Question about wedding day hair style, nails and makeup

I will be getting married in 5 months. I am looking through bridal books that have different hairstyles, nails and makeup techinques. I always seem to cringe as I am not one who is a beauty queen.These are some examples: I will not be wearing a tiara or a veil as my wedding will take place.... [Read more]

Wedding Fan as Bouquets for Bridesmaids

I am getting married June 2006 and am making hand held fans for the guests since it is an outdoor wedding. The fans are made from old wallpaper sample books (free at local wallpaper stores), tied with ribbon to match wedding colors and have a flower attached to cover the staples and of course the.... [Read more]

Autumn flowers in September

This is the third time I'm posting a message on this board, but it keeps disappearing.

Anyway, I've always dreamed of getting married in autumn since it's my favorite season of the year, and my color is cranberry. I'm hoping for a Labor Day Weekend wedding in Connecticut. Anyway, I'm in love.... [Read more]

Two receptions

My husband and I were married this past April in Florida(where we live). Our immediate families were able to attend our small civil ceremony. We both come from large families who like to celebrate but my family is in Chicago and his is in Connecticut. We want to have two formal receptions to.... [Read more]

We can't agree where to have wedding

I've been engaged 3 weeks, and my fiance and I have had several arguments about where to have our wedding. He's from Connecticut and has approx. 30 family/friends there. I'm from Maryland and have a much larger family from this area, approx. 90 people. We live together in Maryland now, as do my.... [Read more]