Discussions by Melanie

I know sometimes dates are a way to play on the fun of a wedding- I'm actually very surprised to find out not many people have picked the June 2016 palindrome dates where I'm getting married. For...

Question- plan on getting on FH insurance after we get married in June. Unfortunately, I've had a root canal and have maxed out my dental. In a position now where I still need an extra step that will...

Hi, This may not be the best place to post this but I thought I would ask. My DH is an entrepreneur, trying to start a really great, potentially life-changing healthcare app. While he and his friend...

Hi, After I dry clean my dress I have no clue what to do with it. I have researched local charities in my area and there's one for brides working with limited budgets. I had no alterations done...

Hi, It's now time for thank you cards post wedding. We only had about 50 guests minus wedding party and it was a DW for all but my parents. Our families aren't well off, so we knew to not expect much...

What's the average wait time for photos? My photographer is going to clean some up and give us a disc or flash drive. We most likely have 2-400 photos from the ceremony and reception.

I'm having a DW in the town I grew up about 500 miles away from where I currently live. Many of my family members have sent or dropped off gifts to my parents' house, close to where our wedding is...

Hi, We just received a mirror from our registry that was shipped to us from one of our guests and it's broken. The guest bought it off of our registry which tied the item to Amazon. This is an older...

I know there's a lot of us getting married this palindrome weekend. For those of you who have been there done that, what's your best advice to avoid the crazy? My wedding is a DW 500 miles away so I'm...

Hi, I wanted to let you all know that DB has an account on Amazon. I didn't feel very comfortable with the corset the person helping me at DB chose/suggested during my first fitting- extremely tight,...

Hi, I'm a cartoonist (current client is military) and I love the love songs in Disney movies. It's a total no brainer that I want to include them, even a redone version that sounds a bit more grown...

So, my stuff is from DB and it's the size I was fitted for. I ordered a waist trainer corset from the store and tried it on... And man, it is tight. Granted they are if its their first time being used...

Hi, Sorry for second post today but I thought I would ask for fun. I got into the United State of Women Summit on June 14 in the Washington DC area. Is anybody else going? It would be fun to meet...

My DOC and mom have this plan to make our wedding guests wait in a front room at the church after our ceremony while the wedding party are taking photos for 30 min then give us a send off with the...

Hi, For some reason my parents have this crazy notion that they would like to drive me from the ceremony to the reception after photos are taken. I can understand TO the ceremony but isn't the bride...

Hi, I got a new birdcage style veil but would like to create it with a base teardrop style fascinator hat. Has anybody on here done this? Is it helpful to have the veil over the hat or underneath? I...