I’ve had some great comments and people writing in about wedding slideshow ideas, and I really appreciate the feedback! Wedding slideshows have been a popular fixture at rehearsal dinners and even some wedding receptions. Personally, we didn’t do a wedding slideshow because it took a whole lot of work with time that I didn’t have, [...]

One part of your wedding planning that the bride shouldn’t have much to do with is the rehearsal dinner. The rehearsal dinner is typically hosted and paid for by the groom and his family. The rehearsal dinner isn’t just a time for everyone to meet and through the motions of the wedding to take place, [...]

This may seem odd to some people, but our wedding didn’t really seem real until all of our family started showing up for the rehearsal dinner. That’s when it really seemed to hit me, that hey I was getting married the next day, and all of those plans that I had been making for the [...]

Our rehearsal dinner was a lot of fun. My husband’s parents wanted it to be something nice since they were paying for it, and a few months before the wedding they came up to help us choose a location. We went from restaurant to restaurant, looking at their party rooms and asking about costs to [...]

One thing that I probably should have done when doing my wedding planning was to send out rehearsal dinner invitations. Your rehearsal dinner is typically the night before the wedding, with everyone involved in the ceremony in attendance. Then, the wedding planning or other party walks the bridal party through what will be happening and [...]