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Event Planning: 80s Flashback Bachelor/Bachelorette Party

Let’s have some fun today! Are you planning a wedding sometime soon or are you part of the wedding party of an upcoming wedding? If so, traditionally, it’s up the best man and the maid of honor to throw the bachelor and bachelorette party respectively. With that in mind, have you thought about throwing an 80’s theme party? For many of us in our 30s, the 80s were our formative years. This is the decade that produced musical hits such as: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr Glory of Love by Peter Cetera Shout by … Continue reading →

A Hero’s Journey – Take Your Bachelor Party on the Road

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Getting married soon? Looking for a way to celebrate your bachelor party without all the debauchery? Get together a group of your best male friends and rent a van. Then hit the road. You’ll need two or three days (maybe more) for this, so plan accordingly. Start by pulling out a map – you can choose a city map, a state map or a map of the U.S. (remember, the larger the map, the more time you may need.) Now, take a set of darts and have each man in the bachelor party throw a dart at the map. Once … Continue reading →

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes A Tot In A Baby Carriage

If their baby doesn’t come out tapping his or her foot then there was a definite DNA mix up. I suppose we should back up a bit. “Dancing with the Stars’” pro steppers Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska won’t be waltzing down the aisle to exchange wedding vows until next month so perhaps, I’m jumping the gun a bit on their nimble offspring-to-be. Before they shimmy and shake their tanned and fit selves at their wedding reception the couple took their love to Las Vegas for a joint bachelor and bachelorette party over the weekend. And they brought some of … Continue reading →

Top Ten Wedding Planning Articles of 2006

Several months ago, I started incorporating wedding planning articles into the marriage blog and from those days we’ve since grown that area of discussion to include dating, engagements, proposals and every facet of wedding planning that we could from the bridal shower to the bachelor party to themes for the wedding to the ceremonies themselves. It’s hard to look back at the past year without wanting to look for the ten best articles to come from that wedding planning area of our library. So without further ado, here are my picks for the ten best wedding planning articles of 2006. … Continue reading →

Wedding Planning: Great Gifts for the Groom

Did you know it’s tradition for the bride to give the groom a gift before the wedding? Groom gifts are a token of affection that the bride bestows on her groom. But your groom’s gift can be something simple and elegant, big and fun or high-tech and challenging. Here is a list of gift ideas that may stimulate your imagination. Remember, don’t worry about matching anyone else’s expectations – because what you give as your groom’s gift is between you and your husband to be. So here are my ideas for a great groom’s gift: Digital Camera – A digital … Continue reading →

Top 5 Gifts for the Bride

I know a number of people who enjoy the whole year’s worth of wedding planning, but with engagement parties, bridal showers, intermittent holidays (including birthdays and Christmas) and the wedding itself – it can be downright problematic trying to find something to give the bride on the day of her wedding or at any other time. You can have a great bridal registry, but if you have more than 20 people purchasing various gifts, you’ll need to put more than 100 different items on it. That can be a bit more than cumbersome. So here are my five top gifts … Continue reading →

Top Ten Pre-Wedding Tips

The following wedding tips are designed to help you make your perfect day more perfect. Planning a wedding is a lot of work and whether you use a wedding planner, do it yourself with wedding planning software or coordinate it with your parents – these tips are designed to help. Order Extra – Order extra invitations, envelopes and more. It may add a little bit of cost at the beginning of your planning, but it’s better to have a handful too many than need to put in another minimum order later Save Wedding Cake – Your first anniversary is a … Continue reading →

Who Knows This Stuff? – Engagement Trivia

Want to be a hit at the next trivia game? Here are a few bits of engagement trivia that you may or may not have known. Can you say why we do what we do? Tie The Knot Leap Year Proposals Engagement Ring Bachelor Party Bridal Shower Don’t worry if you can’t, that’s what I’m here for. I’ve done some digging and some research and here’s some trivia to keep your friends and loved ones scratching their heads and saying: Who knows this stuff? Tying the Knot This euphemism for getting married dates back to Roman times when the bride … Continue reading →

Second Marriage Showers

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When it comes to wedding planning, we would be remiss if we didn’t discuss the fact that more than 50% of weddings that take place annually usually involve at least one person who was married before. That was certainly true when my husband and I got married. He’d been married previously, although I hadn’t. He doesn’t consider our marriage a ‘second’ marriage – because that would indicate that he plans a third. His words, not mine. However you view your upcoming nuptials, a second marriage for a bride who has been married before provides those who are throwing the wedding … Continue reading →

Remember it is HIS day too . . .

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Far too often when we talk about weddings and wedding planning, we concentrate on the bride and what she is going through. We talk about her wishes, her dreams and her plans. While a lot of grooms may espouse that whatever their bride wants is fine with them – remember, it’s HIS day too. When my husband and I got married, I thought it would be great to have a Groom’s Cake. I just loved the idea of it. I even wanted to do one right out of Steel Magnolias and have an armadillo groom’s cake. I thought it would … Continue reading →