When you’re getting started with your wedding plans, you’re going to feel all kinds of emotions. Mostly excitement, but there’s going to be a degree of fear – what if I make a mistake? Some of the biggest mistakes in wedding planning can cost you lots of money, wreck your big day, or just generally make you miserable throughout the entire process. So since we want you to enjoy this time in your life, we’ve collected the most important Don’ts so that you don’t make the most common mistakes that other brides and grooms have made! Read on and learn what you shouldn’t do, and also what you should do to get it right, right from the start.

The menu at your reception is one of the most important parts of your day – after the ceremony, of course – and it’s also one of the biggest parts of your budget. But did you know that it can be one of the places where you can help the environment? Here are some tips on how to go green with your wedding menu, creating a delicious lineup that all of your guests will love…and rave about far after the wedding.

As you envision your wedding celebration, a few key components will come together to define your party: the location, the music and maybe most importantly, the food. Great food makes a great celebration even better and the kind of cuisine you serve will be sure to make an impression on your guests.

Congratulations on your engagement! Right now, you may have hundreds of ideas swirling in your head about what you want for your wedding, and if you’re like most newly engaged couples, that can be a little bit scary! This is a very important task, after all. Your wedding is very important to you, and you may not know where to start. We have the very first steps that you need to take to set your wedding-planning foundation under you, so that you can then jump into the fun tasks of choosing floral décor and picking the items for your menu.

A good wedding host makes her guests feel welcome, gives them a great meal and provides excellent entertainment. A great host goes the extra mile to really make her guests feel pampered. Do a few of the following things for your guests and they’ll really be wowed. After all, many will be traveling miles and miles to celebrate with you. Doesn’t that deserve a little extra something?

Without going too far with too many toasts proposed at your reception (you don't want your guests to suffer from arm strain or rotator cuff injuries from lifting their glasses too often!), here is a list of the many special people who can propose a special toast to you or to your family.

It’s not proper to have a cash bar at any wedding, so you’ll really need to know the inside secrets of the industry to find great savings on your bar tab, while still offering the best drinks to your guests. We’ve collected some of the top tips out there, so that you can make it look like you spent a fortune on your champagne and bar offerings, but you’ve really found lots of ways to save money at the same time.

A list of catering terms and their definitions.

A list of terms and their definitions regarding wedding cakes.

When your guests search that placecard table for their name and table number, they’re finding their ‘home’ in your wedding world. So make that little card as beautiful and as creative as the rest of your printed wedding ensemble with the following design ideas.