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Adrienne & Dennis’ week-long non-resort wedding in Mexico

This bride proposed to her groom in their favorite hotel courtyard in Playa del Carmen, and one year later they were married in that same courtyard! But this time they were surrounded by 65 of their nearest and dearest for some dancing, pool lounging, and tequila drinking.

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Our lopsided guest list has me afraid of being a stranger at my own wedding

When I started confronting my fears that I would feel like a stranger on our wedding day, I felt like I was the only bride that ever felt that way. After all, I thought brides were always supposed to be happy, enthusiastic and the natural center of attention. But as I worked through my stranger danger anxiety, I realized that the steps I was taking were useful not only to my particular issue, but also to many types of wedding-related anxiety.

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Lara & Matt’s mid-summer musical forest wedding

Just a few of the elements of this wedding that I love: the “Just Married” skidder, the pine cone heart, the flash mob belly dance, the accordion accompaniment to the ceremony, the Black Hawk helicopter fly-over, and oh, about a million more things. You might want to check it out to see what I didn’t list.

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These bilingual wedding programs are awesome in both English AND Catalan

Silvia is from Barcelona and will be doing the bulk of her ceremony in Catalan. But what about the guests that don’t speak that language? That’s where her bilingual wedding programs come in…