Weddingbee

I remember hearing jessica simpson talk about how brides should NOT get a massage on their wedding day b/c they just lie there making an endless to-do list in their heads.. so I was wondering, what kind of experience did some of you brides have?

Hi all,
I got married less than 2 weeks ago and received lots of cards and notes of congratulations. Of course I want to keep them all, but how? They are all different in sizes and shapes. I was goint to scrap-booking them but are afraid the glue may ruined them many years from now. Do you girls have any suggestions? I googled but with no success.
Keep up with the good work.
TIA

Scrapbooking your cards is a great idea. You should try going to a scrapbooking store and asking about what type of glue to use. I am a fan of Archiver’s, they will have everything you need and the staff is very helpful. They will probably have you use acid free glue or use mounting scrapbook stickers, you can also find all of these glues at Michael’s

Hope this helps,
Bere

I used faux wax glue in my glue gun to create seals for my invites. That way you don’t have to worry about them when going through the postal service. I bought burgundy wax on ebay, my seal online and a gold stamp pad to make the seals 2 toned. They turned out perfecto!

Dear Weddingbee,
I love your website. I read all your blogs, or most of them. I don’t know if it’s uncommon to seek marriage counseling before couple get married. My bf and I are planning our wedding in the near future but we would like to resolve some of our differences before we step into marriage.
Any bees have any experiences to share?
Thank you,
Vy

I have a question about Save-The-Dates: In an effort to save money, we are thinking about sending Save-the-Dates online. We moved to another state over 10 years ago, and though we don’t have many of our old friends current mailing addresses, we have most of thier email addresses and thought the Save-the-Date could also act as a “send us your mailing information” kind of thing. We could capture it online and then just export to an Excel spreadsheet for the real invitaions. Is it too tacky to ask for a reply from a save-the-date?

vyv,

we’re looking to do premarital counseling through our church, even though we aren’t getting married there or even using any of our pastors. i’m not sure where you are (i’m in socal), but our church welcomes non-members and is a lot cheaper than going through a private counselor. class sizes are small, they do personality testing, bring up those big issues, and have a married couple mentor you.

my mother has a certificate for family & marriage counseling, and she used to charge a lot less than psychologists/psychiatrists when she did pre-marital classes. maybe you can do a google search for family & marriage counselors in your area. i know some specialize in pre-marital counseling.

my last suggestion is the catholic church’s engaged encounter. my friends, some who are catholic, some who aren’t, have had great experiences at this weekend thing. they said a lot of couples there are not religious at all, and they don’t push the religious parts of the weekend on you too badly (at least at the supposedly more liberal socal ones). for more info, see http://www.engagedencounter.org/

to echo turtle, i think it’s a very wise idea to do this beforehand. although my fi and i have talked about the big issues (money, religion, kids, etc.), there is something about having to talk about things in a neutral environment with help from a third party who brings up stuff you haven’t even though about yet.

thank you, turtle and dapotato. my bf is cma (methodist) and I’m catholic. your advices are really helpful.
btw, i live in philly as well (chestnut hill).