Perfect planning: Our advice to you

Advice from one bride to another

Just married and past brides recently shed some light on things they wish they'd known in the days and months leading up to their own weddings. In this article started by MrsC2be, past brides in The Ring share their best advice with almost-married couples in The Ring...

Choosing your bridesmaids carefully

When your dreams of your wedding become real, so does your decision making. You have to think about the difficult task of choosing your bridesmaids: which friends you're closest with, whether you want to include relatives and potential in-laws, and who will be reliable and helpful during the planning.

Receiving Line Dilemmas

"No matter what we do, we're doing something wrong"

From strict timelines to awkward moments with divorced parents, even the receiving line can risk bringing an extra ounce of drama to wedding day planning. Does your family expect a receiving line after the ceremony? More importantly, if you didn't have one, would they notice? Brides have a choice to make when it comes to the long-running (some receiving lines can take well over an hour to finish!) but important task of allowing their guests to offer their congratulations and best wishes.

Everything Happens For A Reason (Elope!)

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Aug 29, 2007

Best advice to any once-before married person or couple?... Elope! I have never been married before but my husband has. My dream was finally coming true - a small intimate ceremony with a few friends and our immediate families. At 34, I was planning my wedding, nothing big, nothing fancy. At my age, it's not about the glam anymore. .