Wedding Blog

Congratulations! Planning your wedding is an exciting, beautiful, and occasionally nerve-wracking experience. Whether you've known exactly what your wedding would look like since you were in elementary school, or you've just started to brainstorm ideas recently, the Gathering Guide Wedding Blog can help you create the wedding of your dreams. Stay abreast of the latest wedding trends. Find out what to bring to cake tastings. Try your hand at DIY wedding gown embellishments. From choosing the right vendors to navigating tricky etiquette, the articles below offer instruction and inspiration as you prepare for the big day.

With their plummeting drops and crashing waves, from the lazy flow of tubing rivers to the twists and turns of whole-family slides, water parks have a different type of fun for everyone. Where better to entertain a group…

Black lights are good for more than illuminating 1960s psychedelic posters. Harness the power of black lights for a wedding that truly glows. Whether you use it to tastefully highlight a few ice sculptures, or you have…

Bird-themed weddings are surging in popularity this year, from canary cupcakes to feathered footwear. If you're trying to decide upon a wedding theme, grab the opportunity to embellish your celebration with the most…

Shopping for a wedding gown is probably one of our favorite activities to do with our brides. And from our multiple trips to the coolest bridal salons in Houston, we’ve heard some pretty outlandish things that…

Years of effort go into creating the perfect wedding day. Dozens of vendors from all specialties, from fashion to food, coordinate their efforts under one creative director: you. You're creating the event of a lifetime…

When Slate published Matthew Yglesias's opinion piece this morning, "Stop the Scourge of Wedding Presents," I was shocked. According to Yglesias, wedding gifts are "both unfair and inefficient." Unfair, because not…

The best wedding photos aren't always full of sunshine and rainbows. Some of the most dramatic shots are possible because they take place at night. Whether you're planning an after-dark wedding or you just want an…

Do you ever wish you lived in a mansion that could host 500 of your closest friends? Holding a wedding in a private home isn't limited to luxury homeowners and their families. In fact, you can use your ideal home as a…

As any lover of fine wines (or cheap ones) knows, it's easy to amass a pile of wine corks in a short amount of time. Instead of throwing away the corks after your next dinner party, try saving them in a designated box…

Are you a self-confessed chocoholic? Modern-day chocolate traces its origins to Aztec and Mayan rituals, where chocolate drinks were sipped by royalty and enjoyed during sacred times. It was not seen as a dessert item; in…

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