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Planning a wedding comes with a lot of questions. BOLI bloggers have the answers! The Brides of Long Island Blog tackles issues our members care about most, follows trends within the wedding industry, and provides helpful tips and tricks for making your wedding the best day ever!

7 Ways to Save For Your Wedding
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7 Ways to Save For Your Wedding

The costs can add up… but so can your savings account! Congrats, you’re engaged! It’s one of the most exciting and joyful times in your life. After you’ve shown the ring to your family, friends, co-workers, and every barista at Starbucks, it will be time to get down to business and start planning. For many […]

How to Cut Your Wedding Day Guest List
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How to Cut Your Wedding Day Guest List

Tips to take your wedding from big and booming to small and intimate As 2020 begins to wind down, COVID-19 is still on the forefront of many Long Islanders’ minds. While we’ve started to see some normalcy creep back into our lives (no more waiting on lines to go inside Target!!), most of the pandemic’s […]

My Wedding, My Decisions, No You Cannot Bring Your Child
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My Wedding, My Decisions, No You Cannot Bring Your Child

An “adults only” wedding day? Why you might experience a bit of push back. It may be a day you’ve dreamed of for years (even before you met your fiance!), or you may have never thought about dress silhouettes, centerpieces, or first dance songs until your future spouse got down on one knee, but whatever […]

How To Create Perfect Wedding Playlists
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How To Create Perfect Wedding Playlists

You love pop, and he loves rock. No problem! There are ways to incorporate both! When it comes to wedding planning, everyone has something that is most important to them throughout the process. For some, it’s a great photographer. Others love designing the décor and working with florists. But for a lot of brides, music […]

8 Tips to Help Throw a Backyard Wedding
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8 Tips to Help Throw a Backyard Wedding

Going from a venue to a backyard can be stressful, but these tips will help. Let’s face it – 2020 hasn’t really been what you thought it would be when you planned the wedding of your dreams. Some of you might have changed dates several times this year, while others have pushed off to 2021 […]

Registry Must-Haves for Every BOLI
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Registry Must-Haves for Every BOLI

From Dishes and Roombas to Soundbars and Beer Pong Tables…and everything in between! Creating your registry can be really overwhelming. Do you go with the blue patterned dishes or the plain white? Which vacuum brand is the best? Why are you even in this Bed Bath & Beyond?  You’ve lived with your fiance for 5 […]

Not a Flower Person? Other Centerpiece Ideas That Aren’t Flowers
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Not a Flower Person? Other Centerpiece Ideas That Aren’t Flowers

Fish in bowls, lanterns, candles and much more! There are plenty to choose from. Flowers seem to be a big part of weddings, but when it comes to centerpieces, you don’t necessarily have to go the floral route. If you’re not big on flowers, there are plenty of other centerpiece ideas that are sure to […]

11 Fall Date Ideas on Long Island
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11 Fall Date Ideas on Long Island

Grab a jacket and enjoy all that fall offers with your significant other! Here are 11 fall date ideas on Long Island Just because it’s getting cooler outside, doesn’t mean you have to stay indoors for date night! There are so many things to do on Long Island with your fiancé in the fall, that […]

The Best Sites for Bridesmaid’s Dresses
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The Best Sites for Bridesmaid’s Dresses

With these amazing online options, your gal pals can pick out their favorites without leaving home! You’ve set the date, found the venue, and said “yes” to the dress! Now it’s time to round up your bridal squad and decide on their wedding wardrobe. But with one bridesmaid in Long Beach, New York and another […]

BOLI Joins Wedding Vendors in Rally to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions
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BOLI Joins Wedding Vendors in Rally to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions

The catering industry rallied to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow larger gatherings. COVID-19 shut down the country in March. And as Long Island went through the reopening phases after months of being closed, one industry seems to still be on pause – the wedding industry! This is causing unnecessary stress on brides, and forcing […]