Welcome to The Wedding Vendor Guide

It should be easy buying for the groomsman since after all they’re guys, how hard can it be? But it’s your big day and you don’t want to seem cheap or careless, so check out the entertaining and barware collection from Z Gallerie. They have all sorts great glasses, flask, coaster, decanters and more. Choosing from here or a gift like this will show how near and dear these guys are to making your wedding day special.

Here’s a fun way to give your wedding some life with custom signs from Delightful Details.  These personalized signs offer a little spice to your wedding and are sure to put a smile on your guest’s.  And when the wedding is over, they’d make great, decorative signs for somewhere inside your house.

Egg Press offers wedding invitations and announcements with that personal touch, an actual person handling your invitations.  Egg Press started with their hand pressed greeting cards, but also offers custom wedding invitations.  They can be purchased online or at select retailers around the country.

According to a news story on Yahoo! News, approximately three in 10 engaged couples, will participate in any form of premarital education, according to Ted Beasley, founder of YourPreMaritalCounseling.com.  A review of 23 studies reports that premarital counseling reduces the risk of divorce by 31 percent.  “Engagement is actually the perfect time to talk about all of the hard subjects. You’re already committed to the marriage. There are obviously no deal-breakers, so why not be honest about some of your areas of disagreement?” commented Beasley.

Read the full article here. 

The Wedding Library, with Martha Stewart, is hosting the premier wedding event of early 2008 at the Carlyle Hotel on January 26.  Not only will you get a champagne toast and meet with many great vendors and experts, you’ll get to hear from favorites such as Darcy Miller from Martha Stewart Weddings, Preston Bailey, and Reem Acra.   

For additional info and tickets, go to  http://www.theweddinglibrary.tix.com.

Blurb.com is an online publishing site for creating your own wedding books.  This is a great way to utilize your wedding photos or to create a book of your photos with your fiance for a wedding shower.  It could also make a great gift for your registry. 

Now here’s an easy and relatively inexpensive way to add a little customization to your wedding day: Unique Aisle Runners from Customized Wedding Creations.  They have 4 options to choose from and each lets you put your names and wedding date on it.  After the wedding, I bet you could even frame it as a token of your new life together.

Not sure what types of flowers are best for you? Perhaps by taking a short quiz from Better Home & Garden can help. Answer 5 questions and the results offer some guidance as to what types would best suit your interests and personality.

Take the wedding flowers quiz.

There’s always a few toasts at weddings: bestman and bridesmaids to start with. While you don’t want to influence anyone on what they’ll say, it can’t hurt to offer a few friendly tips if necessary. Free Wedding Toasts has some ideas on how to make a tasteful joke or something from the heart. Sometimes a friendly hint will make sure your toasts are just right so you don’t end up on YouTube as a “wedding toast blunder“.