Wedding Dress Thursdays (with or without guns) need to become a thing
Jehnua has a few extra wedding dresses that she got super cheap on Craigslist. One she’ll wear at her reception, another one she’ll turn into a zombie bride dress for the annual local Zombie Walk (obviously!). But what to do with the others…
Supposed-wedding trend: “Global meats”
We received a press release about 2012 wedding trends — half of it was slightly interesting and the other half was just full of WTF-ery. Most notably this little gem…
Behold these bridesmaids in white dresses
An Offbeat Bride reader emailed us about her idea to wear a colored wedding dress while her bridesmaids don white ones. She also expressed her exasperation when it came to finding photos of other brides who have pulled off this fabulous color switcharoo. So, I thought I’d round up a few of our favorite examples from offbeat weddings past that just might have you re-thinking your wedding dress colors.
Why the mason jar trend isn’t ruining the wedding industry
In the latest chapter of the on-going online discussion about hating trends and trashing wedding blogs, came this piece entitled, The Mason jar manifesto, wherein a photographer scolds couples, photographers, and wedding planners alike for putting effort into wedding details and trends like Mason jars and twinkly fairy lights. It’s been pretty well received by other photographers as well as wedding industry people, but I wasn’t a fan.
Maybe y’all will hate me and ride me out of the alternative wedding blogging biz on a rail when I say — details are the shit! Details make my day. Give me a great photo of some unexpected detail and I’m “dayum Ariel, did you check this out!? Let’s feature this asap.” You know why?