But, it doesn’t happen by accident. In fact, many of the most fun weddings we’ve been to have had a few things in common. And guess what? We’re going to share them with you.
Well, we’re here to help make that decision-making process a little bit easier, and set you up with a professional DJ who won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
On September 25, 2017 I asked my girlfriend the craziest question one person can ask another person. Her answer was “Yes!” This is the story of our engagement and subsequent wedding planning, in (mostly) real time, as told by me.
Wedding planning can feel a little all over the place at times, and it’s sort of the nature of the beast. There are a lot of things to nail down: a venue, date, vendors, guest list, just to name a few. But just because planning a wedding has a tendency to devolve into mass unorganization, doesn’t mean it has to.
It’s 2018 and it’s FREEZING all along the East Coast. I mean, it literally snowed in Florida. So, you know what that means? It’s time to look ahead to warmer weather and wedding season! And with any new year comes new trends, so we’ve scoured the web to find the best wedding trends of 2018 just for you.
All we know is there are some really clever wedding hashtags out there, but that doesn’t mean it’s essential. Check it, it’s about to be 2018, so is it time to bury the creative wedding hashtags for good? Let’s weigh in with a couple arguments.
Check it: 2017 was a great year for wedding songs, from T-Swift to Bieber to Ed “Game of Thrones Cameo” Sheeran, but most songs have a shelf life and we have a few that we think have reached their expiration date. So, we’ve put together some thoughts on what wedding songs you should say goodbye to in 2017 and some that you should hear on the wedding dance floor in 2018.
If you are buying presents for a newly-engaged couple, check it out. While there are countless options and plenty of pre-wedding gifts to give a couple, we wanted to focus on one them: experiences over things.
Mary and I had been talking about travelling to Europe together for some time (we’d both been separately, on a few occasions, but never as a pair) and once we struck gold with the flight deals, we landed in the Netherlands in late-September. The plan was to split time between Amsterdam and Paris, and once our plan all was booked, I started coming up with “my plan.”
The wedding venue you choose will, a lot of times, determine the date of your wedding, how many people can show up, what sort of catering options you’d like, and how far your budget can stretch. It’s quite simply the epicenter of the planning process.
We’re not saying it’s “easy” to choose a guest list -- it really varies from one event to the next -- but there are things you can do ahead of time to help the process out. So, sit back, eat some of that candy you’re supposed to be passing out to kids, and check out some of these helpful tips for choosing a wedding guest list.
On September 25, 2017 I asked my girlfriend the craziest question one person can ask another person. Her answer was “Yes!” This is the story of our engagement and subsequent wedding planning, in (mostly) real time, as told by me.
It’s a question we’re sure gets asked a lot during the wedding planning process: “Should we just opt for an iPod instead of hiring a wedding DJ or live music?” The answer is dependent on what type of event you want to have: a fun one or a potentially lame one.
We enlisted the help of some of the best minds in the game and have some major tips on how to ramp up the fun at your wedding and wedding reception.