Chic Halloween Weddings
Halloween weddings can be very memorable for guests… certainly your anniversary will be easy for them to remember! While some make opt to take the blood-and-guts approach with a Halloween wedding, there is evidence out there in cyber space that Halloween weddings can be playful and fun, yet elegant and chic. Happy Haunting!
Personalize Your Stationery
With all of the stationery involved in a wedding; engagement announcements, save-the-dates, invitations and thank you notes, consider making your wedding paper goods stand out by personalizing! Check out Expressionery for some great ideas.
Adorable Wedding Cake Toppers!
I had to share Kikuike’s profile on Etsy… it is a group of Japanese artists who create the most adorable wedding cake toppers that I have ever seen! A wedding cake topper is one of those details that lots of couples overlook or leave out altogether, but I happen to think they are one of
The Love Language of Flowers
Traditionally, orange blossoms (symbolizing purity) were the flowers used for the bridal bouquet. Nowadays brides are sporting hundreds of varieties of flowers as they march down the aisle. Here is a flower symbolism guide to help get you going! Heather = Luck Daisy = Innocence Honeysuckle = Generosity Apple Blossom = Good Fortune Iris =
Married in a Hurricane!
As I was watching the news of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene over the past few weeks, it occurred to me that the weekend that she hit was a prime wedding weekend for the summer! I did some digging and there are some pretty interesting stories about how the weather effected weddings in the
Where Will You Sit?
The bride and groom traditionally have two options for seating at their reception; either at a sweetheart’s table (where they are isolated on a newlywed island and people often feel weird approaching them) or at a head table (where the entire wedding party looks as if they are in an important board room conference). I
Weeknight Weddings
If you are looking for a way to trim some of the cost of a having a wedding, consider choosing a weeknight rather than a Friday or Saturday. You will definitely save money with vendors, such as caterers and photographers, who are typically booked solid on weekends and are therefore able to charge a great
Congratulations Gay & Lesbian Couples!
Although “congratulations” sounds like such a weak way to describe the liberation you must be feeling now that you finally have the ability to get legally married in New York state! All I can say is that it is about time.
Plantable Wedding Paper?
Here is a fun way to make your wedding invitations or ‘thank you’ cards stand out… Send your guests paper goods that can be planted for an eco-friendly, long lasting reminder of your special day. The company Botanical PaperWorks (botanicalpaperworks.com) offers paper products that double as both a place to print information for guests and
Wedding Invitation Wording
If you are getting married this fall, you are probably about to send out your wedding invitations. Picking out the invitation design is of course the fun part… it’s deciding what the wording should be that is quite tricky. InvitationConsultants.com is a website with ideas and samples for different ways to word your invitation, so