When you are a bride, it is easy to become accustomed to being celebrated and feted. Those are wonderful parts about being a bride, of course, but it is important that brides remember to appreciate all of those who put so much into making this time special. Your bridesmaids are a big part of your [...]
Etiquette
A Southern Wedding Full of Tradition
Any Southern bride worth her salt (or her sweet tea) knows that tradition is an essential part of a Southern wedding. Whether it is wearing her Mama’s pearl necklace, carrying a replica of her Grandmother’s bouquet, or getting married in the same church where Mama and Daddy tied the knot, tradition is as much a [...]
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Answers to the Bridesmaids’ FAQs
Being a bridesmaid is a great honor, but no one ever said that it is particularly easy. After all, when you combine etiquette, emotions, friendship, and money into one package, there are sure to be a few sticky situations that arise. From who pays for the bridesmaid earrings and dresses to questions about showers and [...]
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Quick Etiquette Updates for Brides
For decades, it seemed like wedding etiquette was pretty much carved in stone. It was easy to know who paid for what, the appropriate type of attire and jewelry for a daytime wedding (semi-formal and classic pearls), and even what to give the bride for her shower. All you had to do was pick up [...]
Bridal Jewelry And Bridesmaids Gifts
Children at the Wedding
As most couples nowadays, they want to celebrate their union in a manner that will focus on them and not focus on the guests with the bride looking more beautiful with her bridal jewelry. Most of these couples consider not inviting kids at the wedding because they think that it will add up to the [...]
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Adressing Your Wedding Invitations
If your anything like my wife, then you paid careful attention to your wedding invitations. I remember going shopping with her to purchase the perfect invitations. She almost didn’t trust me to print out the invitations on my computer, and I could tell even then that she was still reluctant. Anyway, I remember sitting in [...]
Bridal Jewelry And Bridesmaids Gifts
Your Bridesmaids and Wedding Etiquette
Although being chosen to be a bridesmaid is a real privilege to your friends and the one that they may have been waiting for you to do ever since they found out about your engagement. You also have to consider when you think it is necessary to help them out or not. Your bridesmaids also [...]
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Weddings Etiquette for Grooms
When most men think about wedding etiquette and customs, they assume that it is only the bride who needs to know about all that stuff. But not so fast, gentlemen, there are some traditions that concern you as well. Some of the things that grooms need to know about include gifts to purchase and how [...]
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Honeymoon Registries
The basic concept of a honeymoon registry is that you book through a service for the trip that you want to take, and your guests can make financial contributions towards it rather than buying a gift. One very important difference between registering at a honeymoon site and a department store is that you will end [...]
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Guidelines for Wedding Formality
One of the first decisions that you will need to make about your wedding is how formal you would like it to be. This one choice will help to determine everything from the venue, to the time of day, to your gown, and even the menu. Here are some guidelines to the different degrees of [...]