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Planning for a wedding can be hectic, frustrating and expensive. We can help guide your readers through the wedding maze with this collection of stories, photos and graphics. If you're looking for a paginated wedding section, give us a call at 800-637-4082 and we'll be happy to assist you.

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Vintage ideas back as ways to cut wedding costs

Sorry bridezilla, being bratty and excessive on your wedding day is passe. Retro weddings are back, with brides taking inspiration from the 1920s-1950s. Weddings in the mid-twentieth century were simple compared to today's standards.

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Planning a heavenly honeymoon can be hellish: Don't make it the first fight of your engagement

I love travel scenes in old movies, and one of my favorites is in the original version of "Father of the Bride." It turns out that the tiff is over her future husband's plan for the honeymoon. The cooing couple patches things up.

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Five amazing wedding venue ideas

Now that you've celebrated your engagement, it's time to start planning. The loft. There's nothing quite like the open space of a loft. The vineyard.

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Getting to 'I do': The 180-day dash

A while back I wrote fondly about the lull in the planning, that peaceful period when, for the first time in months, we could relax and just enjoy being engaged. That all changed last month. It first hit me at midnight on New Year's Day.

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A wedding cake's look sets the tone for the occasion. High-end simplicity, fondant in, but flavor matters, too

This is the time of year when couples who got engaged over the holidays will start to think about all of the details that make a wedding a wedding. Flowers, cake, dresses, cake, honeymoon, cake.

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WEDDING CAKES

A monogram topper decorates a wedding cake displayed at West Side Bakery in Akron, Ohio, for couples to choose. January is the time many brides begin planning for their weddings, including booking a baker. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

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WEDDING CAKES

A sugar flower decorates a wedding cake displayed at West Side Bakery in Akron, Ohio, for couples to choose. January is the time many brides begin planning for their weddings, including booking a baker. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

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WEDDING CAKES

Various styles of wedding cakes are displayed at West Side Bakery in Akron, Ohio, for couples to choose. January is the time many brides begin planning for their weddings, including booking a baker. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

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What to do when 'We're engaged!' is met with a faux pas

Announcing your engagement should be a beautiful moment, but what's a bride to do when the responses are rude? 1. Think: Really, Debbie Downer? Say: "For now, we're focusing on enjoying being engaged. 2. Think: This ring is my most prized possession.

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Getting to 'I do': The name game

Life will change in a lot of ways after the wedding, and one of the weirdest, will be taking a new name. Aside from that, I've heard from married friends that it's somewhat of a process to legally change your name.

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Getting to 'I do': Battle of the bands

One of the hardest parts of planning a wedding is the realization that most of its parts are fleeting. That's why Reese and I were relieved to begin shopping for our wedding bands, enjoying the permanence and symbolism of the purchase.

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10 rules for how every groomsman must behave at a bachelor party

At the bachelor party, your role as a groomsman is more complicated than just pounding tequila shots and putting a stripper named Destiny through college.

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What to do when the groom won't tell his parents he's engaged

A reader writes: "My fiance is really nervous to tell his family about our engagement. I've officially done that, but he is so afraid of what his side will think, and every time I bring up the wedding he gets this weird look.

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Getting to 'I do': With a little help from my friends

Planning a wedding is time-consuming, and it's easy to lose yourself in the piles of vendor proposals and bills and bridal magazines. The realization happened almost by accident.

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Trends to marry by: Couples examine options from photo booths to cupcakes to specialty lighting

DETROIT _ The rows and rows of displays by photographers, cake decorators, floral designers and everything else you could possibly want for a wedding nearly overwhelmed Rana Mansour of Sterling Heights, Mich., and her fiance, Rashad Saleh of Dearb...

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Duties of the best man

Not surprisingly, the wedding-porn suggests that the best man has a critical duty that will require every last drop of his intelligence, time, organizational prowess, and strength of character. Um...

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Getting remarried etiquette, then vs. now

If you're getting remarried, you may find yourself wondering what rules have changed since the last time you said, "I do."

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Eight surprising ways to save on your wedding

You're ready to head down the aisle, but are you prepared to go broke on the way? Simplify Your Stationery. Planning to send engagement announcements or save-the-dates? Buy Your Gown Second Hand. Consider shopping for a gently used gown.

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Four tips for getting along with your future mother-in-law

Every time your phone rings, if it's not your guy, it's her. But does it have to be this way? The sticky situation: She's being cold to you.

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Great wedding tips: Things to remember

The biggest thing I have learned is that when you marry someone, you should accept them completely as they are. completely as I was and I do the same for him. _ Paula Eyerman, Delaware, Ohio, number of wedding guests: 180.

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How to pick your bridesmaids in four easy steps

You're marrying the guy of your dreams, and you couldn't be more prepared: You know the exact dress you want, which flowers will make up your bouquet, and even who your DJ will be. Step 1: Don't Give in to Pressure.

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