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Tips for Promoting Your Wedding Like a Pro on Social Media

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When it comes to weddings, the number one thing you should keep in mind is that people want to feel connected. If you can do that, there’s no limit to how far your reach will go. Your wedding will be the most talked-about event of your life—and if you do it right, people will be […]

How to Throw an Eco-Friendly Wedding

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Surrounded by friends and family, your wedding day can be among the best of your lives, but it can also be one of the most wasteful. After the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 postponed many wedding festivities, 2022 will be a record year for marriage, with about 2.5 million weddings expected. Here’s how to plan […]

When Your Wedding Plans Include Getting a Side Gig

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Weddings are nearly as old as mankind itself. Weddings are times to celebrate and there are not nearly enough opportunities for that in life so we thrill in those moments when we can. The joy that a wedding brings not only to the couple but to friends and family is priceless. That is, the joy […]

How to Host a Backyard Bridal Shower

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Before the recent trend of hosting bridal showers at restaurants or banquet halls, families tended to host them in the comfort of their own homes or even in their backyards. Not only are these home celebrations more personable, but they also tend to be more affordable. However, you can host some spectacularly swanky events in […]

The Return of Big Weddings

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You’ve spent the last year waiting to see the return of big weddings but when you’d be able to plan for your big wedding. Maybe you’ve been postponing booking your vendors, hoping that COVID-19 will be going away quickly. Perhaps you’ve had a micro-wedding instead of your ultimate wedding, but now you’re thinking about having […]

How to Use Social Media for Your Wedding Planning

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Social media is a part of every aspect of our lives, and planning your wedding is certainly no exception. Brides and grooms use it for finding out about trends, getting ideas they can use for their own wedding, and seeing what other people say about their wedding experiences. As helpful as social media sometimes can […]

Whose Wedding is it Anyway?

Whose Wedding is it Anyway? Balancing Your Parents’ Wishes with Your Own One of the most difficult things in planning a wedding is balancing your own vision with tradition, and this is especially true with parents involved. Weddings are about the couple, but they’re not only about the couple. It’s a chance for friends and […]

What Can You Learn from Your Friend’s Wedding?

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  What Can You Learn from Your Friend’s Wedding? Especially in the summer months, your Instagram feed is probably dominated by wedding photos. You see your friends posing as bridesmaids, that girl you don’t remember meeting catching a bouquet at her sister’s wedding, your old flame from high school with their new stud husband, and […]

The Importance of Wedding Details that Aren’t the Dress, Date or Venue

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Planning your dream wedding can often become a nightmare. There are so many things to do and seemingly no time to do them. That stress often leads to too much focus on the standout items, like picking the right gown and booking the perfect venue on the right date. But there are other extremely important […]

Things Brides Often Forget When Planning Their Wedding 

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 Wedding planning can be a complicated process. It’s rarely quite as simple as meeting your partner at the ceremony and saying your “I do’s”— with so many professionals to hire, bookings to make, and loved ones to invite, it’s probable that a few items on the to-do list will be neglected or entirely forgotten by […]

What Is A Band?

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In order to define what a Chicago wedding band is, it’s important to start with what a band isn’t. A band isn’t a random group of musicians that get together and play music for a specific event. The same thing applies to people that are all on the same train car, but don’t know each […]

5 Most Important Factors for Choosing a Wedding Ring

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Picking out your wedding ring is a choice of a lifetime, and we mean that in the literal sense! This small sentimental piece will adorn you and your partner’s fingers as you journey through this exciting new adventure together. Being such a huge decision, it can be surrounded by anxiety and stress, making it an […]