With marriage proposals modernizing into an “anything goes” mentality, long-standing proposal customs are often considered optional, adding confusion to what’s considered proper when it comes to proposing.

If you haven’t gotten married yet or recently been to a wedding, you may be surprised by new trends in wedding gift-giving. Though brides and grooms are still attracted to bone china and cut crystal goblets, many are now more likely to opt for nontraditional, sometimes more luxurious, gifts.

Hosting a bridal shower? Make it special for the bride and add personal touches for an affordable, yet spectacular soiree. Here are a few tips.

A honeymoon is supposed to be the celebration of a couple’s new life together, but Lynn and Steven Curran’s honeymoon was more like an episode of “When Animals Attack.”

Few people realize that having a beautiful wedding does not require spending their entire savings.

The bakery agreed to make your almond-flavored multi-tiered cake. You found a bridesmaid’s dress in just the right shade of robin’s-egg blue. Finally, the wedding plans are falling into place. What about your wedding gift registry?

When they got married in 2002, Elizabeth Spees and Michael Robinson chose something different to put on their wedding gift wish list: farm animals.

As a bride prepares for her wedding day, there is a long list of things to do. Book the reception hall. Order the wedding cake. Find the perfect dress. And … take care of her feet.

There is nothing like combining business with pleasure. This week’s blog post mingles the two subjects and notes the advantages of being a small business owner when it comes to vacations.

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Spring practices are in the books and fall camps will be here before you know it so that means getting an early jump on the 2006 NCAA football season. Knowing the teams now will save you time in Augus…