http://www.go2wed.com/blog Wedding Information, Planning Tips, Resources, Vendors, Great News & More... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:39:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to Jenny Steege, a bride from West Salem, WI, who is Go2Wed's August prize winner! She won a FREE 2 night stay at Breezy Point Resort and complimentary breakfast! Register on Go2Wed to be eligible for next month's prize! Once you Register, you will also gain access to your own "My Account Tools", Special ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-09-05/register-and-win/ Your Invited! What: Colorado's The Wedding Show When: Sunday, October 26th, 2008  11am to 2pm Where: Stonebrook Manor   Thornton, CO Win: Many great prizes including a Honeymoon Cruise for 2! What's the cost?   $5 at the door, or pre-register online for FREE tickets! http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-09-05/colorados-the-wedding-show/ Join Mestads on Saturday, September 13th at 9 a.m. for a fashion show with commentary and gown ideas from hot designer Steven Birnbaum, education and Q & A with the world renowned and award winning Wedding Guys, Bruce Vassar and Matthew Trettel, and of course, tasty snacks and beverages. Call ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-09-03/a-morning-of-food-fashion-and-education-with-mestads/ Shopping for your wedding gown should be easy and stress free.  For most brides, it is anything but! Ingrid Kent from Mestads Bridal and Formal Wear in Rochester, Minnesota wrote an article to help brides be prepared when shopping for their wedding gown.  She has worked with hundreds of brides and wants to help make ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-08-30/tips-on-buying-your-wedding-gown/ The Wedding Show Sunday, March 1, 2009 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Rochester International Event Center Meet several area professionals, in an elegant setting and browse the most exceptional wedding services and suppliers of today. Tickets are $5.00 at the door and the proceeds will be donated to the Shjon Podein Children's Foundation. Come ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-08-27/save-the-date-for-the-2009-wedding-show/ If you're a bride planning a wedding on a budget, pick flowers that are in season in your area to help stay within your  budget limits. Just about any flower can be shipped to your area, but flowers that are grown locally will most likely be the best in quality and the lowest in price. If you ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-08-06/stay-within-your-wedding-budget-with-seasonal-flowers/ I just came back recently from a dear friends wedding.  I knew going in that it would be one of the most expensive weddings I will ever attend in my lifetime.  Her parents are extremely nice, grounded individuals as is my friend.  They just happen to earn a ton of ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-07-02/wedding-cost-to-wedding-stress-ratio/ I've been missing in action preparing for a marriage conference.  If you want lots of resources, articles, tips, interesting factoids, check out www.smartmarriages.com.  They have a conference every year with the "whose who" of the marriage field.  People we've all heard of like John Gray from Men are from Mars, ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-07-02/june-is-a-busy-wedding-month/ Announcing a new way to save money while planning your wedding and potentially MAKE money in the process. We at The First Dance are growing our wedding relationship website with a lot more wedding-related items to help you manage the people aspects of wedding planning.  One area we want to expand ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-04-13/money-saving-tips-can-pay-you-25/ I just came across this fascinating article coming out of Korea.  I would think America would never go this route but it shows how important cultural expectations are of weddings and it does address some issues Americans have, including distance from where you grew up or have most of your ... http://www.go2wed.com/blog/2008-04-13/fake-wedding-guests/