5 ways to cope with depression while planning a wedding
You can find a thousand and one articles that debate the merits of chiffon vs. satin or tell you how to pick a good caterer, but there’s not much out there that tells you how to reconcile wedding planning with severe depression. With that in mind (and knowing that no two cases of depression are exactly the same) these are a few things that have helped me balance the two…
OPEN THREAD: Should you attend the wedding of a couple you aren’t inviting to yours?
I was invited to a wedding of two friends. My girlfriend and I agree that when we get married this couple wouldn’t be on our invite list (for two reasons: because we want a smaller wedding, and because we’re really not that close with them). Knowing this, should we go to their wedding?
Have a picnic with your crew for totally chill wedding party photos
Natalie and Mark’s photographer suggested that they indulge in a small picnic after the ceremony and before their reception — and it looks like such a BRILLIANT idea that I’m sharing it here for you to steal. Check it out. Pack a lil cooler with some snacks — you know you and your peeps are gonna be hungry by then — and grab an adorable blanket or two and a festive basket. Then lounge around for some post-ceremony wedding party photos that showcase you and your closest people being super stylish and super relaxed. What a great way to unwind a bit before hitting up a high-energy ceremony, am I right?
5 tips for working with a wedding photographer who doesn’t “get” you
As a photographer I can speak from experience that there are going to be clients who we click with like old friends, and clients that take us awhile to get to know. However, that’s definitely not an excuse for making it obvious that some clients have become your BFFs and others still remain strangers. These are a few tips to help you work with a photographer who doesn’t get you…
OPEN THREAD: do I need bridesmaids and groomsmen, or can we just have shared attendants?
My partner and I don’t really have separate friends. We have a fabulous, shared group of mates of mixed genders from university — so how do we decide which of us got which friends on “our side”? I’ve seen tons of weddings with mixed gender bridal parties, but what about one shared party? Is that a thing? I want to avoid drama…
7 tips to save yourself from Save the Date stress
I love informing people of things really early. So Save the Dates seemed like a no brainer for us — a piece of cake. Nope. Instead they were kind of an emotional roller coaster. If you’re like me you assume sending out 100 pieces of physical correspondence will be an easy task. Oh, it’s not. I hope my save the date tips help you…