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 [...]

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 [...]

Our Mother of the Bride Weekly Guest Blogger – Claudia Van Veen! Okay – you know the drill already from all of your friends’ children’s weddings…you are going to have to spend or redo or fix up the wardrobe!  Not just for the wedding but for the rehearsal dinner, the engagement party, the showers, etc.  [...]

Weekly Mother of the Bride Post! Your daughter is engaged!  So many things to do!  Where to start?  Start with a master list of all the lists! Then break that down into sub-lists.  Since there will be parties (lots of them), engagement parties, showers, holidays and gifts on the day to the bride and to [...]

Announcing: The Weekly Mother-of-the-Bride (MOB) Guest Blogger! Claudia Van Veen will be our weekly Guest Blogger!  Claudia will be giving you great Mother-of-the-Bride hints and tips every week!  If you are a mom, leave us a comment or a question! If you are a bride, tell your mom to check back every week! My first [...]