The Guest List is a huge chunk of your wedding planning brainpower. These articles help you tackle tricky guest issues and compile a guest list you’re comfortable with
As a guest, when you first receive a wedding invite, as well as “can I actually make it”, the next thing you often wonder is “what the bloody hell will I wear?”. Often, I’ve wandered into town, around the shops, looking for the perfect dress. I’ve eventually resorted to borrowing poorly-fitted clothes from mates, or wearing something… Read More
Everybody loves a great wedding, but no one loves drunk wedding guests. Yet many brides and grooms feel uncomfortable asking guests who have consumed too much to leave. But is it their right or should you just let them party the night away in alcoholic style? Tips on Handling Drunk Wedding Guests Chances are you… Read More
Figuring out who should be invited should be one of the very first wedding planning things you tackle. This is because the number of guests dictate the size of the wedding venue, massively affects your budget, and it can be a long and drawn out process to trim the guest list to hit the spot. It… Read More
How do you know the bride and groom? A safe enough question for making small talk at a wedding, but my response tended to raise a few eyebrows: I designed their wedding invitations… and to add to the scandal of it all – the bride doesn’t know I’m coming! Crashing a wedding: wedding etiquette can… Read More
One of the most stressful components of wedding planning is writing the guest list. Chances are you’re dealing with a budget, needing to get everyone in a certain size venue, and juggling spots for friends alongside family invitees. So how can this get any more stressful? Try having guests giving you the guilt trip for inviting people they… Read More
You don’t have much control over the milestones in your life. Starting school is on your parents… getting engaged is all on your partner (unless you popped the q yourself – go you!). Your wedding day is different. You pick the date. You pick the venue. You direct the day. I hope! If it isn’t… Read More
“What a freaking bridezilla!” – This is a sentence no sane bride wants to hear a guest or friend utter while she’s wedding planning. The connotations of the word “bridezilla” aren’t exactly nice: i.e. you’re irrational and… how can I put this politely…err… a bit of a bitch? Unfortunately in the quest to avoid being called… Read More
It seems that somehow, good manners and common sense fly out the window when people hear the word wedding. Engaged couples often stress themselves out over the guest list, offending people, and wring their hands about whether they are doing the right thing. Why? Because it’s common for folks to bag the bride, branding her a bridezilla,… Read More
I’ve been covering off a fair bit about RSVPs in the last few weeks (here, here and here are some articles). I wanted to cover off this topic well because it’s often a big source of anxiety in the lead up to your wedding day, and there’s little you can do to control it. But… Read More
Sometimes, you get a little carried away. I know the feeling. You pop into New World to grab some milk, and $200 later, you’re struggling to fit everything into the boot. Well, your wedding guest list can be a little like that too. You want this person to come – oh, and that person… you… Read More