Today is January 28th … which means there are exactly seven months to go until I become Mrs. Wiley! Because we did much of our wedding planning before the holidays, we’re feeling pretty comfortable with our progress. (Not to mention that we secured 2008 rates with our vendors!) We have our venue and coordinator, caterer, [...]

It started on a page in a bridal magazine — actually several pages in several magazines. Mom, sister, and I all bookmarked the same ad. It was stunning … and expensive. But being the detective that she is, Mom found a dress shop in Lititz that carried a very similar dress … and within our [...]

I’ve gotten quite good at packing, unpacking, and repacking. I haven’t spent a weekend in State College since Homecoming (six weeks ago!). My apartment is cluttered with piles of bridal magazines and clean laundry. There are sticky note reminders and a stack of “congratulations on your engagement” cards. And my refrigerator is bare, which is [...]

As much as we’re ready to get creative and crafty and design our invitations and favors, we know we have to first secure our big ticket items. That is venue (check), caterer (check), photographer, and music. We’re halfway there! Decisions about the venue and caterer were unbelievably easy. We fell in love with the Sunken [...]