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It’s a once in a lifetime event with a bigger environmental impact than most couples create in a entire year. Scary, isn’t it? The good news is, you can make changes to prevent this. Reduce Travel The biggest impact of the average wedding comes from travel. If your family is spread all over, you might [...]

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Listed as number 38 out of 50 on Time Magazine’s “The 50 Top Websites” (MCCRACKEN, 2011) in August 2011, Pinterest has become the latest in wedding planning through social media. Pinterest has perfected the concept of a virtual bulletin board allowing members to “organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web [...]

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One of the greatest gifts we can give to another is the gift of our presence and attention.  One of the best ways to give our attention is to learn to listen in a different way.  We can listen not only with our ears, but with our sense of touch as well.  Through touch, we [...]

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Late into a beautiful July afternoon, the sun has just begun to set as a warm summer breeze sweeps over the open pasture. Another group of guests begin their journey down a winding path lined with Mason jar lanterns hanging from plant hooks. Fire flies light up the forest like twinkle lights as the last [...]

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Fall in Central Pennsylvania is a time when the green landscape turns to gold and the surrounding mountains change to a wall of vibrant color. While the growing season is coming to an end, our catering phone continues to ring with inquiries from bridal couples about a growing and important trend: planning a locally inspired [...]

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The tradition of giving gifts to wedding guests is a very old one. It is believed that theses gifts, common amongst European aristocrats in the 1600’s, first consisted of delicate confections or sugared almonds. Today, gifts to wedding guests are commonly known as wedding favors and are a tradition shared in cultures around the world. [...]

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Many young girls have the vision of their perfect wedding. It is a day in which every dream-inspired detail is just perfect. And then reality sets in. Planning, meetings, decisions, deadlines – it all brings one thing that you never accounted for when dreaming of your perfect wedding – STRESS! Stress comes with any big [...]

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We’ve all heard it before:  communication is the key to any successful event.  So why leave this important element to chance when planning your big day? Following are a few tips to keep your wedding expectations on track: 1. Designate a primary point of contact with vendors.  This could be you or someone in your [...]

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If marriage is the blending of two lives, the food at your reception should be the blending of many tastes, textures and aromas. The reception is the time and place to entertain your guests with a delicious blend of food, drinks, decorations, and service that reflects your personalities; but that doesn’t necessarily have to break [...]

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You’ve gotten engaged and you are so happy. You start envisioning the perfect wedding day. The perfect dress, setting, flowers, music.. the list goes on and on. Once you have the perfect picture in your head, then begins the hard part – pulling all of those parts together. To start putting together the pieces of [...]

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Picture it! A cold January morning: you pull into a parking lot already half filled with cars. As you approach the facility, you notice a line has already formed, but you arrived 45 minutes before the doors open. The line begins to funnel into the now opened doors. Finally in the warmth of the facility, [...]

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You need a team of professionals around you to pull off your big day.  You can’t do it alone!  The NittanyWeddings.com Directory is full of wedding pros who can help you have the best wedding day possible.  But how do you pick your team? Here are 5 keys to help you: 1.    Budget. First, make sure you [...]

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Planning a wedding is a ton of work, right? How do you know you’re choosing the right vendors? The Directory is the most-visited section of the NittanyWeddings.com website – it is the engine behind the site.  Local and regional wedding vendors pay to be included so that you can find them. What is the best way [...]

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Congratulations!   You’re well on your way to the biggest day of your life!  Here are some of the most common mistakes that I’ve seen couples make while planning their wedding. 1.    Not Setting a Clear Budget – Be sure to set a budget before you begin planning.  You don’t want to get in over your [...]

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A wedding day is the most memorable day in a couple’s life together. It is the start of forever. Memories made on the first day are celebrated each and every year, on anniversaries. In that respect, a couple wants their wedding day to be perfection. From the fabulous dress, sophisticated tuxedo, to the fragrant and [...]

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