6 excuses to break out your wedding finery for a post-wedding portrait session
My husband and I got married a little over a month ago now, and I have realized that one of the best decisions that we made was to have a second portrait session after we returned home from our honeymoon. Getting good wedding photos was important to me, and I was stressed that perhaps the short timeframe in which we needed to get all of our “perfect wedding portraits” wasn’t going to be long enough, was going to be too stressful, or was going to be too hot. So I decided that having more photos of us taken when we didn’t have those stresses or constraints sounded like a much better idea, and man were there a lot of benefits to that choice…
Non-cheesy songs for the mother/groom dance
We have a post about non-sappy father/daughter dance songs, but we don’t have one about mother/son dances. Let’s rectify this!
Are you over-planning your Disney World honeymoon? (+3 secret Disney World travel tips)
Like looking at wedding inspo, is there a time when you need to stop the honeymoon planning? When does being prepared become over-thinking everything? Offbeat Bride member juliegolick explores this question while giving all you Disney World geeks TONS of travel tips…
How to make your wedding feel small and intimate without cutting the guest list
My friends’ small wedding was so full of love and they really made all of their guests feel like each one was a critical piece of who they were as a couple. My future husband said to me, as we left, that he really felt honored to be there. The problem: There’s no way my future husband and I can cut our guest list to under 100 people. So how do we make our wedding feel small and intimate without being able to cut the guest list? I think we discovered the answer…
The 10 things to help you keep calm and plan a destination wedding
I have been planning my destination wedding for over a year. I’m part of several destination weddings forums and I’ve heard my share of horror stories. So take what I say with a grain of salt, but here is some advice that might help newbie destination couples keep their sanity while planning their wedding.
Tales from a tuxedo shop: The 5 things you should know about tuxedo rental and fittings
You have decided you want the guys or gals all done up in tuxedos. Yay! That’s awesome. However, you might be not sure where to start. I am the store manager at a family owned tuxedo rental shop in Indiana, and I love my job. I will be the first to say you do not need to rent tuxes if you don’t want to, but today I am going to go over what you should know if you do…