Archive for the ‘Help with Family’ Category

Planning a wedding can feel overwhelming at times. It is tempting, in an effort to have the ‘perfect’ wedding, to attempt to plan your wedding all by yourself. Don’t wear yourself, and your friends, out trying to plan your wedding. There are a lot of resources to help you: books, wedding websites, calenders, and magazines. Use those resources, as well as the expertise of your friends and family, to help you create your perfect wedding, without alienating anyone. Don’t forget that your friends and family may not want to discuss your wedding plans every time you get together. Remember to step away from your planning, and focus on your life, and the lives around you. Read More »

Mixed weddings are on the rise. The Internet and social networking sites have shrunk the global village. When you ask married couples how they met, a good number of them will say they met on an international online dating site and decided to cross oceans to meet so they could “inspect” each other. Many of them end up falling in love and marching to the altar. Read More »

There are many wedding checklists out there. Most are from the general wedding point of view. An equal amount are set from the bride’s angle. The groom is often forgotten. This is often the result of traditional views of the bride planning all the details and the groom just showing up the day of the wedding. This is a poor misconception and could result in an unorganized wedding at best, and very rocky weeks and months leading up to the wedding at worst. Read More »

The idea of a small, intimate wedding ceremony holds a lot of allure for some people. The benefit to a small wedding, besides cost is the quaint feel and ease of planning. The problem comes when deciding who to invite. It always sounds easy until it comes time to make the list. Read More »

For some couples, weddings are a family affair that should include children of all ages. Others may choose to invite only older mature children, and still others opt for adults-only ceremonies. Which option is best for you? This is probably one of the first decisions you need to make when you starting your guest list. So how do you decide what is best for your wedding? Read More »

There are a lot of important things for you to consider as you dive in with both feet into wedding planning. One of the biggest issues at the reception is always going to be where people should sit. When there’s a wedding reception going on, a seating chart is something that might say a lot about your wedding. It is important to think carefully about the pros and cons of a seating chart before you decide whether to have one, or to just let people sit where they might. Read More »

The members of your wedding party have stood by your side through years of friendship or decades of memories within your family, and finding ways to thank them for standing by you on your big day can be a challenge when working with a tight budget. Have no fear – there are many ways that you can pamper your wedding party in style while staying on budget. Read More »

So you have chosen your bridesmaids, maid of honor, groomsmen, ushers, best man, flower girl, and ring bearer, but have you chosen gifts for your bridal party? The perfect way to thank your bridal party is to give them a well thought out gift that accentuates the personality traits of those closest to your heart. A bridal party gift should be one that you have thought seriously about but that will also please each member of the party. There is so much to choose from when it comes to gifts for the bridal party and can range from jewelry, watches, totes, clothing, or more personalized items that your best friends and closest relatives will treasure for years to come. Read More »

The guest list may very well be the most stressful challenges of your wedding. What is intended to be a happy event can be hampered by the thorns of the wedding guest list. Perhaps you and your fiancé both have very large families but a very small venue. Or your parents have begun insisting you invite your third cousin twice removed on your uncle’s side who you had met once, at the age of six months. Up until yesterday, you didn’t even know that she existed! Dealing with the guest list can be quite a challenge, which is why it is so very important to keep a level head during this particular facet of wedding planning. Read More »

A wedding is a beautiful day when there should be peace and harmony all through the world – right? Well, not always. Even though you are happy and your new spouse is happy, and some of your friends and family are happy for you, there is always a chance that your new spouse has some family members who aren’t as pleased as they could be. Maybe they feel that you didn’t include them as well as you could have in the wedding plans, or perhaps they feel that you didn’t take their advice. It could be that they simply don’t know you very well or there is something about you that they don’t like. It could also be that they’re just different than you – and they come off as just plain rude.

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