Post Archives
December 2012
- Calm & Bright
- Twelve Days to Go
- Sunny & Phil
- Love, Loss, and the Sum of Its Parts
- e.m. papers: Instant and Affordable Wedding Stationery
- Ask Team Practical: Layoffs and Weddings
- Free Downloadable Gift Labels from A Printable Press
- The Year of Yes
- Elisabeth: Occupation, Housewife
- Georgina & Salvatore
- What My Friend's Terminal Diagnosis Taught Us About Living
- Emily & Colm
- Getting Married Means Making Decisions Together
- Ask Team Practical: How Can I Find Great Vendors Who Will Work With My Budget?
- Beginnings
- Waiting for a Green Card
- Emily & Nate
- What a Post-Wedding Cross-Country Move Taught Me about Marriage
- Madeline: The End Is Just The Beginning
- What Happens When Infertility Creeps Into a Marriage
- Three.
- Married Entrepreneurs
- Anya & Csanad
November 2012
- Ask Team Practical: Unmarried Holidays
- Wedding Dress Roundup: Glittery & Festive
- Healing Old Wounds
- Thoughts on Married Christmas
- Philippa & Bryce
- Zen & Cephas, Part II
- Amanda & Shaun
- The Holiday Talk
- Our First Thanksgiving
- Anna & Daniel
- Why I Wanted Therapy as My Wedding Present
- Anna & Bean
- Ask Team Practical: Parenting Parents
- Confessions of a DIY Bride
- Why Being a Wife and Mother Isn't All That I Am
- Join the APW Team for 2013
- Robin & Rob
- We're Domestic Partners (for Now) but We Want to Be Married
- Elisabeth & Amin
- On Being Happily Single, Part II
- Happy Veterans Day
- Will I Regret Selling My Engagement Ring?
- Meg & Andy
- I Messed up My Own Proposal Story (but I Love It Anyway)
- Do's and Don'ts for Friends of the Pre-Engaged
- My Engagement Is, In Fact, An Accomplishment
- Maine, Maryland, Washington
- Madeline & Brandon
- 7 Reasons It's OK to Be Desperate to Get Married
- Roundup: Indie Engagement Rings from East Side Bride
- I Proposed to My Boyfriend
- Ask Team Practical: I Don't Have a Community
- Caitlyn & Adam
- I Might Never Reach My Adolescent Potential (and That's OK)
October 2012
- Elisabeth: The Great Nail Meltdown of 2012
- Why I Chose My Brothers to Be My Bridesmaids
- Zen & Cephas
- On Loving While Young
- Beth & Spencer
- When One Is Not Enough
- Ask Team Practical: Making Yourself at Home
- Downloadable Wedding Banner Printable
- Making Your Own Luck
- Introducing Emily & Maternity Leave
- Madeline: Comparisons
- How Planning a Wedding Can Feel Like Coaching a Football Team
- Three Generations of Women Have Worn This Wedding Gown
- This Is What Childhood Trauma, Star Trek, and a Gown Mean for My Wedding
- Do Parents Get to Make Wedding Decisions If They Give You Money?
- How To Choose a Wedding Photographer: Part III
- What "Growing Old Together" Means in the 21st Century
- Brooke & John
- Fait Accompli
- Dana & Kris
- Zen: There And Back Again
- Much More Than A "Moment"
- Ask Team Practical: Involving Kids in the Ceremony
- Anna & Kevin
- Why We (Probably) Won't Be Having Gaybies
- Jessica Valenti's 'Why Have Kids?'
- Yes / No / Maybe: Baby
- Madeline: Rain or Shine
- Mixed Motherhood Messages
- Kari & Mike
- On Being Happily Childfree
- What to Do about Demanding Bridesmaids (and Demanding Brides)
- Entrepreneurship: A Business Owner's Maternity Leave
- The Questions That Come up When You Leave a Job to Get Married
- Leeann & Jacob
- What Losing My Job Did to Our Life Together
- When Planning an Intercultural Wedding Is a Lot Like Living in a Romantic Comedy
- Life Doesn't Care About Your Plans
- Erica & Rachel
- There Is No Right Way to Cope after Alcoholism Kills Your Dad
September 2012
- Ask Team Practical: Wandering Eye
- Sarah & Jen
- How To Choose a Wedding Photographer: Part II
- Melanie & Ben
- The Pressure to Be Practical
- Madeline: What about the Dress?
- This is Why I Waited To Have Sex Until I Got Married
- A Nerdy Mozambique Wedding Adventure In A Purple Dress
- When The Vows Aren't True
- Ask Team Practical: Waiting for the Proposal
- Laura & Paco
- How to Support Friends Who Choose Not to Get Married
- Lindsay & Josh
- Forward Motion
- What You Do When You Need More People to Invite to Your Wedding
- I Don't Want to Live Together If I Have to Leave My Home
- New Sidebar & Submissions Request
- The Julia Child Dilemma
- Kaytlin & Ben
- Ask Team Practical: Marriage and Feminism
- 5 Ways You Can Take Advantage of My Wedding
- Pregnant While Feminist
- Tracy & Lauren
- What Should We Call Me? Changing My Name as a Feminist Choice
- The Bride I (Never) Wanted to Be
- Madeline: No More Apologies
- Rocking The Ego Boat
- Kelly & Soren
- On Being a F(f)eminist and Marrying Young: A Response to Hanna Rosin's "Boys on the Side"
- Amanda & Jess
- Ask Team Practical: Now or Later?
- Wedding Graduates Return: Kimberly on Quiet Times
- Elisabeth: Crossing Over
- Evangeline & Adam
- Indecisiveness in Pre-Engaged Land
- Zen: Storytelling
- The Space Between Single And Married
- Happy Labor Day!
August 2012
- Ask Team Practical: Losing Friends
- How To Choose a Wedding Photographer: Lighting And Composition
- Why (Sometimes) Wedding Planning Isn't Worth It
- Nicolle and Paulie
- Prenups Are So Misunderstood, Not Even Attorneys Want Them
- Madeline: Our Facebookiversary
- An Introvert’s Guide to Surviving the Week Before the Wedding
- Mandy & Luke
- The Dirty "U" Word
- Entrepreneurship: It's Not About the Money (Exactly)
- Ask Team Practical: Marrying into Debt
- Dave & Ruchi, by Dave
- How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Uncertainty
- You'll Love This Easy And Stylish DIY Flower Crown Tutorial
- Coming to Terms With an Unequal Success Dynamic in a Relationship
- Zen: The Makeup Experiment
- Ruchi & Dave, by Ruchi
- Brandi & Joe
- Growing Our Marriage and Careers Together
- How To: Dramatic Smokey Eye
- Ask Team Practical: Old Dresses and New Beards
- Easy Finger Waves For Short Hair
- Starting Over Thirty Years Later
- Callie & San
- On Men and Housework
- Madeline: Gift Horses
- Coming To Terms With Childhood Trauma While Wedding Planning
- Wedding Graduates Return: The Marriage We Do Want
- Anna & Will
- Ask Team Practical: No One Is Excited for Me
- Rella & Avi
- The Minimal Makeup Look
- Three Years Ago Today...
- The Newlywed Years
- How To: Easy Braided Updo
- Succeeding (And Being Okay With Not)
- Zen: Adventures In Wedding Land
- You Don't Need All The Things
- Stephanie & Alastair
- The Car Seat
- Ask Team Practical: Dropping Friends from the Bridal Party
- Rachel & Jeff
- How To: Sheer Foundation With A Sultry Bronze Cat Eye
- Your Wedding Is about so Much More than a Show
- How To Create Smooth Curls On Natural Hair
- My Husband and My Best Friend
July 2012
- Madeline: The Jegging Elopement
- How Planning a Wedding Has Made Me a More Thoughtful Wedding Guest
- When a People Pleaser Plans a Wedding
- On Not Crafting for My Wedding
- Ask Team Practical: When People Tell You How To Feel
- Meg on Art & Commerce
- How To: Fresh-Faced Makeup With A Bold Lip
- That Time I Bought A Wedding Dress And Learned To Love Myself, Maybe
- Simple Half-Up Half-Down Wedding Hair
- Andee & Collin
- Zen: Embracing the Nonsense
- Missing Mrs.
- Entrepreneurship: Change & Growth
- Anna & Tim
- Ask Team Practical: Bridal Shower Survival
- How To: Fresh Peachy Makeup with a Bold Eye
- Why Wedding Planning Isn't Project Management.
- Tomorrow: APW + P&G's Ask A Stylist
- Elisabeth: It's Alarming How Charming I (am supposed to) Feel!
- How To: Create A Bohemian Fishtail Braid
- Madeline: "Marriage is Murder"
- Christine & Curtis
- Leigh & James
- Why Wedding Planning Is Worth It
- Ask Team Practical: Language Barriers
- How To Make A Backdrop Anywhere
- My Husband Has Asperger's Syndrome
- On WAMU's The Kojo Show, Tomorrow
- This Love Story Began at a 1941 Communist Party Meeting in NYC
- The 5 Things That 42 Years of Marriage Have Taught Me
- A Tale of Two Project Managers
- Zen: Going Public
- Guerrilla Wedding: Angie & Rohan
- When "You're Wrong" Also Means "I Love You"
- $5 Weddings at Rivertown Revival
- Ask Team Practical: How Do You Know?
- Guerrilla Wedding: Julie & John
- Happy Fourth Of July!
- Wedding Brain: A Disorder That Affects the Cerebral Cortex
- Madeline: The Wedding Investment
- Wedding Undergraduates: What It's All For
- BackTalk: Why Do We Marry?
June 2012
- Ask Team Practical: Marrying Early
- Introducing: Wedding Day Beauty How-To's
- The Bridal Beauty Paradox: We're In Weigh Over Our Heads
- A Young Couple's Guide to Buying Their First Home
- Adventures in Baby Having
- Andria & Tim
- The Next Adventure
- I'm Going to Be Fat for My Wedding and I Don't Care
- Losing Inhibitions and Embracing the Whimsy: What Adventure Living Looks Like
- Team Slow and Unsteady
- Ask Team Practical: Representing Equality at Your Wedding
- APW Pride Week: What You Can Do
- Why We’re Not Crossing the Line
- Jordann & Betsy
- The One About Babies
- Alexis & Marie
- Gay Wedding Planning: You Gotta Have Balls
- Not If, But When
- Welcome to Pride!
- Meg on Forum on KQED at 10am!
- Ask Team Practical: Cheating and a Cancelled Engagement
- How To Make Flour Hearts Anywhere
- Careers, Curveballs, And Hitting Hard
- Emily & Matt
- Slow Motion and Acceleration
- Madeline: Wedding Dreams
- Letting Go of What Was
- Having Faith
- Maureen & Scott
- Ask Team Practical: I Hated My Wedding
- Introducing Guerrilla Weddings: How To Make an Aisle Anywhere!
- Make Up
- Elizabeth & Jarah
- The Devil Is (Not) In The Details
- Zen: The Indolent Engaged Person's Manifesto
- Practice Might Not Make Your Marriage Perfect
- Imperfectly Perfect: Proposals and Perseverence
- Jacqueline & Travis
- APW Presents: Lazy Girl DIY, The Outtakes
- Ask Team Practical: Remembering the Wedding
May 2012
- Sarah & Dawn
- This Is Why Wedding Planning Is Important
- The Big Issues for Feminists Who Are Getting Married
- Why We're Going Big For Our Second Wedding
- Madeline: Game of Names
- Hannah & David
- Ask Team Practical: Guests, RSVPs and Dates
- How To Make A Slightly Fancier, But Still Totally Easy Tablescape
- Entrepreneurship: Embracing Change (Slowly)
- Fiona & Karl
- What Happened When I Gained 50 Pounds After My Wedding
- Zen: Defending Joy
- Taking The Long Road
- Francie & Matthew
- Why Taking My Wife's Last Name Was One of the Easiest Decisions Ever
- Ask Team Practical: Wedding Gifts and Registries
- Women, Marriage, and Money—A Response to The New York Times
- Call for Submissions
- How To Make a Simple, Colorful Tablescape
- On Overcoming Fear of Flying
- Tristan & Erika
- Why My Husband and I Aren't Living Together for a Year
- Madeline: Bona Fides
- Elisabeth: It's All Really Happening
- Lauren & Aidan
- Big Risks for Big Rewards
- Ask Team Practical: Finding Time for Friends
- How To Make a Lush Floral Centerpiece
- This Is What Happened When I Moved in with My Boyfriend before I Was Ready
- Obama Backs Marriage Equality
- Rachel & Jonathan
- Moving (Forward)
- Julia & Wade
- Madeline: Crossing Oceans
- Why Moving in Together is Not Like Test-Driving a Car
- Moving In, The Easy Way
- Ask Team Practical: Hiring Vendors
- Etsy Weddings is Here!!!
- Recycled (Wine) Bottle Centerpieces For Your Wedding
- Wedding Undergraduate: Something Like Zen
- Autumn & Rebekah
- Why We Have No Plans to Move out of My Parent's Home
- Zen: The Dress Rules
- What We've Learned from Unexpected Infertility
April 2012
- Amber & George
- Relationship Vo-Tech
- Ask Team Practical: I Hate Wedding Planning
- How to Make an Ombre Table Runner
- Marrying the Sh*t Out of Myself
- Aubrae & Joel
- How I Very Nearly Almost Cheated On My Husband
- Class Aspirations and Wedding Planning
- Letting Go of the Plan
- Jenifer & Rob
- What Happened When I Fell in Love with Someone Else While I Was Married
- How to Make a Kraft Paper Table Runner & Tie a Tablecloth Knot
- Maddie On Failing Up
- Entrepreneurship: After The Big
- We Abandoned Our Big Wedding Halfway Through Planning
- This Is for Anyone Who's Ever Thought about Scheduling Sex
- The Advent Calendar
- Classic APW: My Wedding Dress
- Christy & James
- Ask Team Practical: It's My Partner's Second Engagement
- The CoLab Workshop: May 21-22
- How to Make Watercolor Wedding Place Cards
- On Not Having It All (At Once)
- Jenni & Karen
- Elisabeth: Going The (Intercultural, International, Wedding Planning) Distance
- Zen: They're Both Real, Dammit
- Wedding Redux: Facing Fears as a Second Time Bride
- Danielle & Jon
- What Learning to Be a Step-Mother Has Taught Me about Parenting and Love
- Ask Team Practical: Bridesmaid Roles and Obligations
- How to Make Easy Modern Place Cards
- Demanding Careers and Equality in Marriage
- Allison & Dakota
- Marriage, Money, and the Long Haul
- Madeline: Indecision 2012
- Broke and Happy: How We're Navigating Marriage without Money
- Rory & James
- Making Something Out Of Nothing
March 2012
- Ask Team Practical: Spending Money as a Guest
- Wedding Planning: You're Doing It Right!
- How to Make a Sparkly Floral Fascinator
- Why Getting Married is The Scariest Thing I've Ever Done
- Kate & Conor
- A Few Hours of Happy Amid the Sadness
- Happy Birthday APW!
- Why Getting Married after You Turn 30 Is Pretty Spectacular
- Zen: The Save The Date Saga
- Elizabeth & Doug
- Something Old
- Ask Team Practical: Prenups
- How To Make a Wedding Veil
- Marriage as Mini-Socialism
- Liz & Guy
- For Richer or Poorer: Being Gay is Expensive
- Madeline: A Bride's Guide to Uterine Fibroids
- Four Layoffs in Four Years
- Lizzie & John
- Women, Money, and Knowing Our Worth
- Worry About the Artichokes...
- Ask Team Practical: Wearing My Engagement Ring
- How to Make a Wild Flower Mart Wedding Bouquet
- If We Weren't Married, We Wouldn't Be Friends
- Entrepreneurship: Growing A Business
- My Dad and My Wedding
- Cheska & Arnold
- I'm Not Worried about Feeling Unhappy on My Wedding Day
- Joan & Jared
- What It's Like to Be Married with Roommates
- Ask Team Practical: Honoring Loved Ones
- Cheap Wedding Bouquets with Grocery Store Flowers
- Couple's Therapy: the Secret That Held Our Marriage Together
- Introducing APW How-To Posts!
- Ashley & Minh
- I'm a Feminist Convert to Islam: This Is What I've Learned
- Kristine & Steve
- Madeline: The Proposal
- Here Comes the MIB
- A Male Perspective: This Is Why I Plan to Take My Wife's Last Name
- Ask Team Practical: Family Teasing
- Emily & Ben
February 2012
- Wedding Graduates Return: Morgan and David
- Anxiety & Knocking It Out Of The Park
- Natalie & Eric
- Zen: Confessions of an Ex-Weddingphobe
- Dear Pre-Wedding Self: Cool The Eff down!
- Building a Life
- Ask Team Practical: Skipping the Meal
- Passing of the Ask Team Practical Baton
- Sarah & Jeffrey
- Is Marriage An Economic Privilege?
- Sometimes Women Want it More
- Everyone Deserves a Moment
- Introducing: The APW Writing Interns!
- Blind Irish Pirate & Curly Haired Husband
- Happy Presidents' Day Y'all!
- APW Book Tour: The Video
- Ask Team Practical: The Beginning Stages of Planning
- Book Tour By Amtrak: LA to San Francisco
- APW Book Tour: L.A.
- Wedding Graduates Return: Nancy & Sean
- Calling Off A Wedding After Illness
- Dianne & Chuck
- Jennifer & Wes
- Maura & Bryan
- Marriage is Awesome (Even When Life Kind of Sucks)
- Kristin & Laura
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Austin to LA
- APW Book Tour: Austin
- Ask Team Practical: Accomodating Guests
- Drew & Barry
- Zan & Stephen
- APW Book Tour(ish): New Orleans
- Amtrak Honeymoon Giveaway!
- Why Being Pre-Engaged is Actually Awesome
- This Is Why a Coin Toss Will Decide Our Last Name
- Book Tour By Amtrak: New Orleans to Houston
- APW Book Tour: Atlanta
- On Being Single, Happily
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Atlanta to New Orleans
- APW Book Tour: Washington, D.C.
- Laura & Matt
- APW Book Tour: Brooklyn
- He Said No to a Wedding
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Washington, D.C. to Atlanta
- This Is How I Managed My Gigantic Guest List
January 2012
- Eva & Tyson
- Alix & Shawn
- Book Tour By Amtrak: NYC to Washington, D.C.
- Why My Queer Marriage Needed a Wedding (Even Though We're Courthouse People)
- APW Book Tour: Boston
- Welcome Talk of the Nation Listeners!
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Boston to NYC
- Sisterhood of the Dress VI - Dress Worn!
- Jenn & Brandon
- APW Book Tour: Denver!
- Why I Want to Have a Funeral for My Parent's Marriage
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Denver to Chicago to Boston
- Angela & Alex
- How a Lot of Talking and a Little Perspective Slew the Pre-engagement Beast
- Meg on NPR!
- Book Tour Stop One: Alt Summit!
- Connie & Brian
- Book Tour By Amtrak: Salt Lake to Denver
- Ask Team Practical: Family Financial Contributions, Part II
- Sarah & Steven
- Infertility, Miscarriage, Loss & Family
- Katherine & Spencer
- Maddie's Guide to Getting Married Young
- Book Tour By Amtrak: San Francisco to Salt Lake
- Sweet Moments During Deployments: Planning a Wedding Over Skype
- APW Book Launch: San Francisco!
- Ask Team Practical: My Parents Don't Approve Of My Partner
- Amtrak Sponsors the APW Book Tour!
- Jessica & Rick
- Working For Yourself: One Year
- What Happens When a New Reality Steps In and Changes Your Plans
- APW Book Tour Talks! (Topics please...)
- Claire & Christopher
- We Chose to Live Intentionally Child-Free and We're Still Happy
- Ask Team Practical: Pre-Engaged and (effing) Facebook
- Wedding Graduates Return: Nicole
- Sarah & Jonathan
- APW Book Tour: San Francisco, Denver, Boston, Brooklyn
- Lauren & Jared
- Welcome to APW 2012!
- This is What Marriage is Like Three Years After We Said "I Do"
