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Please welcome Sharon Ihle to the blog this week. Fittingly for the month of June, Sharon has a warning all brides must hear, so that they can make sure that someone guards the wedding cake at all times! I think I’ll take that duty at my daughter’s wedding (but don’t ask to check under my fingernails…I’ll have to refuse under the grounds I may incriminate myself).

Let this be a warning for all you brides-to-be; there is a stealthy woman out there known as ‘Cake Finger,’...

Please welcome guest author Lisa Mondello to the June Wedding Blitz series. Lisa is personally acquainted with the weather disasters that can threaten to ruin a bride’s day. But, never fear, family prevailed and the day was a success despite the weather. That’s the kind of wedding story I like to hear.

You’ve probably heard a million stories of wedding snafus before. I certainly have my share of them between the weddings I’ve attended. Take my sister’s w...

I always have a plan when I create a topic. About a Wedding was meant to showcase things going on with my daughter’s wedding, guest blogs by family members and friends with advice (if you have advice, please let me know, I want to hear it), perhaps a guest post by a wedding specialist of some sort (the photographer is supposed to be weighing in, but I have to send her a list of questions first). I thought it would be fun, light, informative, and family-and-friends-centric — just like we hope...

Please welcome author Jillian Dodd to the blog today. Jillian planned out her character’s wedding on a wedding board. Sounds like a perfect application for Pinterest these days, doesn’t it? Since I’m someone who isn’t all that visual, I can see how useful this would be, whether planning a wedding, or planning a book. Not to mention fun!

In my new book, That Wedding, I had a blast planning out an entire wedding for the characters in my series. Becaus...

Please welcome Cheryl Bolen to the blog today, to keep the June Wedding Blitz theme going strong with a factoid about the history of the white wedding dress we now consider to be traditional.

You may notice the cover of my The Bride Wore Blue. Doesn’t look much like wedding dress, does it? That’s because the flowing white lace gowns and veils didn’t make their appearance until Victorian times.

In the Regency, most brides did not have special d...

Today on the Blitz we have author Patricia McLinn talking about the bride’s bouquet. Please welcome her with some comments about your own dream wedding bouquet (even if you didn’t use it for your own wedding because it was too expensive, far-fetched, or impractical). Should I admit I don’t remember my own bouquet? I had a simple wedding and was so far from a Bridezilla…except for insisting that everyone got married on Sunday until I was finally convinced otherwise by facts…. I was far more fo...

We interrupt our June Wedding Blitz for a previously scheduled engagement. Please welcome to the blog today my guest author Lilian Darcy.

Q. I love the almost fairytale lyricism of saying that Gerda is descended from swans. What is your favorite fairy tale, and why? Has it changed since you were a child and learned the tales of Cinderella and Snow White through Disney eyes?

The thing is, I never did learn those fairy tales through Disney. My...

Please welcome Melanie Jackson to the blog this week. In honor of About a Wedding, my posts about my daughter’s upcoming wedding, I thought Melanie’s story fit right into ours. We’re blending a big noisy family (my daughter’s) with a small quiet family (my future son-in-law’s). East Coast with West Coast. Mostly Irish American with half Thai. It’s going to be an interesting couple of days. I can’t wait.

Weddings come in all shapes a...

Shirley Hailstock used to work in a bridal shop, so who better to give a few tips on the right — and wrong — wedding gown choices? Please welcome Shirley to tell her story as the June Wedding Blitz continues.

Finding the right wedding gown is like wearing the sorting hat from the first Harry Potter novel. The gown finds the bride, not the other way around.

I used to work in a bridal shop. It was great to see brides come through the door with the glow of a bright and united...

Here to help us continue the theme of brides and weddings is Claire Delacroix, who, like me, enjoys using the bride theme for an entire series. Hers is the Bride Quest series. Check them out when you check out her take on weddings, below.

I love weddings. I love the optimism and the flowers and the dresses and the feeling that love is in the air. I love seeing the happy couple – because invariably they are really happy – and I li...