Different Weddings for Different People

What is your ideal wedding? It may or may not have been the wedding you had for yourself. In fact, a lot of us can imagine what the perfect wedding would be and it’s usually based on our own personal experiences. Some weddings are solemn. Some weddings are musical. Some weddings are filled with personal interactions, anecdotes and more. What is great about wedding is that you can do so much with your wedding plans. You can have a traditional, religious ceremony; you can have a small wedding, you can have a large wedding – you can get married on … Continue reading

Bachelorette Party Ideas

When it comes to getting ready to get married, the bride is usually in the thick of things. Now, make no mistake a Bachelorette Party and a Wedding Shower is not the same thing. The idea of the bachelorette party came around in direct response to the rowdiness often found at a groom’s bachelor party. Still, while I’m sure there is some appeal to the idea of rowdy women drinking, carousing and indulging prurient fantasies, these ideas suggest something just a little bit different. The Meal Is the Thing One of the great parts about getting married is the co-mingling … Continue reading

Bachelor Party Ideas

Getting married soon? Looking for a way to plan a bachelor party that defies the typical pop culture image of drunken revelry and questionable morals? Let’s discuss a few ideas that can make your bachelor party not only memorable, but unique. The idea of a bachelor party is a celebration of manhood. It’s a rite of passage for lack of a better term. It doesn’t have to be a cliché event nor does it need to be something that goes down in the pages of I don’t know what I did that night. Instead, we can look back at the … Continue reading

Wedding Planning

Several years ago, when my husband and I were engaged, I remember having several conversations that began with me discussing planning my own wedding and getting tripped up on the details. I wanted to plan something small, something intimate and certainly nothing that would resemble public spectacle. Frighteningly enough, there are lists that you need to consider that take two to three pages to cover and I will be listing a lot of those throughout this month in our Going to the Chapel month. In the meanwhile, when it comes to planning a wedding you have a few options: You … Continue reading

Going to the Chapel Month

Happy Monday! Happy May Day! Good Morning! So much is happening today and over the next two weeks that it makes my head want to spin! But here at the Marriage blog, we’re going to be pretty busy too. As I mentioned last week, May and June are really popular months for hosting weddings. May and June also play host to Mother’s and Father’s Days. So in light of both of these, we’re going to the chapel this month. We’re going to jam pack this blog with wedding planning ideas, engagement party planning, wedding flora, wedding fauna and even more … Continue reading

Marriage Planning – The Perfect Dress

When it comes to planning your wedding, finding the perfect dress will require that you spend more than just one day shopping. There will be as many as two or three ‘fishing’ trips. Once you locate the dress you want, there will be fittings to be done, accessories to be shopped for and bride’s maid dresses to be picked out as well. Whether you are planning a wedding for a daughter or for yourself, you want it to be a perfect experience with the perfect dress. Your taste may run to Cinderella fantasy or black gown evening classic. So here’s … Continue reading