Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

I saw something that a photographer friend posted on Facebook about gifts for the photographer. (And other vendors) do I get them gifts and or tip them? I am of course already paying my photographer...

One of my bridesmaids (best friend from HS) backed out of my wedding due to financial reasons. I offered to help her out by giving her $1,000 towards her travel and paying for her bridesmaid...

My cousin is getting married this weekend. They live in Toronto and we will not be able to attend. They haven't registered anywhere. They came to our wedding and gave us a $100 gift card. I...

What is a respectable way to word " NO KIDS ALLOWED AND IF YOU DON'T RSVP YOU WILL NOT BE ENTERING" my sister wants to put a little insert card in with the invitations that says this but not in those...

We decided to have my fiance's brother officiate our wedding. Afterward I gave him our marriage license and he filled it out and had the witnesses sign it. Unfortunately he misspelled something, and...

Would it be strange to have a female usher? I need someone to hand out programs and watch the guest book. I want to have my guest book at the ceremony as well because there are several guest who can...

I would like to use the same formal address format for my save the dates and invitations. I will NOT be using a second inner envelope for the invitation. I have two questions... 1) How do I address a...

At first I scoffed and thought, "What, are you supposed to sit there with a checklist and an answer sheet?" But as I read these questions, I thought that you really should ask many of these in some...

When do you invite or announce an open house (not a reception) after a destination wedding? Ours may be 3-4 weeks after the wedding. Should I include another insert with the wedding invitation? Should...

I just have a few questions if anyone could help me So is a receiving line required? If you do a receiving line who normally stands in it and it what order? Thank you anyone who can help with this, we...

Now that H and I have our pro pics, I've been compiling photo albums for our parents. We're using Shutterfly since their books seem to be top notch. We know our parents will both like leather covers...

So I have been thinking..if you have a brunch wedding what do you do after the reception? We have family and a few out of towners but if the reception ends around 3, what do we do after?

I've been wondering how to approach this. I have some friends, more like acquaintances, who invited me to their weddings but I was unable to attend for one reason or another. Do I Need to invite them...

We've been engaged 3 mos- our wedding is Sept 2013.. His family is Soooo happy for us (we've both been thru really bad past relationships & are so right for each other). Our friends are also really...

Okay, I already posted something similar to this but I seriously don't know what to do. We are getting married on the lake BUT by our pastor, so is that still considered a "church marriage" and okay...

I just found a box in my desk filled with Thank You notes from my wedding that I had apparently forgotten to send!!! It has nearly every thank you note that I had, minus a few that I hand delivered....

I saw somewhere on the discussions about putting "cake and punch reception to follow" at the end of an invitation. I am trying desperately to cut costs and if we can't than we'll do a JP. I would like...

I've seen a lot of ladies asking about invitation etiquette. Martha Stewart has a lot of great guidelines! Plus a lot of other wedding ideas and advice. Invitation Wording:...