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PLANNING A WEDDING

4 Ways To Save Money On Your Wedding [EXPERT]
How much should you pay for your wedding?

4 Ways To Save Money On Your Wedding [EXPERT]

Where can you save and where can you splurge on your big day?

Today's culture is more about buying something because it's a cheap and immediate thrill rather than buying a well-made, beautiful item that will last forever. However, focusing only on the dollar amount and not thinking of quality is never the way to go.

4 Things To Consider Before Having A Pet In Your Wedding [EXPERT]
Paws up or paws down when it comes to having pets in your wedding?

4 Things To Consider Before Having A Pet In Your Wedding [EXPERT]

4 tips to avoid a pet frenzy on your big day!

No matter how much your pet is part of your family, it is important to consider potential landmines of having Fido join you on your big day. Here are four tips to avoid a frenzy:

6 Ways To Stay In Love While Planning Your Wedding [EXPERT]
Planning a wedding should not take a toll on your relationship.

6 Ways To Stay In Love While Planning Your Wedding [EXPERT]

Don't let wedding planning take precedent over your relationship.

As couples plan a wedding, they all too often let the wedding details take precedent over the relationship. Once upon a time, there were dinner dates, texts to say “I love you,” and hand holding. But, now, dinner means menu tastings, texts are sent to the wedding planner and hand holding is out of the question. Instead, a bride’s hands are full of clipboards, wedding notebooks and smart phones.

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The 10 Best Wedding Planning Books And Websites

Looking for wedding ideas? We found the best resources every bride (and groom!) should know about.

Congratulations, you're engaged! If you plan to have a wedding, even a small one, here comes the next part: planning the biggest party of your life. But when do you mail the invitations? How should you style your hair? Do you have to give out favors? There are tons of choices when it comes to weddings and tons of books, blogs and websites to help brides with those choices. But wading through so much information could easily send you into wedding overload, so we did the work for you and selected our 10 favorite resources for all things wedding.

Prince William at War with the Queen Over Wedding Plans

Prince William at War with the Queen Over Wedding Plans

Prince William at War with the Queen Over Wedding Plans

By Vicky Sullivan of aspiringsocialitenyc.com According to E! Online, the War of the Roses has once again taken to the British Isles. After details of the much-anticipated royal wedding between Prince William and the lovely Kate Middleton were announced, Queen Elizabeth II was less than enthused. In fact, she was livid. Apparently, her royal highness learned of her grandson’s wedding plans just as the rest of us did, by watching the news.

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Weddings: Should The Father Give The Bride Away?

One bride explains her very modern view of weddings, and why her father didn't give her away.

The first thing you need to know is that Dan asked me to marry him while we were brushing our teeth. We had been together for almost 10 years at that point, living together for five, and we had plenty of people despairing as to whether we would ever get around to tying the knot. We finally settled matters after flossing. Big romantic gestures? Not our thing. We like to lie around eating ice cream straight from the container and watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia reruns. But then we jumped into planning mode for the wedding, a day that's supposed to be nothing but romantic moments and symbolic traditions. And even two cynics like ourselves couldn't help getting caught up in all the excitement. But when it came to walking being a bride and walking down the aisle, did I want my father to give me away?

College Credit For Wedding Planning

George Mason University offers a full-credit class in wedding planning.

George Mason University in Fairfax, VA has offered a class in wedding planning. The class is for credit and apparently a lot of work. The professor is a former wedding planner who actually co-wrote the text book. College kids do not need this kind of pressure.

Wedding Planning 101

Wedding Planning 101

Even the most complex wedding begins with getting down to the basics.

It turns out that planning a wedding isn't that easy. The stress of minor issues such as where to have a wedding can be overwhelming. Now throw in the guest list, a wedding budget, and the inlaws and even the sweetest woman can turn into a bridezilla... months and months before the actual wedding. Kelly Bare explores the idea of that it's not 100% 'your day' after all and that a New York wedding probably isn't worth the hassle.