makeup, on March 26, 2018 at 5:29 PM

I recently had a consultation with my hair and makeup artist for my wedding and I’m a little disappointed because my hair artist doesn’t think the style I want will work for my hair because it’s not...

ACD, Mar 26, 2018 9 278
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Officiant staying for the Reception?
Ashley in Etiquette and Advice, on January 24, 2018 at 11:25 PM

We are just now booking our officiant for our May wedding, late I know, but we originally had someone close to us who does weddings planning to do it but they have had some serious health issues...

Emily, Feb 9, 2018 15 327
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Pulling dress over head without messing up hair and makeup, Eek!
Ashley in Etiquette and Advice, on January 15, 2018 at 8:13 PM

Hi everyone, I just had a question particularly for those of you who have already been married, how did you get your wedding dress over your head without messing up your hair or makeup? This terrifies...

Natalie, Jan 16, 2018 10 5,382 1
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Floating charm lockets
Ashley in Etiquette and Advice, on January 12, 2018 at 12:02 AM

Hi everyone! I’m planning on getting my bridesmaids floating charm lockets as one of their gifts, with each of the charms representing our friendship or their special interests( for example I Irish...

rica, Jan 12, 2018 2 124
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Hair and Makeup on-site for just the bride?? Looking in Western ny
Ashley in Hair and Makeup, on January 4, 2018 at 11:03 PM

I'm posting this out of the hope maybe some of my Western NY brides or grooms can help me out in finding a hair and makeup artist that will do hair and makeup on-site for just myself. I know its a...

Josh & Justine, Jan 5, 2018 5 88
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Did anyone not have their hmua come to the venue?
Ashley in Hair and Makeup, on December 29, 2017 at 11:25 PM

I've been quoting out HMUA and I knew it was going to be expensive but holy moly I didn't realize it was this much! I have one hair artist that I have my heart set on because they do amazing vintage...

Ashley, Jan 1, 2018 9 225
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Anyone regret not eloping??
Ashley in Family and Relationships, on December 29, 2017 at 10:44 PM

As the months dwindle down before my wedding I wish more and more that FH and I had just decided to elope instead of doing the whole big wedding thing, even though the big wedding was my idea in the...

Emily, Dec 31, 2017 1 80
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Dress decisions!
Ashley in Wedding Attire, on August 26, 2017 at 12:20 AM

I posted a few weeks back about having some dress regret, well my dress that I ordered came in and Davids bridal let me try it on and the other dresses I was questioning again to compare. I'm still...

Patricia, Sep 4, 2017 107 158
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Decoration depression
Ashley in Planning, on September 3, 2017 at 12:37 AM

I just tallied up prices and estimates for the decorations for the ceremony and reception that FH and I have been brainstorming and just realized that even with all the dollar store ideas and corner...

Celia Milton, Sep 3, 2017 26 92
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How many hours should the open bar be?
Ashley in Planning, on September 2, 2017 at 2:53 PM

I'm really unsure of what to do in our situation with the number of hours of open bar we are having since I am getting greatly different opinions from what I read here on WW and what friends/vendors...

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Flower girl hair!
Ashley in Wedding Attire, on September 2, 2017 at 9:51 AM

I see posts all the time about bridal hair and bridesmaids but haven't seen one yet about flower girls! What is everyone doing for their flower girls hair? Any inspo pics to share? As much as it would...

Kimberly, Sep 2, 2017 11 2,367
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How would you decorate this for a ceremony?
Ashley in Style and Décor, on August 31, 2017 at 10:57 PM

My venue has a raised patio for our ceremony space with this stage/arch type thing which is where we'll be standing during the ceremony. I'm trying to figure out how exactly to decorate this stage as...

OctobersVeryOwn, Sep 1, 2017 16 33
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Alterations at DB versus private tailor?
Ashley in Wedding Attire, on August 21, 2017 at 6:24 PM

I just got the email that my dress is ready for pick up(ahhhh!!) and while I'm super excited to see it, it's way sooner than expected and I haven't decided what to do about alterations. If I remember...

C&N, Aug 21, 2017 3 27
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Second guessing my dress decision :(
Ashley in Wedding Attire, on August 8, 2017 at 8:28 PM

So I said yes to the dress last Thursday and now I'm worried I rushed into making a decision and am second guessing myself. I don't know if there's even anything I can do about it at this point or not...

Caitlin, Aug 9, 2017 42 120
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