Wedding favors have been a traditional component to the wedding celebration for hundreds of years. They are a way to thank your guests for sharing in the joy of your wedding. Sometimes deciding what to give for a favor can get overwhelming. I always like to consider the meaning and purpose first. One of my favorite sayings is, “If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?” Often if I start by clearly defining the purpose, that alone eliminates half of my options. Continue reading Wedding Favors with Meaning
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When I started praying for inspiration for our wedding, I made a very simple declaration. “Lord,” I said, “You have brought this amazing man into my life. I am so profoundly thankful for him. Because You did this mighty work, this is really Your wedding. Please show me what You want this to be. What is Your vision for this wedding?” Gradually over the next few days a clear picture of our wedding began to emerge. As I shared this with my husband, he was in total agreement. We did not have a single argument throughout our entire engagement. In fact, in over two years together, we have only had one argument. After reading this article, you will know the secret to our success. Continue reading The Secret Ingredient to a Christian Wedding and Marriage A lot of wedding sites give suggestions for Scripture verses to incorporate into your wedding. While there is nothing wrong with this, I am not going to offer specific Bible verses for you. Instead, I am going to suggest that you pray and ask God to show you how He defines your wedding and marriage. This is what my husband and I did. God answered in a pretty ironic way. Continue reading How to Choose Your Wedding and Marriage Verse There are three ways to announce your engagement. Informal announcing is when you tell everybody and his brother that the man of your dreams just proposed and you said yes! Formal announcing comes in two forms – newspaper announcements and mailed announcements. For information on newspaper announcements, click here. Continue reading Engagement Announcement Etiquette Traditionally, newspaper announcements are used to tell the world of your upcoming wedding. Because of this, if you’re having a small wedding, skip the newspaper because you may offend a lot of people who don’t get invited to your wedding. Announce the engagement in your local newspaper and/or the newspapers in the towns you and your fiancé grew up in. Continue reading Engagement Newspaper Announcements If you are undecided whether to have an engagement photo taken, I strongly encourage you to do so. Your engagement photo is record of an important memory. I realize the wedding day is THE event but it began with the engagement. Below are some helpful hints and tips for your engagement photo. Continue reading Engagement Photo Basics So you’ve decided to have an engagement party. Here are some helpful tips and etiquette how-to’s to guide your party. Continue reading 12 Essential Tips for a Successful Engagement Party I know, I know, it’s a cheesy cliché. I just couldn’t resist. I am a fan of cheesy clichés. And puns. But, that’s for another post. Anyway, whether or not to have an engagement party depends on several things. From an etiquette perspective, an engagement party is optional. There are a few reasons to have one and a few reasons not to. Continue reading To Engagement Party or Not to Engagement Party…That Is the Question I was so excited to tell everyone that I was marrying the man of my dreams. But, I had to keep my excitement in check to do it right. This was one of those times I was so thankful for my Christian growth that I was not led by my feelings, but by God’s spirit and will. If I had told people in the wrong order or the wrong way, my wedding could have been a disaster instead of the blessed amazing event that it was. Continue reading Six Steps for Announcing Your Engagement I am the most blessed woman on the face of the earth. That’s what I was thinking after Dave left the night he proposed. It doesn’t sound like the most romantic proposal but to me, it was. I was recuperating from surgery and lying on my couch feeling lousy when he came over, got down on one knee and said, “Elizabeth Rose Buss, will you marry me?” I started crying as he pulled a ring out of his pocket. Obviously, I said yes. Continue reading Four Principles for Announcing Your Engagement |
 
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