Discussions by Kristin

Just curious... Or what about a cheap one?

So now we are playing with the idea of eloping somewhere! Does anyone have any suggestion of places or ideas for elopement plans?

What's your budget and how did you set it? We are keeping ours low because we want to get a house shortly before/after the wedding!

I know this is weird... but can a few of you explain how your ring fits? I can't tell if mine if fitting properly. I have already gotten mine sized down once, but I still think it could be too loose....

Do you think it's tacky when people put their registry "card" (like, from BBB) in with the same envelope as the invite? Everyone seems to do that these days! I personally don't like it, though.

I'm thinking about not having any and just having a MOH (and FH will just have a BM, no groomsmen) because our wedding will be small. I don't want 1/2 of our friends who are attending to be in the...

Any MD brides here? What venues did you use or have you looked at/considered? We need more affordable options...

Has anyone just bought a wedding-dress (ish?) looking dress at a normal store and used it as their wedding dress? I am planning on doing this to save money. Is this totally weird?

I want opinions! We are planning to give everyone a "plus 1" because we want people to celebrate our day with their loved one (husband/wife/fiance/SO). All of my guests are either married, engaged, or...

I'm sure this is pretty common, so I thought I would post and see what everyones experiences have been with this! Have you ever had some not-so-great experiences of not inviting someone to your...

Has anyone ever had or experienced a wedding without a DJ? We were just thinking about doing an ipod (hooked up to speakers) to keep the costs down. What do you think of this? Suggestions?

What would you guys rather do: A. Have a less expensive venue with more expensive food (34 guests can fit into the budget). B. Have a more expensive venue with less expensive food (50 guests can fit...

What do you do during the "Cocktail Hour" time if you don't have one?

What is everyone's biggest expense for their wedding? We just started planning. Any advice about budgetting & costs?

We are looking at a venue that charges a large amount for linens. Would it be too tacky to not have them and possibly substitute an alternative, cheaper table decoration to make it look a bit more...

One of the venues we are looking at has a $300 ceremony fee for the half hour ceremony. It incluces set up and breakdown of chairs (we will have 40-50 guests). Is this crazy? I don't know must...

Right now wer are thinking just doing the first dance "tradition".. the other traditions for weddings that we know of seem cheesy, but we are not very wedding educated. Any ideas? What are you doing? ...

What are you doing to make your wedding creative/different in terms of entertaining (for those who are not having "traditional" weddings). We want ours to be memorable, but we can't think of anything...

We need to cut our guest list to lower costs (we are not having a fancy wedding, so we are keeping costs down everywhere, not just on the guest list). Any ideas of how to determine which guests to...

What do you look for in a venue? We just started looking and are having trouble deciding what's important etc.