Are you really going to use that panini press you registered for, or that bread machine you thought you had to have when you signed up for your bridal registry?  After you’ve been married for a few years, you’ll know exactly what gifts have been the workhorses in your kitchen, and which items you should’ve left on the shelf.  It’s very important to give extra thought to the items you put on your registry, because this is the one time in your life that people will be buying

You may think that the wedding day is all about the bride, but the truth is, you want to look good, too. Your wedding day will actually be the first time you formally present yourself to the world as a married couple.  To dress for this very special occasion, you’ll be looking at either wearing a tuxedo or suit, depending on the formality of the wedding. “Most bridal gowns and bridesmaids’ dresses are still formal traditional gowns, which do dictate a tuxedo for the gentleme

Oh, my gosh, I thought he’d never ask!  This just might be the modern-day response to an “on bended knee” proposal, especially when you and your boyfriend have been together for years. Your hopeful wants-to-be-a-grandma-someday mom asks every Christmas, “Did you get a ring yet?”  Even though the exact history of the one knee proposal is unclear, it is said that this tradition harkens back to the chivalry of the Middle Ages, when formal courtship was the medieval version of

Finding the perfect wedding dress takes five minutes for some and months for others.  Kaylee Harris, who graduated from Linden High School in 2011, is getting married in the fall of 2018. She only tried on two dresses before finding “the one.”  “I tried on two more dresses after that and put it back on because I knew it was the one,” she said. “It was the first time I went dress shopping. I knew it was the one because of the way I felt in it. It was a feeling. I just knew.

To every wedding, there is a season, and you’ll want to pick the season that best matches your dream wedding personality.  You’ll also want to keep in mind certain holidays that could be a conflict in planning your wedding, as well as your own personal work/school schedule and other family events taking place. Winter bride  Winter is a magical time of year for weddings, with a beautiful backdrop of a snow-blanketed landscape and a winter wonderland theme.  There are other

The bride and groom have been pronounced husband and wife, the ceremony is over and now everyone is hungry and thirsty.  It’s time to talk about the reception. The reception part of the wedding typically features music, dancing, food and laughing, and your guests want to have a fun time. If you want to throw a reception that everyone will remember, you can, but you don’t have to go all out and break the budget.  Here are a few ideas to create a reception worth remembering