Some claim that you don’t see a person’s true colors until you start planning your wedding. Most of the time dealing with all of the personalities is much harder than dealing with the actual planning itself. For some reason, I’ve found that weddings have a way of turning even the most mild-mannered, normal human beings […]
By Alex Blank Millard for xoJane “So,” says the woman standing in front of me at the deli counter at the café close to my house, “I couldn’t help but overhear you are getting married?” Meh, I used to work at this café, I’ve seen her around, no harm in talking. “Oh yeah, in August.” […]
I was 24 when I got married. We had been together five years, through long-distance, an across the sea deployment, and all the regular ups and downs of an early 20’s relationship. We were finally adults, with a house payment, actually two, grown-up jobs, and a bright future ahead of us. We had been so […]
Last weekend, I found myself somewhere I never thought I’d be: in the meeting room of a luxury hotel, surrounded by glittery signage, pink cupcakes neatly arranged on gold trays and shimmering gowns, unable to escape a relentlessly perky woman who wouldn’t stop asking if she could curl my hair. I was at, yes, a […]
After months of waiting, followers of Rose Ellen Dix and Rosie Spaughton’s popular YouTube channel finally got to see the couple tie the knot. They knew each other for a while; Dix had a crush on Spaughton for five years before the couple actually got together. “We met through mutual friends who went to school […]
The July sun had long since set the Wednesday night M proposed to me. By the time we went to sleep, we agreed we’d meet up at lunch the next day to pick out a ring, and I spent the morning happily posting cryptic proposal messages to Livejournal and fielding calls from my friends. Come […]
Wedding etiquette is always changing, but there is usually more of a focus on etiquette on the part of the couple getting married: how to word invitations, how to address envelopes, etc. It’s easy to forget that guests have to mind their manners, too. Some of these “easy steps” may seem so common sense, they […]
By Matthew Robbins for Sweet Paul Inspiration for your wedding flowers can come from anywhere. I got inspired by some beautiful butterflies and created these amazing bouquets. The blue and black butterfly was one of my favorites to work with as a source of inspiration for this story. The simple, bold color combo is so […]
I will admit it — I was getting burned out last year from dealing with some unruly potential clients. Then I realized why. I’m a laid-back kind of gal and don’t tend to click with those that are high-maintenance. I was feeling pretty bad about myself for a bit but then thought about it and […]