The Busy Woman’s Guide to Wedding Planning

I would happily relive my wedding day but never the year leading up to it. I planned our event while juggling class, working 30 hours a week and enduring a sudden death in my husband’s family. Needless to say, I was ready to throw my hands up and scream “I’m done!” during the months leading [...]

10 Cheap Ways to Throw a Unique Wedding

No one wants a cookie-cutter wedding. The day you tie the knot should be as unique as your individual personalities. There’s a quote that says, “The universe is not made of atoms. It’s made of tiny stories.” Just as you’re coming together as man-and-wife, allow your creativity to spill into the details you’re sharing on [...]

Brides: Buyer Beware

With today’s weddings costing thousands of dollars for vendors ranging from florists to caterers, brides and their families can find the process of evaluating firms overwhelming. The BBB can help.  A bride wants her wedding day to go off without a hitch. While there’s no way to guarantee that mistakes won’t happen, dealing with reputable [...]

What a Girl Wants: The Registry Essentials

Wedding registries, like wedding dresses, come is every size, shape, and form imaginable. Delicately created to fit the needs of every bride’s individual lifestyle and situation, gift registries can range from the simple request of “monetary gifts for our honeymoon” to an entire household overhaul. Throw in your fiancé’s perspective (Do we really need fine [...]

Bridal Dress, Royal Style

How the royal wedding influenced the latest bridal trends Although the latest Brides American Wedding Study shows the average cost of a wedding in 2010 was $26,501, a decrease of 5 percent from 2009, weddings continue to be big business. But many couples are opting to cut the guest list instead of big ticket items [...]

Dream (Drive-to) Destinations

One of the best perks of living in the Southeast is that you don’t need to worry about the ever-rising costs of airfare as you plan your honeymoon budget. Spectacular travel destinations abound between the Appalachian mountains and the Gulf Coast, and they’re a drivable distance away. Here are a few of our favorites. Sunny [...]

Blending Families

For better or worse, a wedding ceremony has the power to shape relationships for years to come. For the best results, start the family blending on ‘gentle’ By Margaret Littman It was 15 years ago that Allison Davis’ father remarried, but Davis remembers it like it was yesterday. Davis, then 7, remembers being allowed to [...]

Bright Lights, Big City, Bridal Belle

Ah, weddings! Months of planning, a million decisions, days of butterflies. Finally the big day arrives and the bride walks down the aisle with her friends and family watching from the audience. Unless you’re former Fayetteville resident Bethany Phillips Dubie, that is. Her wedding was planned in fewer months than you’d believe possible, most of [...]

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Planning the Honeymoon Getaway

With all the stress and planning that goes into a wedding, most couples look forward to time away after the big day. A lot of what you’ll do depends on where you go and how much time you have. When planning your honeymoon make sure to consider those two very important elements to make the [...]

How to choose jewelry for your wedding day

Even though the gown typically gets all the glory on your wedding day, it isn’t the only aspect of your attire that merits close attention to detail. Whether it be dainty diamond earrings, a long strand of your grandmother’s heirloom pearls or a striking vintage Bakelite bangle, your jewelry selections have the power to both [...]

Wedding Decor That Goes Beyond the Blooms

Brides and grooms looking to save a buck here and there are turning to another option that doesn’t seem like a big sacrifice – non-floral centerpieces for the reception. Last year, brides spent about $1,300 on floral arrangements for their wedding day, and centerpieces accounted for about 30 percent of the cost, according to The [...]

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