Who should give you away at your wedding? Are there certain rules and conventions you feel compelled to follow when it comes to this aspect of the wedding? Like most other wedding-related decisions, this really depends on you. There are ... read more

After my sister and I came home from the bachelorette on Friday, we got right to work getting everything packed up and ready to go downtown. My parents were so gracious in loading up the cars with luggage and décor boxes ... read more

When you’re planning out all the costs to get a wedding ceremony and reception off the ground, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the rehearsal dinner. … read more

Kicking Off the Wedding Weekend: Beach Wedding Rehearsal We’ve finally come to the point where I can start the Eel wedding recaps! We received the last of our professional wedding photos, and I can’t wait to share them with you all. ... read more

Chicago Wedding Weekend Events Because apparently it’s not one day anymore. At least, not when 75% of guests are coming from out of town, you haven’t spent a ton of time with your East Coast family in a while, and ... read more

Heritage Bible Tradition I know it’s been a while, but I’m back on the recap wagon! Life hit Mr. Blue Moon and me hard right after the wedding, as we’re tackling constantly changing hours at his place of employment and ... read more

Outdoor Wedding Rehearsal To reiterate for the 1,000th time, I was not thrilled with life the month before the wedding, and that really came to a head the day of our rehearsal dinner. I was feeling so overwhelmed by everything, ... read more

Wedding Rehearsal & Groom’s Cake with Cats Sorry for the long delay in posting our recaps. Life got busy! I plan on finishing these in the next few weeks, and I’m so excited to share it all with you. We ... read more

It’s a good practice to rehearse your wedding ceremony before the fact, so everyone knows what to do. Our officiant and coordinator recommended it (and included it in their fees), so we decided to hold a rehearsal for our bridal ... read more

The Friday morning before the big day was a pretty crazy busy one—you know, all the prepping and stuff. Stepdaughter K and I woke up fairly early and, after a family breakfast, we headed off to the nail salon. We ... read more