Personalize Your Parties
Your wedding shouldn't get all the special attention -- make all your events uniquely you with these creative ideas.
Tea for Ten
Want to avoid bridesmaid backlash? Show your appreciation for all their hard work (and that great bachelorette party) with a perfectly planned luncheon.
getting started?
There's more to a wedding than just, well, the wedding. Here's the scoop on planning prewedding parties.
rehearsals + brunches editor, tia a.Bridesmaids' Tea: The Basics
Getting Started: Pre and Post Parties
PostWedding Festivities: How To Host A Wine Tasting Party
Postwedding Brunch: Where to Begin
Postwedding Festivities: After-Party Basics
Postwedding Festivities: 5 After-Party Ideas
Postwedding Festivities: Throw A Dessert Party
Wedding Rehearsals + Brunches: Extended Wedding Weekends
Wedding Rehearsals + Brunches: Toasting 101
Wedding Rehearsals: 10 Fun Ideas
Wedding Rehearsals: 5 Personalization Ideas
Wedding Rehearsals: Etiquette Q&A
Wedding Rehearsals: The Basics
Wedding Rehearsals: Toasting 911
Wedding Rehersals: Top 4 Toasting Q&As
Getting Started: Pre and Post Parties
PostWedding Festivities: How To Host A Wine Tasting Party
Postwedding Brunch: Where to Begin
Postwedding Festivities: After-Party Basics
Postwedding Festivities: 5 After-Party Ideas
Postwedding Festivities: Throw A Dessert Party
Wedding Rehearsals + Brunches: Extended Wedding Weekends
Wedding Rehearsals + Brunches: Toasting 101
Wedding Rehearsals: 10 Fun Ideas
Wedding Rehearsals: 5 Personalization Ideas
Wedding Rehearsals: Etiquette Q&A
Wedding Rehearsals: The Basics
Wedding Rehearsals: Toasting 911
Wedding Rehersals: Top 4 Toasting Q&As
Q&A: Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties: Can We Go Coed?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Do We Cover All the Bride's Expenses?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Is It Proper to Have One?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Must I Pay If I Can't Go?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can Mom or Sis Host?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can We Have One If We Live Together?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can the Groom's Sister Host?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Do I Invite the Bride?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How Does a Couple Shower Work?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How to Decorate the Cake?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How to Plan One?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Include Registry Info in Invite?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Invite Everyone on the Bride's List?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Inviting Out-of-Town Guests?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Multiple Showers, Multiple Gifts?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Must We Invite Everyone to the Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Must We Register?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay for a Second Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay to Do Without the Bride?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay to Have One for Intimate Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Should the Groom Attend?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Thank-you Gift for Shower Hostess?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Tips for Hosting a Couple Shower?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Trust Your MOH to Handle?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: What If Couple Has Already Set Up House?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who Foots the Bill?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who Pays for the Meal?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who's Invited?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Do We Register for It?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Great Gift Ideas?
Q&A: Engagement Party: When Should It Happen?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Who's Invited?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Who's Supposed to Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Are Invites Necessary?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Can Groom's Single Mom Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Can the Bride and Groom Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Casual Dinner for Formal Wedding?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Do the Wedding Party's Spouses Attend?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: How Large a Meal is Expected?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Distant Relatives Be Invited?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Parents Attend if They Won't Pay?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Videographer Attend?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must We Have One?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Should Wedding Helpers Be Invited?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Toasting Etiquette?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: What's Supposed to Happen?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Who Should Be Invited?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Do We Cover All the Bride's Expenses?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Is It Proper to Have One?
Q&A: Bachelorette Party: Must I Pay If I Can't Go?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can Mom or Sis Host?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can We Have One If We Live Together?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Can the Groom's Sister Host?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Do I Invite the Bride?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How Does a Couple Shower Work?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How to Decorate the Cake?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: How to Plan One?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Include Registry Info in Invite?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Invite Everyone on the Bride's List?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Inviting Out-of-Town Guests?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Multiple Showers, Multiple Gifts?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Must We Invite Everyone to the Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Must We Register?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay for a Second Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay to Do Without the Bride?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Okay to Have One for Intimate Wedding?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Should the Groom Attend?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Thank-you Gift for Shower Hostess?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Tips for Hosting a Couple Shower?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Trust Your MOH to Handle?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: What If Couple Has Already Set Up House?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who Foots the Bill?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who Pays for the Meal?
Q&A: Bridal Shower: Who's Invited?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Do We Register for It?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Great Gift Ideas?
Q&A: Engagement Party: When Should It Happen?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Who's Invited?
Q&A: Engagement Party: Who's Supposed to Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Are Invites Necessary?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Can Groom's Single Mom Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Can the Bride and Groom Host?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Casual Dinner for Formal Wedding?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Do the Wedding Party's Spouses Attend?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: How Large a Meal is Expected?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Distant Relatives Be Invited?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Parents Attend if They Won't Pay?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must Videographer Attend?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Must We Have One?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Should Wedding Helpers Be Invited?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Toasting Etiquette?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: What's Supposed to Happen?
Q&A: Rehearsal Dinner: Who Should Be Invited?
































