Ceremony & Reception

Ceremony & Reception :Wedding Planners

Take a Seat

Expert inspiration for reception table seating that is anything but ordinary

Ceremony & Reception :Wedding Planners

Wedding Poll: Kids at the Wedding

To invite kids or not to invite kids...will you have kids at your wedding?

Ceremony & Reception :Invitations & Stationary

Invitation Only

A primer on 4 popular ways to go about your wedding invites

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Wedding Planners

Take a Seat

article by Anna Sachse - CTW Features | posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:54am

Stunning centerpieces? Check. Luxurious linens? Check. Pretty place settings? Check. But what about another key element of your reception table décor that so often gets forgotten? Seating! Chairs now come in so many different shapes, sizes and colors, that a bride who covets high design style can have any seating arrangement imaginable, says Sasha Souza, a California-based celebrity wedding…


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Wedding Poll: Kids at the Wedding

poll by Buffalo Brides | posted on May 11, 2012 at 9:12am

To invite kids or not to invite kids…for many, that is the question. Will you have kids at your wedding? Weigh in in this week’s wedding poll.


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Invitations & Stationary

Invitation Only

article by Anna Sachse - CTW Features | posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:00am

According to TheKnot.com & WeddingChannel.com 2011 Real Weddings Study, today’s brides and groom spend an average of $331 on their invitations. This number can vary drastically, however, depending on factors like the method of printing, the materials used, and whether you’ve opted for a custom design from a boutique, digitally printed seal-and-sends from an online retailer, or a hands-on…


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Catering

Preferential Treatment

article by Anna Sachse - CTW Features | posted on May 08, 2012 at 7:00am

These days you’d be hard-pressed to find a bride and groom whose friends and family don’t include at least a handful of folks who are, say, gluten or lactose intolerant, vegetarian or vegan, or adhering to a strict protein or low-fat diet. Here, the experts weigh in on ways to cater to these – or any – food concerns. Planning Makes Perfect First off, it isn’t necessary that you offer…


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Wedding Planners

Social Savvy

article by Brooke Showell - CTW Features | posted on May 04, 2012 at 10:12am

It all starts with a status update or tweet: We’re getting married! Brides love signing onto social media sites to share wedding updates and get the most of-the-moment ideas. According to Brides magazine’s 2011 American Wedding Study, 17 percent of brides use a social-media app to help plan their wedding, shop for wedding wares or register for gifts. But with all those status updates comes…


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Wedding Planners

Some Things Borrowed …

article by Brooke Showell - CTW Features | posted on May 04, 2012 at 10:11am

For her September 2011 wedding in Gladwin, Mich., Jennifer Nuoffer wanted an elegant vintage feel for the lakefront reception. A search on Craigslist led her to the sweetest selection of pretty floral plates that another bride and her mother spent more than a year collecting to use at her wedding. “They just wanted them to be used and loved,” says Nuoffer, who snapped up the several hundred…


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Wedding Planners

We Do

article by Anna Sachse - CTW Features | posted on May 04, 2012 at 10:10am

Cakes are tasty, DJs are a blast, and dinner is definitely important, but when it comes to a wedding, the most meaningful moment is the actual wedding itself – the ceremony. Happily, how you choose to orchestrate this key component of becoming husband and wife is mostly up to you. Although rules can vary state to state (think blood tests, age minimums and waiting periods), at its most…


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Favors

Wedding Poll: Wedding Favors

poll by Buffalo Brides | posted on May 04, 2012 at 9:23am

With so many different choices, it can be hard to settle on what type of favor to thank your guests with. What type of favor will you, or did you, give at your wedding? Weigh in in this week’s wedding poll!


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Cakes

Sweet and Simple

article by Bev Bennett - CTW Features | posted on April 28, 2012 at 7:00am

When prospective brides discuss their wedding cake wishes with Maggie Estavillo, they describe what their mothers served at their own celebrations. “They even bring in pictures of their mothers’ wedding cakes and ask us to replicate them,” says Estavillo, chef/owner of the Nostalgia Bakery and Catering Co. in Sacramento, Calif. Welcome to the wedding-cake renaissance. The creations that…


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Photography / Video

Uncovering the Best Hometown Spots

article by Timothy R. Schulte - CTW Features | posted on April 26, 2012 at 7:00am

An engagement-portrait session might seem like the time to just capture that one shot that will go on the magnets or postcards or whatever method you choose to tell folks to save the date. But you also could think of it as a sort-of a playdate with your photographer. “I tell my clients that engagement photos are a time for us to get to know each other photographically,” says Amanda Patrice,…


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