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Has anyone started with a larger budget and guest list and decided to cut down, a lot? We first thought we could have the wedding on a 5k budget (we live in a rural area with rather cheap venues). After making the guest list (my 50 or so to his 130+)...

My fiancé proposed in December. He asked my dads permission and the whole nine yards. My dad cried whereas my mom told me that night that I “shouldn’t start planning too much because we’re not paying for a thing”. Okay, I get it, we’re 32 and you...

Fiancé. The first night we were engaged we were both so giddy and stayed up for hours talking. He had to have said, “you’re my fiancé” 300 times that night. Lol. We’ve been together for 7 years and I used to hate saying my boyfriend sometimes. It was...

Has anyone ever seen or heard of not making everyone stand when the bride walks down the isle? My FH loves people and attention but it actually makes me really nervous. Just walking down the isle at the church we reserved during our tour made my...

We’re thinking of moving our November 2020 wedding up to February 2020. Would I have issues finding evergreen trees and greenery for my decorations? I’m meeting with my planner this week and we have a venue in mind. I just don’t want to switch the...

Any Southern Illinois brides? I’m near Carbondale and would love to hear about which venues/planners/vendors you like or have talked with.

I’m going to purchase a Cricut to hopefully make a lot of our own decorations and signage. Which do you have/prefer?

Hello! I was sent a notification that we are all getting married on the same day. Yay us! 🎉 I was wondering what your families are all saying about it being so close to Thanksgiving that year? Any complaints?

How far is too far to ask your guests to drive? We’ve been pricing out venues in our area. What we are finding is that most are $3-9k just for the venue rental. Some include chairs and tables and some charge extra for those. ALL charge extra...

We have been engaged for a few months now. Even though we are getting married in 2020 we are doing a lot of the booking and planning this year to get some cheaper rates and secure the venue, etc we like the most. Since our wedding won’t be until...