Fun Friday! This wasn’t what I had planned, but it’s too fun to pass up! If you haven’t seen Southern Weddings Magazine {http://www.swsmag.net/}, you’re really missing something! Right now, on their blog, they have a little contest going on with pictures that were submitted by readers with the premiere issue of the magazine. They are asking their readers to vote for the one they like best. The top 5 vote getters will win *fabulous...

It’s Inspiration Board Thursday! Like most of you, I love looking at inspiration boards and seeing what others visions of weddings are like. I put them together for fun, but today I am posting an inspiration board that I put together for a fantastic couple, Lynzi and Drew. I will actually revise this board in a couple of weeks now that I have a better feel for their thoughts and vision, but this is still a great representation of their ideas....

At your wedding, people will probably bring you gifts to help start your new life together. (We’ll discuss the pros and cons of bringing presents to a wedding at a later date.) Today, though, and for the next couple of weeks, we’re going to look at some gifts that you may want to give to members of your wedding party. Specifically, the ladies involved in your wedding. You have your Maid and/or Matron of Honor, your Bridesmaids, your...

Etiquette – a word that generates such stuffy and stilted feelings in so many people! Officially, from Dictionary.com, fourth definition {http://www.dictionary.com/}, it means: rules governing socially acceptable behavior. Now, that’s not so bad! Unofficially, I look at etiquette as the overarching framework on which weddings and other social events rest. It is not passé, it is not old-fashioned. It is what can and will give your event, no...

So, you’re looking for ideas for your wedding or event. You pick up a bridal magazine (or 3) and flip through it. You see page after page of beautiful ideas and color schemes. You think to yourself… ”How did they come up with that?” Now, they may be fantastically creative and inspiring people, they could have hired a consultant (yes, we tend to fit in that first category, too!), or they may have just seen something pretty that inspired...