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Destination Wedding Photography Giveaway
Posted by Chrys in Giveaways & Contests on February 11th, 2010
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A Must See for Etsy Loving Brides
Posted by Chrys in In The News on February 10th, 2010
If you’re anything like me, you probably spend a lot of time on Etsy. It’s the perfect place to find unique pieces for your wedding. From custom designed invitations to button bouquets and vintage wedding dresses, you can find just about everything and often it’s cheaper and more unique that what you would at your local store.
Wedsy is a great resource for brides. It’s an independent project that offers up a selection of some of the most popular wedding items currently available on Etsy. It’s a great way to weed through the massive lists of items available for sale and find the best wedding options quickly.
Wedsy is still a fairly new service but I expect it will grow to be bigger and even better then it already is in the months to come.
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I'm baaack.
Posted by Jill in In The News on February 1st, 2010
Wow! Sorry for the hiatus. I was CRAZY busy at work this past week. I mean CRAZY. J and I flew to San Francisco for work and then had to take the hours and hours and hours worth of footage we took there and turn it into a television show in a VERY short amount of time. Which meant that we stayed at the television studio until ALL hours of the night. BUT as a result we ended up with an amazing show… if I do say so myself.
But blah, blah, blah enough excuses. The point is, I can stop thinking about work and start thinking about the WEDDING again! Haha!
I think I might have mentioned this before, but I believe that Wedding TV is an insomniac’s best friend. It’s not often that I can’t sleep, but sometimes I’ll hit a Starbucks a little too late in the day and I pay for it ALL NIGHT. Last night was one of those dreadful nights. So I snuggled up with my favorite blanket and a DVR full of Platinum Weddings and Say Yes to the Dresses. And I started thinking, “this is a GREAT time to be a bride”, I mean seriously girls, we’re really lucky. There is so much great wedding related media right now. Amazing websites. Great TV shows. This is a time when wedding photography and videography are at their best. Dresses are gorgeous. Trends are palatable (ie. No puffy sleeved monstrosities). Yay for us! Yay for 2010! Yay for a blog full of future Mrs.
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Monograms!!!
Posted by Jill in Damask Weddings, Hot Trends on January 10th, 2010
I don’t know what J and I could possibly need a custom monogram for, but that sure doesn’t keep me from wanting one. Have you ever typed “custom monogram” into Etsy. OMG. Hello, stealer of my time and obsession of my soul. Etsy found 10,032 results for Custom Monogram. 10,032. And I pined after each and ever one of them. (Actually, I only got to page 20 before I decided I’d opened enough new tabs to keep me busy for a while.)
Here are a few of my favorites
I love this sash. I think it’s beautiful, elegant, classy, timeless, all those things I aspire to be! 
I think there are probably a gazillion things you could do with it, but I think it’s wonderful tied around the bouquet as they show it. Or maybe as a sash around my dress? Who knows!
This is available through Etsy seller, Michael Angela, she’s got oodles of other wedding related items that warrant your perusal. Check out the “New MRS.” aprons too. I’m a sucka for aprons.
Here’s another fav. Personalized wedding monograms. Yes. PERSONALIZED. For… get this… FIVE DOLLARS!!!!!!! Etsy seller Double Trouble Designs also has a blog… on which I’ve spent wayyyyyyy too much time. I feel like I need about 20 different personalized monograms. How do you choose?!?!? And where exactly do they go?? Yes, on our programs would be nice. And maybe somewhere on our invitations? But where else? I’m not sure… but that’s not going to stop me from buying one… or 20….
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New Year. New Life.
Posted by Jill in In The News on January 1st, 2010
2009. I have to be honest. Not the greatest year I’ve ever had. Kind of bland with a side of mediocre and about 5 seconds of absolute terror.
Yes. I started a new job. Technically it is my dream job. But I have to admit, there have been a couple days when I sat at my desk and thought “I need to have better dreams”.
I guess I would have been more enthusiastic about my dream job, but the day before I was supposed to start (6 months ago today, in fact), J and I got in a horrible car accident. We were rear-ended on the interstate. The impact catapulted us across three lanes of busy interstate traffic, slammed us into the concrete median and spun us around so we were facing traffic. J landed in my lap covered in blood and I thought he was dead. Thankfully, I was wrong and the wreck didn’t accumulate to much more than a broken nose (his) and a totaled car (mine) and a lot of frustrating insurance claims.
Two good things came out of the wreck. A shiny red hard top convertible and a new and increasingly poignant attentiveness behind the wheel…
On to 2010. 2010 is THE YEAR! A wedding in a couple months. And who knows maybe after that I’ll get knocked up by my hot hubby!
Tangent: can one get “knocked up” by their hubby? Or is “knocked up” reserved for the un-wed?
Tangent of my Tangent: why “knocked UP”? It’s physically impossible to get knocked UP, you can get knocked DOWN, or knocked AROUND, but knocked UP? Can’t happen…. and I certainly hope it doesn’t have some sort of 19th century X-rated meaning, if it does I don ‘t want to know….. Knocked UP makes me think of one of my least favorite Southernisms “cut ON the light/stove/washing maching etc.” you can’t cut something ON, only OFF. Sigh. Oh well.
I have a couple resolutions. Aside from fruitful loins and a successful fabulous budget friendly wedding and keeping tangents at bay… if those can be considered resolutions.
1. Lose all the dang weight I gained after the accident (and then some). After our brush with death J and I had a tendency to think “life’s too short, what’s one more cookie?” well to answer my emotionally disturbed and pudgy self, one more cookie = LOTS more pounds.
2. Have some sort of realistic savings plan. We’ll be combining incomes so I’d like for us to get started off on the right foot.
3. I’m habitually 15 minutes late for everything. I can get up 30 minutes earlier than usual and still be 15 minutes late. NO MORE LATENESS. It’s pathetic. And immature.
4. Be nicer. To my family. To my J. To myself.
5. Keep a cleaner home. I hate cleaning. But I want to be a good wife. And isn’t that part of it?
6. Make a friend. I haven’t made any awesome female friendships since college. My mom has been bff’s with the same lady since I was in utero. When I was home for Christmas my mom said “I hope you meet a ‘Rita’”, which made me kind of sad that I didn’t already have one in the South.
Hope you have a happy and safe New Years!
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Giveway: Peach Press & 100 Layer Cake
Posted by Chrys in Giveaways & Contests on November 16th, 2009
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Meet Jill
Posted by Jill in In The News, Real Weddings on October 29th, 2009
I’m in love with a man that is the complete opposite of what I expected. Years ago I wrote “the list”, and oh sure, he has all of the important things (ie. loving, close to his family, great sense of humor) but none of the qualities in my subcategories (ie. No Doctorate from Yale. Dark and handsome… but definitely not tall. And much to my chagrin, he’s not a millionaire). In fact, after our first date I turned to him, as if I were the hiring manager at a job interview, and said matter-of-factly “you have none of the qualities on my ‘list’”.
Thankfully this didn’t dissuade him.
Fast-forward two years… In the exact same spot where he asked me to be his girlfriend, he asked me to be his bride.
I burned my “list”.
Now I’m planning to marry the most unexpectedly magnificent man I’ve ever encountered.
My parents are equally magnificent. They have generously agreed to pay for our wedding. Then my dad got a pay cut at work. In a shaky economy he’s grateful to have a job, but this throws a major loophole in the extravagant “platinum wedding” I’ve been dreaming about since I was a little girl (and admittedly, planning since well before I was engaged.) Mom and I are working hard to reign in our expensive tastes. After weeks of touring Crystal Ballrooms in fancy hotels, we’ve agreed to only view places that actually fit into our tight budget.
Thankfully, for me, finding deals is like a game. I love wearing designer clothes that I got from thrift stores, jewelry from yard sales, and shoes from clearance bins. And I LOVE telling people that my dress only cost $2.00, after they compliment me on my style! With so many great deals available, I pride myself on being high maintenance… on a budget.
We believe that with some creativity, ingenuity, and great sales we can create a platinum wedding on an aluminum budget.
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Martha Stewart Luxury Wedding Expo
Posted by Chrys in In The News on October 27th, 2009
Martha Stewart is definitely a budget bride’s friend. I LOVE her DIY ideas and I currently own about 14 past issues. So far. It grows every few months lol. Now Martha Stewart is hosting a FREE, ONLINE luxury wedding event for brides. This is a great chance to chat with top wedding experts and get your most pressing wedding questions answered for FREE.
There’s only one catch – you have to register. So go ahead, click here – and register today:)
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Justin Guarini Wedding Photos
Posted by Chrys in Celebrity Weddings on October 27th, 2009
Justin Guarini, best remembered as the runner up to Kelly Clarkson in the first season of American Idol, wed Reina Capodici this September. The couple have known each other since high school were Reina’s mother was Justin’s teacher. The couple reconnected in 2007 and had originally planned a wedding for next summer but made the decision earlier this year that they didn’t want to wait any longer.
Check out this beautiful video of photos from their photographer.
For more details on the wedding, here is a great article from People.
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