Fun Tool to Narrow Choices
Going shopping for a wedding gown can be an intimidating and confusing process to start. After all, how many of us have tried on a formal gown since Prom? A tiny minority, that’s how many. And then so...
View ArticleWedding In a Winter Wonderland
There’s nothing like a winter wedding. Snow (if you live in an area where it’s common) makes a pretty backdrop for a wedding. And since winter is a far less popular time of the year to marry than...
View ArticleWhat Will SCOTUS Hear?
The coming week could be very interesting in the ongoing struggle for marriage equality. The Supreme Court is expected to announce which of as many as ten cases regarding marriage equality they will...
View ArticleEngagement Season Is Upon Us
Sorry about the lateness of the posting. Things – particularly weather and some spotty power access – happened. Anyway. I thought you might all find it interesting to learn a little bit of trivia. Did...
View ArticleTwistie’s Sunday Caption Madness: The I Drop the Castle Edition: The Result
Well, you made it easy on me this time. Last week I smacked your gobs with this deathless image: … and just one of you managed to scrape your chin up off the floor long enough to come up with a...
View ArticleMay the Force Be With Them
Check out this adorkable method of proposing marriage featured at The Mary Sue: This is just the sort of imagination I love to see go into a proposal. Pick something that means something to the person...
View ArticleThe Post I’d Hoped I’d Never Have To Write
I well remember when I found the glories of Manolo for the Brides. Back then, the editor was the fabulous Never Teh Bride. I lapped up the pretties and the advice and the humor… and I always had...
View ArticleOn Flowers in a Wedding
Weddings are the beginning of a life-changing and life-long journey to create life and live happily ever after. Hence, flowers and herbs have been used since the ancient Greeks to symbolize love,...
View ArticleLOVE/HATE: On and Off
This is the top of Rosa Clara’s new wedding gown, BASILEA. So are both of these. Rosa Clara’s latest line features a slew of gowns that are mostly strapless with sheer boleros on top. BASILEA is...
View ArticleThe Teacher’s Favor(ite)
Here’s an image from the Wedding Chicks that has set me to thinking… Pencils given out as a wedding favor, an idea which can only be described as smart, fun, and affordable. But, of course, this is the...
View ArticleMen’s Diamond Cross
Men’s Diamond Crosses are a trendy piece of jewelry these days; with the increasing penetration of the music culture, many pop icons and rap stars wear them to set themselves apart. Traditionally,...
View ArticleThe Mud-Slinging Grooms Cake
So, apparently, this is a thing now… Groom’s cakes shaped like tires spinning chocolate mud onto a pretty bride’s cake. The thing about this is that, as you can see from the examples above, the skill...
View ArticleThe Silent Disco Wedding
So you’re planning your summer wedding and you are thinking of something different to entertain your wide range of guests for the evening. How are you going to ensure that the kids are enjoying it as...
View ArticleThe Hen Party
My American readers are likely not familiar with the English term “hen party”, which is what Americans sort of refer to as a bachelorette party. I say “sort of” because the English hen party has...
View ArticleBridesmaiding on a Budget
Unless you’re prepared to sacrifice many of the traditions that make American weddings so unique, keeping wedding costs at a reasonable level is hard work. Most of the stuff you find out there is...
View ArticleThe Tiara
Not surprisingly, people have strong opinions about anything having to do with marriages and wedding ceremonies, and one area of perpetual conflict is over what the bride should wear on her head. One...
View ArticleA Prom Dress is not a Bridesmaid Dress
Not A Bridesmaid’s Dress I don’t know how many times I’ve had to explain this to young women who’ve been eager to buy bridesmaid dresses from the evening rack, that bridesmaid dresses are not prom...
View ArticleShop Around – Choose Wedding Gowns
Choosing a wedding dress can be a difficult task. It can also be quite expensive when trying to find that perfect dress for this once in a lifetime moment. But every bride wants to look perfect on her...
View ArticleOf Tents, Marquees, and Pavilions
Perhaps it’s the romantic in me, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about tents, and I’m not talking about the sort you’d find on a camping trip, unless you’re going on a Holy Crusade with Richard...
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