Discussions by Malei

Okay so the wedding isn't until October but all we have left is putting our deposit down for the rentals (tables, chairs, linen, etc.) and finding a transportation company (for about 30 people). I've...

My HMUA called me to plan out our schedule for the day of. It seemed pretty early to me but I'm assuming that she got a call for another wedding that day. Anyway, I told her our photographer arrives...

My FMIL lives out of state and so does FH's girl cousin. They and we know that they're not going to fly into Hawaii three months before the wedding to attend my shower. His cousin specifically told...

I searched the forums and surprisingly nothing recent popped up about this so I'll ask. Is anyone inviting their planner to the rehearsal dinner? We have a partial planner that that we've been working...

This is more a vent as much as it is a need for advice. So FH and I bought his best man's flight here to Hawaii for our wedding, is giving him our place to stay (while other groomsmen/their friends...

Has anyone ever made their own wedding belt/sash? If so, how crafty were you with beads and working with them prior to starting? I'm looking to do a diamond shaped one but not sure if it's a good...

I just sent out an email to my wedding party with everyone’s contact info (with their permission, of course). My MoH is out of state, one BM is in Australia, and only two are local. None of them know...

So I had my bridesmaids go out and find a dress for themselves and just gave a guideline of color and length. One sent me a pic of a dress she found and it was cute and affordable! I mentioned this...

FH and I asked our good friend if he and his wife mind that their daughter be a flower girl. We've hung out with his family and his wife is super cool but I don't think she'd hang out with us or with...

So in planning our bridal party, I was on the fence of having a friend be a bridesmaid because 1.she wasn't sure if she'd be moving to Atlanta shortly before the wedding (we currently live/wedding...

So I'm kind of a private person and don't really like the attention and/or spotlight and my FH, bridesmaids, and groomsmen all have pretty similar personalities. I wasn't going to mention them on the...

Hi! So I got engaged last April and the only time I've mentioned the wedding is on New Years Day saying how excited I am to marry my best friend this year, yada yada. I started collecting addresses...

So I always research at least three different vendors for each item needed (call me compulsive/paranoid/thorough?) and right now I’m on finding a florist. My process is usually to contact businesses...

I know this sounds like a silly question but I can't seem to get it out of my head. FH and I were discussing our timeline and we are both fine without having the mother/son and father/daughter dance....

So we have a photographer but I won a free engagement session from a well known photo company. Need to know information: 1. Includes free 1 hour on-location session 2. Includes 50 printed 4x6 proofs...

FH and I went into this planning with only the worksheets on suggested percentages from your budget for each vendor. We had no idea what the actual costs were until we started doing the research. We...

Hi! So our wedding is travel themed. We are assigning "departure gates" and "cities" for our tables. I planned to have two votive candles (wrapped in map paper), one or two luminaries with flameless...

Help! I'm trying to take advantage of VistaPrint's sale and want to get return address labels to use for mailing out invites, rsvp return envelopes, and also to put on our thank you cards we're...