Self-funded wedding budget: one couple’s lessons learned
We got married October 2016, and we paid for 90% of the wedding. We have a few self-funded wedding budget tips and examples for making it work when you’re on your own budget. The biggest thing I found for saving is networking and negotiating.
Most importantly for us was picking our “thing” — the one thing you want to splurge on/don’t want to have a wedding without.
5 tips for acting natural in front of a camera (from a photo pro!)
The biggest hesitation people have about engagement sessions or their wedding day is how they’ll look in photos. Cameras have the magical ability to either make us love or hate how we look. Angles, positioning, lighting, and facial expressions all contribute to how you will appear in a photo. Not to worry, though — you […]
Honoring a wedding you’re not invited to: advice for an estranged mother
My daughter has estranged me and excluded me from her wedding.
A few good friends are keeping me company that day and I would like to plan an authentic small ritual to honour and celebrate my daughter and her fiance’s love and union. Nothing religious, but something spiritual. Can you offer suggestions?
Wedding as a political act: 8 ways to show your wedding is part of the resistance
We’ve talked for years about folks who’ve used their weddings as political statements, most notably with marriage equality back before it became legal nationwide… but we’re in a different era now, and I’d argue that things are way more overwhelming than they were back then.
Let’s talk about a few ways to make a political statement with your wedding…