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Sweet Choices: Wedding Desserts

One of the most fun choices you have when it comes to planning your wedding is deciding what your dessert will be. While planning, you might find yourself wondering if the traditional wedding cake (typically a neutral flavored sponge cake covered in fluffy white buttercream) is right for you. Maybe you don’t like cake or are worried about making sure …

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The Story Behind White Wedding Dresses

The “tradition” of white wedding gowns is actually a very modern trend. Prior to the wedding of Queen Victoria, brides would get married in a fashionable dress for the time period. Families would see the occasion as a chance to show off their wealth and status. Wealthy and noble families would dress their daughters in the finest gowns for the …

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Sleeves Are Back in Wedding Style

A relatively recent change to the wedding dress industry is the presence of sleeves, after years of strapless ball gowns dominating the market. This is in large part to 2011’s royal wedding. When Prince William married Kate Middleton and she became the Duchess of Cambridge, the bridal industry all turned their eyes to the wedding to see where wedding trends …

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Unconventional Wedding Meals

Planning your wedding meal can fill you with excitement or dread. Different budgets make different sort of meals possible, and even if you can afford a fancy plated dinner, you may not want one. The stereotypical wedding dinner with a choice between chicken or beef (plus a vegetarian option) can be boring and forgettable. If having a memorable meal isn’t …

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The Perfect Wedding Dress to Match Your Theme

Two of the most fun parts of planning your wedding are: 1) picking the theme and 2) finding the perfect wedding dress. If you can find a way to have the two work in tandem, it’s that much better. Your wedding dress doesn’t have to fit the wedding theme, but sometimes it can be fun to coordinate that way. After …