Thoughtful Wedding Favor Ideas Your Guests Will Adore

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Sometimes it seems like the administrative decisions to be made for your wedding are endless! As rewarding as it is to create your perfect day, a lot of the fun comes with customizing the guest experience as well.

A big part of the enjoyment—and a great way for you to express yourself—is choosing your wedding favors. When choosing wedding favors, we recommend going with something your guests will actually use. But the best favors are something that connects to you and your experience as a couple. So let’s take a look at three fun ways to thank your guests for joining you on your big day. Continue reading “Thoughtful Wedding Favor Ideas Your Guests Will Adore”

3 Creative Ways to Remind Your Guests to Save the Date

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With new technologies enhancing our business and personal lives, it sometimes feels like life has never been busier. Whether it’s a wedding, birthday, anniversary, baby shower or any other celebrations, you don’t want to be just another appointment on your guests’ calendar. You need a way to be heard over the noise of everyday life while taking the opportunity to the stage for the tone and theme of your day. Continue reading “3 Creative Ways to Remind Your Guests to Save the Date”

How to Plan the Best Rustic Chic Wedding

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Rustic weddings are beautiful and intimate–making rustic one of the most popular themes right now. People are drawn to the idea of a rustic chic event for that perfect mix of simple and elegant with an old-timey country vibe. Fall is a great time for these ceremonies, though any time of year will do with the right setting and ornamentation. What goes into the perfect rustic wedding? Let’s find out! Continue reading “How to Plan the Best Rustic Chic Wedding”

3 Practical Ways to Use Apothecary Jars in Your Next Event

Apothecary jars are a great choice for any event. They are elegant, functional and versatile. You can completely change the look by adding different décor or filler inside and around the jar. If you want a reusable decoration that will always look amazing, consider the following ways to introduce apothecary jars to your event décor collection.  Continue reading “3 Practical Ways to Use Apothecary Jars in Your Next Event”

How to Plan the Anniversary Party of Your Dreams

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Those milestone anniversary years—10, 25, 35, 50—always seem to cry out for greater recognition, and rightly so. Everyone enjoys a good love story marching through its years of happy ending. People draw strength and hope from these success stories. And if you plan it right, an anniversary party can be even better than the wedding. How is that possible? Read on for some thoughts on what it takes to put together a great anniversary party! Continue reading “How to Plan the Anniversary Party of Your Dreams”

How To Decide When Your Wedding Should Be

Weddings are all about decisions. Why else would there be a whole industry dedicated to helping plan them? But one of the first decisions (aside from saying YES!) you’ll need to make is when to hold your wedding. Depending on your style as a couple and what you want, one month is not necessarily just as good as another. So what should go into making your decision? We’ve got some advice to start you off! Continue reading “How To Decide When Your Wedding Should Be”

Who to Invite? How To Keep A Guest List Manageable

When you’re planning a fancy event, before you can nail down any other serious plans, you need a sense of how many attendees you’re likely to have. Bloated guest lists are common, because people have a desire to share their happy occasion with as many friends and family as possible. Ultimately, though, you probably don’t want such a throng that your guests have difficulty socializing and you have a hard time seeing everyone. Here’s how to keep your list of guests to a manageable level. Continue reading “Who to Invite? How To Keep A Guest List Manageable”

The Checklist Before the Checklist

There are tons of checklist resources out there (like this wedding planning checklist from WeddingWire) to help brides with a timeline of booking their venue, photographer, caterer and all other important vendors.

All these timelines are important and incredibly helpful, but they forget to tell you all the things you need to have in order before you can even get started on this checklist. To help out all the future brides just getting started on wedding planning, we put together the checklist before the checklist.

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3 Great Ways to Beat the Heat at your Summer Wedding

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There’s no question about it: Summer weddings are popular. People like the idea of walking down the aisle in warm and sunny weather. Who wouldn’t?

The downside, though, is that outdoor summer weddings can be hot. Brides and grooms want the balmy climes for their ceremony, but not so much that guests are uncomfortable. Need help thinking of ways to enjoy all the plusses and none of the summer heat minuses? We’ve got three great ways! Continue reading “3 Great Ways to Beat the Heat at your Summer Wedding”

How To Class Up Your Summer Events

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Whether you’re doing barbecues, beach parties, 4th of July or just getting together to enjoy the warm weather, summertime is when we want to be outdoors. Summer get-togethers can get lively and even raucous, but that doesn’t mean your event can’t be stylish. Keep your summer festivities classy with a little help from us! Continue reading “How To Class Up Your Summer Events”