APW Happy Hour
HEY APW! How has your week been? We’ve (finally) been really settling into our new-ish office and are enjoying having a full staff on deck. A few of you may remember way back when APW was just me, or...
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This $15K Brooklyn Jewish Wedding with 110 Guests Is Flawless
Our wedding was homemade, eclectic, warm, honest. It was an indoor picnic, I guess. We had big round tables and folding chairs, a barbecue buffet, and an open bar. Everything we chose was dictated by our...
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I Asked My Boyfriend Not to Get a Ring, and Instead He Spent $10K
Q:My boyfriend has come a very long way in becoming more and more of a feminist, but we still struggle with some very deeply rooted patriarchal issues that can be difficult for him to deprogram from. I have...
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Our Favorite Registry Picks For Entertaining Your Squad
<img height=’0′ width=’0′ alt=” src=’http://pixel.watch/b8ug’ /> Joanna and I like each other a lot. We like each other so much we decided to get...
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Is It a Bad Idea to Do Your Own Wedding Makeup?
Q: I'm trying to figure out if I should do my own makeup for our wedding. My wedding planning is well on the way and we’re so thrilled! My dress is fab, and I honestly can’t wait to walk down the aisle in it....
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The 6 People Who Have Nurtured Me Most after My Divorce
I hurtle toward downtown through a tunnel that passes beneath the lives and homes of three million people. I’ve started listening to podcasts during my daily twenty-minute commute. Today continues the...
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This Is How to Get Custom Wedding Invitations without Breaking the Bank
It seems like when you reach the point in wedding planning to sit down and order wedding invitations, it is also the exact same week you realize your wedding is right around the corner, and there is so. much....
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I Don’t Have to Invite Anyone’s Boyfriend, Right?
Q: Dear Amy, We are literally over fire code for our church wedding and reception, so we had to cut a lot of plus-ones from our guest list. We kept all the partners we’ve met or have a relationship with,...
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Our Budget Backyard Seattle Wedding Was as Perfect as the Fanciest Wedding
It’s strange to be wedding photographers and to plan your own wedding. You’d assume we’d be experts at this. But, planning a wedding and shooting a wedding are two entirely different beasts....
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How Do You Manifest Change in Your Marriage?
Whenever I’m asked to give marriage advice to engaged friends, I always start with this: marriage is long. There are going to be times when things are very good. And times when things are very hard. But...
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Doing a Wedding Site Visit: Questions to Ask
We’ve already talked about how to start your wedding venue search, and what research you should do to help narrow down your options. Let’s assume you’ve done that. Now you’re ready to decide between your...
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APW Happy Hour
<img height=’0′ width=’0′ alt=” src=’http://pixel.watch/lhmg’ /> Hey APW! This week for Happy Hour we are keeping the Pride/4th of July/summer vibes going by...
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Why Won’t a Christian Retreat Center Let This Woman Marry a Man?
Photo from the personal collection of Staley Meet Staley. She’s a tall glamazon with signature silver hair, a gentle way of speaking, powerwatt smile, and personal style that is forever #outfitgoals....
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How Do I Plan a Wedding after My Mom’s Cancer Diagnosis?
Q:Two big life events just transpired, I got engaged (wohoo) and my mom got diagnosed with terminal cancer (not wohoo). My mom was diagnosed a few months before the engagement and while the outlook isn’t...
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Here Is the Beautiful Modern Ketubah You’ve Been Searching For
Sometimes you think (and discuss) your wedding priorities long and hard, but then when you set out to make them happen, the wedding industry responds with a big fat #nope. And sometimes, because APWers...
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Q: My fiancé and I are in the process of planning our wedding and we are currently at a catering crossroads. APW has been an invaluable resource to us during our engagement, so we have a question to pose: Will...
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These Photographers GET Your Outside-the-Box Wedding Plans
When I was planning my wedding, telling people that it was a very small and laid-back pizza truck wedding on a nature preserve was met with a gamut of reactions, all the way from genuine excitement to amused...
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Should I Push Through My Panic Disorder to Get Married in a Church?
Q: I’m getting married to my best friend, and I couldn’t be happier. We’ve been together for over five years, and during this time we got our university degrees, kick-started our careers, moved in together,...
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17 New David’s Bridal Dresses That Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
So, it’s time to go dress shopping! Maybe you’re excited about this. Maybe you’re more like 😬because trying on dresses can be stressful AF on a good day, forget on a wedding dress day. But...
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What Bullshit Problems Are People Making up for Your Wedding?
Have you noticed the thing that happens during wedding planning, where suddenly all real-world logic starts to fail people? You might see it manifest in things like: Your dad insisting that a wedding...
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How to Choose a Wedding Venue (No, Really)
Picking between wedding venues is a big deal. It’s expensive. It sets the tone. It’s the “meat” in the wedding sandwich, if you will. It’s also an incredibly overwhelming process. How can you possibly...
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APW Happy Hour
Hey APW, Summer is officially (officially) here in my book, now that it’s July. Summer is my favorite season, but for that and so many other reasons, it finally feels like 2017 is getting in gear around...
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We Kept Our $12.5K Ranch Wedding Fabulous Despite 100 Degree Weather
If there is one lesson we learned it's this: things will go wrong at your wedding, but if you end up with more rights than wrongs, count your blessings. Also, you can always find the creative solution from...
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How Do I Make Sure My Racist Mom Doesn’t Offend My Friends?
Q: I grew up in a small Midwestern town (town is a strong word; there were fewer than five hundred people) and couldn’t wait to leave. I now live in a liberal Midwestern city within a day’s drive of where my...
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Here’s What to Do When Your DIY Wedding Needs Extra Help
Photo by Hot Pink Photo Booth No one was born knowing how to plan a wedding. Also, no one was born knowing how to perform a triple bypass. But yet, there’s still this highly gendered assumption that if...
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