The Icing on the Cake: Sweet Options for Your Wedding Dessert

While some couples opt for cupcake towers, donuts, croquembouches and other tasty goodies, the classic multitiered cake remains popular at many weddings. As you’re pondering possibilities for your own event, you might ...

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Avoid These Common Mistakes When Planning Your Wedding

Weddings are not easy events to plan. Even though weddings are nothing new, the stress involved with putting one together can be intense. While there is no perfect solution, there are many simple tactics you can explore ...

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4 Top Shoe Hacks for Your Wedding

You’re going to be on your feet for several hours during your wedding. The thought of wearing high heels might make you dread the pain that can come with extended periods of standing, walking and dancing. Neverthel ...

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Inviting Children to Your Wedding

The guest list surrounding your wedding is an area bound to cause you a great deal of stress. Making cuts to the list and attempting to reach out and figure out who forgot to RSVP can be a lot of work. To keep yourself s ...

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Contrary to Popular Belief, Millennials Are Not Killing Weddings

Check the news from the last few years, and you’ll see headlines bemoaning a wide range of millennial spending habits and lifestyle choices. As a demographic cohort, adults born between the late 1970s and the mid-1 ...

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Blue Planet: How Other Cultures Handle Loss

Losing someone close to you can be paralyzing. Death is hard to accept, no matter how old you might be or how used to loss you might think you are. While it can be hard to move forward, there is comfort in knowing you ar ...

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The Backstory Behind “Here Comes the Bride”

If you've attended a few weddings, you might have heard the familiar “Bridal Chorus,” otherwise known as “Here Comes the Bride” or the “Bridal March,” played during the processional. Y ...

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Good Eats: Hiring a Food Truck for Your Wedding

When you think about a typical wedding reception, you probably picture a fancy multicourse dinner, an elegant family-style meal or even a delicious buffet. Yet thanks to a burgeoning street food trend and creative thinki ...

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Understanding Cremation for Your Loved Ones

Death can be incredibly difficult to deal with. When someone you know has passed away, you must find a way of coping that works best for you. Of course, there are some situations where you might not know how to process t ...

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Finalizing Your Venue Choice

Where you decide to host your wedding reception is going to have a big impact on the way your event plays out. You probably already know this and have lost many hours of sleep trying to narrow down your options. When you ...

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