Quick Etiquette Tip!

If you're going to ask/require your bridesmaids to get their hair or makeup professionally done for your wedding, be prepared to foot the bill. Bridesmaids should only have to pay for their own attire -- any additional beautification costs are on you. For more wedding etiquette, click here! {How cute is this flower girl?!}

A Million Thanks...Etiquette

Open wedding gifts as they arrive and promptly send out thank-you notes. Not only does this let the sender know that their package arrived safely, it also helps make the daunting task of sending out thank-you notes a little bit easier. Be sure to keep track as you go, do not try to commit it to memory! Happy Planning!

Guest List Courtesy

If you are unable to invite your coworkers to your wedding, be sure to refrain from discussing your plans at the office. While your colleagues are bound ask a few questions about your upcoming nuptials, keep wedding-related chatter to a minimum -- after all, how would you feel if they kept gabbing about a party you weren't invited to? Plus, you don't want your boss to hear you spend more time discussing wedding vs. business. Thanks to brides.com  for the reminder and happy planning!

Food & Drink Etiquette...Q&A

Here's a question posed to brides magazine and the answer they gave. I am a FIRM believer guests should be guests at your wedding. As mentioned below there are tasks that can be done by friends/family that would not make them feel like hired help without the pay - but be sensitive to what the task is, how long will take...put yourself in their shoes. Also, be sure to have these pre-arranged. Do not ask a guest the day of your wedding to do something (here goes the beauty of having a coordinator - to think of these things and take care of any last minute details!) Hope this helps and happy planning!
Question:
Is it okay if we ask our families to serve food and tend bar during the reception? We’re trying to keep our costs down.
Answer:
So, you’d like some of your guests (yes, family members are guests) to spend your wedding day carrying platters and pouring beer. Sound like fun? Exactly. It’s fine to have relatives shoulder a few easy jobs (making a quick run for more ice; manning the guest book), but no matter how tiny your budget, you must set aside enough money to hire a few helpers. Cut back on the flowers, skip the favors, but treat your guests like guests.

Invitations Etiquette Q&A

Question:
How far in advance should we send out save-the-date cards? How about the invitations?
Answer:
If you're having a local wedding on a nonholiday weekend, it is not necessary to send out save-the-date cards. Instead, just send the invitations out about six weeks before your wedding date. For a wedding taking place on a long weekend—which is often centered around a holiday—save-the-date cards are a great idea because people tend to make special plans early for these weekends. Drop save-the-dates in the mail about five months before your big day. Invitations for a long-weekend or holiday wedding should be mailed out a little bit earlier, as well. (Aim for about two months in advance.) If you're planning a destination wedding, your save-the-date mailing should go out about 9-12 months prior to the wedding. This gives guests plenty of time to make travel arrangements and to plan to take extra time off from work if they want to stretch your wedding into a vacation of their own. The actual invitations for your far-away fling should be sent 2 ½-3 months prior to saying "I do."
Thanks to brides.com for the info and here's a slew of more of your questions...and their answers

What to do?

Do you know what to do if your family invited people to your engagement party that you were not planning on inviting to the wedding? Do you have to invite them?
Follow this link from brides.com to see more etiquette that can help you do what's right and feel good about doing it!