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How to Get a Marriage License in New York State
Don’t forget this step in your wedding planning! You must have a license to legally get married in NYS. Not sure how to navigate the process? Oaks Manor can help. Here, we have outlined the basics of obtaining your marriage license. Obtaining Your Marriage License You...
6 Delectable Alternatives to Wedding Cake
As you and your fiancée are checking things off your wedding planning list, do you get stuck at the wedding cake? If one or both of you aren’t fans of cake, do you have to serve it at your wedding? In short, the answer is no. Oaks Manor has some suggestions for great...
What’s Included in Your Wedding Invitation Suite?
A wedding invitation suite includes all of the paper goods that are sent with your invitation. You should be shopping for these items and ordering them about six to nine months before your wedding. What belongs in your invitation suite? Let’s take a look. Traditional...
38 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Venue
38 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Venue One of the most important decisions you’ll have to make during your wedding planning is about your venue. There are tons of choices! How do you pick the right one for you? Oaks Manor has put together this list of questions for...
How to NOT Be a Bridezilla
Dictionary.com defines bridezilla as a soon-to-be bride who is overly involved with the details of her wedding and becomes extremely self-centered, demanding, or otherwise difficult to tolerate. Planning a wedding can be quite stressful, and stress doesn’t always...
Anniversary Gifts by Year
Beginning in the Middle Ages, couples have celebrated the number of years they’ve been married with specific gifts. They start off simple, and as the relationship grows and becomes stronger, the gifts increase in substance and significance. Here, we present...
Do You Need a Wedding Planner?
Fortunately, states are beginning to open up wedding and reception venues with restrictions. Have you begun preparing for your wedding? Do you need some help? Oaks Manor takes a look at what wedding planners do and if one is right for you. What Is a Wedding Planner? A...
How to Choose Dresses Your Bridesmaids Will Love
Let’s make what could be an aggravating part of your wedding planning into a pleasure. It’s not easy choosing dresses for your bridesmaids that fit and flatter each person, but with a few tips from Oaks Manor, it might just be a pleasurable experience (or at least...
10 Tips for a Stress-Free Wedding Day
You’ve probably heard that your wedding day is bound to be stressful. We’re here to tell you that’s not true! With a little preparation, your day will go smoothly, and you’ll be able to relax and enjoy it. Get ready with our 10 tips for a stress-free wedding day! 1....
How Will COVID-19 Affect Your 2021 Wedding?
If you’re planning a wedding for the spring or summer of 2021, it may look a little different than you imagined. While we’re moving past minimonies and microweddings, there are still restrictions in place, thanks to COVID-19. Venues can now host weddings and other...
Social Media Wedding Guest Guide
To Post or Not to Post Social media is a huge part of our lives. Whether tweeting, Snapchatting, posting to Instagram or Facebook, or making a new TikTok, we spend our days sharing our activities online. At a wedding, guests will surely have their phones out,...