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COVID-19

DUH alert: 2020 was an unprecedented year for weddings, with the Coronavirus pandemic postponing and canceling weddings worldwide… and the concerns about COVID-19 have just kept on rolling through 2021, with the added excitement of talking to guests about vaccinations. This is the spot for covid wedding advice, info, inspo, and invitation wording examples. You may also want to check out our related archives dedicated to canceled weddings and overcoming adversity.

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When the bride’s in a black wedding dress with bridesmaids in white!

Have you ever asked yourself it’s ok for bridesmaids to wear white? Ever wondered what it might look like to see a bride in a black wedding dress and the bridesmaids in white? Get yourself ready, because Mari & Anthony’s wedding is about to answer all these questions in the affirmative!

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This blended family non-denominational wedding was COVID-safe and broadcast via ZOOM

I come from a blended family, and there were no second thoughts when my partner disclosed him having two children from a prior marriage to me. When we met, everything settled naturally. Family is truly whoever you want it to be — I believe this whole-heartedly.

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One bride’s wedding invitation wording for requiring wedding guests have COVID vaccines (+ card designs!)

While finalizing my guest list, writing invitations, and editing my wedding website, a big focus has been how to ask (or in my case, TELL) my guests to be vaccinated.

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Behold this autistic bride and her amazing goth wedding

As an autistic bride, I feel like I need to have control over everything and plan out every single thing I do, that’s just how I live my life. So it was the same for wedding planning too…

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Informal wedding invitation wording

I’m working on the wedding invitations for my 2022 wedding, and all informal wedding invitation wording examples I’m finding online feel like they’re from the before-times. I don’t need to talk about the pandemic specifically on my invitations, but it feels weird not to acknowledge that weddings are different now than they used to be. I’m having a casual microwedding in my backyard, and I know I’m not the only one who’s struggling with informal, casual, but also celebratory wedding invitation wording. Help??

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Are virtual weddings legal? Plus a virtual wedding ceremony outline!

Virtual weddings aren’t just for pandemic times. Are you an introvert? Virtual wedding. All your friends and family are abroad? Virtual wedding. Is your budget small, but your community large? Virtual wedding. They’re legal in many states, and we’ve even got a virtual wedding ceremony outline for ya!