Would your bridesmaids rock BERETS?!
Are you loving these bridesmaid berets as much as I am? They’re from one of my favorite weddings, Ellen and Chris’ Moonrise Budapest Hotel Kingdom: A very Wes Anderson wedding. They had a ton of awesome movie-themed and vintage details that we wanted to call out. But this wedding party detail is one way Ellen tied all of her mismatched bridesmaid styles together.
DIY? KIFS (Keep It Fucking Simple): simplifying wedding DIY projects
Moving my stash of wedding craft supplies and projects over to my mother’s house today, I had a frightening, important realization: I have too much DIY shit for this wedding. Today, however, I realized that I have too much. I am trying to do too much. In my excitement, I have thrifted too many treasures and planned too many DIY projects for this wedding. Here’s how I’m simplifying wedding DIY projects on my list.
Honor your moms with a “Mother’s Kiss” at your ceremony
There are lots of ways to show your love and respect to your parents (and parent-like figures in your life) at the ceremony. They can light unity candles, walk you down the aisle, do readings, be given a flower, and of course, be memorialized, if that’s the situation. But we love the idea of the “mother’s kiss” from Jacqueline and Felipe’s country glamour wedding.
They decided to honor their mothers by getting one last kiss as single people before they were married. It was pretty damn sweet. Here’s how they did it.
Planning tools 101: Your wedding timeline spreadsheet
Rad news, you guys: we’ve launched a comprehensive and totally customizable document of wedding planning spreadsheets! This means we’ve got a complete set of planning templates to steer your whole event. In this series, we’re going to talk through all the spreadsheets. First up: the WEDDING TIMELINE!
How to stream your wedding with Facebook Live (UPDATED FOR 2020!)
The idea of streaming your wedding day to the interwebs isn’t new. Friends and family who can’t physically attend your wedding for whatever reason can tune in via the internet and experience the ceremony in real-time — from anywhere in the world! Here’s how to stream your wedding on Facebook Live.
Can you invite someone to an engagement party but not the wedding?
If you search the internet for “can you invite someone to an engagement party and not the wedding” you’ll get two answers:
1. HELL FUCKING NO. Don’t be a daft asshole.
2. Sure. Times they are a changing, and some people have super-small weddings, or wedding very far away, and can’t invite as many people as they’d like.
So which answer is it?