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How Do I Get Over Wearing A Wedding Dress I Didn’t Like?

Q: Dear Jareesa, I recently got married and it was in so many ways absolutely perfect. Our vendors were a dream and exceeded all of our expectations, and for the most part, there was not much drama among guests. However,...

This Is How To Stick To Your Wedding Photography Budget

Gina Clyne Photography will satisfy your champagne tastes on a beer budget, with rates starting at $1,800

When I set out to plan my wedding, I had zero intention of hiring a photographer... #sponsored

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How Do I Plan An Asexual Wedding?

And how do I help write a ceremony?

Q: So I am really struggling with making sure the wedding that I am planning is a true reflection of...

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29 Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Actually Take Home

Favors are always optional

It’s way too often that wedding favors make it on planning “must-do” lists, but let’s be clear: they are completely...

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APW Happy Hour

May their memories be a blessing

Hey APW, I wanted to start this note telling you what an amazing week we had, and the crazy beautiful...

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Wedding Checklist: Complete & Lower Stress

4 Ways to Make Wedding Planning Less Stressful

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Wedding Colors: 10 Fresh & Hip Combos

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How To Create A Perfect (For You) Wedding Budget

Our Queer Feminist $16K Glitter Fabulous Atlanta Wedding

Our wedding colors were all the colors

I had a lot of feelings about being a plus size bride. I chose not to try to lose weight...

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Why Didn’t My MOH Invite Me To Her Wedding?

She insisted on being my MOH, too

Q:Dear APW, My friend Cathy, whom I grew up with, insisted on being the maid of honor in my wedding...

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3 Design Hacks That Will Make Your Wedding ✨

For those of us with limited Photoshop skills

As someone who has spent a lifetime crafting and DIYing, you’d think some of my skills would translate into graphic...

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What Happens When You Mask Your Anxiety With Wedding DIY

It's not really about welcome bags

Apparently I don’t know how to use a glue stick. Not a disaster, clearly, but at the moment it seemed...

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Do I Need To Invite Children I’ve Never Met To My Wedding?

I don't know how rude it is to exclude kids

Q: Dear Amy, This is sort of a sad statement, but there are no children in my daily life. My...

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You Can Have Ethical, Affordable Wedding Jewelry You’ll Cherish

Ash Hilton's new collection is heirloom material

Here’s the deal: You want to save the planet (yes!), look great (werk!), and not break the bank (cha-ching!) when...

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Our $9K New York Backyard Garden Wedding

Flowers everywhere and a bonfire

It is a special piece of land, and our first home together, a relic of bygone days in Staten Island.... It...

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38 Gorgeous Plus Size Wedding Dresses For Every Style And Budget

We've got options for you!

Here’s what I know about shopping for plus size wedding dresses as a plus size womxn: what you want from your dress...

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Najva, Meg, Maddie, and Keriann at The Wing

APW Happy Hour

Whatta week

Hey APW, What. A. Week. Our work week was one of the wildest work weeks I can remember. It was...

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Our $21K Flawlessly Stylish Jewish Deli Wedding

Appetizing since 1914 (and dancing not required)

Our wedding wasn’t traditional by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a hundred percent authentic to us and...

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Should I Fire My Bridesmaid For Being Preoccupied With Her Health Issues?

I feel guilty

Q: I have three bridesmaids. Throughout the wedding planning process, I have tried to be very independent and also to make...

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Four Things You Need To Know About Suits

And how to avoid looking like you're going to the junior prom

In the wedding space, there is lots and lots of talk of wedding dresses. If you’re just starting planning now,...

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My Mom Isn’t Helping Me Plan My (Queer) Wedding

And it's okay, as long as I keep my expectations realistic

I have another life, where I met a guy and fell in love. Where he proposes, or maybe I do,...

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A wedding couple embracing one another in an Apollo Fotografie image

Here’s How To Get The Best Bang For Your Wedding Photography Budget

Apollo Fotografie has oodles of experience and rates starting at $2,500

Have you ever stumbled across a wedding photographer whose work you love, but whose rates are def out of your...

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I’m Not Invited To My Boyfriend’s Family Wedding

There was no "and Guest"

Q: Dear jareesa, My boyfriend and I have been together for three years and lived together for four months. He...

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MILK Books Wedding Album Review

Meg takes MILK Books for a spin

Yesterday, we talked about how important it is to get your wedding photos out of the cloud and into a...

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We’re Reviewing All The Wedding Albums, So You Don’t Have To

Don't act like you didn't have decision fatigue about it already

We do a lot of work with photos in our office. We style them, model for them, take them on...

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Backyard Wedding Ideas You Can Steal

Your backyard or someone else's—it's all good

Back in the late ’80s when my parents got married, they had a backyard wedding. They didn’t have a backyard...

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Do You Want Hours of Your Life Back From Wedding Planning?

These wedding planning tools will give you just that

Every year, some new wedding startup comes sprinting out of the gate claiming to solve all your planning problems. And...

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APW Happy Hour

Writing a book + Womxn Edition

Hey APW, If I’ve been a little quiet of late (it seems like forever since I really took a deep...

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