Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! We know you want to make your wedding the most wonderful, memorable day of your life, with as little stress as possible. So we've put together some articles and resources to take away some of your stress, and to help you plan and prepare for a day that will be lovingly engraved in your minds and hearts forever.

These articles are not provided in any exact order, so feel free to skim for a title that catches your interest.

When you're in love and planning to become husband and wife, it's something you want to tell the whole world! I ran across a great service where you can create a wedding website for free.

It actually allows you to share special stories about the proposal, wedding attendants, family, and friends, keep track of RSVPs, guest lists, gifts and gift registries, and Thanks Yous online, provide directions to the Wedding and reception for guests and out-of-town guests, upload and display your pictures, post videos, monitor your events, budget, and tasks online, and showcase your Honeymoon location and add pictures after your return.

Not bad for free. I highly recommend it.

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Unless you're planning an ultra-casual wedding or planning to just elope, you'll have to select a wedding dress and dresses for the bride's maids. The groom often rents a tuxedo, but the wedding dress is usually something you'll want to keep, perhaps to pass on to a future daughter, or just for sentiment.

If you've already picked out a wedding dress and the dresses for your bride's maids, congratulations! That's one major hurdle you've already cleared. You can proceed to the next article feeling a major sense of accomplishment. Otherwise, read on.

If you're the bride, chances are you already have a good idea of what type of wedding dress you'd like to adorn you on your special day. If not, we suggest taking some time to look through a catalog or bridal website and get some ideas. This is definitely not something you want to leave for the last minute!

First, it's important to know your budget for the wedding and bridal dresses. Are you going to go couture? What type of jewelry will you be wearing? These are important decisions to make, and they should be made in light of your wedding's theme and your budget.

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A wedding isn't complete without guests. Of course you want as many friends and loved ones to share your joy as possible. And the best way to do this is by using invitations.

A beautifully-crafted invitation is something many of your guests will keep as a reminder, even for the few who might not be able to attend your wedding. So great care and attention should be given to the creation of your wedding invitations.

Since the invitation is so important and should capture the unique flavor of your wedding, we highly recommend an invitation consultant. The prices, while ranging quite a bit, can be very affordable for the average wedding budget, and if you find a gifted consultant, the results are well worth it.

A good invitation consultant should pride themselves on having a selection of invitations to suit the personality of any event. For offbeat brides looking for unique invitations, I would say follow your instincts. If a design pops out at you, and you feel like it is a great representation of the type of event you are trying to create, then there should be no reason to second guess yourself. And a gifted invitation consultant can bring all these possibilities to life while saving you many hours of needless agony.

Choosing the right colsultant can be a daunting task in itself. But you can relax. We've done the research for you. Click the "Read more" link to see our recommendation.

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You've completed the ceremony, given your vows, and enjoyed your first kiss as husband and wife. Now it's time for the reception. While not as complex as the wedding itself, preparing for the reception can be a major task in itself.

The purpose of this article is to provide some ideas and suggestions to reduce some of your stress and help you make your reception worthy of your big day.

Personalized Wine or Champagne Bottles

Here's an idea: How about personalizing your wine, water, or champagne? Personalized wine, water, and champagne are perfect options for large gatherings. This is just another great way to create special memories for your special day, creating one-of-a kind memories for bridesmaids and groomsmen gifts, enhancing event decorations, or even to give as unique wedding favors. Of course you'll want to save a bottle for a future anniversary.
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Other Wedding Party Ideas

Of course you probably want more than wine or champaign (or water!) at your wedding reception. That is, unless you want your guests to pass out so they don't vandalize your car with streamers and tin cans. In fact, this section will be helpful for more than the reception, but also for the bridal shower, and even your baby shower (okay, perhaps we're thinking a little bit ahead).

One thing you will not want to overlook is the place card holders. Having a fancy place card with the guest's name on it will make the event even more special and memorable for everyone. So be sure to read the rest of this article for suggestions for how to obtain them.

Some reception hosts provide sandwiches, hors d'oeuvres, or other fancy (and perishable) foods. Here's an idea: Try mixing in some cookies and chocolates. They add a bit of playful delight to the party spread, and they last much longer too. They also take less time to prepare, time which you could spend much better attending to other details of your wedding.

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How about party favors? Here are some ideas: How about bath and body gifts? Or here's one: glass and crystal items. How about favors that appear to come out of a fairy tale?

The truth of the matter is that you have much more important things to do than to run all over town spending hours finding favors, yet you want to make sure they fit in and complement the general feel of your special occasion. So we've done a bit of research to hopefully make your search a bit easier.

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Almost everybody likes chocolate, especially the bride. We recommend inviting chocolate to your wedding. We've done some research for you and found a site with excellent suggestions for how to enhance your wedding with chocolate.

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Both thrilled and exhausted, you finally leave the church or place where your wedding took place. Now it's off to your honeymoon!

The problem is that you havn't planned for it yet. You don't have your destination picked out, much less the travel arrangements or hotel reservations. So you'd better talk it over with your soon-to-be life partner. Waiting until the last minute isn't an option, and if it's already the last minute for you, you don't have another moment to spare.

It's very important that you choose a destination you'll both enjoy. If he loves golfing but you hate it, going to a golf resort is probably a bad idea. If she loves walks on the beach but you suffer from a childhood fear that mythical sea creatures crawl out of the ocean and attack newly-weds, then an ocean-front condo is probably not the way to go.

So choose a location you both will enjoy, with activities you both will enjoy. And then make sure you actually enjoy them together! I recommend not planning every moment of every day. Just enjoy eachother. You can go golfing or fishing or sky diving any day. But you'll only have one wedding day honeymoon. So enjoy it. Drink in every moment of your young and passionate love for eachother. You'll be glad you did.

Oh, and make sure you take a camera! And plenty of film or memory cards!

Click the "Read more" link for great ideas and resources for planning your honeymoon and choosing the destination that's just right for the both of you.

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