How Do You Gracefully Bow Out of Your Own Wedding?

The Wedding Budget: Tips on Planning your Budget

Wedding Planning Must-Do's

Congratulations! You are freshly engaged and ready to dive right into the wedding planning. Don’t let your excitement make you overlook some important "musts." Here are some important must-do’s to remember:

Choosing the Dress for Your Second Wedding

The 5 Types of People Who Try to Take Over Your Wedding

TIFF Party Scene: Evening with Estelle Performance and...Flipbooks?

Along with the Toronto International Film Festival comes the TIFF parties, and last night I had the pleasure of attending Diet Coke's Stay Extraordinary TIFF Gala event which to my delight featured a performance by Estelle!

Ask an Expert: Renée Strauss on Summer Bridal Fashion

Summer is definitely the season for brides and to help resolve some of your bridal fashion dilemmas, Renée Strauss (host of Brides of Beverly Hills) answers your questions.

Ask an Expert: Harold Melvin's Top Bridal Trends

What's popular in bridal wear for 2012? There are many trends surfacing and resurfacing in bridal fashion this year, but have no fear ladies--I'm here to dissect each trend for you and guide you through the most important fashion choice of your life! A great starting point is to choose your wedding colours. Your colour choices will dictate the tone of your event as well as: the design of the invitations, flower choices, lighting and the shape, tone, and texture of your wedding dress. Try contrasting colours such as rich navy blue paired with bold fuchsia or mixing up warm jewel tones such as: emerald green, amethyst, azure blue, and warm yellows. Take "matching" out of your vocabulary and replace it with "contrast and compliment". Now that you've got your colours sorted out, let's move on to selecting the perfect dress!

A Summer Bridesmaid: How to Make it All Happen

If you're somewhere between the age of 25 to 35 you've likely stood in a wedding, will be standing in a wedding and attending multiple between the months of May and September. Not only could you be standing in multiple weddings and invited to more, on top of that you could be planning and trying to save for your own! My friends and I are in the thick of it now at ages 27/28. Currently this summer, I'm a bridesmaid in one wedding, attending four more and planning/saving for my own in April of 2012. It's a great and memorable time in our lives, but I don't just breeze through it. I am aware I need to be heavily organized this summer with my schedule so not to miss an event or forget another, and that I have to save for some things too. So... here's some of my advice/tips for making it through this busy wedding season with a smile, money in your pocket, and memories of good times:

Preparing for an Outdoor Wedding: 5 Things You Don't Want to Think About but Should

When I planned my wedding, five very interesting years ago, I based all preparation around one thing: the outdoors. I wanted an outdoor wedding. I wanted the countryside, I wanted a tent, I wanted twinkling fireflies and lanterns, and I wanted to send the sun off in a whirl of merriment and music.

Wedding Blog: 10 Things A Fall Bride Should Do During the Summer

I never imagined my wedding day as a little girl, nor gave any thought to being a bride. Those things belonged in that hazy future world of being "grown up." Now that I'm 33 and planning a fall wedding, I'm still not a gung-ho bride. Of course I want it to be fun and beautiful and romantic, but we're just not bothered by traditional details and are trying to stick to our relatively modest budget.

The Royal Wedding: 1 Week Later with Jane Dayus-Hinch

Jane wrote for us an article about her experience on the day of the royal wedding, from behind the scenes. Here's an excerpt...

Wedding Trends from The Wedding Co. 2011 Wedding Show!

The Wedding Co. 10th Anniversary Wedding Show was held this past weekend - here are some trends/style ideas I took away from this year's wedding show.

A Somewhat Royal Engagement for a Royal Fan

Not long after Prince William and Kate Middleton (or Miss Catherine Middleton as I should officially state) got engaged, I wrote a blog about how this royal wedding has sparked sapphire loving around the world. I would never have guessed, however, that on December 10, 2010 my boyfriend would pop the question. And, he did it in style of course, with an antique sapphire and diamond ring.

Slice on the Street: Bridezillas! Do You Let Them Run Wild?

Some families develop tension over the wedding, whereas sometimes a bride will regret who they chose for a bridesmaid. There are many scenarios where things don't go as planned leading up to the big day. That's when a bride can turn from seemingly normal into a "bridezilla."

Ask An Expert: Jane, When Should We Have Our Wedding?

Q: My fiancé and I are trying to decide on a good date for our wedding. We have friends and family coming in from across the country and we were trying to figure out what season would be the best for all parties.

Ask An Expert: Jane, Which Dad Should Walk Me Down The Aisle?

Q: I am stuck. My 2 Dad's (who have not spoken in 20 or so years) have both expressed that they want to give me away. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Tristan.