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I Reclaimed My Family Name Five Years Into Marriage

What Problems Are People Inventing For Your Baby?

This Is How To Get Dream Wedding Photos On An Ordinary Budget #sponsored

Our $15K Knoxville Wedding Was A Joyful, Exuberant Celebration

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I Reclaimed My Family Name Five Years Into Marriage

Mrs. Lantz. One of the students we mentored would call from across the room, now that we were engaged. They wanted to know if I’d gotten used to responding to it yet. It was a fun game to me, and...

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This Is How To Get Dream Wedding Photos On An Ordinary Budget #sponsored

Just because Julie Pepin takes jawdropping photos doesn't mean you can't afford her: rates start at $2500 and she travels for free!

Lots of wedding photographers can capture your day as it happened, showing you exactly what every moment and detail looked...

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What Problems Are People Inventing For Your Baby?

It doesn't stop with weddings...

A few weeks ago, Maddie put out a call to find out what problems are people inventing for your weddings. Turns...

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Our $15K Knoxville Wedding Was A Joyful, Exuberant Celebration

An art gallery wedding filled with food and fun

I wouldn’t do a thing differently. I would like to say that some of the stress wasn’t worth it, but...

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APW Happy Hour

This is what it looks like when I'm living my best life

Hey APW, Remember when we told you about our upcoming plus size wedding dress collaboration with Lace and Liberty? Well,...

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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

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How To Get Out Of A Career Rut

APW's life coach shares five baby steps to start figuring out what you really want

We are really excited to partner with Squarespace on this piece from our very own executive coach, Jay Pryor. Often,...

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Can I Ask My Family To Stop Taking Photos Of Me?

I hate the way I look in photos, and I'm tired of feeling like the sore thumb

Q: My fiancé’s family loves to take photos, all the time. They take photos of everyone at breakfast, at family...

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Apply To Be An APW Writing Fellow In 2019

Join The APW Team!

It’s been a few years since we offered APW writing internships (what can we say, we’ve been busy). But our...

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20 BHLDN Wedding Dresses I Would Wear Right Now

I'll take all the sequins, capes, and crop tops, please and thank you

Sometimes I forget just how far the wedding industry has come since I got married (maybe because there’s still such...

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There Are More Dogs In This Wedding Than We Know What To Do With

Our $13K Austin Hills wedding was filled with ten adorable pups

We have six rescue dogs, and the owners of the house have four rescue dogs. So, there were ten dogs...

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Will Our Guests Hate Sitting At Picnic Tables?

I'm worried about their comfort

Q: My partner and I will be having an outdoor tent wedding for two hundred guests. The venue has wooden...

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This Is What Inclusive Wedding Photography REALLY Looks Like #sponsored

"I would rather go out of business sticking to my truth than compromise."

So you’re planning a wedding, and you just want it to be fun and beautiful and representative of you both...

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This Is The Best Way To Buy a Pre-owned Wedding Dress #sponsored

Get the glam IRL shopping experience minus weird internet surprises

I was never the little kid who made a scrapbook full of dream wedding plans. But I did spend a...

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How Do You Pick A Wedding Location (When You Have The Whole World)?

The world is our oyster...

It didn’t take becoming engaged to know that wedding planning was going to be a… process. After all, I’ve attended...

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APW Happy Hour

From one season to another

Hey APW, Here we are, on the other side of Labor Day. Here on Long Island the first Monday of...

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Our $15K Wedding With Bourbon, Beer, and Love

Plus a tiered Rice Crispy Treat wedding cake

Heather, Community College Adjunct Faculty & jesse, software engineer Sum-up of the wedding vibe: The greatest party of our lives,...

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Help, I’ve Been Made The Villain In Someone Else’s Wedding Story

Do I go to her parties?

Q: It has come to my attention recently that I am once again being made a villain in a story...

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Can The Wedding Industry Really Do Right By Plus Size Women?

What it's been like having a custom wedding dress made as a size 18

I avoided participating in fashion until I was nearly thirty years old. It wasn’t that I didn’t like fashion; it’s just...

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A bride and her parents at the end of the aisle, getting ready for their modern wedding processional

Your Guide To A Modern Wedding Processional

Traditional and nontraditional entrances—we have you covered

Once you’ve got your wedding party set and established their roles in your wedding ceremony, you’ll want to think about...

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Are You Stressed About Booking Wedding Transportation?

Skedaddle can fix that

Coming fresh off of planning a remote event for a hundred people (not unlike, say, a wedding weekend), I can...

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Marriage Has Been Full Of Unexpected… Babies

And more surprises

 Is this what you expected?” My husband will ask me while we’re both elbow deep in Mr. Bubble, scrubbing three...

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How To Find The Perfect Wedding Lingerie For Your Dress

Plus: Pro tips for those who hate bra shopping

In the very long to-do list that is planning a wedding, it’s easy for underpinnings to get lost. After all,...

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APW Happy Hour

Long-weekend edition

Hey Guys, It’s our first full week back at work since The Compact Summer Camp, and between you and me,...

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My Partner Hates When I Spend Money On My Family

He keeps records of what they eat at our house

Q: My family is fairly close. My fiancé’s is not. My parents divorced when I was in college, and my mom...

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Our Super Modern $32K DIY Wedding In The Woods

Architects turn it up

Since our backgrounds are in architecture, we love to create things ourselves. We designed and created our logo, invitations, programs,...

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