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Planning events to celebrate with your friends and family before the big day? Share photos and tell us all about your engagement party, shower, and bachelor or bachelorette parties!

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Jennifer
Engagement Party-tablecloths
Jennifer, on October 13, 2019 at 2:19 AM

My future MIL is throwing an engagement party for us. We booked the venue and she is taking care of everything else. It is open house style. Originally she mentioned renting linens for the tables. Now...

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 8 155
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Bridal Shower Location
Sarah, on October 12, 2019 at 11:34 PM

My best friends is now getting married! I want to throw her an amazing shower (I'm the maid of honor). Any suggestions of places we can host it? I am planning to use a bunch of my wedding decorations...

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 3 103
Mandee
Engagement Photo Crisis
Mandee, on October 13, 2019 at 6:17 AM

Hey Y'all, I hope this is the right place for this. My FH and I were engaged last weekend, but have been together ten years. A year ago on the 15th of October I was diagnosed with triple negative...

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 4 236
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Rehearsal Dinner
Gabby, on October 13, 2019 at 9:11 PM

How fancy does a rehearsal dinner need to be? I'm thinking about doing it in the backyard of the air bnb we will rent. It will only be family and a handful or close friends, about 25 people. I thought...

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 14 159
Tiffany
Rehearsal Dinner Advice
Tiffany, on October 13, 2019 at 10:13 PM

My future mother in law offered and is insisting to pay for rehearsal dinner which I thought was super sweet. However, she then told me she picks the venue and the only people that should be there is...

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 25 547
Tosha Fay
Wedding Planner Pros and Cons
Tosha Fay, on October 13, 2019 at 10:50 PM

I was wondering everyone's thoughts on hiring a wedding planner and if they are really worth the cost.

Tara, Oct 18, 2019 20 305
Charlotte
Engagement Photos!
Charlotte, on October 16, 2019 at 1:24 PM

I mostly just wanted a place to gush about these because my fiance and I got our engagement photos back. I still can't believe that we're going to be married! I'm stupidly emotional over the pictures...

Charlotte, Oct 17, 2019 16 227
Tina
Bridal shower
Tina, on October 17, 2019 at 10:41 AM

When planning bridal shower are the Bridesmaids counted in on the guest list???

Tina, Oct 17, 2019 9 100
Alicia
Engagement photos
Alicia, on October 15, 2019 at 11:11 PM

Just a few of my favorites

Erin, Oct 17, 2019 14 210
Nona
i did my boudoir shoot yesterday
Nona, on October 9, 2019 at 12:33 PM

Not sure if this is the correct forum to post in... Ladies let me tell you! I was nervous as all get out! But once I arrived to her studio yesterday I felt calm. She just had a warm bubbly...

Nona, Oct 16, 2019 27 533 1
Merline
Engagement Pictures are in!
Merline, on October 12, 2019 at 9:13 PM

We finally had our engagement pictures done September 8th after 10 months of being engaged lol. We got back 118 pictures and I love 110 of them! I cannot wait for her to do the wedding! I didnt want...

Lunajay, Oct 16, 2019 29 457
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Place settings
Ashton, on October 14, 2019 at 9:06 PM

I am wanting to do place settings with chargers and polyester napkins and silverware. Our guest list is near 400 which would make setting every persons place pretty pricey from what I’m finding. Would...

Cristy, Oct 15, 2019 9 142
Belky
Engagement photos ! Can i please share ?
Belky, on July 18, 2019 at 3:17 PM

I just wanted to share some of my engagement pics !

Belky, Oct 15, 2019 17 202
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Engagement Party Advice
Jasmyn, on August 25, 2019 at 1:37 PM

Hi guys! So FH and I got engaged back in December of 2017 so were approaching the 2 year mark. We were both just starting careers, moving in together, etc. so a lot of the wedding planning was put on...

Jasmyn, Oct 14, 2019 11 170
Paige
Engagement picture sneak peek
Paige, on October 13, 2019 at 8:04 PM

Our photographer just sent us a sneak peek and I just HAD to share with someone! We had a few family photos with the kids and the dog and then some time for just us. All of the romantic ones were...

Paige, Oct 14, 2019 15 162
Amy
Bachelorette party fun! (NSFW: pg-13 pictures included)
Amy, on October 13, 2019 at 9:18 PM

My maid of honor, bridesman, and our best man’s cousin threw me such a fun bachelorette party last night. First we went to a really funny drag show called Lips. They gave all the bride-to-be’s a...

MrsD, Oct 14, 2019 6 3,338 1
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Engagement party
Alicia, on August 21, 2019 at 10:04 AM

Hi everyone i just got engaged August 11th. My fiancé and I want to have an engagement party. We don’t plan on getting married until 2021. Would it be appropriate to have an engagement party 6-7...

Jade, Oct 14, 2019 5 146 1
Kim
Average cost for rehearsal dinner?
Kim, on June 11, 2019 at 2:41 PM

I’m having a hard time trying to nail down a realistic budget for our rehearsal dinner. We are having guests travel and want to make it nice for them without being extravagant. What is an average...

Kimberly, Oct 13, 2019 11 7,708
Terran
How did he propose?
Terran, on October 6, 2019 at 12:33 AM

So I know my proposal was something I’ll never forget. I want to hear other proposal stories? I just think they’re super cute and make me happy.

Terran, Oct 12, 2019 41 481
Jayla
Surprise proposal or expected?
Jayla, on June 21, 2018 at 11:05 AM

Surprise or expected proposal? Were you completely shocked when the big moment happened or did you know all along? Tell us how it all went down! Christie Froom Photography

Jaclyn, Oct 11, 2019 151 2,034
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