One question that comes up especially from budget-conscious couples: should you buy a used wedding dress? While everyone wants a brand new, designer dress for their wedding, there are certainly benefits to a used wedding dress. The most obvious benefit is cost savings, but another great pro is it’s eco-friendly! There are also some downsides as well, but many of the myths about pre-owned wedding gowns have been debunked. Let’s talk about some of the main questions when considering a used or preowned wedding dress. How much are used wedding dresses? We’ve found used wedding dresses are typically 30-70% off the retail price depending on the condition and year it…
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Sweet Bridal Shower Music Playlist 2020
35 songs to play at a bridal shower that the guests will love Music is a key factor in every successful wedding event, including the bridal shower! Nothing sets the tone for an event more than the perfect bridal shower playlist. Our soundtrack of choice is one that is sure to delight wedding event guests of all ages. Each song on this playlist boasts romantic lyrics alongside cheerful, sweet melodies, creating the perfect background soundtrack and setting the tone for a lovely wedding shower. Bridal Shower Playlist 2020 Enjoy our curated playlist of 30 songs to help create your perfect bridal shower playlist! You and I | Ingrid Michaelson Ho…
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Wedding Website Bio Examples and Ideas
Introduce some very important people on your wedding website by highlighting your wedding party. Keep reading for wedding website bio examples and ideas! Since building wedding websites have become almost a requirement for most couples, we thought we’d put together a series of posts to answer the frequently asked questions around wedding websites. Have a burning question about building your own wedding website? Make sure to leave us a comment so we can try to address it! For the first post, we’re focusing on wedding website bio examples! Many hosts choose to use the wedding website to highlight their wedding party. Since the wedding party is a big part of the…
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Best Wedding Website Builder for Your Wedding – Some Recommendations
What is the best wedding website builder to use for your big day? If you have been following along at Wedding Experience for awhile now, you know that we love taking your wedding digital. From some cool event planning apps to online invitations, online RSVPs to bachelor or bachelorette party planning tools, we think the ever-growing list of apps and sites designed to make wedding planning a breeze are awesome! That’s why we thought now was the perfect time to take look at another great tool for any engaged couple to use as they dive into their wedding planning – a wedding website builder. Before you grimace and say you…
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The Knot Wedding Website: Beware!
Why you should be careful about using The Knot wedding website We realize that many people will see the title of this article and be confused. Isn’t The Knot supposed to be THE site for couples to use for their wedding planning? Indeed, The Knot is a wedding behemoth, with tens of thousands of couples choosing it to plan and organize their big days. However, with plenty of viable wedding website alternatives out there, we think it was worth taking a deep dive into The Knot wedding website and exploring some of the flaws and issues with the site’s services and offerings. While the site has its loyal followers, there…
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Event Planning Apps To Use For Your Wedding
What are event planning apps? For anyone new to event planning (or who hasn’t had to do it for a long time), you might be amazed at the variety of event planning apps that are now available to help make planning, creating, organizing, and pulling off an event much easier than it used to be. Consider the old days of event planning. You had to send out paper invites and collect paper RSVPs. Track your guest list and create seating charts on paper. Send out paper thank you notes. You had to track a budget with a calculator. Ugh, does anyone really miss those days? Fortunately, these days event planning…
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Groomsmen Suit Ideas For Rental or Purchasing.
Gone are the days of stressful suit shopping experiences for grooms and their groomsmen. Poor fitted suits and rushing to return your suit rental the morning after the wedding are (finally) in the past, and a number of awesome companies have emerged to provide much better experiences. Whether your groomsmen will be in black tie tuxedos or more casual attire, these companies are saving hassle for the groomsmen for any type of wedding. Ready to get inspired by these groomsmen suit ideas? 4 Groomsmen Suit Ideas For Rental or Purchase We’ve extensively researched the best groom and groomsmen suit providers and are thrilled to present you with our top picks.…
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Popular Wedding Registry Stores & Registries For Multiple Stores
Registering for your wedding has changed a lot since the days when you could only walk into a store and scan china sets. There are tons of awesome wedding registry options to perfectly fit you as a couple and to help guide guests to buying the gifts you actually need and want! You may also want to register both online and in store for guests who may prefer shopping in the store as opposed to online! Regardless of where you register, we recommend including this information on your wedding website, so guests can easily shop! In this post, we’ll discuss some popular wedding registry stores. Let’s start with some great tools…
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Try At Home Bridesmaid Dress Stores
7 Online Bridesmaid Dress Stores With Try At Home Options. You’ve selected and ‘proposed’ to your bridesmaids, now its time to shop for them! Unfortunately, shopping for bridesmaid dresses isn’t always easy. Chances are, your bridesmaids aren’t all the same size and body type. They also likely have their own opinions, styles, and budgets that may come into play. So, where to begin? We’ve compiled a list of bridesmaid dress stores so you can find the perfect styles for your bridesmaids. Your bridesmaids might not all be in the same location as you. This is where bridesmaid dress stores with try at home options will be your savior. Just make sure…
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Top E Invitation Wedding Cards – Free and Paid Options
In the digital age we are in, couples are hunting for solutions with free e invitation wedding cards. Going digital is of course both better for the environment and your wallet, and it makes it super easy to direct guests to an online RSVP. Just like a paper invitation, e invitation wedding invitation cards can be simple or more detailed, and customized to fit the style of your wedding. With an increasing number of resources, we decided to put together a list of providers of free e-invitations. 5 E Invitation Wedding Cards Ready to find and design wedding invitations online? Here are 5 tools to check out! 1. GreenEnvelope Create an…
