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March 12, 2010

Planning Timeline

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The first thing that needs to be considered when planning the ultimate wedding is how much time you will give yourself for the planning. In essence; this means what day that you will set the date of the wedding.

This may sound like a trivial matter, but it really is important because it will let you know what the time limit is for making your preparations.

Some weddings can take up to 3-4 months to prepare for and plan. This is pretty typical; depending on how big you are planning for your wedding to be and how fancy etc.

If you are not giving yourself more than a month, then planning is naturally different. Because of the differences in the time that you are giving yourself to planning the wedding, it is best to give the best planning methods and you may use them or not use them as they apply to your case.

One of the most important factors that go with planning a wedding is determining who you will be delegating specific duties to. For example, if you are terrible at choosing flowers, who will you assign to do it for you?

It is always best to try to give different duties to others so that you will not be overwhelmed by them yourself. Let’s take a look at some of the various duties that you can hand out:

• Catering: Who do you believe would be the best person to handle all of the arrangements for the food and drink at your wedding?
• Invitations and seating arrangements: This person will be addressing and mailing out invitations and making sure that people are seated in a fashion that will ensure everyone’s mutual comfort and enjoyment
• Decorations for wedding and reception includes center pieces
• Rehearsal dinners etc.
• Music and/or DJ
• Brides maid and groomsmen gifts and favors
• Gowns, and tuxedos
• Bridal showers/bachelor parties etc.

All of these things are usual must haves when it comes to a wedding, unless of course, you opt not to have bridesmaids or groomsmen in the wedding. All of these things can be murder to try to do on your own as well.

That is why you have to get in touch with people who are capable of taking over some of the menial jobs for you. All of these things seem small at first, but they can quickly add up to quite a bit of money when they are all combined together.

After you have delegated the responsibilities, you should next set a specific time period to have all of the tasks completed. Creating a to-do list and time sheet is a great way to do this. That way, when all of the tasks are finished you can easily check them off.

You should set up specific times and days to discuss the progress of things as well, just in case things are not going so well. In doing this you will be able to help make sure that all things are running smoothly.

You might be wondering what happens when you have done all of this and are ready to get started. First of all, you have to be willing to follow the general wishes of the couple to be wed; that is unless you are the couple and are planning your own wedding.

When planning a wedding on a budget you have to lower your requirements just a bit. For example, you can’t try to have to filet mignon if you are throwing the wedding on a fish stick budget. I have broken down the various aspects of the wedding planning to the last details so that you will get a better idea of what I mean.

Ideally, you would want to have at least a year to plan the wedding, but that is not always possible or desired. For the purposes of this guide, I have set up a 12 month wedding timeline that will certainly make it a little bit easier to host your wedding.

12 months before your Wedding day:

• Announce the engagement
• Set your wedding date
• Create a budget
• Hire a Wedding Coordinator (optional)
• Create your guest list
• Start brainstorming ideas and themes
• Reserve your Ceremony spot
• Book an Officiate
• Make reservations for your Reception area
• Book a Photographer and Videographer
• Book Caterer, Florist and Music (Band, DJ, etc.)
• Look for a Wedding gown and Tux, allowing time for alterations and fittings
• Register for gifts
• Select and call the bridesmaids and groomsmen.
• Agree on a date to order bridesmaids’ dresses and groomsmen’s tuxes
• Choose a destination for your Honeymoon
• Apply for passports, if required

6 months before your Wedding day:

• Finalize your guest list
• Decide on the timeline and details of Ceremony and Reception
• Order/make invitations, and thank you notes
• Make airline and hotel reservations for the Honeymoon
• Choose a caterer, a florist and place an order for the wedding cake.
• Book Transportation (Limo, Antique Car, Etc.) for wedding day
• Shop for any Party rentals

3-4 months before your Wedding day:

• Mail out/hand deliver invitations
• Confirm wedding details and contracts with all wedding vendors
• Choose gifts for your attendants
• Set a date and time for the rehearsal dinner
• Help make travel arrangements for any out-of-town guests
• Make final alterations and fittings for the Wedding Gown and Tux
• Set time with your Photographer for the Bridal Portrait or Engagement shoot

1 month before your Wedding day:

• Apply for the marriage license
• Buy your wedding bands
• Finalize music list and no-play list with band or DJ
• Attend showers
• Make insurance arrangements

1-2 weeks before your Wedding day:

• Schedule the rehearsal a day or two before your wedding day
• Make an appointment with a Beauty Salon for day of wedding
• Send a wedding announcement to the local newspapers (optional)
• Make necessary arrangements for name & address change, if any.
• Discuss final details with the reception Site and the Caterer
• Pack for honeymoon
• Write out all checks needed for wedding day
• Send reminders to the rehearsal dinner attendees about the location & time
• Discuss final details of the ceremony and reception with family and bridal party

Wedding day or day before:

• Visit your Beauty Salon for manicure and pedicure
• Host the rehearsal and dinner.
• Make sure the ushers have the final guest list.

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March 11, 2010

Wedding Reception Planning: Celebrate Your Wedding in Your Own Unique Style!

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Wedding Reception Planning:

Celebrate your wedding in your own unique style!

Every bride dreams of having a special wedding celebration, it’s the definition of special that may vary from bride to bride. When I got married I knew that I wanted the atmosphere and décor to be a reflection of my own personal style. The big challenge for me was; what was my personal wedding style? Sure, I knew my colors, chocolate brown and scarlet red, two sensuous shades that have always spoken to me. And I was also confident that I wanted our wedding to be a really fun and fabulous night for everyone in general. Now, I know that you are probably thinking, “Who doesn’t want their wedding to be fun?” but what I mean more specifically by a fun and fabulous night is that I wanted our guests to experience that awesome, magical kind of fun that you can’t plan on just any old night out. It was important to me that instead of memories of me cutting a cake, tossing a bouquet and otherwise basking in the spotlight, our guests left with memories of dancing to their favorite music, enjoying delicious and unusual delicacies and reconnecting with old friends and family. I had little other wedding planning ideas past these, but these I was sure of.

I was a very fortunate bride-to- be in that I have experience in event planning, not tremendous experience, but enough to feel that I was starting this process with an advantage. And unique to many other brides, without panic. So I carefully and thoughtfully began, step by step, to formulate the decisions that would define the atmosphere and décor of our wedding in a way that would help it to stand out among the typical cookie cutter wedding reception that we have all come to tire of. I would love to share some of my tips, techniques and advice that allowed me to plan and execute the wedding of my dreams and even enjoy doing so!

#1 Tear Sheets

Congrats! You are engaged! Now run immediately to your favorite newsstand and buy every bridal magazine! WAIT! There are so many more resources out there than every bridal magazine. I suggest buying two bridal mags to get a read on what the trends are in the wedding industry. Are brides going for traditional gowns? What are your contemporaries doing for favors? Find the look of invitation that most catches your fancy. Scour the two magazines you choose for whatever peeks your interest and then tear, tear, tear! Move on then to the interior decorating magazine you picked up with your latest issues of “Modern Engaged Bride-to-be”. And then pour through an issue of “Real Simple” or “Fine Cooking”. These are magazines dedicated to the finer aspects of living and celebrating life and they offer great insight into chic and distinctive ways of hosting a spectacular event. Lastly go through your favorite home catalogues, mine is Crate & Barrel. Tear out the pictures and advice that speak to you and along with the pages that you favored from the bridal mags and lifestyle publications begin a wedding production binder. Spend some time with these images and ideas, envision how you could incorporate them into your ceremony and reception and give yourself a little time to think on it! Before you realize it, your style will begin to rise to the surface.

#2 Book your locations

While you are mulling the images and ideas over and over in your mind, begin making appointments with ceremony and reception locations. While you factor in cost, layout, capacity and availability, keep in mind the mold-ability of the location and how you could incorporate your pages from your production book. Is there a great built in fireplace that you could fill with candles? Is the décor shabby-chic just like your favorite catalogue? Are the draperies inspired by your favorite destination? Make mental notes of the design influences in the space you are checking out, you may be able to play off of those features in a way that makes HUGE impact! Once you find your locations, the remaining decision fall into place much more easily.

#3 Invitations & Dress

Not many wedding planners would likely group together two such major event aspects like stationary and wardrobe, but for style purposes – they work well together. Keep in mind that both areas will complement the style of your wedding but are typically considered separate areas of the event. Well, they are and they’re not. For one, the invitation and dress set the tone of the event. By choosing the best wedding stationary and wedding gown, you can bring together all of the aspects of your wedding style that you have selected. If your décor is a sleek and modern white wedding staged outside under a tent of glowing Chinese lanterns, your perfect invitation, menu and escort card could be printed on delicate rice paper featuring the Chinese ideogram for love. Your ideal dress may be a gauzy and simple boat necked gown cinched sharply and intentionally at the waist with a silk obi. This complete look, preceded by the invite and completed by the décor, harmonizing food and drink and capped off with arrangements of cherry blossoms and votives, will be breathtaking! Pulling off your wedding style is as simple as minding your details and keeping in mind that every decision is an opportunity to make a statement.

#4 Food, Drink, Tunes & Favors

The final details to incorporate into your fabulous event are the guest’s favorite! Perhaps you have chosen a location at a beach club. Your stationary could feature a save the date “flip flop”, a lobster embossed engraved invitation and escort cards of painted seashells. Your dress is a simple silk bias cut sheath, with a gorgeous cowl neck accented with a designer flat thong. Imagine your guests enticed by the scents of lobster hors devours wafting though the air and the whimsical sounds of a steel drum band. You could have your signature “beachcomber” cocktail passed on trays with mini umbrellas in them! This is the making of a memorable event! As your loved ones depart they can take with them his and hers flip flops in the colors of your wedding, wrapped in a beach towel monogrammed with your wedding date and a message of thanks! The trick to adding the best details to any event is to ignore the pressure to make a decision and think of a natural choice. Sure, the websites and magazine might suggest favors for a wedding being hosted at a country club, but those favors wouldn’t incorporate the feel of your event. Use your imagination. If you decide that you would rather have centerpieces of hurricane vases filled with shells and candles rather than flowers than you can make it happen! Shells and candles are easily obtainable at craft stores such as Michaels. Another cute centerpiece idea for a beach wedding is a aluminum sand pail with shovels filled to the brim with garden roses according to your colors. What an impression you would make!

I hope my approach to wedding planning has given you a decent jumping off point. There are a few more areas to tackle, like wedding party plans and transportation… Look for my next article dedicated to bridesmaids, groomsmen and carting them around. There I broach the subjects of shopping for flattering dresses in bulk and censoring the Best Man’s toast!

Good luck, enjoy and follow your heart. It will lead you right to your style!

By: Ellen Preimesberger

http://www.TheWeddingColony.com

Ellen Preimesberger is an experienced event planner who has weathered the experience of wedding planning successfully. In her articles she hopes to impart some of the knowledge she has gained planning events for clients, as well as herself and her family, so that brides-to-be everywhere can enjoy planning their weddings as much as Ellen did hers.

March 7, 2010

Wedding Planning Timeline Checklist

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Congratulations on your engagement. Now it’s time to go to work and plan the wedding of your dreams. With a little preparation (and a sense of Humor!) there is no need to act like a bridezilla.

Here is a checklist to help you keep your sanity.

9-12 Months before the wedding

Announce your engagement. Plan what type of wedding you want- formal, informal, day or evening, number of guests Choose a wedding date. Determine your budget- Discuss who is responsible for what expenses before making any plans. You should include your parents and future in-laws in this discussion. Remember to treat them with respect. Any money they provide is a gift! Make guest list – Don’t forget to include your parents and future in-laws in this discussion. Speak to officiant- Priest, Minister, Rabbi, Justice of the Peace etc. Reserve your ceremony and Reception Sites.

6-9 Months Before Wedding

Select Bridal Gown Choose your attendants- Maid/Matron of Honor, Best Man, Bridesmaids, Ushers, Flowergirls, and Ring Bearer Choose a Photographer Select bridesmaids dresses & accessories (Remember to be Kind and listen to their suggestions and concerns). Select a caterer (if needed) Hire a band or DJ Book your florist

4-5 Months Before Wedding

Schedule fittings for yourself and attendants (don’t forget your flower-girl) Reserve any rental items needed for ceremony and reception Finalize guest list Order Stationery – wedding invitations, thank you notes, and wedding programs Address invitations or hire a professional calligrapher Plan rehearsal dinner – set date, time and location. (This dinner is usually given by the grooms’ parents.) Arrange for accommodations for out-of-town guests. Start planning honeymoon (Groom usually makes these arrangements after you BOTH decide where to go.) Don’t forget to get any passports or travel documents you may need. Register for gifts. Purchase shoes and accessories (Remember to break your shoes in before the wedding)

2-3 Months Before Wedding

Order wedding cake Order party favors Order all necessary decorations Book all transportation for wedding day (if necessary) Buy wedding rings Visit lawyer to write any necessary wills or prenuptial agreements

5-8 Weeks Before Wedding

Purchase gifts for wedding attendants Mail invitations (A map to assist your guests in finding the ceremony and reception sites is a nice idea). Visit hairstylist to determine what style you want for your hair. (Hint: Never change haircolor or change your style right before your wedding. Any changes should be made at least 3-4 weeks in advance). Have a formal wedding portrait taken Send wedding announcements to newspapers (if necessary) Change name and address on driver’s license, social security cards, insurance policies, and bank accounts Reserve wedding attire for groom, ushers, ring bearer (Usually done by the groom). Mail invitations to rehearsal dinner (if necessary) Obtain marriage license Get blood tests if necessary in your state Plan a bridesmaid luncheon

2-4 Weeks Before Wedding

Confirm ceremony details with officiant Arrange final fittings for your gown and bridesmaids dresses Make final floral selections Finalize rehearsal dinner plans Confirm details with all service providers – It is a good idea to give them a written list of your wedding day timeline. Contact guests who have not yet responded to your invitation Pick up wedding rings Meet with your photographer to discuss special photos you want taken. Meet with your DJ or band to confirm the music you want played Remind all attendants (male & female) when to pick up their wedding attire. Purchase any special accessories or make-up you want your attendants to wear. Determine ceremony seating for any special guests (give the list to the ushers). Plan reception seating-write names on place cards.

Hold On….Your Almost Done! Last Week

Pick up wedding attire Figure final guest count and notify cater Arrange for “get-a-way” car from the reception Review the schedule of events and last minute arrangements with all service providers. Confirm honeymoon reservations Pack for your honeymoon

Take a Breath…..It’s Finally Here….Your Wedding Day!!!!

Give rings to the best man and maid of honor (If no ring Bearer) Give the best man money to pay the officiant after the ceremony Relax and have fun!!! All your hard work and planning has paid off.

Jasmine MacDonald is the editor of Fun Weddings and Merry Brides which will provide you with daily ideas and tips to help you plan the perfect wedding while staying within your budget. Jasmine can also help you design your very own wedding website to keep your friends and family updated about your wedding plans. Check out a Free Trial offer at Merry Bridals.

March 1, 2010

Wedding Planning – Who Pays for What?

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It’s happened….Your Engaged! You have probably been dreaming about your wedding since you were a little girl. Well now it’s time to make those dreams come true and start planning your wedding.

Your very first step should be to plan your budget. To help you get started here is a list of who traditionally pays for what.

Bride and/or Family Expenses

Hosts first Engagement Party Cost of any wedding consultants you hire Bridal Gown, veil and accessories Gifts for the bridesmaids Wedding Stationary – includes: Invitations, Thank You notes, Wedding programs Groom’s wedding ring Pre-wedding Party and Bridesmaids Luncheon Bridesmaids & Flower Girls bouquets and corsages Photography and/or videographer – Wedding guest book and other small accessories Total cost of the ceremony – includes: location, flowers, music, any rental items Total cost of the reception – includes: Hall, flowers, music, food, beverages, cake, party favors and decorations Cost of transportation for the bridal party to the ceremony and reception Expense of any medical test the bride needs for the marriage license

Groom and/or Family Expenses

Bride’s wedding ring Groom’s family may host an engagement party (should follow any engagement party hosted by the bride’s family) The groom’s formal wear and all accessories The bride’s bouquet and going away corsage Boutonnieres for the men in the wedding party Corsages for all mothers and grandmothers (Including the Bride’s Family) Marriage license and officiant’s fee Rehearsal Dinner All Honeymoon expenses Gifts for the groom’s attendants Cost of any medical tests the groom needs for the marriage license

Bridesmaids / Maid of Honor Expenses

Purchase of bridesmaids’ dresses and all accessories Wedding gift for couple Hotel accommodations and travel expenses if necessary Shower and/or luncheon for the bride

Best Man and Ushers Expenses

Rental of wedding attire Transportation to and from location of the wedding Gift for the couple Bachelor party/dinner for the groom Hotel accommodations when necessary

Ring Bearer and Flower Girl Expense

Children’s’ parents are responsible for the cost of all wedding attire Parents are responsible for any travel expenses (including hotels if necessary)

Jasmine MacDonald is the editor of Fun Weddings and Merry Brides which will provide you with daily ideas and tips to help you plan the perfect wedding while staying within your budget. Jasmine can also help you design your very own wedding website to keep your friends and family updated about your wedding plans. Check out a Free Trial offer at Merry Bridals.

February 27, 2010

Advance Wedding Planning for Purchasing

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Depending on your personal preferences and the preferences of your husband or wife-to-be, a wedding can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 years to plan. If one step in the planning process is misse

d, the whole wedding could be ruined. To prevent this from happening, we have created a wedding checklist in order to ensure everything goes according to plan on your big day.


7-12 Months Prior

• Announce Engagement and have your engagement party

• Decide on the wedding style and create a guest list

• Choose who you both want in the wedding party

• Set the date and time of the wedding

• Book your wedding officiant

• Choose your wedding song

• Decide on “extras” (cake, flowers, dj, photographers etc)

• Purchase your wedding dress and bridal accessories

• Purchase bridesmaids dresses and accessories (maid of honor as well)

• Start planning your honeymoon

• Buy (or make) your wedding favors

• Purchase your wedding invitations

• Plan your rehearsal ceremony and dinner


2-6 Months Prior

• Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests

• Finalize the dinner menu

• Book your limo (or other form of transportation)

• Book the rehearsal dinner site

• Book your honeymoon

• Purchase your wedding rings

• Purchase your gifts for the wedding party

• Rent the tuxedos for groom and groomsmen (including bestman)

• Schedule a dress fitting (bride)

• Book hair and makeup appointment (bride)

• Have your bridal shower

• Send out the invitations to your guests

• Plan the wedding program


1 Month Prior

• Get your marriage license (and blood tests if needed)

• Final dress fitting (bride)

• Arrange seating for your guests

• Have your stag and doe party


1-2 Weeks Prior

• Pick up the wedding dress

• Have your bachelor and bachelorette parties


The Day Before

• Give the wedding party their gifts

• Pick up the tuxedo(s)

• Decorate the wedding site

• Have your rehearsal dinner and greet out-of-town guests


Follow these steps in the first step towards a lifetime of marital bliss!

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Wedding Planning?

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Depending on your personal preferences and the preferences of your husband or wife-to-be, a wedding can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 years to plan. If one step in the planning process is missed, the whole wedding could be ruined. To prevent this from happening, we have created a wedding checklist in order to ensure everything goes according to plan on your big day.

7-12 Months Prior
• Announce Engagement and have your engagement party
• Decide on the wedding style and create a guest list
• Choose who you both want in the wedding party
• Set the date and time of the wedding
• Book your wedding officiant
• Choose your wedding song
• Decide on “extras” (cake, flowers, dj, photographers etc)
• Purchase your wedding dress and bridal accessories
• Purchase bridesmaids dresses and accessories (maid of honor as well)
• Start planning your honeymoon
• Buy (or make) your wedding favors
• Purchase your wedding invitations
• Plan your rehearsal ceremony and dinner

2-6 Months Prior
• Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests
• Finalize the dinner menu
• Book your limo (or other form of transportation)
• Book the rehearsal dinner site
• Book your honeymoon
• Purchase your wedding rings
• Purchase your gifts for the wedding party
• Rent the tuxedos for groom and groomsmen (including bestman)
• Schedule a dress fitting (bride)
• Book hair and makeup appointment (bride)
• Have your bridal shower
• Send out the invitations to your guests
• Plan the wedding program

1 Month Prior
• Get your marriage license (and blood tests if needed)
• Final dress fitting (bride)
• Arrange seating for your guests
• Have your stag and doe party

1-2 Weeks Prior
• Pick up the wedding dress
• Have your bachelor and bachelorette parties

The Day Before
• Give the wedding party their gifts
• Pick up the tuxedo(s)
• Decorate the wedding site
• Have your rehearsal dinner and greet out-of-town guests

Follow these steps in the first step towards a lifetime of marital bliss!

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Advance Wedding Planning 4 Purchasing

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Depending on your personal preferences and the preferences of your husband or wife-to-be, a wedding can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 years to plan. If one step in the planning process is misse
d, the whole wedding could be ruined. To prevent this from happening, we have created a wedding checklist in order to ensure everything goes according to plan on your big day.

7-12 Months Prior
• Announce Engagement and have your engagement party
• Decide on the wedding style and create a guest list
• Choose who you both want in the wedding party
• Set the date and time of the wedding
• Book your wedding officiant
• Choose your wedding song
• Decide on “extras” (cake, flowers, dj, photographers etc)
• Purchase your wedding dress and bridal accessories
• Purchase bridesmaids dresses and accessories (maid of honor as well)
• Start planning your honeymoon
• Buy (or make) your wedding favors
• Purchase your wedding invitations
• Plan your rehearsal ceremony and dinner

2-6 Months Prior
• Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests
• Finalize the dinner menu
• Book your limo (or other form of transportation)
• Book the rehearsal dinner site
• Book your honeymoon
• Purchase your wedding rings
• Purchase your gifts for the wedding party
• Rent the tuxedos for groom and groomsmen (including bestman)
• Schedule a dress fitting (bride)
• Book hair and makeup appointment (bride)
• Have your bridal shower
• Send out the invitations to your guests
• Plan the wedding program

1 Month Prior
• Get your marriage license (and blood tests if needed)
• Final dress fitting (bride)
• Arrange seating for your guests
• Have your stag and doe party

1-2 Weeks Prior
• Pick up the wedding dress
• Have your bachelor and bachelorette parties

The Day Before
• Give the wedding party their gifts
• Pick up the tuxedo(s)
• Decorate the wedding site
• Have your rehearsal dinner and greet out-of-town guests

Follow these steps in the first step towards a lifetime of marital bliss!

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Planning Your Nuptials With The Internet

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Whether you’re planning your big day a year in advance or a few months in advance, or maybe just looking for tips on eloping, you’re going to need somebody on your side to help you organize and plan – somebody who isn’t your mother or your mother-in-law-to-be or any number of well meaning aunts, each with her own ideas of what your wedding should look like. There are a number of sites you can turn to that are not only unbiased but really know what they’re talking about, but two stand out above the rest. They have all the resources you’ll need to make your big day exactly what you want it to be. It’s your own personal online wedding planner.

WeddingSolutions.com – www.weddingsolutions.com

This should be one of your first stops. At WeddingSolutions.com, you can build your own ‘wedding website’ free of charge, allowing you to keep track of all the different ideas and companies you are considering for your wedding day. Registration is free of charge and offers you the chance to build your own online scrapbook and wedding journal and discuss your questions, concerns, and finds on the forums as you go through the process of putting together the details for your wedding.

Some of the different categories include:

• Fashion and Beauty – Drop down menus of designers who make bridal gowns, bridesmaid’s dresses, flower girls dresses, and dresses for mothers of the bride and groom as well as categories divided according to specifics (i.e. veils, shoes, trains, necklines, sleeves, and dress styles). You’ll also find sections on makeup, hair styles, nail and skin care, and groom’s wear.

• Vendors – For your ceremony space, reception space, transportation, videographer, photographer, wedding cake, music, flowers, and caterers you can find local vendors ready to serve you here.

• Reception – The answer to every question you didn’t know you had can be found here. What is the standard gratuity for your photographer? Which favors are best? What questions should you ask different vendors? Find out here.

• Honeymoon – International destinations or domestic, honeymoons separate from the wedding or combination wedding/honeymoon vacations – take your pick from hundreds of choices and get tips on how to plan it here.

• Shopping – Or skip the search and buy your favors, bridesmaid’s gifts, decorations, accessories, invitations and jewelry all right here!

The Knot – www.theknot.com

Just as comprehensive in the resources it offers as WeddingSolutions.com, The Knot goes a step further and provides enough articles to fill a book on everything you need to know to plan the perfect wedding, reception, and honeymoon. The articles are divided into categories that include:

• Wedding Planning – Topics include budgeting, styles, sticky subjects, favors, registering for gifts, your guests, customs and etiquettes, and more ideas than you can shake a stick at.

• Getting Engaged – Choosing the ring to popping the question to sharing your news, this section handles the pre-wedding period.

• Real Weddings – Check out pictures and stories from different couples according to the style of their wedding, the season, colors, or location and see if it looks like something you would choose.

• Wedding Fashion – How to find your gown, choose accessories and jewelry, groom style and bridal party fashion are all discussed here.

• Bridal Beauty – Find beauty secrets, special hairstyles, and how-tos on getting in shape for the big day and how to give yourself some pre-wedding pampering here.

• Grooms – This section has everything to do with the guys: tuxes, groomsmen, bachelor parties, and groom basics.

• The Wedding Party – This isn’t for the bride as much as her bridesmaids and maid of honor and mothers. Find how-tos on bachelorette parties and planning the wedding shower.

• Honeymoons – From how to plan your honeymoon down to the nitty gritty of choosing specific destinations, there is a ton of great travel information here.

The Knot also has a number of tools to help you with the details like a wedding checklist, a budgeting calculator, and helpful tools to help you take care of your guests. And check out everything up close and in detail before you buy with the photo galleries:

• Rings
• Invitations
• Table Settings
• Wedding Cakes
• Honeymoons
• Wedding Dresses
• Wedding Hairstyles
• Bridal Accessories
• Bridesmaids, et al
• Tuxedos

Between the articles with the photo galleries, you won’t need to subscribe to the bridal magazines or buy any of the books available on the market to help you plan your wedding. Save time and money and find everything you need to plan your wedding day at these two sites.

Madison Lockwood is a customer relations associate, specializing in small business development, for Apollo Hosting. Apollo Hosting provides website hosting, ecommerce hosting, vps hosting, and web design services to a wide range of customers.

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