The Wedding Blog

Why Your Wedding Guest List Keeps Growing

Why Your Wedding Guest List Keeps Growing (And How to Stop It) Your wedding guest list is not just a list of people. It is the single biggest drive...

Father of the Bride Speech: Stop Rushing the Emotional Parts

You’ve been asked to give the father of the bride speech, and there’s one thing keeping you up at night: what if you break down in front of everyon...

Father of the Bride Speech: Stop Rushing the Emotional Parts

You’ve been asked to give the father of the bride speech, and there’s one thing keeping you up at night: what if you break down in front of everyon...

Hidden Wedding Vendor Fees That Add Thousands to Your Final Bill

You signed a vendor contract. The price looked right. Three months later, the final invoice came in thousands over what you expected. This happens ...

42% of People Dread Giving a Wedding Speech. Here's Why — and What Actually Works

42% of People Dread Giving a Wedding Speech. Here's Why — and What Actually Works You're asked to give a wedding speech and your immediate thought ...

Why Most Best Man Speeches Fall Flat (And What to Do Instead)

You've been asked to give the best man speech. You've said yes. Now it's two weeks out and everything you write sounds either like a roast that goe...

How to Write a Maid of Honor Speech When You Have No Idea Where to Start

You said yes right away. Of course you'd give the speech — she's your best friend. But now the wedding is weeks away, you've opened a blank documen...

Hidden Wedding Costs That Add Thousands to Your Budget

How much will your wedding actually cost — not the number on the venue contract, but the real, final total? Here's the short answer: most couples s...

How to Write a Maid of Honor Speech When You're Completely Stuck

You've been chosen as maid of honor — one of the biggest honors your best friend can give you. And somewhere between saying yes and sitting down to...

Hidden Wedding Costs: Where Your Budget Actually Goes

Most couples go over their wedding budget not because they overspend, but because they under-track. Hidden fees — service charges, vendor markups, ...

How to Coordinate Your Wedding Day on a Budget (Without Losing Your Mind)

“Can we handle wedding day coordination ourselves if we’re not hiring a planner? Do we just make a Google Doc and hope for the best?” Here’s the sh...

When Wedding Planning Keeps Going Wrong (And You’re Just Done)

If you’re planning a wedding and it feels like every single thing that could go wrong is going wrong, you’re not being dramatic. You’re exhausted, ...

Planning a Small Wedding in 5 Months: Is It Actually Enough Time?

If you’re planning a small wedding in five months, you’re probably asking the same question over and over: Is this realistic, or am I setting mysel...