Expenses to travel to the wedding instead of a gift?

my mother is going to a wedding in indiana she is traveling from new jersey. the wedding is of my sisters friend. i was wondering what is the the gift etiquette. is the traveling expense (plane and rental car) plus the hotel cost and her presence at the wedding the gift or is it required to give a.... [Read more]

Cookie Wedding Favor wording

I will be giving cookies as my wedding favors. They will be homemade. We are trying to think of something to put on the tag of the bag that incorporates "sweet" somehow. Do you have any suggestions?

Or we have also considered making cookies with M&Ms in them because my maiden name starts.... [Read more]

Framed Place cards

As wedding favors, we are using frames to hold the place cards. I have seen this done at events where the frames were provided as a courtesy. How can I be sure the guests will know that these are to take home and not provided by the hall? Could we add a note to the frame saying "A gift from Bride.... [Read more]

How to invite 1st crowd to 2nd reception

Hello! I've searched through previous posts and not found quite this question. We are having a small wedding and reception in NY, and a second larger reception a couple of weeks later in Indiana. I'd like to issue a general invitation to the NY folks that if they're able to come to Indiana, we'd.... [Read more]

Names on wedding favors.

Hello. I am making our wedding favors that will have our names on them and the date of our wedding. Who's name goes first, mine or his? Then do I put his last name after our names have been printed? Such as..... Jane & John or is it with the last name also, such as..... Jane & John Smith?.... [Read more]