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Gone are the days when there was only one accepted way to word a wedding invitation. Many invitations today are more informal or emotive, and that is perfectly fine. The same varieties of language and style can be applied to your reply cards. Some RSVPs are more formal than others, …

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Did you just get engaged and wondering where to begin?  Dallas Wedding Planner is offering you twelve tips to help get you started with your wedding planning and not be frazzled.

If you love to party, it’s the perfect excuse to plan one more party – an engagement party.
Set a budget …

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Dallas Wedding Planner is excited this morning to share with you our interview with celebrity wedding planner, David Tutuera. You can see David on the WE network each week on the show, My Fair Wedding. The series brings in a wedding team lead by David Tutera to transform what could …

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The save the date card is the first official announcement of your wedding date. This card – sometimes sent as a postcard to reduce costs – can be casual. For consistency, it’s nice to have it match the other items of your wardrobe, but it’s not absolutely necessary if you …

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With today’s complex family structures and new models of marriage, deciding how to word a wedding invitation (or reply card or save the date card) can be daunting. Gone are the days when the bride’s parents hosted the wedding and therefore issued the invitation.
Today, invitations are issued by a variety …

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Invitations should be ordered well in advance so you can send them out eight weeks before the day (you can send save-the-date cards six months in advance). They should be in the name of the bride’s parents or whoever is hosting the wedding. The exact wording of them depends on …

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If you were recently engaged, the best advice that I can give you is threefold:

Learn to prioritize
Learn to rest and relax
Hire a wedding planner

Let’s discuss each of these three items in more detail.  The first item, learn to prioritize is crucial because there are so many decisions to make in …

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Over the years, we have seen brides make changes in the way they announce their engagement and keep their guests up to date on their wedding plans. Save the dates cards have been very popular for many years.  Custom websites have been fashionable in the past especially with destination weddings.
Now …

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Brides who planned their own weddings regret not hiring a wedding planner to help them with “day of” coordination. That is the message in a recent article posted in the lifestyle section of msn.com that originally appeared on the knot. The article recommended brides get help with on the wedding …

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DYMO has teamed up with Clutter Queen, Jennifer Humes to offer hints on how brides can get organized during their wedding process. Here are Jennifer Humes’ tips:
1. Make a detailed shopping list of all of the organizational supplies and tools you’ll need to plan your wedding. You’ll need things like …

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Everyone loves a great party. Engagement parties, an after party to keep celebrating with your friends, a morning brunch after the wedding reception…Weddings today are so much more than just the Big Day. The parties start months ahead and continue well afterward. But if you are the one throwing the …

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As a wedding planner, I don’t think I have ever done a wedding that someone on the bride’s guest list didn’t take it upon themselves to invite a friend to come with them to the wedding that was NOT included on the invitation.
Bottom line, your guests should know better but …

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With all of the decisions to be made in regards to your wedding, many times the honeymoon plans get put on the back burner. The key to both planning the wedding and still planning a fun and relaxing honeymoon, is to pace yourself. Here are some tips for …

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Typically the rehearsal dinner is the event that is hosted by the groom’s parents to honor the bride and groom the evening before the wedding day. Rehearsal dinners used to be only for the bride, groom, wedding party and the bride and groom’s parents however in years past the …