So you are tasked with throwing a bridal shower…what is the etiquette?  Who do you invite?  Do you need decorations?  Food?  Are games REALLY necessary? Photo by clevercupcakes Rumor has it the bridal shower custom derived back in the day… Read more

In another life, I worked at a translation/localization company with some amazing people who were scattered around the planet. One of my favorites was in Sweden — where wedding traditions are nothing like those in the United States! After picking… Read more

So a few of my friends are planning their weddings now and trying to decide what color wedding dress they want to have. Huh? Why not white? Well, they wanted to learn WHY it is what people succumb to this tradition of having a white wedding dress…. Read more

Over the holidays, I went to the UK to visit family – including my niece, who aspires to be a wedding planner. She was telling me some of the traditions that take place in the UK that are so very different from the US traditions that I know so… Read more

We received another question that builds upon one of the previous question/answers that I recently wrote. I think it’s an interesting topic because it comes up in almost every wedding planning situation. So here we go: I read your recent blog… Read more

My fiance and I are doing a destination wedding in Cabo- SO EXCITED. BUT one issue- it will NOT be a civil ceremony, meaning it wont be legal. SO, we have to also set a court date as our “legal date” which we plan to do right before we leave (3… Read more

This reader question applies for a bit after the wedding, but I think a lot of people struggle with this issue on both sides. Here’s the question: My wife and I got married last year and we just celebrated our first anniversary. We were really… Read more