Can’t Wear Your Wedding Ring? You Could Have a Metal Allergy
Finding out you have a metal allergy to your brand new wedding ring is annoying if not downright frustrating. Fortunately, whether you're shopping for a ring or already have one, there are ways to prevent the problem.
Category: Wedding Materials
Getting Married? Here Are Four Things You Need To Do First
As you plan your wedding, you'll realize you have to make a few executive decisions early on. Here are the first four major choices you'll have to make when you're in the whirlwind excitement of wedding planning.
Category: Wedding Planning
Tips for Preparing a Great Best Man Speech
If you've been asked to perform the best man speech at a wedding, you might be understandably nervous. Follow these tips to ensure that you deliver a great and heartfelt speech that will wow the audience.
Category: Wedding Planning
Liven Up Your Reception Cocktail Hour With a Grazing Table
Be on the lookout for grazing tables at weddings in 2020. Charcuterie boards, dessert bars, food platters - these simple, elegant, and eye-pleasing offerings will be one of the top trends at wedding receptions this year.
Category: Wedding Planning
Plant-Based Wedding Food: How To Make It Work in 2020
As plant-based diets grow in popularity, one of 2020's hottest wedding trends will be serving a plant-based menu at the reception. Here's how to have a vegan or vegetarian menu that your wedding guests will rave about.
Category: Wedding Planning
History’s Scars: Understanding the Plantation Wedding Controversy
Southern plantations have long been a destination for weddings. Now many of the most popular wedding planning websites are banning plantations from listing on their website, citing their painful legacies of slavery.
Category: Wedding Planning Society
How To Avoid Outlawing Grief
'Outlawed grief' is when one person makes another feel their grief is unwelcome. Even the best-intentioned turns of phrase can cause harm. Avoiding outlawing grief will keep those in mourning from feeling like a burden.
Category: Loss
Don’t Get Scammed! How To Avoid Funeral Fraud
Funeral fraud is one of the most insidious scams, because it targets grieving people at what is likely their lowest moment. Be wary of people hoping to capitalize on your grief, and protect yourself and your family.
Category: Loss
Planning Your Wedding? Don’t Forget Your Introverted Guests
Most wedding activities, like dancing or small talk with strangers, favor extroverts. But don't leave your introverted friends out of your wedding festivities. Here are some simple activities introverts will enjoy too.
Category: Wedding Planning
Ways To Relax Indoors With Your Partner This Winter
The cold winter weather pushes many of us indoors for days at a time. When cooped up, it's easy to get cabin fever. But there are ways to avoid the seasonal antsiness, and use the cold weather as an excuse to relax.
Category: Society