Author RSSTop Five Baby Shower Favors For 2009 - 2010!
Baby showers have really become a big deal! Once upon a time, they were modest events that took place on a kindly friend's couch over tea and bingo cards -- but these days they can be grand celebrations, bringing together family scattered over thousands o...
Who Pays For the Baby Shower? — A Tale of Three Moms-to-Be
It seems so simple, but the question of who pays for the baby shower can be amazingly complicated. Gone are the days where every young mother aspires to a small house with a picket fence, and is dreadfully short on baby supplies.
In fact, the whole ...
That Delicate Matter of Second Or Third Baby Showers - Can You Even Have More Than One?
Ah, etiquette. We all want to tiptoe within its bounds, and avoid ticking off our closest friends and family when major life events roll around - like your new baby.
And yet, so often in modern life, it seems like the old ways don't always cover the ne...
Dressed to Thrill: 9 Ways to Make Your Wedding Favor Boxes Sparkle
We've all marveled at wedding blogs long enough to crave that 100% personalized look that some brides pull off at their weddings.
You know the type: she's a genius at translating her individual personality into material things, like pocketfold invites or...
Plantable Seed Cards: Here's a Small Favor That Hits it Big With Guests
Plantable favors made a splash when they started. But now they're growing ever more popular as eco-awareness and weddings have started to stroll hand-in-hand.
The Green Revolution's led to a bevy of bride-pleasing "green" favors. But plantable seed fav...
Fall Wedding Flowers on a Bare-Bones Budget
Autumn brides have always been a curious bunch, and especially interested in the types of flowers that should grace their bouquets (since ultra-traditional choices, like roses in white, pink or red, don't seem quite right).
That easy-going, nature-lov...
How to Have a Candyland Sweet 16 For (Way) Less
Can we blame it all on MTV's My Super Sweet 16, like writers like to do? Not really, but the truth is that this formerly modest party has morphed into something bigger. Maybe you're like me and can hardly remember your 16th -- mine sure wasn't a big deal ...
Tips For a Hollywood-Themed Sweet 16 That Won't Break the Bank
So, there's a recession on. But it's hard to marshal that bit of info when your teen comes to you with her puppy-dog eyes and a reminder that her sweet 16's nearly here.
She wants to go Hollywood, she says -- an extremely popular party theme. (Never mi...
Cindy, What to Wear to the Ball? Five Stylish Slipper Options For the Fairytale Bride
Even as weddings get increasingly bigger, glammer, and more choreographed and celebrity-planned, the number of brides craving a wedding straight from a fairytale never let up. Instead, the fairytale wedding just gets bigger, with crystal chandeliers and s...
2009's Boldest, Most Beautiful Wedding Gown Trends
Finally! 2009's gowns bring brides some real choices, after several years of strapless uniformity. (Thank you, Vera Wang!) If you're the type of bride who wants a couture (or couture-inspired) gown to match the finer shades of your personality and wedding...
Five Seriously Hot Wedding Colors With a Guy-Pleasing Masculine Edge
Your fiancé has made it clear: he doesn't like pink, and won't be caught wearing it. Or lavender, or any other Easter chick color. As for you, you're not wild about the camo pattern overlays he half-jokingly proposed in response. So what to do?
For some...
Save on Wedding Costs and Have That Chocolate Fountain
Chocolate fountains, once a rarity at weddings, are becoming more common -- but no less beloved. Still, they pose a budget crunch for many brides, coming in at only slightly under the cost of the wedding cake -- and that's for a one-day rental!
If you'...
The (American) Bride Wore Red
Increasing numbers of American brides are thinking about doing something that used to be unthinkable -- getting married in a bold red gown.
Not that red is a stranger to marriage -- far from it. Red plays a major role in Chinese, Hindu, and some Muslim...
8 Questions Brides Ask About Setting up a Wedding Registry
In theory, setting up a registry is simple. You decide on one or several stores, create a registry online or in person, select various items, and get the word out to your guests. In practice, things are a little more complicated -- but only a little!
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Seven Tips for Choosing a Maid of Honor
Choosing your Maid of Honor isn't as simple as it looks. Nowhere else in your wedding planning is it easier for vexing problems to turn up! Why? Because the Maid of Honor's duties are often vaguely defined, and worse, poorly communicated.
In fact, eve...
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