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By the looks of it, we may end up eloping on our date July 25 this year and having a reception later on with family and friends. I'm still wanting the experience of a bridal shower and at this point...
Popping the question takes some serious planning! Where did your proposal happen? Did the proposal happen at home, or somewhere public? Was the proposal planned in a sentimental location? Share where...
Back story: my cousin who is the same age as was getting married. Her and I have been really close for cousin who see each other every once in a while (or so I thought). About 9 months before her...
Let me start by saying I've waited a long time (10 years) to get engaged, we've always known we wanted to get married but money and timing was never right. Well last week I finally got engaged and I...
First things first! How did you meet your future spouse?? Did you meet online or through friends? At school? At work?? Share how you first met your fiancé(e)! Photo by Beautiful Life Studios in...
Hi guys, We are having a late evening wedding. We aren't serving a meal, our reception will consist of drinks, some snacks (appetizers/o'dourves) and dancing. We are also thinking of doing a toonie...
I’m getting married May 23 of this year in Ontario. I have no idea if I need to postpone it because it’s far enough away that things may calm down by then but close enough to not really know. My...
Hello! We are hosting our Buck and Doe at the end of July assuming things are better by then. I’m more stressed about it than the wedding. If you have any tips, recommendations or things you wish you...
Is anyone getting married soon and concerned about the Coronavirus pandemic?
Hello Beautiful Brides, I am writing this post to perhaps shed light on how I came to the difficult decision to postpone our June 27 wedding. It was a roller coaster of emotions, but to be honest once...
While doing invitations I was thinking how do I properly state that they won’t be expecting gifts but will be accepting cards?
I want to send out my love and virtual bear hugs to everyone who has weddings that are currently having to be postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19. I know how much time, effort and money goes into...
Hi everyone! When I first got engaged, I knew I wanted to have my closest friend as my MOH. She did say yes and it was planned that she was going to be my MOH, but unfortunately had to back out due...
Hi guys, i am just scared of whats happening, my wedding is on april 4, 2020 and we dont know if we need to postponed or go with it because of this situation (ncov virus) . any suggestion guys and...
Well it’s looking more and more like we’ll be postponing our wedding due to covid-19. My sister in law who is a flight attendant for the airline we are flying to our destination wedding with, has just...
I know this is a hot topic right now. Many weddings have been postponed or cancelled, some unsure of how their wedding will be effected. At this time my venue is on a 60 day roll-out so we wont hear...
Hi there! Our wedding date is September 12, 2020. 50% of our guests are from out of province. We were originally going to mail out our invites within the next week or two, but we are wondering if we...
Hi everyone! We just received our first wedding gift in the mail, and we are curious about when it is generally okay to open them? We assume the right time would be after the wedding, because it's...
How far in advance can you send invitations? We aren’t doing save the dates and our wedding is oct 2021, Im just wondering is 6 mths or 8 mths to fair in advance to send out invites?
Hey guys. So in addition to getting the girls robes and gifts, I am also going to be paying for their hair and makeup. How did you guys go about letting them know that?
Hey guys! I’ve never been in a wedding before so I’m not sure what people typically give as bridesmaid gifts. I have eight bridesmaids and currently for each of them I have a white fur shawl, and a...
When you ask your sister to maid of honour, but still maintain social distancing 😂♥️
My fiancé and I were thinking of having a Jack and Jill a year before our wedding. Is that too soon? If the profit is going towards the wedding anyways shouldn’t we have it beforehand to help pay for...
Hey brides. Where did everyone get there wedding invitation? Is it cheep and easy to make your own? I'll be sending mine out soon and I have no idea what to do. Any advice will help. Thank you. 😘
Hi everyone. Congratulations on your engagement. I hope everyone is having fun planning and organizing what will be the best day of our lives. I’m getting married next June (2021) but have been very...
Look at these boxed made for my bridesmaids!!
Will you have an engagement party to celebrate with friends and family? Or is this something you and your fiance(e) would rather skip? Are you green lighting an engagement party? Photo by Alcock...
Hello everyone, My fiancé and I have had to deal with the horrible misfortune of being double booked not too long ago. We did a lot of work on our end to coordinate the new date with all of our...
Hey fellow planners! I was organizing some photos on my phone and stumbled across photos of part of my bridal party proposal boxes😍 I decided to do a handwritten note even though I have terrible...
Hello ladies and gents of WW! Some of you know about my invitation disaster where the woman I was using passed away unexpectedly and I had to quickly find another vendor to do my invites - all turned...
HELP!!!! I cannot decide if it is worth the extra money to hire someone to help with planning... It would most likely be for the Day of Coordination if I did decide to.. Please let me know how you...