Smartphones are officially the norm of society, and society LOVES every chance they get to use them. Luckily for weddings, photos are popular demand by not only the bride and groom, but the whole guest list as well. Hiring a top-notch photographer is important in the wedding planning process, but the photographers cannot take every photo possible, right? That is where your guests come in: sharing their own photos on…

Where to Sell Your Used Wedding Dress Interested in Selling Your Used Wedding Dress?  Not sure if you should store it away?  If you have no real attachement to the dress and want to sell it – do it.  Let’s face it, it’s highly unlikely that the daughter (yes, the one you don’t yet have) will ever wear it and you are never going to pull it out of the…

Wedding Photography : More Than Just Pictures Let me preface this by saying I am a wedding photographer. However, I’m not writing in any way to plug my craft and services. I want to touch on wedding photography and how your choice in photographer will impact your wedding in more ways than just the visual memories. We know that weddings are deeply personal with all couples. Personality is present more…

Getting in Shape for Your Wedding! We all want to look great on the day of our wedding, showing off a toned body in an amazing white gown. The question is, what types of workouts provide results? First off, receiving and maintaining a toned figure is 20% exercise and 80% diet. All the working out in the world will not give you the confidence on your wedding day without the…

Save Money on Your Wedding with One Simple Adjustment These days everyone talks about ways to save money or cut costs for a wedding.  There are blogs, television segments and “expert” advice all over the place covering this topic – and there are a variety of ways to cut costs for your big day, but there is one simple adjustment you can make that will instantly cut the cost for…

Golden Globe’s are Setting the Trend for 2014 Grooms and Groomsmen Wedding Attire We love it when a groom is confident enough to rock his own style – something fitted, something colorful, or the ever-classy bow tie.  Kicking off this year’s award season, the Golden Globes set the trends for fashion.  This time, we noticed the men – in bow ties.  Long gone are the sleek black ties..hello classic bow…

Guest Blog: Invitation Cost Saving Ideas Cassie from How Inviting! gives her two cents on saving money when it comes to your wedding invitations… It has happened more times that I can count.  A new couple comes in for a wedding invitation consultation, sit down, and before the sample books even get opened, announce that they “do not want to spend much on invitations because they are just going to…

Why do you need a professional wedding coordinator when your venue manager, your photographer, your church coordinator and your DJ tell you they can handle everything??  Let’s be clear, what I do and what these people do are two completely different things.  I won’t go into what a wedding planner or coordinator does for you and why it is an advantage to you – this is really more about what…

Helpful and Fun Wedding App’s I know many of you are looking for fun and simple ways to make planning your big day a lot easier. There is so much to organize and on top of hiring a wedding planner, these apps will help get you organized.  I scoured reviews and downloaded these to check out myself. Keep in mind they are all free!  Happy Reading! Wedding Party: This app…

Easy Pointers to Making Wedding Welcome Bags aka Out-of-Town or Overnight Bags It is etiquette nowadays to provide a ‘care package’ to all the out-of-town people opening their wallets to make the trip and stay overnight for the wedding festivities – take it or leave it, but we say do it! These can be as expensive or as inexpensive as you choose; either way here’s a few pointers for the…