Avoiding Outdoor Wedding Cake Disasters

Outdoor weddings can be some of the most spectacularly beautiful settings of all, but they can also set the stage for a wedding cake disaster. The problem is that there are so many more variables when you move outside than when you are inside. As a result, the trick is to find a way to minimize the risk of a wedding cake disaster so that you can approach your big day with confidence. To do so, however, means that you must first identify the common threats to the well being of your cake and how to... Read more »

Access to Your Wedding Planning Organizer Without Lugging it Around!

It’s true: Any wedding planning organization system will work if you use it and no system will work if you don’t. You can buy fancy organizers with all kinds of pockets to keep track of everything you’ve done as you prepare for your big day. Likewise, you can make a shoebox and a few small dividers work. Or a filing cabinet, or computer software. Any of those can work as your wedding planning organizational system - but they are all limited: All of these have to be with you... Read more »

Tips for the Bridal Bouquet

The bridal bouquet is one of the most important parts of any wedding ceremony; it is important that you should have just the right flowers that project the exact image that will complete your romantic wedding. It should match your decor theme. And of course, the bridal bouquet should reflect in some way the person that you are. To accomplish this, to find just the right bridal bouquet for your big day, begin by going to weddings (when you can get an invitation) and pay special attention to the... Read more »

How to Make Your Budget Work for Your Wedding

Every year we are regaled with tales of how much the average bride has to budget for her wedding. Of course every average means that there are some that go way beyond that average and some that are way below. The reality, of course, is that most brides can’t really afford the budget of the “average bride,” even if daddy is picking up most of the tab, but they don’t know that they have an alternative so instead they try to stretch an already thin wedding budget to the point... Read more »

Wedding Planning Consultants: Protection from Hair Loss

Is it really necessary to hire a wedding planning consultant? Many people have successfully planned and implemented their weddings on their own, but many of these same people probably would not have done all the planning themselves if they had it to do over again. Planning a wedding is a huge task. We all know that, but most of us do not really know how massive the task is until we are facing the task ourselves. That’s where a wedding planning consultant comes in. Indeed, when a bride first... Read more »

Create Your Own Chocolate Wedding Favors

Making your own chocolate wedding favors has become, in many circles, nearly a rite of passage. They are great as bridal shower favors, but chocolate wedding favors are equally great for the wedding itself. In fact, it’s an event that the bride and her bridesmaids can look back on as a fun evening of laughter and crafting where the music was playing, the chocolate was plentiful, and the laughter was nearly endless. To be sure, for many, make-your-own-wedding-favors are nearly an essential... Read more »

Free Bridal Shower Games

Turn your bridal shower from plain and ordinary into an extraordinary event by integrating free bridal shower games into your party. Games turn any shower into something more fun and enjoyable. With these free bridal shower games you will find everyone at your party getting a little silly and crazy, but that’s the fun of it. Your friends will be talking about your bridal shower for weeks. Free Bridal Shower Games: Weigh the Handbag Get a buzz going by having the bathroom scale sitting in... Read more »

Your Budget & Your Wedding Professionals: Helping Them Meet Successfully

Do you know the single most common way brides shoot themselves in the foot when they meet with wedding professionals? I’ll give you a hint. It’s also one of the most common tips you find in most wedding planning books about what you should say when dealing with a wedding professional. Unfortunately, it is, for the most part, bad advice. That’s right… The most common line wedding professionals hear is, “I’m on a budget.” And all too often by saying those... Read more »

Wedding Traditions of the World

All through history there have been similarities in the wedding traditions and marriage customs of people from all over the world, but each nationality of people seems to have their own little way to go about the union of a man and woman too. The one thing that all wedding ceremonies seem to have in common is the commitment of love and devotion for all time and eternity during a public ceremony. Everyone at a wedding hopes for a productive and happy union between the wedding couple. Wedding traditions... Read more »

How to Make a Beach Wedding Theme Work

It’s the time of the year to be planning your nuptials by the sea. The winter storms are winding down in preparation for the day they give way to those days of glorious sunshine that we all love so much. Fortunately, it perfectly aligns with the traditional wedding seasons making a beach wedding a natural choice. Fortunately the prevalence of beach related materials available means that nearly anyone can put together a beach wedding. This is true even if they have no access to an actual... Read more »