Category Archives: Planning Tips & Advice

Kelly Plans a Wedding: The Food

Throughout my recaps of our wedding planning written for this blog, I really haven’t had anything negative to say up to this point. Sure — working with a limited budget has been stressful, finding a date seemed near-impossible for so long, and finding the perfect dress to fit my 6 bridesmaids was less than a...

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Tips for Bridesmaid Dressing, via The Bride Room

The Bride Room is always chock-full of valuable advice when it comes to choosing the perfect dress for you OR your bridesmaids! Check out their recent post on picking the perfect frock for your special ladies!
{Photo by Kate Murphy}

Start early. Most bridesmaids’ collections are on a 10-12 week order time. Plus, once you make the...

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Timeline Construction Tips from Simply Stunning

Kristin Kaplan of Simply Stunning Events wrote this article about helpful hints for creating your wedding-day timeline. See excerpt below!
Photo by Justin Wright.

Never assume anything! I try to make our timelines as detailed as possible and include the when, what, where, and how for each item. Never assume that the vendors know which church it...

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Fall Food, by Chef’s Market

I don’t know if you’ve been outside lately, but fall is definitely on its way! From pumpkin spice lattes (yes, they’re here!) to sweet potato pie and all that yummy comfort food that happens as soon as the air chills and bonfires start popping up every Friday night, ’tis the season. Ashley’s Bride Guide’s got...

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Cost-Saving Tips from Crumb de la Crumb

Ashley’s Bride Guide recently featured some sound advice from Crumb de la Crumb on “Easy Ways to Save On Your Nashville Cakes & Desserts!”
From ABG:

“The first thing is to be honest and upfront with your budget. If I know what your budget is, and I know we can’t meet it, I don’t want to waste...

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