What if the ‘in-laws’ are insufferable? Remember your Miss Manners!
Oh boy. It’s time to meet the groom’s parents…your daughter has mentioned a few little skirmishes but you have been brushing them aside in hopes she just has a ‘case of the nerves’ whenever she’s around one or both of the groom’s parents.
Even though there are [...]
Where will the wedding be held?
Scenario #1: You are only paying for a few items of the wedding. Your daughter and her fiancé are paying for the venue and the dinner and they are trying to keep within their budget. Everywhere they’ve looked that they like is waaay over their budget, so they sheepishly [...]
Get ready for an Everything Mother of the Bride Week!
My brand new book has made it to the warehouse for distribution to places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble! I ordered a few to get them out to our favorite friends in the industry to review. However, many of you have been wanting a signed [...]
We’ve all seen it – MOBs in an exquisite sleeveless (or short-sleeved) dress that would have really looked grand on her 10 or 15 years ago…but no more. You turn to your friend and say “What was she thinking?” Or “I don’t think this was the look she really wanted!” Neck and hands used to [...]
If your step-father is going to pay for the wedding, he gets to choose the soup!
In the movie ”True Love,” a caterer persuades the beleaguered young couple to serve sky-blue mashed potatoes to match the bridesmaids’ dresses. ”You should feel that anything’s possible,” he says.
But, if you (and your husband – the step-father) love to go [...]
SPANX! That has become the generic, popular name for Shapewear. And, I do mean to start that word with a capitol S! It’s kinda like what Kleenex is to tissue – there are other brands out there but everyone uses that term now.
OK – OK – they are not anything like the girdles some of [...]
That speech you have to make at the wedding!
Chances are this is the first time you’ve given a Mother of the Bride wedding speech. If so, then there are certain things you’ll probably want to achieve…
You want your speech to be sentimental…with a touch of humor but not schmaltzy.
You don’t want to make a fool of [...]
DREADED WORD:
BUDGET
or
WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT
The old fashioned wedding where the mother and father of the bride pay for everything and the mother gets to choose most of the things is certainly not dead but we do live in a different world now. Sometimes the bride (or groom) has a higher income than the mother [...]
Every year I love seeing this image flash across TV screens and couples recreating that special moment back from August 14, 1945 on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Why am I even talking about this on New Year’s Day and on my wedding blog? The answer is simple – this iconic image is a [...]
Hello everyone – long note here – but worth the read! So get your glasses (whether reading or wine) and hunker down for this one!
A few of us here at Elegance & Simplicity, Inc. are off traveling for the holidays. We hope to still bring you a few more posts before the end of the [...]
