Wedding Ideas - Truth

Recently, one of my brides asked, "BB, what do you look for in a bride?" Really, she did. And you know what? I was fucking floored. Because as an event planner, usually I am the one grilled with questions about my role in the wedding planning process, how my fees work, and basically, if I am worth it.

In 2012, Ed and Dallas Nagata White shared a fiery, passionate kiss under the night rain, surrounded by fields of burning lava. The couple -- a married duo of professional photographers based in Hawaii -- took the photo themselves, uploaded it to the Internet, and set the viral world ablaze, even winning a spot in National Geographic's Traveler Photo Contest.

This summer we're not the only ones losing our clothes! Introducing the hottest wedding cake trend for this upcoming wedding season: the 'naked cake'. A plain cake which is normally comprised of several levels without external glazing.

My 10-year-old girl is a sucker for a good Barbie movie. I am grateful for that. It will all change soon enough. For now I am fine with letting her believe in fairy tales and happily ever after. When it is time though, I will tell her the truth.

Posted: Print Article "It's crazy to marry someone without living with them first. You need to test out the relationship!" For anyone in a long-term relationship, these two statements might sound familiar: "If you want to marry him, don't even think about moving in. He'll have no reason to propose!"

This is somewhat of a touchy subject for me because I am a wedding planner, but I gotta get it this story out there because that's what I do; I get shit out there, and sometimes, it isn't just about a bitchy bride. So, here it goes... Ahem...

OMG? WHAT the fuck? I had a whole other THT prepared (which you will see next Tuesday), but after I read this story on Buzzfeed, I literally dropped everything so that I could weigh in on this ridiculousness. Bridey, in case you missed it, check out this link.

When Hayley Takes Photos, one cannot resist but to fall in love with her work. This dynamic creative sees the world in such an interesting way and we are so excited to share her work with you today. Jonathan and Nikita had a very alternative type of Cape Town wedding when they chose Truth Coffee to be their venue.

"I just feel like they weren't honest with me from the get-go." Said my very pissed off bride. To clarify, "they" are the venue where she is getting married, and she feels "lied to" because she is "light years" away from the agreed upon food and beverage minimum (determined before I came into the picture) in her contract.

Life is full of complementary duos, those pairings that are made for each other: Peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, Batman and Robin. However, there's something to be said about unlikely duos, two components that you normally wouldn't associate together but, once you do, seem to complete each other.

"No man will ever love you," proclaimed my grandmother in her self-assessed infinite wisdom. I was nine or ten -- old enough to know exactly what she was talking about, and young enough that I believed her. Thirty-five years later, in the kind of therapy they do for veterans of war, I understood that she wasn't entirely right.

Posted: Print Article Valentine's day is right around the corner, so you are probably out buying goodies for your loved one. But where is all your hard-earned cash actually going? Thankfully, Nacho Punch is here to tell you. Featuring the the evil, greedy CEOs of greeting cards, jewelry, flowers, and chocolate, this video is a firm poke at Valentine's Day haters.

Posted: Print Article They make it look easy, don't they? You know, those cheerful couples you see chatting away in the grocery line, holding hands in the movie theater; the ones who've been married forever and they've still got their spark. Ever wonder, how do they do it?

"You're hopping," my sibling Riley said with a laugh right before I told the family the good news. But two days after I announced my engagement to family and friends the reality that I couldn't tell my dad hit. The loss hit. The grief hit. And it hit hard.

There's a common perception among engaged couples who don't have a full-service wedding planner that they only need help the day of the wedding. What these couples don't realize: It's critical that their coordinator become involved at least one month before the wedding in order for their day to run seamlessly.

I'm thinking I should have gone to law school. No really, I should have. I come from a family of attorneys and judges, and going to school for food science and pastry was probably not what my folks had in mind for me. Although, they always supported my originality (particularly around food...

Few people get to spend their workdays watching heartfelt proposal videos all day, and I count myself lucky to be one of them. As the Senior Editor of HuffPost Weddings, I also read tons of meet-cute stories, attend bridal fashion shows and scroll through hundreds of gorgeous wedding photos.

Whether it's "man and wife," "wife and wife," or "man and man," a feminist union is one that divides domestic and economic responsibilities equally.

Posted: Print Article We haven't had any big celebrity or political sex scandals lately so we've thankfully been spared the rash of "How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage" articles that inundate the Internet in the days and weeks after. But from time to time they pop up, here and elsewhere, along with "How to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage" articles.

Bridey, have you ever looked back at certain moments in your life and uttered, "OMG in retrospect, if I could go back, I'd do it all differently..." Seriously, who hasn't, right? I mean, there are SEVERAL instances in my life which have me uttering, "Holy crap, what the fuck was I thinking?!"

Posted: If it feels like the beginning of your marriage was a blissful extension of your wedding party before "real life" set in, you're probably right. New research suggests that most couples do, in fact, go through a honeymoon period.

Today, I've decided to pick up from where I left off last week... In case you missed my post last Tuesday, I wrote Five BASIC Ways to be The Best Bride Ever! Let's focus on # 4... You know the whole wedding day countdown? The "63 Days Until I'm Mrs.

Posted: Print Article It's no secret that many marriages fall apart after the death of a child. I completely understand why. The death of a child completely shatters you. You're the same people, but at the same time, you're really not. Everyone changes throughout the course of a marriage, but it's rarely so sudden and complete.

Posted: Print Article If there's one thing I hate more than clichés in general, it's clichés about parenting. Do I "enjoy every moment" of my parenting life? Haha -- no. Does it "go by so fast"? With my first son, who didn't sleep past 4 a.m.

Posted: Print Article Late last year, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby ruled that Utah's voter-approved gay marriage ban was an unconstitutional attack on the rights of gay and lesbian people.

What's the craziest thing you've done sexually with an ex? When's the last time you masturbated? If I was in a coma, how long would you wait for me? These aren't necessarily the kinds of questions you might pose to your significant other.

"Are you fucking kidding me? REALLY?" she asked. This was the response from an overworked, underpaid and pissed off venue employee. "ALL of that for two fucking French macarons? Seriously, why do I even bother?" she asked and walked away in a huff. "Nice 'tip'."

Allow me to get right to the point. Bridey, are you a demanding bride? Wait? You don't know? Okay, fair enough... I guess I can understand why you may not know if you are a demanding bride or not. I mean, how WOULD you know? Right? You've never planned a wedding before...

Bridey, you've GOT to stop trying to please everybody! If you are an avid Bitchless Bride reader, then I'm hoping you are well on your way to sane, non-bitchy, non-entitled, wedding planning so please take this to heart, bridey.

So... I had a wedding cancel for the second time in my career a few months ago. I have been holding off on writing about it, out of respect for my bride, and while I wasn't as heartbroken as she was (obviously), I was definitely sad and shocked so thought it was only right give it a little time before I spilled the beans.

You know how I perpetually say that wedding planning always comes together in the end? Well, I lied. Wedding planning always comes together in the end if you have a fucking fabulous wedding planner like me, but if you don't, then you might be in some trouble.

Okay, this topic is coming up quite a bit in my world and those of my talented vendor friends, so I thought I would step in and write a bit about it so that you, bridey, can stop killing us with all of the back and forth.

Posted: Print Article Men do it for love. Women do it to get ahead. That's the outrageously biased way people judge office romances -- and another example of women getting a bum deal. According to a survey of 8,000 workers by the job-search website CareerBuilder.com, four out of 10 employees have dated someone at work; 17 percent have done it twice.

This post is hosted on the Huffington Post's Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email. By Susan Schneider for Bridal Guide Want to know what to expect once you're married?

Posted: Print Article Written by Maressa Brown on CafeMom's blog, The Stir No matter what religion you were raised with (or without!), society tells us that the consummation of marriage right after a couple's Big Day will set off fireworks bigger than any Macy's Fourth of July Spectacular.