Wedding Etiquette
5 Tips to Know Before Planning Your Wedding
A question I get asked a lot is “What should we know before planning our wedding?”. So, here are my top 5 tips for what you should know as you plan your wedding: 1. Get on the same page with your fiancé before talking to anyone else (go through Pinterest, discuss budget, time of year,…
Read MoreTips for Creating a Great Wedding Gift Registry
Congratulations on your engagement! Your wedding is one of the best days of your life, and every aspect of preparing for your special day should be filled with excitement and fun — including registering for wedding gifts! To help you feel less overwhelmed, we’ve curated a guide to creating a GREAT gift registry. After all,…
Read MoreYour Wedding Planning Book, Wedding Day Designer, is On Sale Now!
WE ARE SO EXCITED!!! We added over 80 pages of content to the Wedding Day Designer for this 2021 version! We are also offering this beautiful wedding planning book as three available options: “The Luxe” 3-ring keepsake binder with tabs and a pocket! “The Lite” spiral-bound notebook The digital PDF version to type and click…
Read MoreWedding Invitations from Hitch Studio: Our Sioux Falls and Brookings Offices!
Hitch Studio is so excited to announce that we have two locations to get your custom wedding invitations: Sioux Falls and Brookings, South Dakota! Why meet with a professional stationery designer at Hitch Studio to design your wedding invitations? Because you get: A printed proof to check for perfect color matching — Once we’ve met,…
Read MoreWhy Dinner Etiquette is so Important: Buy Your Copy of the Dinner Etiquette Guide by Hitch Studio
Get your own copy of our Dinner Etiquette Guide: I believe in my heart and soul that no matter your status or situation, if it’s for a job interview or your wedding reception, having good manners at a dinner table is a lifelong skill. My name is Renee Bauman, owner of Hitch Studio in Brookings,…
Read More5 Common Wedding Gifts That Are Actually Terrible
Picking out a gift for a family or friends’ wedding can be a challenge. It’s always hard to know how much you should spend, how personal the gift should be (should I really give another gift card?!), what the couple actually wants, and more importantly — what the couple doesn’t want. Before I dive into…
Read MoreHow To Narrow Down Your Wedding Guest List Without Offending People or Feeling Guilty
Your wedding is a celebration of two families and two sets of friends coming together. Party as such! Whoo! But what happens when your venue only holds 150 comfortably and your wedding guest list is already over 250? This is a common problem when it comes to the invite list and we’ve come up with…
Read MoreWriting the Best Wedding Toast: A Sample Speech for the Bride
Your heart beat out of your chest while you walked down the aisle — and all eyes were on you. And now one more time today, all eyes are on you…you are giving the thank-you toast at your wedding reception! You want your wedding speech to be perfect, heartfelt, a little funny, and memorable. Short…
Read MoreWedding Invitations: Addressing the Envelopes Correctly
Weddings are full of etiquette rules. Some rules were made to be broken! (Examples: who says you need wedding cake, who says you can’t have a bridesman or a groomswoman, who says you can’t get married on a Friday?!) Addressing your envelopes with the names on your guest list is one of those etiquette rules…
Read MoreWalking the Walk and Talking the Talk: A Breakdown of Bridal Party Duties
You’ve got the date, theme, colors, hair stylist, dress, bridesmaids, groomsmen, and ring-bearing dog picked out for your big day. But wait, what is everyone supposed to do again? Here’s the low-down on duties of the bridal party and tips for the week-of. Mother of the Bride (MOB) Let her host her own shower Yes,…
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