Legal Marriage Requirements
We thought it would be nice to hear from a recent bride today, so here is some great advice from Kath about satisfying the legal marriage requirements in your state:
“Avoid surprises and look up the legal requirements for marriages and civil unions in the state you’re marrying a few months before the wedding is scheduled [...]
Cold Feet and What To Do About Them
Cold feet. Brides get them. Grooms get them. But very few know what to do about them other than ignore them, devote themselves to planning the wedding, and hope the cold feet go away. Usually this does the trick because cold feet are usually nothing more than simple nerves caused by your committing to a [...]
Wedding Day Emergency Kits Aren’t a Luxury
Willamina, a recent bride of our acquaintance, asked us to share her advice for brides-to-be: “You may think that you aren’t going to need that wedding day emergency kit and, yeah, I know, with all you have to do it’s such a pain to put it all together. But really, you know when you’ll end [...]
Hiring a Wedding Planner vs. Wedding DIY
Recent bride Shelly W. wrote to share her best wedding planning tip: “Brides- and grooms-to-be with stressful jobs or a ton of responsibilities should consider hiring a wedding planner. It means dedicating a portion of your wedding budget to something other than wedding cake or your wedding gown, but the time and even money you [...]
Happy Thanksgiving From All of Us at TeamWED!
All of us here at TeamWED hope our readers, brides-to-be and former brides alike, all have the happiest and most wonderful Thanksgiving. And for those who are participating in or hosting Thanksgiving weddings on this day of feasting, congratulations!
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Wedding Planners? Do You Need One?
We here at TeamWED get plenty of mail from recent brides stating unequivocally that they couldn’t have done it without their wedding planner. Some of us used a wedding planner and some of us didn’t, and we all had great weddings so we won’t say that all brides need a wedding planner. But hiring a [...]
Bridesmaids Pay For…
We think that the best part about writing for TeamWed is answering reader mail! Brides and grooms and bridesmaids from just about everywhere write to us to have their wedding planning questions answered all the time nowadays, so you can imagine we have a bit of a blacklog of queries. We’re working on it, though, [...]
Wedding DIY Isn’t Always Worth It
Before you decide to DIY everything from the wedding favors to the wedding cake, TeamWED suggests you stop and consider whether the money you save will be worth the time you spend. If you save any money at all, that is. Wedding DIY projects can be pretty tricky for newbies. Go ahead and DIY if [...]
Coping With Wedding Stress: Ignore It!
Sometimes the easiest way to cope with wedding stress is to pretend you don’t have any! Brides are told over and over again not to deny their feelings, but sometimes planning a wedding can be too much to handle. So if you’re drowning in wedding stress, try traveling in time (at least mentally) back to [...]
Mother-In-Law Woes
We hear at TeamWED get a fair number of emails from brides-to-be looking for advice. While we admit that we much prefer helping brides find their wedding dresses and bridesmaids’ dresses, we recognize that brides with parental problems need help, too. And by far the most common question we receive in this realm is from [...]
Wedding Ceremony Basics: Before You Say ‘I Do’
A bride who said her “I dos” this past August wrote to tell us how much she enjoyed all the wedding planning advice here at Daily Wedding Planning Tip, and we are so glad we could help! But we did ask one thing of her in return for the help we offered… no, not her [...]
Wedding Dresses and Body Types
We’ve all seen those wedding dress buying guide articles that suggest brides shop by body type. But buying wedding dresses is less a science and more of an art form — sometimes your dream wedding dress that looked so good in the shop window fits terribly and a wedding dress you’d never have considered until [...]
Where To Elope
The place you elope can be a conveniently close resort or an exotic location you’ve always wanted to see. In fact, you can elope and have your honeymoon in the same place.
10 Reasons To Elope
Eloping is an affordable alternative to having a big wedding. It’s also easy, pressure free, and can be exciting. Sharing a day with just your fiancé and committing to your marriage is something special.
