Author Archives: The Nearlywed

Wedding Dress Shopping from Home

Happy Friday! We made it through the week and are looking forward to the weekend. Finding the perfect wedding dress can be one of the most exciting parts of wedding planning. It was certainly mine – we had the best time and you can read all about that here. Many brides-to-be like to make a …

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Wedding Guest List 101

If I’m being real here, one of my least favorite parts about planning our wedding was the guest list. I’ve come up with the top three factors you should consider when building your guest list: How many people can your ceremony and reception site hold? Our ceremony location capped out at 110, and it was …

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How Do you Plan a Destination Wedding?

We had a semi-destination wedding. There were certainly some important tips we learned along the way. While we would do this all over again in a heartbeat, there are certain things we would do a bit differently had we known. Today, we are here talking about some top things you need to know when planning …

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Bridal Beauty Finds {Valentine’s Day Edition}

Happy Valentine’s Week!  Since we both work and Valentine’s is falling in the middle of the week, I have a special breakfast planned for tomorrow morning. It’s quick, but something out of the ordinary. What are your big V-day plans? Whatever they might be, I hope they are special to you. Today, we have rounded …

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Style Steals: Splurge vs. Steal {Wedding Bands}

We thought it might be fun to start off the week with our splurge vs. steal wedding band edition! Shopping for our wedding bands was surprisingly a lot of fun. The hubs and I headed to the jeweler, and I got to try on allll the pretty jewelry. Not a bad way to spend the …

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