If you're engaged, congratulations! Your joyous wedding day is fast approaching, and soon you'll enter the next stage of your life with your new spouse.  But the days leading up to the wedding are not always carefree. I'm not married myself, but if you're like my friends who've been married recently, wedding planning can be tremendously stressful...

It’s not always an easy world for a bride to be in. Once the diamond slips on your finger, you’ve instantly become the target audience for a 50 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone. And they’re eagerly waiting to sell you your fantasy. Magazine racks are stocked with wedding magazines full of gowns, flawless skin and cavalier grooms...

Trying to plan a wedding that you won't be paying off 'til death do us part'? Cate Williams of MMI has some great ideas that just might save more than the day. Cake Avoid "stacked" cakes, as this will definitely need the attention of a professional pastry chef. Instead do a couple of cakes that can be displayed next to each other at alternating...

By Jim Moustakas, Still Moments Photography Standard posed pictures are pretty, but you can make your wedding album into a real page-turner by sprinkling it with some unique images. Try a little something different for your wedding photos. Almost any photographer will know to capture a picture of the ring exchange or the cake-cutting ceremony....