How to know what size wedding cake to order?

Every wedding planning schedule or timeline I've seen says to order the wedding cake several months before the wedding, most often it's listed prior to mailing the invitations.

This makes no sense to me, or to my fiance. How do you know how many people will attend, therefore what size cake is.... [Read more]

Wording for cake and punch reception

Is this format proper wording for a cake and punch reception? Jane Doe McFarland and James Earl Richards invite you to share a special moment in our lives as we become husband and wife on Saturday, the seventh of July Two thousand and seven at two-thirty in the afternoon Location 125 Anystreet.... [Read more]

Reception Etiquette

We are planning a wedding with just immediate family with a reception when we get home from our honeymoon. What are the typical events that happen at these types of receptions? Are we supposed to have our first dance, cake cutting and my dance with my father or should we leave that stuff out since.... [Read more]

Gloves with strapless wedding dress?

My mother and I were discussing gloves with my strapless dress for my early October wedding in Texas (there's no telling what the weather will be like!). The ceremony is at 1:30 in the afternoon with a cake and punch reception immediately following. My gown is a very simple a-line organza dress.... [Read more]

Cake or pie

Our wedding is not until next year in November. I have done alot of planning already and I have a fiance that is willing to give ideas. We are paying for our own wedding and would like it to be different with a traditional feel. I have read in many bridal magazine where the cake is over-rated. We.... [Read more]