video schmideo - wedding invites

I am going to honest here on this blog of mine.....I am not a fan of save the dates. I did not even do one for my own wedding!

I do not understand them, why does the bride and groom need to spend more money, more time, more stress and more energy on coming up with a cute, unique or gorgeous way to tell everyone, "Hey you are invited to our wedding on this day....I will tell you the information later though...."  (I realize i am only scratching the surface of things....sometimes if does make sense). In my case it never made sense to send out save the dates, we picked a date right away and had a venue and colours picked out a few weeks after our engagement, heck, we were only engaged for nine months before we walked down the aisle.

Also, I am a very budget conscious bride and as far as I am concerned if something needs to be cut to save costs when wedding planning....a save the date card, magnet, invite, or whatever....should be the first thing to go. So imagine my surprise and delight when the trend of sending email save the dates came into the picture. I was thrilled! There will definitely be some bumps in the road when doing this though, for instance, does your 98 year old great grandmother use email or YouTube? probably not. (I am most certain a family member will tell her the date anyways though!).

Check out this amazing save the date made with post its! The couple ended up sending it out as part of their wedding invitations, but I thought the idea was so sweet and fun. It took them 3 days and TONS of post its!

I must add that stop  motion, in save the dates and actual wedding videos are becoming huge as well. They are incredibly unique and I love them as well! Here is a wedding invitation video that is pretty fun!

I hope this inspires you! Happy planning!

Inspiring Picture of the day - Guest book - Sept 15,2011.

Get your guests to find their birthday and write their name with a little note!


For more creative and unique ideas for your guestbook, check out THIS link.

It is fun to be funny

Engagement pictures. A debate in itself whether or not the are necessary and once you have decided yes, they are, then what do you do.

I will post about the debate of engagement pictures soon. Its a long one and there are always a huge list of pros and cons.

Bottom line....if you DO have engagement pictures done, make sure they are YOU (have I mentioned this enough in my posts yet). This engagement shoot has gone viral all over the Internet. I think its for so many reasons...they have captured something they love, they are having tons of fun, the pictures are funny and you can also see how much they love each other!

I hope you enjoy these as much as I did! (my husband even loved them)

Photos from Amanda Rynda

Short Bride - Tall Groom

Wedding photography is one of the most important parts in your wedding, minus the obvious part of the bride and groom saying their vows of course!

Your pictures will last a lifetime and generations of friends and family will see them, you will want them to be perfect.  Having a great photographer will make a huge difference in the quality of your photos. One of the issues that comes up with a few of my brides is "My husband is way taller then me! our pictures will look funny!"

I am of the personal belief that this is the person you are marrying and if they are taller or shorter then you then that's the way it is! Why would you want to alter all your photos to hide that fact, its obvious and everyone knows it...one will not become taller or shorter after you get married. So I personally say enjoy it! play with it! embrace your differences and indulge in the difference!

BUT, not everyone is me. If your photographer is great they will know a way to disguise the difference. Here are a few shots to keep in mind that look ethereal, romantic and normal.

As I mention in every post...your wedding day is about you. Be sure not to falter to what the wedding world is pressuring you to think, how a wedding should look or be. If you are tall, short or have rainbow coloured hair, that uniqueness should be what you embrace about you and your wedding.

Happy Planning!