Where should we hold our wedding??

My fiance and I moved to North Carolina, from NY a year ago. We want to plan a NC wedding, but are concerned with the guests' travel expenses. We can not afford to pay for accommodations for all our guests. We initially were going to rent a large beach house, to accommdate our closest friends,.... [Read more]

Gift or no gift?

We live in Indiana and are attending a wedding in North Carolina the weekend after July 4th. The bride is planning a very informal beach wedding, informal to the extent that her "invitation" is an email invitation. Travel expenses are going to be a little higher than usual due to the holiday..... [Read more]

Subtle print MOG dress

2 wks before the wedding & I have a couple of dresses selected. Neither are solid, though not distinctive patterns. One is a strapless, though not overexposed knee length, with printed small silk ovals, empire waist with beading at waist. Another selection is a muted abstract silk below knee.... [Read more]

Mentioning attire on a destination wedding invitation

I am planning on having a destination beach wedding in North Carolina. Should I word on the invitations that dress is casual or should I just assume that most of the people won't get dressed too fancy? Since we are only invititing a small group of family and friends, and it's on the beach, I don't.... [Read more]

Have large families, want small destination wedding

My fiance and I both have rather large extended families, mine live mostly in Michigan (where I'm from) and his live mostly in North Carolina (where he's from and where we both live). We want to have a small (50 people max) summer wedding and reception in the North Carolina mountains, and then.... [Read more]