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"Most wedding photographers these days do retain the copyrights in the photos they take of your wedding, but they may give you a license to make personal, non-commercial uses of your photos. This is especially common when photographers offer a CD or DVD containing the high-res files of all your pictures. You usually have to pay extra, but a license like this means you can print copies yourself, post your pictures on Facebook, and send them to your friends, without asking for permission and without violating your photographer's copyright. These are all good rights to have, and I highly recommend reading your contract carefully to see if you get them, and if you don't, to ask. For me and my boyfriend, a personal license was absolutely the bare minimum of what we would accept from our photographer. We're both copyright nerds, and we knew we needed a license to use our own wedding pictures. But what we really wanted - and ended up getting - was mor"

Eileen did floral for this Bowery wedding (Blooming Today)

"Can the caterer arrange for a tasting of the specific foods you're interested in prior to hiring? (They should.) Schedule a tasting if you get a good vibe."

"Wedding Reception Staff This type of staff includes the on-site coordinator, maitre d', and banquet manager. A service charge (typically 2 percent) is almost always built in to the food and drink fee, so check your contract. If the gratuity is not included, tip as follows. Protocol: Expected The $tandard: 15 - 20 percent of the food and drink fee (based on labor, not the cost), or $200 - $300 for the maitre d'. When to Tip: If it's covered in the contract, the final bill is typically due before the reception. Otherwise, have the father of the bride or best man hand the envelope to the maitre d' at the end of the reception since you will need to know the final tab to calculate the percentage."

COPYRIGHT agrees to grant image rights to the wedding couple with a non-exclusive, limited, perpetual license. This license allows the wedding couple to do the following with the images: i) display the images; ii) print the images; iii) make "derivate works" of the images or otherwise modify; iv) edit or manipulate the electronic files; v) copy the electronic files or the printed images; vi) upload, email, or electronically transfer the images or files; and, vii) publish the images on personal websites or social media websites.

"When I pressed TheKnot.com on why they don't just publish both figures, they told me they didn't want to confuse people. To their credit, they did disclose the figure to me when I asked, but this number gets very little attention. Are you ready? In 2012, when the average wedding cost was $27,427, the median was $18,086. In 2011, when the average was $27,021, the median was $16,886. In Manhattan, where the widely reported average is $76,687, the median is $55,104. And in Alaska, where the average is $15,504, the median is a mere $8,440. In all cases, the proportion of couples who spent the "average" or more was actually a minority."

Veil/cord/coin paraphernalia (sans Christ-y crosses).

Etsy vendors that do calligraphy for wedding invites.