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Microweddings
What Is It? Should I Have One? Planning a wedding is a big deal and a sizable financial investment. With the average person spending well over $30,000 on a wedding, it is easy to see why couples are choosing to wed in smaller, more intimate celebrations such as...
2021 Wedding Trends
If you are planning a 2021 wedding, you’re probably already deep into the details. The date, venue, wedding dress, color palette, and size of your guest list are just a few of the items on your radar to make your wedding day memorable and magical. Whatever feel you...
Outdoor Holiday Ideas That Everyone Will LOVE
Keeping the Holidays Safe Tis’ the season to celebrate and be merry! From decorating the Christmas tree to cooking your favorite family recipes, the holiday season is time to embrace traditions. This year, those traditions may look a little different while the...
Holiday Office Party Ideas That Everyone Will LOVE
Keeping Your Employees Safe and Happy Let’s face it, the holiday season is a time for social gatherings, celebrating, and giving thanks for a great year of hard work. While this year may feel like there is very little to appreciate, that doesn’t mean you can’t show...
Ideas for Tailgating from Home
Tailgating is here! Football fans from all over are planning backyard tailgating parties with social distancing measures in place. A more private tailgating party can still be a fun one, especially if you do it up right. This article shares some tips for how to...
Birthday Party Hosting Tips
Birthdays are meant to be shared with loved ones. Just because you’re a grownup, doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy birthday parties. Children are thrilled when their birthday arrives. The thought of family and friends, cake and decorations, and of course gifts is enough to...
3 Tips for the Day Before Your Wedding
Be Prepared for Your Dream Wedding Everyone dreams of how their wedding will be. Men as well as women do their fair share of daydreaming about their wedding days, too. Both of you need a checklist to make sure everything is where it should be and in the order you wish...
4 Common Wedding Day Disasters
How to Avoid them and Think Ahead Not every wedding goes off with a hitch. There are always things that you wish you could have changed. Hindsight is twenty-twenty. But there are some things you can avoid if you think about them ahead of time before they become a...
3 of the Biggest Wedding Guest Complaints and How You Can Avoid Them
3 of the Biggest Wedding Guest Complaints and How You Can Avoid Them Tips for Avoiding Wedding Snafus While it’s entertaining to hear others dish the dirt on what went wrong at a wedding, you don’t want to be the bride being talked about. This article will help you...
3 Things to Cut from Your Wedding Expenses
Three Things to Cut from Your Wedding Expenses Budget-wise Wedding Tips The average cost of a US wedding runs about $35,000. With budgets tight and COVID-19 on the rise, couples are going to great lengths to make their wedding day the best day of their lives despite...
5 Autumn Wedding Colors to Fall For
5 Autumn Colors to Fall For Fall Weddings Now in Vogue COVID-19 has spoiled the wedding planning dreams of many a bride and groom, but wedding date preferences are shifting to fall for more reasons than COVID. Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year...
Throwing Your COVID-19 Wedding or Not
Throwing Your COVID-19 Wedding or Not… What a COVID-19 Wedding May Look Like The latest Covid-19 stats list NC as having over 100,000 cases in July and the Governor has extended Phase 2. So, what’s a bride to do when planning a wedding? Your wedding plans may be on...
Summer 2020 Wedding Trends
Summer 2020 Wedding Trends Tips for a Cool Summer Wedding COVID-19 may have put a damper on the booming spring wedding season, but not to worry. Summer is here! Summer is the next best season for planning your wedding, and we’ve gathered some of the most popular...
Intimate Summer Weddings are In Vogue
Intimate Summer Weddings Are In Vogue Social Distanced Weddings for Summer COVID-19 has turned many a bride’s wedding plans upside down, but some have opted for a smaller, more intimate celebration. You can still have the horse-drawn princess carriage, but few...
The Coronavirus Wedding with Social Distancing
Virtually Planning Your Wedding from the Comforts of Home How to plan the perfect wedding during COVID-19 Wedding planning is going the way of the internet nowadays in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, so wedding retailers have taken steps to react and operate on a...
Use Quarantine to Plan the Wedding of Your Dreams
Use Quarantine to Plan the Wedding of Your Dreams Wedding Planning from the Comforts of Home You’ve found yourself back at square one thanks to the coronavirus. COVID-19 has wrecked many weddings this season, but you don’t have to let it drag you down even further....
4 modern venues perfect for spring weddings
4 Modern Venues Perfect for Spring Weddings Some of NC’s Best Modern Wedding Venues If a modern setting is what you’re looking for in a spring wedding, then look no further. We’ve researched and found four of the best modern wedding venues for spring weddings in the...
Spring 2020 wedding trends
4 Spring 2020 Wedding Trends What’s “in” for Raleigh Spring Weddings Spring is the prime season for weddings in the Triangle. Raleigh has its fair share of wedding venues and caterers to choose from. This article covers 4 popular wedding trends for the 2020 spring...
How long it takes to reschedule wedding vendors
How Long It Takes to Reschedule Wedding Vendors Vendor Booking Timelines and Tips If your wedding has been cancelled due to COVID-19 or maybe you’ve just gotten engaged, you’ll need to plan ahead when re-reserving or reserving wedding vendors and venues. This article...
Your wedding was cancelled because of COVID-19, now what?
Your Wedding Was Cancelled Because of COVID-19, Now What? Rescheduling Tips If you’ve found yourself having to cancel your wedding because of COVID-19, you’re not alone. Thousands of brides in North Carolina and across the nation are having to do the same thing. Some...