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![Cornell](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/7/0/7/utbp_35452707.jpg?r=40732)
How have you guys picked a photographer? Is it really just going off of their portfolio or have you able to do some test shots? It seems like a lot of money to just book someone off of their pictures...
Hey everyone! Just wanted to see how people handle their families that are not happy they’re doing a DW. Before we planned anything, we had asked my fiancé’s mother if she would be alright with it as...
![Kiyome](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/9/4/3/utbp_29176943.jpg?r=18522)
Hey everyone! So my fiance and I are getting married in Vermont in the winter next year. We are having an intimate destination wedding w/parents and my best friend. I just wanted to know if it would...
Where I'm doing my wedding ceremony the wedding coordinator is asking instead of bringing it on the wedding day I would need to bring it to the wedding rehearsal why is that?
![Meraris](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/2/3/5/utbp_31609235.jpg?r=23795)
Hi everyone! We found a great cake designer for our wedding. All the flavors were amazing and we want to pick this company. We asked for a contract to sign prior to punnet and all we received was a...
![Sakina](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/0/4/5/utbp_30903045.jpg?r=58629)
The brides that are planning a outside wedding, do y’all have a backup plan if the weather is bad? My plan B is the courthouse for the ceremony🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
![B](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/8/5/7/utbp_33448857.jpg?r=60001)
I’m planning my wedding for June of next year. The pictures attached are just some inspiration of with I would like my reception to look like. I don’t know a lot about floral arrangements and costs...
Just in case anyone is right on the verge of preparing invitations/STDs 🙂 mine aren't going out for months but I'm still gonna stock up on stamps now!
![Magda](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/1/3/5/5/utbp_35671355.jpg?r=16131)
My fiancée and I are both Mexican and are getting married next year in July. I'm a VERY organized person and I like to have control over what I plan, especially events. Both our parents keep getting...
![Katie](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/7/7/5/utbp_36366775.jpg?r=84533)
Is it really necessary? 🤔 just curious.
![Shanta](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/6/5/2/utbp_1726652.jpg?r=34669)
Heeeyyyyyyyy ladies I’m 3 months from my July 3rd wedding and I’m a bit anxious 😟 .... I feel like I’m forgetting something 🤦🏾♀️
Ahhh! Getting down to the wire! So I’m doing a place card table and I’m trying to decide if I should do them by couples or individually. The person doing the calligraphy said she can add the meal...
![Esperonza](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/6/3/3/utbp_36443633.jpg?r=25203)
So we have decided to just elope next Oct (2022). In Puerto Rico and will stay for our honeymoon. Has anyone else done this and willing to share your amazing coordinators or places you stayed? I would...
What are some musts ask questions for your photographers and videographers that I might not have on my list?? Meeting with mine next week and want to make sure I think of everything. Thanks!
Hey everyone, So we never thought we'd be in this position as we got engaged and booked our wedding date back in 2019, but our wedding is scheduled for this coming July 31st and I'm starting to wonder...
![Ashley](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/0/2/7/utbp_36269027.jpg?r=33039)
Picking out songs is hard!! We’re not having a bridal party. Need to think of a recessional song for me and my FH and an entrance song. Classic rock, alternative, hip hop. Need ideas!!
![Emily](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/7/6/0/5/utbp_29827605.jpg?r=35789)
First, I want to add that none of our vendors are wedding professionals. Everyone is a friend, family member or friend of a friend. Including our venue. So, none of them have been able to assist much...
![Ashleigh](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/8/8/9/utbp_35412889.jpg?r=61587)
I wasn't really sure what to put for a title. I purchased std and invites off Etsy and I'm printing them from my home. I printed them on brown kraft paper because I'm going for the rustic look. I also...
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![Laura](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/6/4/3/utbp_36453643.jpg?r=16138)
Hello! I’ve just got engaged and I’m thinking about bridesmaids. I don’t think I’m going to have a MOH because my sister is only young but she will be a bridesmaid of course. I don’t have a lot of...
![Sexypoodle](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/9/3/7/utbp_30162937.jpg?r=93788)
So, these are actually our 3rd save the dates. The first set was sent for our October 2020 destination wedding in Las Vegas. But we postponed! The second set of save-the-dates were purchased with the...
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