In the New York Times: Grandmas as flower girls
Remember about a year ago when I wrote about grandmas as flowergirls? Well, the New York Times interviewed me for a story about the trend…
Offbeat sins: how to get pulled over by the Offbeat Police
I don’t want any of you looking back on your wedding and being like, “God, I don’t even like Game Of Thrones that much.” Offbeater-than-thou weddings just for offbeatness’ sake? That’s a misdemeanor right there, and we won’t arrest you, but we will escort you off of the property to head over to Offbeat Home & Life’s archives, where we can support you with awesome articles to build self-awareness and confidence. We believe in rehabilitative treatment here.
Sequined wedding dress + brightly colored bouquet = happy eyes
You guys know I have deep love of the sequined multi-colored full-frontal freak-out wedding gowns, and this photo of Sara’s glittering multi-colored wedding dress fully feeds that hunger. The sparkles, the colors, the boldness of the floral bouquet… I’m moving in.
The myth of the “gift grab”
In my many years of publishing a wedding website (and then four years of running a parenting website) one of the things that came up time and time again the concept of a “gift grab.” Maybe this logic used to make a little more sense during a time when most couples A) weren’t paying for their own weddings or B) weren’t living together before getting married. But back here in 2014, round these parts? 43% of us are paying for our own weddings. Why in the world would we spend money on a wedding (or even just a reception) just to get gifts?!