Rain On Your Wedding Day? How to Prepare in Advance for the Threat of Inclement Weather.

They say that rain on your wedding day is lucky. Tell that to the bride who spent a year and a half planning a gorgeous outdoor beach wedding. Unfortunately, no matter how well you plan your wedding day, you can’t prepare for the weather, and no matter where you will be saying your I Dos, anything unexpected could happen when it comes to Mother Nature. Every bride planning an outdoor wedding needs an inclement weather contingency plan that she hopes not to have to use. Below are nine expert tips for preparing for the possibility of inclement weather on your wedding day.

How to Choose Your Bridal Party: Five Tips for Soon-to-be-Brides

You’ve got the ring and set the date. The next critical component of your wedding planning to-do-list is to choose the ladies who are going to be your solid-as-a-rock support team on your wedding day and who will be with you every step of the way until you take your first steps down the aisle: Your bridal party. You would think that creating a short list of your closest female friends and family members would be easy, but for many brides, the stress over the bridal party selection process rivals that of the Bachelorette heading into the final rose ceremony.