6 Ways to Buck Tradition and Be Yourself


Updated 06/20/11 1:40 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 0 comments

6 Ways to Buck Wedding Tradition and Personalize Your Wedding

Our society has hundreds of wedding traditions to choose from, but that doesn't mean you have to follow them. Instead, why not pick and choose your favorites or borrow some from other cultures? Better yet, the traditions you and your betrothed choose to skip say a lot about who you are as a couple. Here's how to express yourself by bucking traditions. Source: Flickr User Tenth Muse Photography Read more

Your Most Outrageous Wedding Disaster Stories!


Updated 06/29/10 1:07 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 5 comments

Outrageous Wedding Disaster Stories

When I asked you guys to share the worst wedding disaster stories you know, you really brought your A game. From fainting grooms, to falling out hairpieces, to ringing phones, lots of crazy stuff has gone down at the alter and later at the reception. Below are some of your wedding nightmare stories that could make even the coolest bride-to-be lose sleep. I was at a wedding not long ago where Read more

Share Your Worst Wedding Disaster Stories!


Updated 04/10/11 8:59 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 37 comments

Wedding Disaster Stories 2010-06-19 09:42:52

We're all about the the big day, as we start to wrap up wedding season here at Sugar. Everyone wants their wedding to go smoothly, but sometimes disaster strikes. It may not be as comical as in 16 Candles, when the bride got her period and zonked out on pain medication she took to ease her cramps, but wedding nightmares can turn out to be just as dramatic. Maybe the roses showed up hot pink Read more

How to Make Sure You Seal the Deal on Your Wedding Night


Updated 07/01/10 10:43 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 4 comments

How to Make Sure You Have Sex on Your Wedding Day

More than 65 percent of you had sex on your wedding night. That's more than half, but the 35 percent of you who didn't suggest that it's not easy to get busy after an exhausting day. Based on your comments on our poll, I found a few tips to help brides seal the deal. Don't worry about having the best sex ever. spacekatgal explained that although she had sex: "I was exhausted. Non-exhausted sex Read more

Wedding Decor: Our Cocktail Reception


Updated 06/28/10 1:19 PM · Posted by Casa Community · 3 comments

Wedding Tablescapes With Milk Glass and Succulents

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Saittica from the Lovely Little Vignettes group. I'm loving her milk glass centerpieces! We had a cocktail reception so we had couches and benches for seating and coffee tables with succulent center pieces.  The succulents are planted in milkglass pieces that we collected at flea markets. For more lovely photos, keep reading. Read more

How to Give a Toast Without Embarrassing Yourself


Updated 06/16/10 6:13 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

How to Give a Great Wedding Toast

A good toast will never be the most talked about part of a wedding, but a bad toast will be — for all the wrong reasons. Surely we all remember the scene in Wedding Crashers, when Rachel McAdams's character awkwardly silences the room with her jabs at her sister's money-grubbing tendencies. If you've been asked to stand up and say a few words, don't fret. Just follow these simple tips to make a Read more

Did You Have Sex on Your Wedding Night?


Updated 11/05/10 1:24 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 40 comments

Did You Have Sex on Your Wedding Night?

Weddings can be exhausting, especially your own. After hours of being "on" — not to mention months of planning — I can imagine just wanting to plop down on your postnuptial bed and zonk out. But if there's any night when "I'm tired" should be no excuse, your wedding night would be it. Especially if you've saved yourself for marriage! So, to the wives out there: did you manage to make it to Read more

8 Weird Origins of Wedding Traditions


Updated 08/29/11 1:58 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 13 comments

Weird Origins of Wedding Traditions

No matter how beautiful and romantic weddings are, they are still a legal contract. Many of the wedding traditions we've come to associate love, friendship, and fun have very practical, and horrifying, roots. Find out what came from where below. Wedding announcements: The Catholic tradition of "posting the banns" required a couple to announce their wedding in print; this helped ensure they were Read more

Awkward! Cut From the Wedding Guest List!


Updated 08/18/09 9:00 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 23 comments

Awkward! Cut From the Wedding Guest List!

Beware. Bad behavior can get you cut from a wedding guest list. At least it happened to a friend of mine last year. The bride in question was throwing an engagement party. Without any warning, my friend pulled a no show. The bride later found out that instead of going to the long-planned party, she spent the day with a new crush! And the bride was particularly hurt because my friend (also her Read more

Do Tell: Where Would You Hold a Destination Wedding?


Updated 08/25/09 8:02 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 40 comments

Do Tell: Where Would You Hold a Destination Wedding?

I'm heading to Paris later this year to be a bridesmaid in my good friend's wedding. Anywhere they chose was bound to be a faraway destination for many guests, considering she's from Chicago, her fiancé is from Australia, and they live together in England. They chose Paris for the wedding, since they got engaged there, and well, it's très romantique! While a destination wedding can be Read more