Many wedding vendors, including myself, require payment in advance. The main reason why I require advance payment is that I do not want the wedding marred by having to deal with business.

This is a list of simple, yet often forgotten and HIGHLY useful items, to bring with you on your wedding day.

What better way to celebrate your wedding day than to treat your guests to a Chocolate Fountain! There hasn't been anything this exciting and fun to come along for wedding receptions for quite a while.

Yesterday the bride handed me a tip after the wedding ceremony. As an officiant, I do not expect tips. I build all my costs into my fee, and I know the couple is having to put out so much money, that it is unreasonable to expect more money via a tip.

Recently, I went to my home town to help my mother and my sister with the final planning for my sister's wedding. Every member of my family is a "Do-It-Yourselfer", so we had an unbelievable amount of flower arrangements, pew decorations, garlands, candles, silver, you name it, to set it up. We were working with a total of four hours to decorate the church, a huge reception hall, a large lobby and two gazebos.