Wedding How to

How to Save Money on Photography & Videography

5 July 2007 - Category: Photography and Video, Wedding How to.

Cheaper Keepers Capturing your wedding on film gives you a time capsule of your cherished event, one you can revisit over and over and pass down the generations as a family treasure. However, treasure is not cheap, and having your wedding recorded by a professional photographer and videographer accounts for about 15 percent of your [...]

How to Save Money on Flowers

5 July 2007 - Category: Flowers and Décor, Wedding How to.

More Flowers for Less Money If you’re like most couples planning a wedding, you’re probably torn between your desire for lush, lovely flowers and your need to distribute the budget carefully. Never fear–a few smart strategies can help you get the most out of your blooms without going into the red in the process. Buy [...]

How to Toss a Bouquet

5 July 2007 - Category: Flowers and Décor, Wedding How to.

Heads Up for the Bouquet and Garter Believed to have their roots in 14th-century Europe when guests literally chased the newlyweds to their bridal chamber, the garter toss and the bouquet toss are two of the most recognizable reception traditions. Nowadays, custom dictates that the man who nabs the garter and the woman who catches [...]

How to Be Your Own Florist

5 July 2007 - Category: Flowers and Décor, Wedding How to.

Flowers by Moi: Do-It-Yourself Tips If youre planning the wedding on a limited budget–or you simply love getting your hands dirty–consider doing the flowers yourself. With fresh flowers plucked from your garden, bought at the local farmers’ market, or ordered direct from a grower, you can create bouquets, centerpieces, and ceremony accents for a fraction [...]

How to Hire a Florist

5 July 2007 - Category: Flowers and Décor, Wedding How to.

Flower Power Player Compatibility with your florist isn’t on par with compatibility with your mate, but it’s pretty darn close. Be sure to shop around with two or three vendors for the best possible fit, ask a lot of questions, and trust your gut. Oh, and remember your budget. It’s at the root of your [...]

How to Keep Track of RSVPs

5 July 2007 - Category: Wedding How to, Wedding Invitations.

The Yeas Have It You’ve always dreamed of a huge wedding, and now that dream will soon say hello to reality. It won’t be just close friends and family filling your wedding venue, but also the gang from the office, your jogging buddies, your book club, your former high-school pals, your second and third cousins [...]

How to Address Invitations

5 July 2007 - Category: Wedding How to, Wedding Invitations.

Addressing the Crowd Theres the correct address, and then theres the proper way to address. The nouns a matter of pure fact, but the verbs all about etiquette. Even if yours will be the most casual of weddings, its important that you follow the proper etiquette for addressing your invitations, for two reasons: one, to [...]

How to Hire a Calligrapher

5 July 2007 - Category: Wedding How to, Wedding Invitations.

Hiring an Elegant Hand Professional calligraphers are the cream of the penmanship crop. Trained in a range of beautiful scripts, they address invitations with the artistry of a bygone era. The results are unparalleled in beauty, romance, and style. They are not, however, cheap. Though a budding calligrapher may charge just a couple bucks per [...]

How to Trim Your Guest List

5 July 2007 - Category: Wedding How to, Wedding Invitations.

Pruning the Guest List For a few lucky brides and grooms, the ideal guest list and the realistic budget line up perfectly. Nobody needs to be cut, and no one needs to scramble for extra dough. For the rest of us mortals, however, some hard choices are in order. Since the guest list determines so [...]

How to Write an Invitation

5 July 2007 - Category: Wedding How to, Wedding Invitations.

The Word on Wording The arcane rules of etiquette rarely loom larger than when a wedding is in the works, and the invitation is a supreme example. How to communicate, celebrate, and feel like yourselves without unwittingly treading on toes? Follow these guidelines and trust in your own inner antenna. And, as hard as it [...]



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