Wedding Planning

What to do when circumstances force you to change all your wedding plans. Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life—and it should be. You’ve worked hard and planned everything out meticulously and your wedding day is fast approaching. And then a bomb drops—you must postpone your wedding. I cannot imagine how that must make you feel—or how all this waiting has just resulted in more waiting. With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting globally, large and small events everywhere are being canceled, and weddings are being forced into postponement. A wedding postponement or cancellation...

To some couples, their furry, scaly, or feathered companions are some of the most important creatures in their lives. So, when it comes to a giant celebration—especially a wedding—they are going to want to find a way to incorporate their love for their four-legged friend. We’ll give you some tasteful and fun ways to make sure your animal companion is properly recognized on your big day. Whether you choose to include your pet as a wedding guest or incorporate your pet in another way, make the day about your entire family. After all, this day is about family and your...

The biggest question of your life has been asked—and you’ve said yes! Now, it’s time for the planning and the amazing, stressful, fun part of making your dream wedding come true. While you start researching dresses, meeting with reception sites, and carefully selecting your bridal party, have you considered keeping everyone in the loop with a wedding website? Whether a traditional or more modern approach, wedding websites can help tell the tale of your love to your friends and family, keep guests updated on your wedding progress, and easily share important information on upcoming wedding-related events. Your wedding website is...

With the close of a decade, we are openly embracing 2020 with new hopes in the wedding industry. The nostalgia of the last decade, and especially in 2019, will carry us into 2020 with trends that may continue to grow and others that will retire and make way for the brand, new wedding trends. Some of our favorite trends of 2019 included the rise of brides choosing colored wedding dresses, pampas grass décor, and using favorite pets in the wedding celebrations. We also saw 2019 as the year for “the guest experience”, where brides and grooms openly invited their guests...

Giving out wedding favors to your guests is a wedding tradition that dates to somewhere between the 16th and 18th centuries. This tradition used to be a special practice where the wealthy handed out sugar cubes at weddings. At the time, sugar was an expensive commodity. Additionally, favors have traditionally been given as a token of thanks, but in its early years, it was also thought to be lucky. In fact, couples used to gift favors by hand personally passing on a small piece of their married bliss. This was a very personalized way to thank guests vs. the customary...