Post Archives

December 2011

• The APW Book, Spreading The Word, And Happiest of Holidays
• APW in 2011...
• Why You Stay... (A PhD Paper on APW)
• Ask Team Practical: The End Of 2011
• Holiday Traditions, An Outsider's Perspective
• Irene & Bob
• Living Through Abuse To Trust Another Day
• Kelly & Ian
• Announcing The APW Book Tour!
• Wedding Dropout Plans a Wedding: A Play
• Calling Off Your Wedding—For Good
• Ask Team Practical: Embarassed to be a Bride
• Working For Yourself: Month Eleven (The Big)
• Wedding Graduates: A & S
• The Great APW Book Buy Starts Now!
• The Great APW Book Buy Starts Tomorrow
• Maddie's APW Book Review
• Owning The Holidays
• Alyssa's APW Book Review
• Kim & Brian
• Ask Team Practical: Regretting Wedding Choices Mid-Planning
• Erica & Sean
• Marriage and the C Word

November 2011

• Katie Jane & John
• The Unexpected Adventure
• Sam & Eric
• Hanna & Billy
• Chris & Marianne
• An Engaged Daughter's Perspective
• A Mother as the Bride
• The Never-Ending Dad
• Ask Team Practical: Choosing Between Relatives
• Kim & John
• The Great APW Book Buy!
• Join the APW Team!
• Camp Mighty: Dusting Off Our Power
• Confessions of a Bridal Registry Consultant
• Wedding Graduates Return: Jamie & Max
• Rachelle & Stephen
• Ask Team Practical: Small Weddings, the Other Side of the Coin
• Working For Yourself: Month Ten (The Work)
• The Feminist Homemaker
• Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman: The Discussion
• How To Be A Woman—APW Book Club Meetups
• Becca & Jason
• Reclaiming Wife: On Goals & Growing Up
• Ask Team Practical: Women Proposing To Men
• Waiting Till You're Ready To Get Married
• Brittany & Nick Elope (Sort of)
• Rachel & Jeff

October 2011

• You Don't Have To Buy All The Things
• Mortification and the Pre-Engaged State
• Ask Team Practical: Bridal Party Dates
• Wedding Graduates Return: Maddie
• Introducing the Newest APW Staffer: Maddie!
• Brandy & Karl
• Painful Sex & Women's Health
• Second Time Bridesmaid: The Fiercest Kind of Love
• Adina & Zeke
• Ask Team Practical: Late Wedding RSVPs
• Heidi & David
• Wedding Graduates Return: Avis
• Rachel & Anton
• Undergraduate: Wedding Planning With a Chronic Illness
• Wedding Graduates Return: Meg, Herself
• 1980 Vintage Wedding: Dan & Reiko
• Anjali & Rob
• Ask Team Practical: Daytime Weddings, Additional Guests, Angry Twins
• A Goodbye...
• Sarah & Marcus
• Price Is Not The Same As Value
• Wedding Graduates Return: Helen & Lindi
• Working For Yourself: Month Nine (Balance)
• Shana & Jared: Weddings and Grief
• How To: Luminaria with Kelly Wilkinson
• Olivia & Eric
• Ask Team Practical: Bridal Showers
• APW Book Club: How To Be A Woman, Dates!
• Laura & Ben
• Announcing Wedding Graduates Return & A Call For Submissions!
• Lauren & Kamel
• APW Book: The Pages
• Emily & Aaron
• Being Married Young Rocks

September 2011

• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Planning Exhaustion
• Michelle & Tom
• How A Kayak Changed My Perspective
• 1981 Vintage Wedding: Dave & Elizabeth
• Name Changing: Don't Be Quiet About It
• Knowing When To Leave
• Jessica & Matt
• Ask Team Practical: Divorcing Parents
• Valerie & Jesse
• People Will React in One of These Ways After You Elope
• Juliana & Joan
• APW Book Club: Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman
• Married Travel
• How To: Make Homemade Jam Favors
• Amanda & Mark
• Do I Have To Call Him Husband?
• Ask Team Practical: Less Interested Partners and Planning
• What Getting Engaged Teaches you (Big Things Take Time)
• Undergraduate: Decision Fatigue
• We Were Virgins Before Marriage and Sex Was Bad For a Year
• Rachel & Zach
• Emma & Kyle
• Wedding Undergraduate: The Stress Is Worth It
• Anne & Alex
• In Memoriam
• Ask Team Practical: APW and the Pre-Engaged
• Working For Yourself: Month Eight (Hard-Earned Freedom)
• Maryanne & Harry
• Wedding Graduates Return: Caitlin & Mike
• 1971 Vintage Wedding: Amy & Fred
• Becky & Etan
• Happy Labor Day!
• September Weddings and Anniversaries
• Meg's Vacation = Team Practical's Party
• Aaron & Cory's Yay New York! Wedding
• Wedding (Half) Grads: Leanne & Anne

August 2011

• Yay New York: Photobooth!
• Solitude & Partnership
• Yay New York: The Party (Part II)
• Nora & Luis
• Yay New York, For Me
• Ask Team Practical: Crying, Firing Friendors, and Gifts
• Yay New York: Confetti Hangover
• Liveblogging Yay New York!
• Yay New York: Regional Party Wrap-Ups
• Teaching a Four-Year-Old About Marriage Equality
• Navigating Infertility
• Colleen & Matt
• Ask Team Practical: Family Illness and Wedding Planning
• Do Things That Scare The Shit Out Of You
• Yay New York: Party Details
• Not Equal Enough
• Yay New York: Regional Parties!
• Kate & Bear
• 1951 Vintage Wedding: Christine & Dominic
• Calling Off Your Wedding & Staying Together
• Ask Team Practical: Preparing to be Practical
• Working For Yourself: Month Seven (Failing Forward)
• Meredith & Dylan
• Manya & Brian
• Two Years Ago Today...
• Than & Chi-Ling, Part II
• Chi-Ling & Than, Part I
• Ask Team Practical: A Wedding or an Elopement?
• Deena & Ben
• 200 Real Wedding Vows For Inspiration
• Jennah & Gary's Un-Fussy Texas Throwdown
• Yay New York Tote Bags For Sale! (& Raffle Announcement)
• Having a Child Won't Ruin Your Marriage
• How To Write A Meaningful Maid Of Honor Speech
• What Sailing Across The Ocean Teaches You About Marriage

July 2011

• Ask Team Practical: Tipping Wedding Vendors
• Meighan & Christina, Part II
• Christina & Meighan, Part I
• Kate & Kevin's Hip, Approachable San Francisco Wedding
• Introducing APW Editor Kate
• How To Stage Manage Your Wedding
• Ask Team Practical: Friendors, Greeting, Photoshoots, & Feeding People
• Surviving The Pre-Engaged State
• Elsewhere, Other than Here
• 1924 Vintage Wedding: Emily & Richard
• Whitney & Nathan
• Go Dancing
• 1979 Vintage Wedding: John & Sue
• The Wedding Dropout Returns
• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Party & Parent Gifts
• Working for Yourself: Month Six (It's Up To You)
• Candis & Hayley's Gay Southern At Home Wedding
• Applications: Five Marriages + One Universal Right
• How to Make First Time Sex Good (Even on Your Wedding Night)
• Holly & Chris
• Holly & Chris, Part 1
• Kiara & John
• Yay New York = A Mass Reception for Marriage Equality
• Tune in on Monday Morning!
• Ask Team Practical: Why You Should Write
• Melody & Eric
• A Response To Dan Savage: Non-Monogamy & Marriage
• The Evolution of a Logo...
• 6 Things To Keep In Mind When Figuring Out How To Write Wedding Vows
• Kayce & Matty
• Announcing APW Changes!
• Happy Fourth!
• Ask Team Practical: Michelle on LGBTQ Weddings

June 2011

• Choosing Gay Babies
• Michelle & Deborah
• Jacquetta & Shaneequa
• Lesbian Wife
• Honoring Marriage Equality In Your Wedding Service
• Cindy & Julia
• Wedding Undergraduate: Growth & Separation
• APW Pride Week!
• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Toasts
• Valeria & Stuart, Part 2
• Valeria & Stuart, Part 1
• Alison & Nick & Taxidermy Church
• Keeping Secrets Makes My Marriage Work
• 1969 Vintage Wedding: Adrienne & Dennis
• Devereaux & Justin's Small, Simple, Fun Austin Wedding
• Study and Subvert
• Why My Wedding Was Not Like My Birthday
• Ask Team Practical: Private Wedding Ceremonies
• Lyn & Chad
• I Knew My Marriage Would Fail Before It Even Started (and It Did)
• Lauren's Last Wedding Undergrad Post
• Dress, Given XIII
• Joanna & C
• Working for Yourself: Month Five (Breathe)
• Ask Team Practical: Family Conflict
• APW Book Club—For Better, The Discussion
• Whitney & Joshua
• For Better—APW Book Club Meetups
• 7 Tips For Keeping Married Sex Awesome
• Dress, Offered XIII
• 1976 Vintage Wedding: Dave & Mary
• Ask Team Practical: The Guest List
• Planning A Wedding With Divorced Parents (Part II)
• The Making of An Author Photo
• A Practical Wedding Book - Done!

May 2011

• How To: Make A Wedding Hair Flower
• Kelly & Oliver
• Happy Memorial Day!
• June Weddings and Anniversaries
• Ask Team Practical: Friends vs. Fiance
• The One Person Cheering Section
• A Guide For Planning a Wedding With Divorced Parents
• Vintage Wedding: Linda & Bill, 1979
• Brytani & Will
• Building (and Pondering) A Wedding Registry
• Wedding Graduates: Faith & Mike
• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Planning While in Debt
• How To Make A DIY Wedding Veil
• Kari & Matthew
• Unemployment, Employment, and Mexico
• Lynn & Justin, Part 2
• Lynn & Justin, Part 1
• On Vacation, and Collaboration
• Wedding Undergraduate: Communication and Patience
• Ask Team Practical: Managing Family Grudges
• On Wedding Friendors
• Carrie and Jami
• How To Build A Letterpress (And How To Use It)
• Addiction and Hope, Why I Keep Coming Back for More
• Megan & Malcolm's Living Eulogy
• Lauren Wedding Planning: Oh My! Dress... Part 2
• Ask Team Practical: Doctor Invites, Blog-Snubbed and Dance Parties
• Kerry & Craig
• Vintage Wedding: 1981
• Wedding Undergraduate: The Impossible Wedding
• Working For Yourself: Month Four (Go, Go, Go)
• Conversations We Should Be Having
• Caroline & Mark's Unexpectedly Snowy Dublin Wedding

April 2011

• Ask Team Practical: Family Financial Contributions
• How To: DIY Letterpress
• Abi & Eddie
• On Faith and Proof
• How To: Print Your Own Wedding Invitations
• A Small Treatise on Paper
• Gemma & James
• Ask Team Practical: Ring Olympics, Men's Division
• APW Bookclub - For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage
• Fiona & Rasmus
• How To: Homebrew Your Wedding Beer
• Wedding Undergraduate: The Second Wedding
• What Diabetes Taught Me About My Marriage
• Happy Birthday, Me (On My 30's)
• Marty & A.P.
• Ask Team Practical: Mamadrama, Revisted
• Jordan & Sara's Eco-Vintage Wedding
• Working For Yourself: Month Three (Letting Go)
• Anna & Matt
• Highlighted by Highlights
• APW Reader Survey 2011: The Results
• Ask Team Practical: In-Laws
• Book Club Suggestions!
• Women, Money, and Self Worth, Part II
• Call For Vintage Weddings
• Lauren's Wedding Planning: The Weight Diaries
• April Weddings and Anniversaries!
• Weston & Emily
• Emily & Weston
• Ask Team Practical: Disappearing Guests and Vendor Expectations

March 2011

• APW 2011 Reader Survey!
• Jocelyn & Scott's Family Cottage Wedding
• Dress, Given XII
• Losing A Baby & Forming A Family
• Kirsty & Fin
• One Day I Stopped Crying and Learned to Plan a Wedding
• How To Plan An Affordable At Home Wedding
• Ask Team Practical: Large Wedding Guest Lists
• Wedding (Half) Graduates: Zan & Stephen
• This is What Our Open Marriage Has Taught Us About Love
• Amber & Roem's Shakespeare Garden Wedding
• Dress, Offered XII
• This is What a Miscarriage Taught Us About Love, Loss, and Marriage
• Ask Team Practical: Questions Before (or After) You Wed
• This is How I'm Coping With Being Depressed and Engaged
• Working For Yourself: Month Two (Getting Focused)
• Sandy & Robert
• How To: Plan a Beach Wedding
• Ask Team Practical: Veterans' Day, Toasts and Unwanted Gifts
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Dress X & Re-Gifted VIII Winners!
• Caitlin & Mike
• The Bitch In The House - APW Book Club Meetups!
• Jessica & Stewart Elope in Maine
• APW Book Club Updates
• Lauren's Wedding Planning: The Marriage Prep
• The Bitch In The House: APW Book Club Questions
• January, February, and March Weddings & Anniversaries
• Ask Team Practical: The Bachelor/Bachelorette Party
• Changes on APW
• Dalia & Greg
• On Snippet & Ink: Loving Without Envy
• The Day I Realized It's OK to Want a Wedding
• Verhext, A Letter To My Wedding

February 2011

• Dress, Re-Gifted (VIII)
• Why the Day I Realized I Wanted to Get Married Was Freeing
• Ask Team Practical: Keeping the Fun In Your Marriage
• APW Wedding Budgets, UPDATE!
• Wedding Budgets & The APW Book
• Wedding Overexposure
• Dress, Offered X
• Sarah & Wes' Thursday Wedding
• Marriage and the Journey
• Away, Reflecting
• New Feature: APW Weddings and Anniversaries!
• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Night Meltdown
• APW Book Club - Dates!
• Ellie & Mark
• How To: DIY Pie Pops
• Working For Yourself: Month One (Getting Started)
• Danielle & Matt's Rainy Alki Beach Wedding
• Call For Interviews on Marriage & Money
• Big News: The APW Book!!!
• Ask Team Practical: Father-Daughter Dance
• This is How You Make Chores Work in a Marriage
• APW Book Club: The Bitch In The House
• Wedding Graduate: An Update From The Groom
• Meg on The Kitchn!
• Surviving Wedding Planning: The Emotionally Absent Mother
• Things To Think About When Planning An Elopement
• Lindsey & L.'s Shotgun Wedding Elopement
• Ask Team Practical: Questions To Ask Before Marriage
• Jennifer & Casey's Wiccan Agnostic Ceremony
• Being Married in the Military
• The Self-Full Wife

January 2011

• Elizabeth & Harrison (As Written By The Groom)
• Ask Team Practical: Wedding Dates
• How To: DIY Your Wedding Decorations
• Altitude Design Summit 2011
• I Changed My Name When I Got Married and Then I Changed It Back
• Cindy & Matt & The Joy of Winter Weddings
• Caitlin & Alex
• Ask Team Practical: Books for Brides & Wives
• Wedding Undergraduate: The Shotgun Wedding Part II
• Marian & Wade
• How To Make A Wedding Cake
• Salt Lake City Meetup!
• Lauren's Wedding Planning: Oh My! Dress
• Jamie & Max
• Ask Team Practical: Picking a Vendor
• Oh, and One Other Thing...
• Big, Enormous News! (And A Story)
• On Both Having & Being a Wife
• Jen & Rob's More Than Traditional Wedding
• How-To: DIY Your Wedding Photography (Part II)
• Ask Team Practical: "Yay, We're Engaged...! Now What?"
• Unwed Mothers, or Why I waited five years to marry after I had my kid
• Monique & Lee
• (Re) Introducing: The APW How-To Series
• Kimberly & E. Baltimore Wedding at Westminster Hall