Activity for Melissa

Our wedding is September 30, 2023. More than 60% of our guests are from out of state. We did send save the dates at the end of last year because of so many out of town guests. I spent a lot of time making a website on The Knot to answer a lot of...

I don't really wear dresses a lot. I have a white skater dress I wanted to wear with a brown belt and jean jacket crop and brown boots. But then I got thinking about it, and I was wondering if there is a whole thing about "don't wear white" to a...

Instead of the whole bouquet/garter toss thing, we're doing a married couples dance. For those who don't know what that is, basically we have all married couples on the floor and the DJ will have couples leave the floor from married the least time to...

My fiancé opted to leave his mother off of the program as she is not invited anyway and no one has a problem with that as she is an abusive and manipulative person and not a single one of her kids has any positive feelings for her. However I ran into...

I haven't sent out the invitations with RSVPs yet, but I'm already running into some problems. There's going to be a number of people who have children with different last names, and while I've tried discretely asking the folks we've invited that if...

Has anyone done this at a wedding? I've heard of leaving a seat open in honor of them. Is there a way to make it more specific? Would it be weird to leave a photo of them, or just a tent card on the chair with their name? It would be for my fiancé's...

I understand weddings are expensive. Unfortunately I've had one before. I don't have the luxury of a family with property and understanding neighbors where we could do more DIY and I understand how having to get a venue effects costs. I actually just...

I feel like I need to give some really brief backstory to explain this, so I apologize. So my fiancé and all his siblings have a really bad relationship with their mother. She did a lot of not great things to them. Their step dad and oldest sister...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has ever done an "any shade" type of bridal party. Like choose a color such as blue and the bridesmaides and groomsmen can choose any style (appropriate) solid color dress or solid shirt color in that spectrum. I know...