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July 13, 2019

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How close or far apart are the dates of your bridal shower and wedding?
Justine in Parties and Events, on March 14, 2019 at 2:11 PM

As far as I know, there's no real "guideline" of when someone should host your shower before your wedding, but I'm just curious. What's the date of your shower and what's your wedding date? How far...

Yajaira, Mar 18, 2019 68 736
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Boutonniere charm for fh :)
Justine in Planning, on March 11, 2019 at 10:43 PM

My fiance's mom passed away when he was 14 and he was super close with her. I never got a chance to meet her, but I wish I could have! I decided to order a charm to attach to his boutonniere for the...

Jessica, Mar 13, 2019 14 170
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We have reserved __ seats in your honor rsvp
Justine in Planning, on March 10, 2019 at 2:15 PM

So I think I made a mistake when I ordered my invitations that I just realized... I don't have a space for the guests to write the number attending!! I don't know if they'll know to write everyone's...

Erika, Mar 10, 2019 7 405
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Work shower!
Justine in Parties and Events, on March 2, 2019 at 11:32 AM

My colleagues at school are throwing me a wedding shower in April! 😁 It’s going to be a co-shower since one of our teacher associates is getting married in May, and my wedding is in July so it’s...

Kelly, Mar 5, 2019 3 125
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diy garter out of fiance's mother's wedding dress... need advice!
Justine in Do It Yourself, on February 23, 2019 at 8:39 PM

So I am making my garter (NOT my tossing garter - I have a cheap one already) out of my fiance's mother's wedding dress. She passed away when he was 14, and he was very close with her. I wanted to do...

Caytlyn, Feb 24, 2019 7 170
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Invitations are ordered!!
Justine in Planning, on February 11, 2019 at 9:26 PM

I'm so excited that our invitations are finally ordered! We went with the all-in-one invites from Minted and got the unlimited proofs since we have some things we wanted the designers to edit on the...

Justine, Feb 14, 2019 11 264
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Annoyed.....
Justine in Planning, on January 31, 2019 at 9:49 PM

Normally my bridesmaids (there are 7 of them) are really good at responding to my group messages letting them know about bridal party things or asking them questions. Well this was the week I told...

FutureMrsDiBattista, Feb 1, 2019 38 740
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Snow day planning...
Justine in Planning, on January 23, 2019 at 10:06 AM

We have had two snow days in a row! I'm a teacher stuck in this midwest winter storm, and I have been using this time to try and get some more planning done (I was on the phone for an hour with one of...

Meagan, Jan 23, 2019 13 136
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Wedding invitation wording
Justine in Planning, on January 18, 2019 at 4:20 PM

Our sample All-in-One invites from Minted came yesterday! We officially decided on the invites we liked originally on the website, and both liked the same paper type they were printed on. I'm editing...

Melanie, Jan 19, 2019 7 203
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Puppy!
Justine in Family and Relationships, on January 15, 2019 at 8:51 PM

Taking this break from wedding planning to announce that we are fostering a puppy!!! She will eventually become our dog ❤️ I can tell you that our cat is not very happy with us at the moment.... 😂...

Miranda, Jan 16, 2019 19 231
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Flower girl dresses are here!
Justine in Wedding Attire, on January 14, 2019 at 10:44 PM

One of my Matrons of Honor is the mother of my two flower girls, and when I found the dresses I wanted them to wear on Zulily she went ahead and ordered them (they were $25 each, score!!!) and...

Kelly, Jan 15, 2019 5 155
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Bachelorette party and bridal shower dresses
Justine in Parties and Events, on January 4, 2019 at 8:32 PM

My two MOHs are planning my shower and my bachelorette party for the same day since a lot of my girls and family will be traveling. We did that for both of THEIR showers/bachelorette parties and it...

Brittany, Jan 7, 2019 9 354
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Flower Girls and Ring Bearers
Justine in Planning, on January 2, 2019 at 11:10 AM

What are you having your flower girls and ring bearers carry down the aisle? Are you keeping it traditional, where the flower girls toss petals and the ring bearers carry the rings? Or are you doing...

Rebecca, Jan 3, 2019 18 181
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My future last name Christmas gift!
Justine in Community Conversations, on December 31, 2018 at 4:12 PM

I totally meant to share this with you guys after Christmas and forgot! I’m soooo excited about the gift my fiancé got me for Christmas! I’m a preschool teacher and teachers in my elementary building...

Ashley, Jan 1, 2019 8 179
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How many hotel blocks should you typically reserve?
Justine in Planning, on December 27, 2018 at 7:59 PM

I have officially blocked rooms at one hotel, a Drury Inn & Suites that is located near our venue. I love Drury Inns because of all the free food/drinks they offer which I feel like is a great...

Janine, Dec 29, 2018 14 186
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My dress is here!!
Justine in Wedding Attire, on December 16, 2018 at 5:40 PM

My dress, earrings, and hairpiece finally came in after ordering them all back in June! I am so excited! The only alterations I need are to attach the lace hem along the front (we ordered it detached...

Meg, Dec 17, 2018 44 605
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Catering clean up?
Justine in Planning, on December 14, 2018 at 9:39 PM

So after my post the other day, we have FINALLY narrowed down our caterers to 3! One of the catering companies is "full service" where (according to our venue as they are a preferred vendor) they will...

Justine, Dec 17, 2018 21 5,701
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Haven't decided on a caterer!!!
Justine in Planning, on December 13, 2018 at 2:10 PM

I know catering is one of the first things we should have booked back when we booked our DJ, venue, and photography. But for some reason my FH has not wanted to help make a decision on catering. Like...

Nemo, Dec 13, 2018 14 371
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Dress try-on appointment...alone?
Justine in Wedding Attire, on November 29, 2018 at 5:42 PM

So this weekend part of our state is supposed to have bad weather - lots of heavy wet snow. My dress has finally come in, and my appointment to pick it up and try it on with all my accessories and see...

Gipperkm, Nov 30, 2018 27 327
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All-in-one invites
Justine in Planning, on November 19, 2018 at 9:23 PM

Has anyone ordered “all-in-one” invitations before? If so, did you have to have extra postage for the invitations? I was reading somewhere that you needed at least two stamps... Also, what did you...

persimonefink, Nov 23, 2018 11 197
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