Why are wedding dresses white? Did people always marry for love? This brief history of wedding gowns has some answers. The church, the media, and society has influenced the style of wedding gowns from the first ever white dress to the most popular wedding dresses of today. As you take a break from trying toContinue reading
Halloween isn’t just for kids, and our 5-Step Easy Last-Minute Halloween Party Guide is perfect for everybody. (Make it kid-friendly with non-spiked punch.) 5 steps is all it takes to throw a great Halloween bash on a moment’s notice. Check out these fast, simple and fun ideas that’ll make this year’s Halloween way more funContinue reading
Take a break from wedding planning & check out our Trivia & Traditions: 35 Fun Facts about Weddings. Maybe they’ll inspire an idea for your big day! Ah, your wedding day … perhaps the most important day of your life! Everything about it, from the ceremony to the venue to the guests, is steeped inContinue reading
British Royal Family Engagement Rings are always impressive heirlooms. But the designs themselves are quite simple. Each of the Royal Family Rings has sentimental value of some kind. With a few exceptions, each of the British Royal Family Engagement Rings features a colored center stone. The one constant is the massive carat count of each ring.Continue reading
Take a look back with us at some of the most famous royal engagement photos in history: those of the British monarchy. We’ll start with the royal engagement photos of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, then work our way through the family. We have a snippet of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and both portraits ofContinue reading
The thought of planning your wedding usually brings a load of traditions you’ve seen your friends and family adhere to, but must all wedding day traditions be strictly followed? Not necessarily! There’s no reason why modern couples can’t ditch some old customs and start new ones of their own. You can add plenty of personalityContinue reading
Music is a crucial part of your wedding, and if you’ve started planning even a few things, you already know there are quite a few decisions to make in the music category alone. From the song you choose to walk down the aisle, to that first dance with your new husband, and of course,Continue reading
Wedding traditions these days have come a long way from the simple traditional bouquet toss. It’s no surprise to find that the information exchange on our shrinking planet—thank you, Pinterest—has resulted in modern weddings already incorporating so many near-universal traditions that you may actually be at a loss as to what you can do atContinue reading
Second only to the wedding itself, bridal showers are the best thing on the planet! Whether you’re the bride-to-be, the maid-of-honor, the bride’s single high school friend, or her now-married college buddy, wedding showers are the ultimate girl bonding experience. The bridal shower theme you choose totally sets the mood, and it can sometimes beContinue reading
Weddings weren’t always as grand and thoroughly planned as they are today. Many decades ago, almost every couple had a simple, homespun celebration. But with the rise of fashion—not to mention technology—the times, they started changin’. Here’s a brief history of how weddings went down, American-style, from the past up to the very techy present.Continue reading
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