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Snazz up your wedding decor with a DIY floral frame backdrop

Snazz up your wedding decor with a DIY floral frame backdrop

This quick and easy DIY floral frame backdrop is a reusable rustic wedding decor element that will delight your guests. I love it because it can fit any wedding theme or style. It can be giant, or small and sweet, and you can use whatever frame you already have or find new or secondhand.

Use it as a wedding ceremony backdrop or anywhere in your decor. Ready to see how to make it?

Lead the way to your ceremony with funny wedding direction signs

Lead the way to your ceremony with funny wedding direction signs

Colleen and David’s sweet, colorful wedding had so many ideas to steal, but these funny wedding direction signs that led the way to their outdoor ceremony space made us giggle. “Exit 4-eva,” “Hitchedville,” and “Caution: schmoops ahead” were just a few of the highlights of these adorable signs. Shall we take a peek?

We heart the pink dress and hanky bags at this rustic barn wedding

We heart the pink dress and hanky bags at this rustic barn wedding

The pink and ruffly dress, the food truck, the tearful groom at the ceremony, the mismatched-chic centerpieces… it’s all making us quiver about this rustic barn wedding in Pennsylvania. Kim and Adam totally know the sweet spot. Definitely don’t miss the adorable handkerchief bags with sayings like “for crying out loud” and “no ugly crying.” You might just ugly cry laugh.

Cotton candy, smoke bombs, and LED outfits shine at this wonderfully weird Austin wedding

Check the cotton candy bouquet at this wonderfully weird Austin wedding

Can you even handle LED outfits, costumed guests, Voodoo Doughnuts, a multicolored reception dress, jackalope riding, a 50 beer flight reception, and a Pac-Man suit? If you dare, take a look at this awesomely weird Austin wedding.

Oh, and they had the most wild “lessons learned” EVER. It involved cotton candy, Golden Corral, murals, smoke bombs, and the word “cock.” Yep, seriously. And it’s actually super helpful. You HAVE to see this… and read to the end.

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5 butt-saving reasons I need my wedding planner

Turns out wedding planners just have all this outside-of-the-box knowledge that EVEN WORKING ON A WEDDING BLOG doesn’t give you.

Fortunately I’m not in Full Panic Mode, because I did the number one thing I advise everyone to do: I got myself a wedding planner, and it’s the best best best thing I did. Here’s why…

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“Two Days We Should Not Worry”: a lovely and realistic wedding reading

Sometimes a wedding reading should be passionate and loving and remind us of how much we mean to each other. But other times you might want to harness a little realism to talk about how you’ll approach your life and your marriage together. This reading is often read within recovery communities but has a great message for anyone, especially those entering into a marriage.

Here’s a meaningful and realistic wedding reading for your ceremony…