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A Job Well
Done

Making sure your friends
and family know their
responsibilities ensures
a smooth journey to your
wedding day.

  • Choosing Wedding Attendants

    Choosing Wedding Attendants

    After you get engaged and have a few of the big wedding-planning details decided (such as when and where the event will take place), it's time for you and the groom to t...

  • Choosing the Wedding Party

    Choosing the Wedding Party

    Choosing the Wedding PartyWhat do honor attendants, bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, and ring bearers have in common They're people who love you, and they've signe...

  • Little Darlings

    Little Darlings

    W.C. Fields once famously cautioned against sharing the limelight with children or animals. But most brides are willing to ignore his crotchety advice for the chance to ...

  • Wedding Reception Seating

    Wedding Reception Seating

    The bride and groom hold the two most important seats at the reception. Their table should be easily seen from anywhere in the room so all the guests can be witness to t...

  • A Word About Ceremony Readings: Picking Your Readers

    A Word About Ceremony Readings: Picking Your Readers

    As you gear up for your search, think about whom you'd like to have recite. Many couples assign readings to relatives or friends not included in the wedding party. The b...

  • Little Darlings: Roles for Children

    Little Darlings: Roles for Children

    Single Flower GirlGenerally age 3 to 7, she precedes the bride down the aisle, either scattering petals or carrying a mini bouquet or flower basket.Multiple Flower Girls...

  • The Guest List

    The Guest List

    Deciding whom you invite to the wedding can seem almost as momentous as deciding whom to marry. The task should be relatively easy: You simply invite your closest family...

  • Ceremony Basics

    Ceremony Basics

    From the placement of guests in the pews or seats to the entrance of the bride and groom, any wedding ceremony requires a fair amount of choreography in order to run smo...

  • Choosing Your Wedding Party

    Choosing Your Wedding Party

    Being in a wedding party can involve a fair amount of responsibility and expense, especially for the honor attendants (best man and maid of honor). Bear this in mind whe...

  • Posy Parasol

    Posy Parasol

    Your tiniest attendants will positively bloom thanks to these posy-topped rice-paper parasols. Dresses, $145, Coren Moore. "Flavia" Shoes, by Little Raggio from Penny's ...

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