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 on a card and placing it in the red envelope. the bridespeople and groomspeople walked down the aisle with baskets and collected all the wishes from the guests, then placed it at the altar. we were then married surrounded by everyone's good wishes for our marriage. each envelope had a number written on it, from 1 to 60. We will open all envelopes labeled "1" on our first wedding anniversary, all envelopes labeled "50" on our 50th wedding anniversary, etc

Lots more pictures from Hope's gorgeous wedding are over on Flickr!

(Thanks to hopemeng for the photo!)

I love this idea from Jessie:

I just wanted another great idea a friend of mine did recently at her wedding which was a roaring success. On the r.s.v.p. card they included:

Number of guests attending: _____

AND

Song request #1:__________
Song request #2:__________

Instead of paying for an expensive d.j., they hooked up their laptop, after downloading everybody's tunes and had a friend play the list. The dance floor was packed all night long!

Remember the Wards and their colorful wedding? Well, here's the full scoop!

The offbeat bride: Helen Ward, Graphic Designer

My offbeat groom: Tim Ward, Graphic Designer

Location & date of wedding: The Paintworks gallery space, Bristol, UK

What made our wedding offbeat: The first thing I knew was that I WAS NOT going to be wearing a white dress and that I WAS going to be wearing red shoes!! Everything else went from there really.

Continue reading "Helen's colorful, DIY wedding in Bristol" →

I love this touch of magic at the altar — Sara and her husband Ev (who you may know as one of the guys who invented Blogger) played a li'l game of rock-paper-scissors at the altar to see who would say their vows first.

Evidently, Sara won.

(Hat tip to Maggie for the story!)

(Thanks to rcarver for the photo!)