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Don’t forget to feed your wedding vendors!
Seating was going to be tight at Nick and Theresa’s wedding reception. The venue was just big enough to accommodate their guest list. As guests began to flood in to the hall, the couple realized they had forgotten a fundamental courtesy: you’re supposed to feed your wedding vendors! What made it worse is that their…
Read MoreTimeless love songs CREATE love
Couples planning their wedding celebration spend a fair amount of time determining their first dance song. For some couples, it’s obvious. That special song was a part of their journey from the start of their relationship. For others, the song they select for their first dance becomes “their song.” So let’s look at the art…
Read MoreDon’t make this wedding spending mistake
Talk to Fayetteville couples after their weddings and they’ll tell you that they often made wedding spending mistakes. Zola conducted a survey of couples around the country and found they overspent in five common areas: flowers/decor; hair/make-up; catering; wedding day attire; and invitations. That doesn’t mean these five areas aren’t important. They are important. Five…
Read MoreThe 5th most common wedding planning mistake
BRIDES.com compiled a list of 50 mistakes brides always make. The fifth most common wedding planning mistake is ruling out the use of a wedding planner altogether. If you’ve spent much time looking through wedding planning guides, you quickly see that couples have well-over one thousand decisions to make to plan a sprawling event like…
Read MoreBest Mary Blige wedding songs
Super Bowl 2022 fielded a particularly star-studded halftime show: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Mary Blige. Blige is known as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.” With a moniker that provocative, this blog thought we’d check out the best Mary Blige wedding songs. “Everything” What’s it like to be in love?…
Read MoreThe best wedding toast ever?
YouTube bursts with self-proclaimed ‘best wedding toast ever’ videos. Few are. Most are bloated, meandering wrecks. One of our own favorites was but 65 seconds long. However, it would be pretty hard to top Lin-Manuel Miranda’s. Mr. Miranda is the composer and star of the epic Broadway musicals, “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.” Yet on…
Read MoreThe champagne wedding toast is the second top food trend
The Knot surveyed wedding couples and learned that having a champagne wedding toast was the second top food trend at weddings, followed by a dessert bar, and late night snacks. Only the timeless wedding cake topped it. Legend has it that this tradition traces back to Shakespearian England days. Guests would dunk stale toast into…
Read MoreWedding toasting protocol
Who should make a toast for wedding events? When? How long? These are common wedding toasting protocol questions every couple has. Here are quick answers. When should wedding toasts be made? Engagement Parties Rehearsal Dinners Wedding Receptions Who should make the wedding toast? Father of the bride at engagement parties. This is less of a…
Read MoreDon’t mistreat single friends at your wedding
Rita and Ruby didn’t know each other. The only thing they had in common was their common friend, Ramona, who invited them to attend her wedding. Ramona made a tactical error and seated them together at the ‘singles table.’ Bad move, according to Brides Magazine: don’t mistreat single friends at on your wedding day. Brides…
Read More“I don’t want to miss a thing”
As we wrote last week, Brides Magazine published interesting poll results of favorite wedding first dance songs by generation. A couple of these first dance songs crossed over two generations. One of them was “I don’t want to miss a thing,” which made the top three for both Millennials and Generation X. The song has…
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