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APW Happy Hour
Hey APW, Meg and I are currently coming at you from our hotel room in NYC, where our pet goldfish (!) is keeping us company. While we were officially in town for our cocktail party celebrating our plus size wedding...
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What To Include In A Wedding Website To Make It Actually Useful
When you get down to brass tacks on a wedding website, the question to ask yourself is, “What should I...
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Can I Fire My Bridesmaid for Not Making Me Hers?
Q: I got engaged in May and asked seven girls to be bridesmaids. Of those seven girls, three of us...
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Why Is Bridesmaid Dress Shopping So Complicated?
Does it ever feel like everyone has been trying to introduce more freedom to choosing bridesmaid dresses, but it’s just...
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Our $15K, Manhattan Wedding On The High Line
We ordered way too much food, and ended up with more leftovers than our guests could pack away. But having...
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What to Do With Your Wedding Website After the Wedding
When my partner and I had our first kid last year, there was a whole component of childbirth I was...
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20 Stylish Save The Dates That Are Totally Worth The Postage
Sending save the dates felt like one of the first major items on our checklist. It made everything so, well,...
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Will Guests Still Have Fun If We Don’t Have Dancing At Our Wedding?
Q: Dear APW, My fiancé and I are really excited to get married next year, and we’re in the early...
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I Think I Have Proposal Envy
I felt the first twinge of proposal envy when talking to a classmate a few days after my own engagement....
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Navigating The Holidays After Loss
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about holiday traditions in the past few months. This year, I’ve spent less...
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APW Happy Hour
Hey APW, The holidays are upon us. (Particularly for Jewish folks, since this was a year where Hanukkah came very...
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Our $32K Winter Glam Wedding in LA
Having a quiet space for our first look prior to the ceremony and reception. I spent months secretly taking guitar...
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Why Is My MOH Being A Jerk?
Q: I’m a bride-to-be and I’m having trouble with my maid of honor. I love this woman very much. She was...
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Come celebrate with us in NYC next week!
Hey, New York! Next week Meg and I are going to be headed your way for a special holiday happy...
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What I Learned Proposing 30 Times
I knew I wanted to marry Skully approximately thirty minutes into our second date during a drive up the South...
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Our $4K Magical Family Elopement
Go with the flow. Everything works out.
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5 Things I Wish My Engaged Friends Knew
Every year, someone important to the APW staff gets married. Which means every year, in some capacity, we basically become...
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This Is Our Plus Size Wedding Dress Collection So Far
Last week, a photo popped up on my phone reminding me that it was exactly one year ago today when...
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These Gift Baskets Will Solve Your Holiday Shopping Headache
I am always looking for the best gift baskets. And even as someone who moonlights as a professional shopper for...
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The Holidays Are Burying Me In Emotional Labor
A few months ago, Maddie wrote a post about trying to get her husband to handle more of the emotional...
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APW Happy Hour
Hey APW, First things first, if you haven’t heard: Meg and I are coming to New York in two weeks...
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Our Intimate $15K Central Park Wedding
Medyna, ICU RN & Christopher, Firefighter sum-up of the wedding vibe: Intimate and romantic. Planned Budget: $15,000 Actual Budget: $15,000 Number...
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Should I Confront My Dad About His Secret Marriage?
Q: One of your writers, Navja, wrote a piece on dealing with her dad’s remarriage. I think I might be in...
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How To End Up With Bridesmaid Dresses Everyone Likes
Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, bridesmaid dresses looked like this. There were a lot...
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How Do You Throw An Afrofuturism Wedding?
Q: One of my best friends is getting married! I’m over the moon about it, both because her fiancé is...
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