Many hours of careful thought go into planning a wedding. Organising the venue and catering inevitably take priority but with so many aspects of your big day to plan and pay for, don`t forget about your wedding stationery. It may seem relatively unimportant to you but for the guests the wedding invitation they receive through [...]
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When Do I Send Thank You Notes? – Ask The Expert Answer
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Lily: Hi, I am getting married in about a month, but am already receiving wedding gifts. When should I send out the Thank You notes. Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Lily, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. It is proper etiquette to send wedding gifts to the bride’s home before the wedding, [...]
What Is The Etiquette For A Champagne and Cake Wedding Reception? – Ask The Expert Answer
August 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Question from Melanie: We have decided on a destination wedding at an all inclusive resort to cut down on cost. Is it considered poor etiquette to only have a cake and champagne toast reception immediately following the cermony for the guests that are able to attend? I find it pointless to spend extra money [...]
How Do I WOW My Guests On A Limited Budget? – Ask The Wedding Expert Answer
July 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Karen: Hi, I’m getting married on 27febuary 2010 in a nice beach hotel in Mexico. Is going to be an outdoor wedding but not in the sand. I’m looking for a wedding theme (unexpensive) but with a look of luxury. I really love beach weddings but I don’t like the typical shells decor… [...]
What Wedding Theme Goes With Lavender And Chocolate? – Ask The Expert Answer
July 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Lindsey: Hi, Angela. We have a wedding set for October and the colours are lavender and chocolate. I would like to have a theme, but not sure what theme really goes with our colours? Should we change them? I’m not letting go of the chocolate!! Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Lindsey, and [...]
Do I Use My Married Name On My Second Wedding Invitations? – Ask The Expert Answer
July 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Shirley: I am divorced and legally use my married name. I am getting married again so, will I use my married name on the wedding invitation? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Shirley, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Yes, you would use your legal name on the wedding invitation. This video on [...]
How Do I Word My Wedding Invitation? – Ask The Expert Answer
July 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Karen: Hi Angela, My boyfriend and I are getting married in Vegas in Feb of 2010. Sometime in April we are going to have a reception/brunch to celebrate. How do I announce our wedding and invite friends,etc to the brunch to celebrate our wedding. Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Karen, and congratulations [...]
How Far In Advance Should Wedding Invitations Be Mailed Out? – Ask The Expert Answer
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Lisa: How far in advance are wedding invitations mailed out? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Lisa, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Different sources will give you different answers. My guideline of when to send out wedding invitations is as follows: Out-of-town guest invitations should be sent out 4 months before the [...]
How Do We Word The Wedding Invitations After We’ve Eloped? – Ask The Wedding Expert
July 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Lydia: My husband and I eloped before he left for Iraq and now we are planning our actual wedding to take place after he returns home. How do I word the invitations? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Lydia, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding celebration. This video on wedding invitation wording will [...]
What Ideas Are There For Wedding Invitations? – Ask The Expert Answer
July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Monica: I am having a hard time coming up with really unique twists on stationary for my upcoming wedding. I found some unique ideas like circular menus to programs made into fans to chocolate place cards. Do you have any other resources that could spark unique DIY ideas? Thanks! Answer from Bridal Expert [...]
Wedding Invitation Wording Examples – Ask The Expert Answer
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Joan: On our invitations we are putting a few lines from a card he gave me which mentions about finding love in later years. We use to date 35 years ago, is it right to make it informal and just say Don and Joan invite you to share in their special day?? Thanks. [...]
What is The Proper Wordings For a Cake Wedding Reception? – Ask The Expert Answer
June 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Brenda: We are having a difference of opinion about wedding invitation wording. If the wedding is an evening wedding and we are only having cake at the reception–what is the proper wording? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Brenda, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Here are the etiquette rules surrounding meal vs [...]
How Do I Stop People From Attending My Wedding? – Ask The Expert Answer
June 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Marie: Hi, I am planning on having a very small wedding in comparision to the very large families my boyfriend and I have. Therefore, we have limited our guest list to about 135 people. The venue we are having the ceremony and reception cannot accomodate anymore so our hands are tied to having extra people show [...]
Wedding Invitation Etiquette – Ask The Expert Answer
June 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Nina: We decided to set an age limit of 18 years old because 21 years old leaves out family members of the same family, but it allows for each person/couple get their own invitation and they all contribute to the gift giving, or at least we hope. However, we are facing some dilemmas [...]
What is The Timeline for Wedding Invitations? – Ask The Expert Answer
June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Teresa: I am getting married on July 25, 2009. When is it the lastest date I could send out the invations. I did send…save the dates cards two weeks ago. I need help. Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Teresa. Usually save-the-date cards are sent out 6 months (or more) in advance to [...]
When Do We Send Out Save-The-Date Cards? Ask The Expert Answer
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Katie: What are the wedding colours for July weddings, and when should we send out our save the date magnets to our guests? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Katie, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. The typical colours for summer are yellow, green, orange, blue, voilet, etc. Think about the colours you [...]
How Do We Tell Guests Who Is Invited To The Wedding? – Ask The Expert Answer
May 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Kelly: My fiance and I are planning a small, immediate family only, out of state wedding. We both have large families and I wanted to know how to word the save the dates cards that we are sending so that they know we are only inviting them and not the entire family. Answer [...]
How Do I Word My Wedding Invitation If I Am Estranged From My Parents? – Ask The Expert Answer
May 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Samantha: How do I word my wedding invitation if I am estranged from my parents? Is there some non-traditional wording you could suggest? Thank you for your help. Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Samantha, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding. The only names on the invitation are those who are contributing to [...]
How Do You Put My Late Husband On The Wedding Invitations? – Ask the Expert Answer
May 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Jan: My daughter is getting married in Oct. Her dad died 11 years ago and I remarried a few years ago. She is getting married on her dad’s birthday. She was very close to her dad, but she is very close to my new husband. My question is do I include my new [...]
How Much Should I Give For A Cash Gift? – Ask THe Expert Answer
April 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Dana: The couple has requested cash instead of gifts. How much is appropriate without being excessive or cheap? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Usually, a cash gift is the ‘cost per plate’ plus what you feel you would spend on a physical gift. This varies in different cities and venues. If there are [...]
How We Ask For Gifts Of Money For Our Wedding? – Ask The Expert Answer
April 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Cherie: My finace and I are getting married in July and we are sending out the invitations this week, we were wondering how we can tactfully put it that we would prefer cash gifts as opposed to actual gifts because we have everything we need? Thank you in advance for your input. Answer [...]
How Should I Handle ‘Save The Date’ Cards? – Ask The Expert Answer
April 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Eloisa: These questions just keep popping up in my head. I’m debating about sending "Save the Date" cards or not but I was just wondering that on the "Save the Date" cards if I were to put "Regrets Only" and my name & number and they were to call to tell me that [...]
Wedding Invitations Don’t Have “Dinner” Included – Ask The Expert Answer
April 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Julie: I am getting married in 3months and sent out my invitations about 4 days ago. My aunt called me to ask me if we were having a dinner following the ceremony, and I said yes. Then I realized that on my wedding invitations I wrote " Reception immediately following ceremony" I forgot [...]
Wedding Invitation Wording – What is the RIGHT way? – Ask The Expert Answer
April 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Kelly: My mother is flipping the majority of the bill for our wedding, so naturally she wants to be on the invitation as the host. No problem. However, my fiance’s parents also contributed a small amount. Not enough to be truly significant, but enough to warrant mention of their name on the invite. [...]
Wedding Invitation Wording – Do We Put In Who Peforms The Ceremony? Ask the Expert Answer
March 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Katrina: We have paid for a large part of our daughters wedding. I have read on this site that our names should be on the invitation…is this really important to state? When we state where the ceremony will be…do we need to put in that the ceremony will be performed by a JP rather [...]
How Do I Word Our Wedding Invitations? – Ask The Expert Answer
March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Janay: My husband and I got married in June 2008 at the courthouse. This year we want to have a reception in honor of our marriage. What should the invitation say? Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi, and congratulations on your recent marriage. Start the wedding invitation with the name(s) of those hosting [...]
How To I Invite Wedding Guests To Choose Between Two Wedding Receptions? – Ask The Expert Answer
February 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Mary Jane: I live in Texas but am getting married in Tennessee. If people CAN come to the wedding that is great. I don’t want people to think they can’t come for the wedding but I also want them to know that we are having a reception in Texas when we get home. [...]
What Is The Best Way To Have A PotLuck Wedding Reception? – Ask The Expert Answer
February 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Lynda: We want to have a potluck reception at our wedding celebration…(married on the Tuesday) and celebrate on the Sat. How can we make up invitations so that they do not sound tacky?? and another way of saying bring a gourmet dish??? Thank you. Lynda Answer from Bridal Expert Angela: Hi Lynda, and [...]
How Do I Have A Dance Party After The Wedding Dinner? – Ask The Expert Answer
February 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Becky: The wedding & dinner will be for family only due to money shortage. But there will be a dance party at the same location, about 45 minutes after the dinner things are cleared away, that will include friends. Our question is – do you do the toasts, cake cutting, & special dances [...]
Can I Send Travel Information With The Save The Date Cards? – Ask The Expert Answer
February 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Question from Eloisa: Would I be pushing it if I sent the guests who live out of state information about which airport to come in, Hotels prices and car rental prices in their envelope with the "Save the Date" cards? or should I just wait until I know if they are coming and if they [...]
