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Forget your contacts and bask in these brides wearing glasses on their wedding days!

Should you wear your glasses on your wedding day? We’ve got two strategies for you — and neither one of them is “wear contacts.”

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Short wedding up-do

Despite being stressed out about my hair before my wedding, my short hair turned into a marvelous updo. It can be done! Here’s some hope for you all. I started my day off pretty early, going on errands and such, getting ready for my hair appointment at 11. this picture was taken at 11:25, with […]

Brides are sick of white dresses

… Or at least Canadian brides are. Just one more way in which Canadians are more progressive than us Yanks. (via)

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Collect years of sweet wishes from your guests with a Wish Tree

Yet another great concept for the “steal this idea!” vault, this one courtesy of Hope Meng, founder of Stich Lounge: Red envelopes are traditionally given by chinese people on days of celebration filled with money. instead, we asked that all guests at our wedding participate in our ceremony by writing their wishes for our marriage […]