wedding planning

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: More Sustainable Tips for an Eco-Friendly Wedding

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: More Sustainable Tips for an Eco-Friendly Wedding

Are you planning your dream wedding, while also striving to make a positive impact on the environment? Look no further! In this guide, we will provide some sustainable tips to create an eco-friendly wedding that not only reflects your love but also reduces waste and promotes a greener future.

Eco-Friendly Love: Tips for a Sustainable Wedding

Eco-Friendly Love: Tips for a Sustainable Wedding

As we become increasingly mindful of our impact on the environment, many couples are choosing to weave eco-friendly practices into their wedding plans. From sustainable decor to mindful menu choices, there are numerous ways to create a wedding that reflects your love for each other and the planet.

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Tips for Breaking Up With Writer's Block

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Tips for Breaking Up With Writer's Block

Whether you’re writing a maid of honor speech for your sister, trying to get your love down on paper, or prepping to officiate a friend’s wedding, sometimes the blank page can be too much. While there’s never a great time for writer’s block right now — while you’re preparing for such a special day — is definitely not the right time. We’re here to help reduce your stress with a few helpful tips for how to shake off writer’s block.

Navigating the Maid of Honor Role With Grace

As the maid of honor, you have a special role to play (learn more about the history of the role). You might support the couple with the wedding planning process, plan pre-events, help on the big day itself, or simply be emotional support throughout the process. 

Regardless, here are some tips for navigating this important role:

Real Talk on the Cost of Being a MOH (with estimates)

Real Talk on the Cost of Being a MOH (with estimates)

So you've been asked to be the maid of honor in your bestie's wedding — congrats! But before you start brainstorming creative bachelorette party ideas and helping the bride pick out the perfect dress, it's important to consider the potential costs that may come with saying “yes” to this role.

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Time for the Toasts! But First, Let’s Prep…

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Time for the Toasts! But First, Let’s Prep…

First and most important: remember that your toast should be about the couple and their love for one another. Avoid making the toast about yourself or getting too personal with inside jokes or embarrassing stories.

Love Endures: Real Couples Share their COVID-19 Wedding Stories

Love Endures: Real Couples Share their COVID-19 Wedding Stories

Vow Muse sat down (virtually) with a few couples to hear how COVID-19 affected their wedding plans. Honestly, weddings can be challenging to plan during the best of times, so we were a little worried we’d hear horror stories around postponing or canceling the big day. Instead…

Wedding Expectations: How to Keep Your Wits and Find Your Happy Ending

Wedding Expectations: How to Keep Your Wits and Find Your Happy Ending

From my experience, weddings ALWAYS have drama, even with the most supportive of families. Now drama can come from many places, but a year after my own wonderful wedding I am soundly convinced that my wedding drama largely stemmed from a single source: expectations.

Real Brides on Changing Your Last Name (Or Not)

Real Brides on Changing Your Last Name (Or Not)

These days it’s no longer assumed that a woman will change her name when she gets married. But that just means one more big decision to make during the wedding planning process. Should you change to honor tradition? Or keep your maiden name to honor your family heritage? 

How to Plan a DIY Destination Wedding on a Budget

How to Plan a DIY Destination Wedding on a Budget

As an avid traveler, I always wanted a destination wedding. I saw myself getting married in Italy in a gorgeous lace dress with some ruins crumbling in the background. My fiancé Kevin had a very different vision. He wanted a local farm-to-table feast at a coastal California venue with everyone he’d ever met celebrating with us. Luckily we both agreed on one thing: the budget. And that budget didn’t really accommodate either of our visions. So we went back to the drawing board…

6 Ways Google Can Help You Plan a Wedding on a Budget

6 Ways Google Can Help You Plan a Wedding on a Budget

For the DIY couple, Google is the new wedding binder. And not just because you’ll end up Googling everything from “do I need a veil?” to “when to send invites.” I used so many of Google’s suite of free tools I’m not sure how I would have planned my wedding otherwise. Keep reading for how I used Google to keep organized and for a couple of ways I wish I had used it! 

Spring Has Sprung, and Love Is A-Bloomin'

Spring Has Sprung, and Love Is A-Bloomin'

Spring has finally sprung! But it isn't just flowers… Love is a-bloomin', too. Spring is the season of new life, which makes it one of the most beautiful times of year to host a wedding or renew your vows.

Here are just a few ways to incorporate this season of love into your nuptials…

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What Every Groom-to-be Should Know About Weddings

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What Every Groom-to-be Should Know About Weddings

While traditionally the bride’s family pays for the wedding, that doesn’t mean the groom and his family are completely off the hook. In addition to paying for the rehearsal dinner, did you know it’s custom for the groom to pay for transportation and flowers?

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6 Wedding Ideas I Didn’t Know Existed Until After I Got Married

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6 Wedding Ideas I Didn’t Know Existed Until After I Got Married

Like a lot of brides, when it came to my wedding I had a vision. But I realize now I planned my own wedding with blinders on. Since then, I’ve come across some really awesome wedding resources, tools, services, and ideas I had never thought to even consider. Hopefully these ideas might help you!

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To Have and to Register

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To Have and to Register

Sometimes, one's enthusiasm for price guns leads to a towering display case of chinaware crashing down in the middle of a Macy's champagne wedding registry event.

And sometimes, that means traditional registries aren't for you. But you have options…

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Bound by Love, Law, and a Lengthy Name Change Process

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Bound by Love, Law, and a Lengthy Name Change Process

For most of history, the decision to change your name—or not—after marriage wasn't a decision at all. It was assumed that a woman would adopt her husband's name…But now, in many circles, the answer comes only after a lot of soul searching.