There’s some cool services that can take a heap ’o stress off the bride. Many of them are in Boston, but they may be worth traveling for.
 
Some of the neatest things I’ve heard of lately:
 
n Seams (978 473-3398) – This company will alter a vintage or family gown to fit you, and, from all accounts, [...]

There’s a lot going on in the wonderful world of weddings right now – fashion shows, new bridal bag designs and lots of neat ideas for making your wedding just a little bit funky.
 
Then there’s some not-so-cool stuff – wedding gift theft. Apparently it’s all the rage at weddings. ABC’s local news affiliate in [...]

Despite what you think, your wedding is not about you.
 
Never mind that you’re the bride. Never mind that without your courageous decision to take the plunge, there would be no wedding. Never mind that you’re the one footing the bill.
 
Your wedding has absolutely nothing to do with you.
 
An article in the New York Times recently [...]

Watch out for the all-inclusive wedding. It usually includes a hefty profit for the event company, as well. In fact, as I noted in my previous post, Ed and I looked into an all-inclusive at a Maine inn.
 
Thankfully, the salesperson I talked to wasn’t out to nab my firstborn child. She told me frankly [...]

It was another madcap wedding weekend, in which Ed and I raced from venue to venue trying to find the perfect wedding site.
 
We started at an inn in York, Maine. But although prices for meals started at $35 a head, we had to guarantee a $57 per head meal for them to reserve the inn [...]

While the actual wedding invitations tend to formal affairs, there’s no problem having fun with a save the date announcement.
 
If you’re doing anything unusual for your wedding – for example, I’m hoping to be able to create an informal “wedding weekend” – then it’s a good idea to send out a save the date card. [...]

So, unless you’ve been under a rock – no pun on the diamond you’re wearing – you’ve probably heard about this bride who’s suing her florist over inferior flowers.
 
Now unless the flower is poisonous, and your maid of honor pricks her thumb on said flowers, keels over in the middle of your wedding ceremony, [...]

Don’t underestimate the wedding expo. Think of it as the mall of the wedding industry – all your shopping in one spot. Rather than darting all over town (or in the case of many brides, all over the state), you can breeze in, pick up literature and talk to representatives from various companies, all in [...]

I went to a party this weekend and ended up in the kitchen (where else?) talking with two women – one who had been married for more than 20 years and another who recently got married.
 
Over the finger foods, the older woman remembered the urgency she felt to get married . . . her husband [...]

Ed and I spent Saturday looking at reception venues and asking for directions. We were in Boston, so finding the places took longer than actually viewing them.
 
First up was the Charles Riverboat Company, which promises to wine and dine 130 guests while cruising around Boston Harbor. Ed really loves this idea. My mother hates it. [...]