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Sunday
Apr222012

wedding inspiration! (on other blogs)

Check out these other great blogs!

 

I'm not sure about you, but i have my favorite go to blogs for inspiration, guilty pleasure reads, and basically things i absolutely love. I thought i'd share a few inspirations for weddings with you too! hopefully you find some new blogs to fall in love with. I will definitely will try to share more posts like this if you like the idea too! so leave a comment and let me know what you think. Do these ideas get you feeling more creative and ready to make decisions on your wedding!? Just a few things to consider for your big day. 

 

Green Wedding shoes

this Ruche wedding is dangerously beautiful. 

 

Adore By Chloe

How he really feels about your engagement shoot.

 

Valley and Co.

DIY popcorn favors

 

Eco and Elsie

Lemons, using them for your wedding

 

Ruffled

Victorian Steampunk wedding 

Austin Wedding Blog


Most amazing (colorful) wedding dresses

 

If you like the idea for me to share other ideas from other posts, let me know, i'll keep it up! Love to see all kinds of fun ideas for your day. If you know someone getting married soon and might need some inspiration, share this post by clicking "share" below! 

Sunday
Apr222012

Featured!- Trendy Bride

I'm so excited to share that my trash the dress session is now going to be featured on trendy bride! If you want to see the original post here on my blog, check it out here

To see the new post over at TrendyBride.net, click on the image below! yeah!

Tuesday
Apr172012

Five Things.




Are you looking for absolutely stunning actions!? I found Florabella actions quite a while ago, but finally just last week bought my first set! I started with Florabella Retouch and plan on getting classic workflow next. These actions are a little spendy but after researching these and hundreds of others, it's completely worth it! definitely some of the best actions i've seen. click on the image below to go to the main website, check out all the before and after, it's too gorgeous! 


Took of my my images to show one of my subtle before and after...


there is a clean color that comes with the retouch collection and then you can brush some softer skin. gorgeous, easy! The clean color took out the grays, popped her eyes, and i think it turned out great! 


next is a super cute party shop i found through Pinterest, if you're not following me, you should! click on the Pinterest icon to the right! (probably should follow me on facebook too) check out Shop Sweet Lulu by clicking on the image below. 



They have those cute striped straws i featured, cupcake holders, candy and sweets packaging, jars, tissue pom poms, and tons of other cute supplies! Whether it's for your big day, or a smaller party, definitely check out this site! super cute.



I've seen these glow jars all over lately, and wanted to share two different ways to make these. I still can't decide how i feel about them, but they could make for a good little low light at an outdoor wedding. 



The first way is to buy glow sticks, carefully break them into the jar. While this might seem like the best way, i read that this also could be a less safe way, and only lasts a few hours. The second is to buy glow in the dark paint, of course the same mason jars, throw paint in, and wow done! i think i'm going to try this to see how it works.. i'll let you know! 


I completely forgot about these sparklers until now! If you want something fun for when you leave the reception hall, and it's going to be dark, these could be perfect for you. I think sparklers are such a fun photo while you run under them, and why not add hearts since it's your wedding? i added the link, so click on the image to see the prices and order directly. It said 5.50 for a set of 6. i might like these since it adds another fun photo. but that's okay. :) 




is your groom like the many men who aren't excited about dressing up for the big day? maybe try incorporating items that'll make him a little happier when putting on that suit! 


suspenders. 


non traditional shoes

personalize them too! 

cufflinks

These you can get personalized to your date, name, OR you could think about purchasing something he likes, star wars, video games, if you can think of it, i'm sure it exists! (plus this adds another cool photo!) 


These are just a few ideas, there are LOTS of ways to add just a little bit of non traditional, even in a traditional suit. It might make your groom a bit more excited to get ready! and if they have suspenders, i find the guys think they're pretty cool. and they are. 


Did you incorporate something new and fun to your man's suit!? What do you think of the sparklers? And if you have any suggestions for awesome actions i'd love to hear about them. 


have a fantastic day! 




Tuesday
Apr172012

wedding budget

Now that i'm on the other side of the wedding budget, having seen how much things actually costs for weddings, cutting corners and what things you really just need to be ready to whip the cash out on, i've been searching for wedding budgets. When i was planning, i skipped passed the ones that would only do a percentage of the cost, i wanted one that would tell me approximately how much things SHOULD be, so i knew if i was doing good or not. i found one recently in a Bridal magazine here in Las Vegas. Although some prices i still think are off, especially if you're a DIY bride, it's nice to see what kind of money each category costs.

What's great about this budget is you could cut some categories out if others are important to you! For me, photos are one of the most important, so if you spend more in that area, i could be okay spending less in other areas, transportation, accessories, those kinds of things. The first column adds up to about 14,000. For my wedding, Brandon and i spent about 15,000. over our budget, but we were really happy with everything we had!

Another great thing is you can see not just one section of how much each cost, but depending on your budget, and what type of wedding you're looking for! I immediately cut this out of the magazine and typed it up just for you!

So how are you doing? Have you found a great resource for wedding budgets? There's an app i also found if you just type in "wedding budgets" that seem pretty good, and it's free!

Maybe not as fun as other posts, but neccessary!

Tuesday
Apr172012

Conner & Murphy- puppy face!


My babies! You might have seen these images before of my pups, but i wanted to share how this photo shoot went. It was difficult. Before we left for Santa Barbara which you can check out the full puppy-cation here. I actually was looking for an old bicycle and had this image in mind! so when we got to our little motel and saw the old bicycles, i was PUMPED.


Brandon started the shoot by putting Conner and Murphy in the basket with blankets and riding around. It was then my turn to try, and poor Murphy jumped out while in motion. i was actually really scared! poor thing hit its tiny puppy head.


so maybe it wasn't the best idea, but we got the photos i wanted, and it's now hung up in our living room!