Who Gets a Plus One at Your Wedding?
Determining who gets a plus one at your wedding can be tricky. Balancing venue limitations with making people happy can be difficult. Thankfully, there are some standard etiquette practices you can follow to help make the process a bit easier. Keep reading for tips on who to invite and how to communicate your plus-one policy to accommodate your loved ones while maintaining your wedding vision.
Decision Fatigue During Wedding Planning: Tips & Tricks
Planning a wedding is incredibly exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming and stressful. In 2022, couples spent an average of 6 hours a week planning their wedding on top of a full-time job, so it's no wonder that people experience decision fatigue during the planning process.
Tips to Help Your Partner Choose the Perfect Engagement Ring
If you think a proposal is around the corner, you’re probably starting to think about your engagement ring. If you’re worried that your partner may not have the best understanding of what engagement ring you would like and are wondering how to approach the topic, keep reading for our tips.
How to Find your Dream Wedding Dress (and Have Fun Doing It!)
Wedding dress shopping can be either the most wonderful or dreaded part of wedding planning. Thankfully, there are some key ways you can guarantee your wedding dress shopping experience goes smoothly. If you want to have the best wedding shopping experience possible, keep reading!
How to Find your Perfect Wedding Vendors
Planning a wedding can be a stressful experience. There are a lot of moving parts, and it can be hard to know you’re making the right decisions. It can be especially scary to choose your vendors - how do I trust this person that I don’t know with the biggest day of my life?
Expectations of Being in a Wedding Party
Getting asked to be in the wedding party of a friend or family member is an honor! To help you best understand what it means to be in a wedding party, we’ve outlined the general expectations for you here.
Best Sustainable Brands for Wedding Guest Dresses
Wedding season will be here before you know it! That means weekend hotel stays, signing lots of cards, and of course, new dresses! As many of us try to be more eco-conscious, we thought this was the perfect time to do a roundup of some amazing sustainable brands with dresses perfect for wedding guests.
Our 10 Favorite Free Canva Wedding Invitations
If you’re currently planning a wedding, you know how expensive wedding invitations and stationery can be. If you’re cutting down on your wedding budget, creating and printing your own invitations or save-the-dates is a great way to do so!
What to Include on your Wedding Website
Wedding websites are a great resource, but they can feel like another task on your plate in the wedding planning process. If you’re looking for guidance on what information to include on your wedding website - keep reading!
How to Prepare for Rain on your Wedding Day
Your wedding is a week away and there’s a storm in the forecast. What do you do? Keep reading to make sure you have the perfect rain plan for your big day.
The Full Guide to Planning a Bachelorette or Bachelor Party
Planning a bachelorette party or bachelor party can feel like a lot of pressure. If you are near and dear to someone getting married and they've asked you to plan their bach party - don't fret. We've put together a complete guide for you, including a downloadable spreadsheet and survey, so you can pull off the absolute best bach party imaginable.
Our Predictions for 2023 Wedding Color Palettes
2023 is right around the corner, and that means it’s time for us to make our predictions on what next year’s wedding season will bring! Read on for our top 2023 wedding color predictions and make sure to save our mood boards for your own wedding inspiration!
Get Unready With Me: After Your Wedding
You’ve had a long day of celebration and partying and you and your brand-new spouse have made it back to the hotel. But you have to say goodbye to Grandma in the morning and you get the feeling that tomorrow is going to be rough. How can you prepare for an easy nighttime routine on your wedding night to help avoid feeling awful the day after?
Tips for Creating Your Wedding Seating Chart
Just when you think that you’ve finished your wedding planning and can sit back and enjoy the last few weeks before your big day, you realize that you have to make a seating chart for all 100 of your guests. Even though it’s time-consuming and can be a bit tricky, creating a seating chart for your wedding reception doesn’t have to be a nightmare.
Best Gifts for Your Newly Engaged Friends
If you’re recently engaged, you’ve probably received lots of gifts to celebrate the occasion. Perhaps a “BRIDE” t-shirt, a “Does this ring make me look engaged?” mug, and a “Feyonce” wine glass? While these gifts are sweet and always appreciated, maybe you want to get your engaged friends something else.
What to Include in your Wedding Day Emergency Kit
In the final days before your wedding, it can feel like there is so much to get done! But one of the most important items on your to-do list should be to create a Wedding Day Emergency Kit.
Where to Get Ready on your Wedding Day
A large portion of your wedding day will be spent getting ready, especially if you’re having your hair and makeup professionally done or have a big wedding party. There are a lot of moving parts to getting ready on your wedding day, and choosing the location where you get ready can have a huge impact. We’ve gathered some of the most common getting-ready locations and let you know the pros and cons of each to help you pick the best spot for you!
How to Schedule Time with your Spouse on your Wedding Day
We’ve all heard it said a thousand times — your wedding day will go by incredibly fast. So many couples get caught up in the whirlwind of the wedding day that they realize they never had a moment alone with their spouse. Here are our five suggestions of how to schedule time with your spouse on your wedding day.
How to Get Perfect Wedding Photos
Many of our planners would agree one of the most important steps in wedding planning is choosing a photographer. For many couples, wedding photos are the only object you will hold onto from your big day, and will be passed down through generations. That being said, there are so many photographers to choose from! So how does someone pick the perfect photographer and make sure their wedding photos come out exactly as they hope?
How to Choose A Wedding Planner on The First Look
The First Look is the only service of its kind, so it makes sense that our couples would have questions! So, we’ve created a quick 3-step guide for how to choose which one of our wedding planners is right for you!