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I am going to a wedding next month and I have two dresses I can wear, one is cream with light purple florals, and the other is mint lace. 1) Is cream with florals too close to white to be OK for...
I have sleeve tattoos on both arms. I love my tattoos, and I chose a vintage-looking dress that I plan to dress up with red lipstick and a pin-up/50's look. The problem: My mother. She hates my...
We have 6 + 6 for our bridal party and actually 3 are couples. Would it be weird to put them next to each other at the head table or should we stick up the "brides side " "grooms side "?
What do you guys suggest for parent gifts? I don't know what we should get my parents and his parents as a thank you gift?
Is anyone doing a kings table? My bridal party has two couples so we wanted to be able to have everyone with us including their date so thought of doing a kings table. If anyone has done one, would...
Is there a middle ground between kid-free and all kids invited? I love kids and in an ideal world, I would have every child that belongs to every couple I want to invite, but in actual reality,...
Hello! My shower is coming up and I was telling my grandma about the toaster we put on our registry. I went to show her, and I saw that I had 4 notifications that 4 people have bought gifts. Cool! 3...
Random etiquette question - A lot of wedding highlight/trailer videos I've seen showcase an intimate personal moment when the bride and groom individually open gifts they got for each other and read a...
Just wondering if any of you have experience with this. FH and I went to get our marriage license today (YAY). Unfortunately when FH got to work he was looking over the license and he said they got...
I'm wondering if there's a "cheap" or "low budget" way to buy stamps in bulk? I'm of course putting stamps on the invite I mail, as well as the return RSVP card (so guests do not have to provide a...
Hi all! I was just wondering what is the proper way to announce your wedding website? Mine has a lot of info on it about hotel accomodations, event times, locations, etc, but it also has my registry...
So I have a girl who I know through a mutual friend. There's four of us that are friends and always hang out together, she invited us all to her bachlorette party, but unfortunately no one could make...
We are using our DJ for both our ceremony and the reception so I was just wondering if we should ask our DJ to attend the rehearsal (not necessarily the dinner portion)? I know I would feel much more...
Hey all, My fiance and I are planning to elope next month at the court house with our 6 month old son. We are not planning to tell anyone until afterwards. We have no issues in our family, we just...
Has anyone gotten their wedding bands off of Amazon or etsy? I'm looking into online shopping as there is definitely a wider variety to choose from and most are cheaper than retail, though I'm...
My mother in law is in her 60's can you guys show me what dress your mother or mother in law will be wearing? Also my wedding colors are navy blue and white. What color should she wear. Thank You
Hello ladies! My wedding isn't for awhile, my fiancée and I are working out getting out of school/building a house. However, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I have no flower girl! I have 5 boys under the...
I have a friend who wants to give my fiance' and I a couples shower, but we don't need traditional wedding gifts. Our engagement has already been announced, (back in May) so would it be too late for...
I got married in April in a small, destination wedding. I was planning on sending a wedding announcement afterwards to those that could not attend and/or were not invited due to the small size. How...
I have been going back and forth in my head about having a beer and wine bar vs open bar. I was wondering if any of you have done a limited bar e.g. wine, beer, vodka, whiskey, rum. But only one brand...