Melissa Ingram

Before you look for venues, decide on the size of the reception (the number of guests) and your budget. You can then begin scouting locations based on these two factors. Your wedding can be held indoors or outdoors, at places with in house catering or bring your own food type rented halls, in traditional or unconventional locations.

It can take a year to plan and lasts just one special day, so ensuring pictures of your wedding are captured as beautifully as possible is crucial. After the vicar, the photographer has the most important job as it's his responsibility to ensure your happy memories are preserved for posterity.

If you need a little help to afford your honeymoon, you can register for your honeymoon just like you register for wedding gifts. With a honeymoon registry, your friends and family can contribute to the costs of your honeymoon as a gift to you. This is a great idea for couples who don't need a lot of household items. After all, an extra night in the Bahamas is probably a better present than a blender.

If you have time constraints or financial concerns about the cost of your honeymoon, don't worry. You can plan a wonderful honeymoon within the continental United States, instead of traveling abroad.

When shopping for your wedding dress, you should first consider which gown style you prefer. When selecting your wedding gown style, consider the silhouette, sleeves, neckline, bodice and train. Following is guide to the basic terminology of popular wedding gown styles.

One of the most exciting parts of wedding planning is picking out your wedding gown. But before you get started, you need to first find a bridal shop. You will have a wide variety of shops to choose from, including national chains, local boutiques and online retailers.

As destination weddings become increasingly popular, more and more couple are planning beach weddings. Though the beach makes a beautiful backdrop for a wedding, you must take extra consideration when planning your attire for a beach wedding wedding. The bride, groom and the wedding party must be comfortable and cool, yet still stylish.

Weddings are getting more and more personal. From the choice of location to the food, couples these days seem intent on making the day a personal celebration of their pairing rather than walking in the footprints of couples of yesterday.

As you begin preparation for your wedding, something that many couples try to avoid is discussing a prenuptial agreement.

In decades gone by, the bride's family took care of most all the wedding costs. However, times have changed. Now it's extremely common for the bride and groom to pay for the wedding expenses themselves, or to more evenly split the wedding related expenses among both sets of parents.