Activity for Amanda

Background: we're planning on a 5PM ceremony and the reception must end at 10PM. We would also like to do a first look. My first choice photographer offers two packages: one is for 6 hours coverage and the other for 8 hours coverage. Assuming she and...

My mom is ordering these gorgeous hangers for me and my BMs - but I hadn't thought about what my hanger should say! Mrs. New Last Name? Wedding Date?

Gah. So excited / nervous. I just shaved and gave myself a fresh mani/ pedi, and I tried to limit carbs today. (Other than the rice with my dinner and two glasses of moscato just now, whoooops.) And I've gotten a few outfits for tomorrow: -two sets...

An old friend of mine just started her photography business and is taking our engagement pictures for a steal. She does GREAT work; I've always admired it and wondered why she didn't take pictures professionally. Of course, she's still building her...

Between valentine's day and the excitement of recently getting engaged, I would love a sexy reminder of this time in our lives. I'm generally pretty insecure about my body, so FH would be SHOCKED. I think it'd give me the confidence I want and...

...kind of makes me want to get into the wedding industry again somehow. I was fortunate enough to work as a wedding coordinator for a few years at the chapel on my college campus. It was an awesome experience. I primarily planned ceremonies, and I...

As I've mentioned on here before, FH and I are HUGE country music fans. With that in mind, I'd like to ask our DJ to keep like 90% of the music in the upbeat (read: rowdy) country music genre, with some classic and southern rock staples thrown in as...

Tablescapes! I am desperately in need of some inspiration for mine. My colors are navy blue, turquoise, and white. I am definitely using blue mason jars filled with white peonies/garden roses, along with white lanterns as the centerpieces. It's the...

I think I just had my "this is really happening" moment. Tonight while browsing honeymoon options, FH and I were saying how important it is to us to take our honeymoon right after the wedding. Offhandedly and to see what he said, I joked that if we...

It's a typical cold, rainy, January day here in Maryland, so of course I'm browsing honeymoon plans! We have a $3,000 honeymoon budget (thanks, dad!), and I'm blown away by how many options there are. We've (kind of) narrowed it down to an...

I'm strongly considering the idea of making a donation to charity instead of favors, but I need some help with how/whether to pass that information on to our guests. FH's best friend tragically lost his battle with cycstic fibrosis a few years ago....

So we just got our estimate from our venue for the total bill. Plated dinner for 150, venue rental, and $2000 bar tab (cash bar after tab runs out) plus bartenders came out to over $11K. Which is doable in our budget, however we were...

Another thread about FH involvement and a conversation with my own FH last night got me thinking - how involved is your FH? We discussed his involvement early on and came to an agreement. Basically, he agreed to attend meetings with major vendors...

Also, how long have you been engaged? We just got engaged on Christmas Day 2012 and have jumped right into planning our wedding for 13 June 2014!!! We are getting mixed opinions on starting to plan so early, but in order to make this work financially...