When I was in high school, I worked at a popular cake boutique in town. Every Saturday morning, opulent, multi-tiered wedding cakes would emerge from the back, freshly decorated for their big debut.

Everything about my wedding fell into place, which was the only way I could have ever considered having one. We chose the venue because a friend was its beverage director and offered his help in ...

I planned my wedding at home in three months (while three months pregnant)! The venue, my mother-in-law’s backyard in rural New Jersey, was almost two hours outside of the city. When it came to the ...