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.
What to Do with Unwanted Gifts
Every great wedding contains at least one obligatory, cringe-worthy moment. And no, it's not your sister's wine-fueled speech about your early bedwetting days. It happens as you're opening your wedding presents, when you…
Keeping Your Flower Girl and Her Dress in Near-Perfect Order
Keeping your flower girl and her dress stain-free before she makes her entrance at the wedding can be a challenge. But part of the charm of having a flower girl is that same child-like spirit that can lead to rips, stains…
Choosing Between Online Invitation Shops and Specialty Paper Stores
One key thing that every single one of your guests will see before your wedding is the invitation. This is your first chance to give guests a sneak peek of the theme and details of your wedding day. Choosing the perfect…
When Other Vendors Claim They Can Be Your Wedding Coordinator
As a wedding coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have recently begun to see virtually every type of wedding vendor putting themselves out there as "day-of" coordinators. Florists, DJs, facility coordinators, caterers; you name it. In order to address this issue…
Add a Little Charm with Candied Flowers
What's sweeter than candy and more thoughtful than flowers? Combine the two and you'll get a delicate delicacy that stays perfect for months. Whether you're looking to add a few candied violets to a plate of tea cookies…
TV Themed Weddings
Maybe you can’t get enough of that mysterious Don Draper. Maybe you've recreated your wardrobe around Carrie Bradshaw’s closet. Maybe you've started thinking that motorcycle ownership may be for you from the first moment you saw Jax Teller roar away on one. …
Married Names: Change, Hyphenate, Combine, Invent, or Keep?
If you're a strict traditionalist, your decision will be easy. You'll change your last name to match your groom's, and maybe keep your surname as a middle name. This is overwhelmingly the popular choice for brides in…
Planning the Rehearsal Dinner
On top of everything you have to take care of when planning your wedding, arranging unique ideas for your rehearsal dinner can seem like a daunting and stressful task. But, contrary to popular belief, it is possible to plan a wonderful, stress-free rehearsal dinner easily and with…
Planning the Engagement Party
In the weeks and months leading up to a wedding, there is a lot of celebrating to do. But before the bachelor and bachelorette parties, before the shower, even—before any potential planning chaos starts to set in—there’s the engagement to relish. While the couple…
What to Do with Your Wedding Dress After the Big Day
Whether you were lucky enough to find it hanging in the first bridal shop you walked into or you had to scour each and every boutique within five counties for it, your wedding dress performed beautifully on your wedding day. From squeezing just where you needed it to and plumping…
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