The results of The Knot 2014 Real Weddings Study are in after a year of collecting data from 16,000 newly wed couples across the U.S. Here is an overview of the results. What's Changing ($), And What's Not Perhaps the most notable…
As a whole, U.S. couples pay upwards of $72 billion to celebrate their wedding day. Forty percent will arrange the ceremony and following reception together, and 25% will go with a specific theme. Unfortunately, these numbers aren't telling enough, especially…
The biggest benefit to assigned seating comes if you are having food service. It is much easier to deliver the food to the table when you know who is sitting where and have a seating chart to back this…
Seventy percent of U.S. men and women believe a new bride should take her husband's last name. Purple is an ever-popular wedding color, monopolizing one-fifth of all weddings. And the average woman will say I do (for the first time,…
When a woman is expecting a baby, it only makes sense that her friends and family may want to hold a party (or two) to celebrate the upcoming birth. There are two different parties that are particularly popular options for…
Most engagements last an average of 16 months, 15% of couples will throw a reception outdoors, and one in five brides will choose the color purple as part of their color scheme. Perhaps the fastest growing trend, however, is making…
Planning a wedding that is truly unique can be something of a challenge -- especially with all of the images and ideas shared on sites like Pinterest and Instagram. It is more than possible to make your special day completely…
More brides and grooms (40%) are teaming up to plan wedding ceremonies and receptions. (And 75% of grooms will graciously give their input about what items they would like to see on the wedding gift registry.) Soon-to-be married men and…
Apparently, getting married is the thing to do -- even Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently cast aside their well-known reluctance to marry by hosting an intimate ceremony at a vineyard castle (sounds nice!) in France. What is not necessarily…
How would you like to have a hen about to lay an egg, tied to your wedding bed? This might sound strange, but it is actually an old Irish custom intended to ensure fertility in the new marriage. Today, weddings…
