DIY Weddings, Visual Guides Part 1 DIYing some or all of your Wedding can be great fun. If you’re a lover of crafts or cooking you’ll love the following visual guides. Part two shows you how to build archways and decorate your tables; but here we will focus on the food! Before we jump right in to the juicy …
Color Coordinating Your BridesMaids
Chances are good that you’ve heard at least one horror story in your life about bridesmaids’ experiences, whether it was a dress that was practically the embodiment of a nightmare, a color that looked nice on approximately nobody, or dealing with a bride who had such specific visions of what she wanted her Big Day to look like that there …
Gifts for Groomsmen
A few weeks ago, we featured a post designed to help out the bride who’s searching for the perfect gifts for her bridesmaids. It wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t give the grooms-to-be the same help with their groomsmen, now would it? Admittedly, it was a little bit difficult even for us to get started on compiling a list …
Gifts for Bridesmaids
Gifts for Bridesmaids The funny thing about bridal parties is that it isn’t just the bridesmaids who have to worry about finding the perfect gifts for the bride. The bride has just as much to think about when it comes to picking out the perfect gifts to say ‘thank you’ to her girls for standing by her side on her …
Dancing with Dad: Father/Daughter Dance Song Ideas for your Wedding Day
If we’re being honest, wedding ceremonies and receptions highlight and celebrate many more relationships than just the one being cemented that day. Sure, the Big One is the relationship between the bride and groom, but from the outset of most ceremonies, another relationship is pretty front-and-center, and the touchstone for the moment that usually starts the ‘worrying about running mascara’ …
Love, Marriage, & the Pursuit of Happiness: Planning Your Fourth of July Wedding
When he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson claimed that everyone was entitled to “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” What could be a better way of “pursuing Happiness” than tying the knot with the love of your life? Here are some suggestions for a star-spangled, patriotic celebration of your love …
Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Wedding Anniversary Gifts The date of your wedding becomes something very special, with each passing year it grows in important and emotion. There are traditional colors and gifts for these times, and below we’ve listed some of the common ones. Don’t let this restrict you however, as getting your spouse something they’ll truly love is something only you can really …
Transportation for your Wedding
Transportation for your Wedding We’ve wrote at great length about how to organize a wedding, the various styles and ways to implement it, but have you considered how you’re going to arrive? When your guests first see you on that magic day you want to appear at your best, and this not only goes with the hair, makeup and dress, …
The Perfect Make-Up for Your Skin Tone
The Perfect Make-Up for Your Skin Tone We live in a world full of diverse people and diverse skin tones. In fact, Brazilian photographer Angelica Dass once conducted a study and concluded that we have over 70 skin tones throughout the current human population. It follows, then, that not all make-up will look the same against all skin-tones. On your …
Top 10 HoneyMoon Locations
You’ve tied the knot, the (sometimes long and stressful!) wedding planning is over, the magical event has come to completion, and now what better way to celebrate your love than a once in a life-time honeymoon? Here are some Top Honeymoon locations for you to consider: Paris, France Paris is considered one of the most romantic cities in the world. …