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Don’t want to hate your wedding photos? Here are the 11 things you need to do NOW

The truth is, sometimes people wind up hating their wedding photos. While there’s nothing you can do about it after the job is done, there are some things you can do beforehand to lessen your chances of hating your photos.

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My “Big Day” as an annual event: Why my less-than-perfect wedding isn’t a big deal

I didn’t get the wedding I wanted and that’s perfectly okay, because I’m going to have a wedding every year for the rest of my life. If I’m allowed to have this crazy notion that my husband and I are going to spend the rest of our freaking lives together, why not vow to celebrate our marriage at least once a year? We’ll turn every anniversary into an opportunity to get hitched again.

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Worst wedding ever: how I handled wedding day disappointment

Is it normal to be unhappy on your wedding day? Because I was. Right after my wedding ceremony, the only thought in my head was “this wedding would never be good enough to be on Offbeat Wed.” I was dealing with wedding day disappointment, BIG TIME.

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Think twice before writing that negative vendor review

I was disappointed by one of my wedding vendors, so I wrote a scathing review on a wedding vendor review site.

… And then the vendor threatened to sue me.

Yes, it’s true. By law, in my state at least, some of the statements that I wrote in my negative vendor review were considered defamatory and therefore against the law. Which meant I could be sued for a total up to $350,000. So before you go posting that crazy-mad review, follow these tips…

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13 things I wish I’d known on my wedding day

Well, the wedding was beautiful and fun and awesome by all accounts, but now I have the “shoulda-coulda-wouldas” and it’s getting me down. But please, LEARN from my mistakes! I offer you this advice as a bride who didn’t think of all of these things before the wedding…

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A disappointed bride’s 5 tips to get better wedding photos

Our wedding is all done and it was fantastic, but the photography isn’t. There’s little I can do now, except to share some wedding photography advice with the benefit of hindsight in the hopes that my disappointment won’t be yours as well. Here are five things I wish I would have done differently.