I think my mother feels left out...

I live in Arizona, my mother is in Missouri, and my sister (matron of honor) is in Texas. My wedding will take place in Arizona. My mother will be here the week before the wedding to help, my sister is not yet sure when she's arriving. This is my problem:

I've been doing all of the planning up.... [Read more]

Invitations

ok. all wedding invitations i have seen always have the bride to bes name first..why is this? does it have to be done that way? seems to be the same for personalized wedding items as well. my fiance and i ordered wedding matchbooks, and had his name first then mine. was that ok to do? i was raised.... [Read more]

They do things differently...

Hi, I live in Missouri and am going to an August wedding in Chicago and have no idea of what to wear. The last wedding I went to in Chicago, almost everyone was wearing black (here in good ol' MO, no one had ever heard of such a thing

Can I wear a black cocktail dress to a wedding on August 27.... [Read more]

Invitation list is too big - how do we cut it?

I just got engaged and started to plan our wedding. As the books and websites suggest, I asked both my future mother-in-law and mother to give me their lists so we coiuld get a rough idea to pick a venue....without including the majority of my own friends, we are up to 300+ guests invited! This is.... [Read more]

Keeping the kids involved

I have been a music therapist in schools and a camp counselor for years. I love kids and my reception wouldn't be complete without them. However, I don't want them to just sit around and get bored. I'm going to provide some quiet toys, books, coloring, etc. for them, but I also want to get them.... [Read more]