Wedding Wednesday

Bridal Beautifying Yourself

So your wedding is in a month and you are feeling pretty nervous about your bridal beauty situation because aren’t you supposed to be emulating radiance and perfection and instead you are feeling a little busted?  It’s ok, I was there too.  Let’s all relax and ponder what we can do to improve our bridal

Crushing on Calligraphy

We are completely and utterly infatuated with calligraphy.  Although Colleen couldn’t justify the extra cost for her wedding, we truly feel that it adds something quite special to the invitations or to the wedding itself, depending on how you use it.  We feel like it is almost the equivalent of a work of art, with

Wedding Inspiration Created By Cocktail {The Frenchy}

Anyone who has been to my house knows that I have an obsession with Paris.  The evidence is literally everywhere.  When I returned from a trip to Europe several years ago, it ended up being the place that I visited that left the biggest impression on me.  It is so beautiful and full of life

Wedding Welcome Bag Ideas

One wedding detail that can make a huge impact before guests even arrive at the ceremony is the welcome bag.  I’m not sure if they have always been popular, but while we were planning, I kept seeing super cute welcome bags everywhere.  Particularly when your guests are traveling long distances, it is a really great

Adorable Dresses to Wear to a Wedding (for under $100)

So I (as well as every woman in the universe) have this problem.  Whenever a big event comes around, I feel like I have nothing to wear.  I think the most difficult event to buy a dress for is a wedding.  You have to be dressy, but not too dressy, and definitely can’t wear white

Non-Floral Ceremony Decor Ideas

Flowers, particularly for a wedding, are pretty expensive.  We actually got really lucky by finding a reasonably priced florist, but it is not unheard of to see flower budgets of $3000-$5000.  Traditionally a major component of flower costs is spent on altar and ceremony decorations.  A more recent trend is to use alternative methods for