E-Yes! Online Invitations for Your Wedding?
Online invitations may seem informal or difficult but there is a case to be made for how speedy, convenient and eco-friendly they are. A lot of brides find online invitations to be tacky or informal and with good reason but as technology evolves at lightning speed we think they are worth reconsidering. Online invitations now […]
Guest List Mathematics, Help with Listing Your Wedding Guests
Guest lists are the bane of every bride’s existence as making them and maintaining them usually means a lot of drama. Here’s how you handle the addition and subtraction. One of the biggest sources of drama during a wedding is planning the guest list. It always feels like a lose-lose situation for the bride, which […]
Dream Wedding by the Lake
Move over dream date! The next big game, more appropriately aged involves planning your dream wedding. In this edition: romance on the shore. Remember sleepovers with your favorite games? We can almost guarantee that Dream Date was one of them. Or do you ever remember playing the game MASH, where you tried to guess what […]
Snack Attack, Traditional Sit-down Meal or Hors d’Oeuvres?
The latest trend in weddings has been constant catering. Rather than a sit-down meal brides are opting for a steady stream of hors d’oeuvres. Is this right for you? As with all wedding-related decisions this one comes down to the size of your guestlist and the location of your venue mostly. The sit-down dinner with […]
Interesting Color Palettes to Consider for Your Wedding
White, pink, red…are you tired of ordinary color palettes for your wedding? Find something new, bright and bold! You’ve probably heard time and again the importance of choosing a color palette for your wedding but what does that really mean? A color palette is a guide for the aesthetic of your wedding and choosing one […]
Information about Wedding Videos and Why You Should Have One
Remember the sitcom cliche disaster of taping over a wedding video? These days you have nothing to fear if you want to have a wedding video. It’s happened at least once in every one of your favorite sitcoms. The forgetful husband accidentally tapes the Celtics game over the wedding video and the wife is inconsolable […]
Bridesmaids on a Budget
Being chosen to be a bridesmaids in a wedding is such an honor but make sure it isn’t an expensive drag for your ladies to buy their dresses! Bridesmaid’s dresses are enormous sources of contention. You’re never going to find a dress that everybody likes and even if you did it just won’t look good […]
Should I get Engagement Photos for My Wedding?
Are engagement photoshoots trendy and overpriced or worth every dollar? Engagement photos can mean a lot of different things. They can be pictures taken during your actual proposal–which is becoming more and more common or a professional photo shoot of you and your new husband to be. This can seem silly, time-consuming or wasteful to […]
Tuxedo 101 – Attire for the Groom
By now you might know everything there is to know about wedding dresses, but how can you help your man? Here’s a crash course in tuxes. We’ve talked your ear off about dresses. We’ve talked cut, color, style, designers and some days even we think we’re running out of things to say. For the girl […]
Wedding Day Superstitions
We’ve all heard the wedding day superstitions but how do you stay afloat? A little help on navigating these murky waters. Make sure your groom doesn’t see you in your dress before the wedding! Don’t forget to wear something blue! Tuck a sugar cube into your glove to sweeten your union! Weddings are surrounded by […]
Reality Bites – Wedding Related Reality TV Shows
Are you as addicted to reality television shows about weddings as we are? Here are a few we can’t turn off. As you are probably aware we here at VOWS have our own reality wedding show on TLC called “I Found the Gown.” Of course we never get sick of re-runs and love filming new […]
Start the Getaway Car!
As you ride off into the sunset into a land of newly-wed bliss what will you be hanging tins cans from? After you’ve said your “I-Dos”, had three slices of cake and danced with everyone you know it’s time to make a dramatic exit. We know you planned every detail of your entrance, from who […]
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
We’ve all heard the song, but how bad is it really to have rain on your wedding day? “It’s like rain on your wedding day” sings Alanis Morissette in her iconic song “Ironic” but is it really ironic or something more? To many brides rain on their wedding day can be a sign of disaster […]
How Much DIY is Too Much DIY?
Hat’s off to the Do-It-Yourself Bride. Everything is personal and cost-effective when it’s handmade but be careful not to fall into the pitfalls of too much DIY. Nobody understands a budget like we do at VOWS. We truly believe you can have the wedding of your dreams without footing the bill of your nightmares. A […]
Varying Bridesmaids Dresses
Variation in your bridesmaids dresses can be a great way to add pizazz to your wedding and to ensure happy bridesmaids. Ah, the dreaded bridesmaids dress. You can’t just leave them in the back of your closet forever but you feel too guilty to donate them. Brides try to do their best in getting the […]