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My husband and I are finally going on our honeymoon in 2 weeks to Sandals Regency La Toc in St. Lucia. Has anyone been there (or the other Sandals resorts in St. Lucia) and have any advice, suggestions, tips, recommendations on activities,...

If there's only one piece of advice I could give couples when planning their wedding is to read your venue and vendor contracts very carefully BEFORE signing and question anything and everything that is not spelled our clearly. Nothing should be left...

Several people/families attended our wedding and did not give a gift or (with the exception of one) give a card. Should we send them thank you cards if a. they traveled from out of state to attend, b. they are local? FH says no gift, no thank you...

Well, we did it! It was a wonderful day and evening and people went nuts over the deer busts (thank goodness my DOC saved one for us). Here's some non-pro BAM. Pro-BAM to come in a few weeks.

Last DIY post for the crazy deer lady - YAY! Escort cards/lollipops are done and done! I am deered out you guys. Got these great lollipops at Melville Candy, gold twist ties from Michaels, and I made the name/table tags from paint sample chips from...

For those of you who thought I may have lost my damn mind with the Jay-Z Recessional song suggestion, rest assured as we are using "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder. (FH was suggesting 99 Problems as a joke.) He did get a big kick out of all...

"99 Problems" as the Recessional Song. Yay or Nay?

I'd love to know what was the biggest savings you scored for your wedding? Did you get a heavily discounted dress? Negotiated with your venue? I love hearing about all cost savings efforts without compromising your event. Initially ours was...

While FH is away on a golf trip, I got all my signage done. What do you all think? I can't wait for all these details to be done!

I am getting my first gel manicure for the wedding. Does anyone know if you can use any kind of polish for gel manicures, or does it need to be a special polish? I don't generally polish my nails at all and am completely clueless about this stuff. ...