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My current BM is having Knee surgery and my wedding is only 67 days away. I don't think she is going to be able to walk in my wedding. I am considering having a friend's daughter substitute but she is...
Rather disappointed in how my sister has reacted throughout my engagement. I’m getting married in 2 weeks and not once has she shown any excitement towards it. She’s one of the bridesmaids but because...
So I invited one of my old friends to be a bridesmaid and when we went shopping for the dress I could tell she felt uncomfortable paying so I just paid for her. It was about $110. Then later...
So a few months back i posted about renting/ vs buying table cloths. The place where i am getting married, told me that if i bought the table cloths that they would buy them back from me at the...
We are having our ceremony in a nice church. Do you think it is appropriate to have my bridesmaids to wear their cowboy boots in a church? All the men are wearing black shoes with their tuxes. I just...
I just ordered my card box from Etsy, and saw the shop also has ring boxes. I hadn't given any thought to the rings. We aren't having a ring bearer. I have no idea what we do with the rings. Do we...
Hey ladies! We have been debating back and forth about what song we should have for our grand entrance. We want something fun and to dance like a total loon to (or at least I will..). What are your...
We are having a DW in Key West, and we decided to do welcome bags. I thought these would count as favors, but someone at my bridal shower said "oh, you're not doing favors?". Am I crazy or can I just...
On Saturday we went to our reception hall to make a payment and see a mockup of our table arrangements, sweets table, and cake table. We are using centerpieces that our venue owns but bought flower...
We weren't planning on doing a gift registry. Mostly because I figured I don't need a bridal shower. Fh and I have lived together for about 4 going on 5 yrs now so I figured a shower wasn't needed....
So thanks to FutureMrsW I have now discovered ribbon wands! I really like the idea of them and they seem really easy to DIY. That got me thinking about our send off which I had not considered until...
I love the idea of the sweetheart table! I am trying to make our wedding unique and not the same old like everyone else. I saw on google and I was wondering if we could do a sweetheart table where we...
My friend is seriously the biggest moocher I've ever met. Long stories short: 1) She steals food and clothing everytime she comes over. 2) My mom owns a lot of rental houses, she keeps asking "Can I...
I am in a toss up of if I should stick to the traditional "here comes the bride" song or not. I am doing a rustic themed wedding, our ceremony will be held outside in a gazebo inside a park. My mother...
Well, we originally were going to just do beer and wine, but now it looks like we're throwing in a signature drink, and going full bar. We're having 125 people, 5 hour event, is anyone good at this?...
My fiancé and I are planning a Sat. morning wedding and brunch for 5/14/16. I am very practical and spending over $10k on one day, no matter what the day is, is not me, plus we're broke anyway....
Do you typically invite the priest/deacon/minister to the wedding dinner/reception?
I have a feeling some people ae going to rsvp yes and just not come. I just do. I know I will be upset if this happens!
So my mom and I were doing some wedding things on Saturday, talking about hair and makeup timeline for the day of and she says "Oh, well I thought we were all going to be there when you and FH had...
I found this video of a poet and his poem "this is how you make me feel". I am in love with it. Every word. But I'm having somewhat of a formal wedding, not religious, but black tie and quite fancy....