Discussions from Planning

I'm trying to keep the carbon footprint low. Food and drinks will be locally sourced and extras taken home, decor will be reusable, I'm not using real flowers, nothing is disposable. Favors are...

Need advice!! I'm getting married 8/26/22. I booked my hair stylist in October. When I booked her, she was very responsive, and I loved her work. So I signed a contract and gave her a $200...

Hi everyone! I’m a 2022 Austin Bride and have been about to save $7,000 on my wedding. Here are a few of my tips: Negotiating with vendors (i.e. offering to pay in full upfront in exchange for...

Hey all - my fiancé and I found the venue of our dreams over the weekend and we are currently trying to decide on a date! We are between Friday Sept 8 and Friday Sept 15, 2023. We initially were going...

I live in Sacramento, CA but we wanted to get married in Los Angeles, CA. Do we need to get the license in Sacramento or does it not matter in CA can we get married in whatever county we want and have...

Good evening! Anyone know how to make a QR code for RSVP?? I feel this would be a lot easier for me and my quest to respond but I have no idea how to go about getting a link for something like that....

We have come in to unseen financial problems. So, we decided to postpone the wedding. It kind of sucks, but this situation needs to be dealt with. Luckily, we aren't losing anything! Our venue is...

I got a boutonnière for my soon to be father in law but are we suppose to get corsages as well for my soon to be mother in law and my mom ?

Hi everyone! I am a November 2023 bride, and I want to start booking all of my vendors to have plenty of time to plan the rest of the more minor details. Is it too early to book some vendors? I...

How are you all feeling with your big day around the corner? Have any of you postponed from 2020/2021? My date is April 15, 2022 and I post poned from May 1, 2021. I am sooooo ready and excited. Also...

I got my dress and my FH really wants to see it,,but my friends are saying it's a bad luck if he sees it before the wedding day ,,what do you ladies think? I don't whis to let him see the dress but it...

I am having a very hard time finding a videographer. At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted one, but in truth I would like to show that video to my future kids and to my future grand babies (if I have...

Okay, So the wedding is in four months. It is a very big, traditional, expensive, wedding. I thought this is what I wanted. 7 bridesmaids, 7 groomsmen. As the date gets closer, I am overwhelmed with...

Hello everyone! This may be an odd question but would anyone mind sharing what their ballpark wedding budget is realistically? My fiance and I started with a goal to do everything for around...

Hello, My fiancé and I decided early on that we wanted an intimate wedding that included our immediate family only (9 guests). Our family is scattered across the US so either way, someone would need...

We're looking to save on resources and costs by sending out digital save-the-dates — does anyone have any recommendations for free save-the-dates? I typically have used Evite in the past for casual...

Curious to know where you get or do your invitations? Website wise because for our save the dates I did Zazzle cause and being artsy I like the create your own tool that I did the two in one where...

I’m having some weird anxiety over apparently doing things out of order. A lot of sites have checklists and timelines…I know they’re recommendations and not hard and fast rules but I can’t help but...

We're having a black tie optional wedding, and we're planning on doing mostly formal inviting (with titles). There are some people on our guest list that we feel weird using their actual name, so we...

Got our wedding venue picked out and I swear I felt like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. The venue literally offers everything in the package from the cake to DJ floral everything...