Jen & Randy’s handmade traditional family party wedding
This bride may have been thrown for a loop by her job change during the wedding planning, but it sure doesn’t show in this lovely DIYed wedding in Delaware. Take a peek at their coffee filter flowers, bowling pin cake, and carved edibles. And don’t miss what the bride’s 92-year-old grandfather did during the cake cutting!
Zeva & Andrew’s nerdy costume love adventure wedding
A life-sized R2D2, an actual C3PO, a costume contest (with Professor Sprout, Charlie the Unicorn, Indiana Jones, and SO many more), amazing cosplay-inspired wedding garb, a handfasting with a twist, and a butterfly release at the ceremony — this is one gorgeous geeky wedding. Don’t miss the Companion Cube engagement ring box turned ceremony ring box!
Brittany & Tyler’s music and Disney wedding
Green hair, cowboy hats, Disney song table names, and some seriously adorable couple shots — this one may just make your day. Add in a music theme and a truly funny mother/daughter dance and you’ll be ready to make out with this wedding.
On proposal expectations: The “why” is more important than the “how”
Don’t get me wrong, we all love a good flash mob, fancy restaurant, or scavenger hunt proposal. Even extravagant prom-posals are becoming a thing. But a proposal doesn’t have to go viral for it to be special and romantic.
Sadie & Devin’s heartfelt queer wedding at a historic brewery
Two brides, a custom suit, a lavender dress, and DIYed decor, all wrapped up in a shared donut eating at the end make this wedding as sweet as sugar. But their tale of woe turned whoa in their venue selection is a scene-stealer in this wedding in Seattle.
6 magical ways to banish negativity from wedding planning
I’ve been a pretty pessimistic person my entire life, or, as I like to say, a “realist.” So when I got engaged it was pretty much business as usual. Somewhere down the line, though, I realized how much energy it took to be negative about the whole thing — to be the dissenting voice in a crowd of YAYOMGZ was flat out exhausting. Yet I couldn’t fake the enthusiasm surrounding the circus of wedding planning, so what do I do?