A European Woodland Wedding Planned in One Month!

Can you believe bridal blogger Nadia from Sour Cherry planned her wedding in a little over one month? Done. And guess what? It was wonderful and intimate and meaningful and perfect.

Nadia has graciously shared her bridal portraits will us, along with her best hindsight advice. She’s not planning on publishing

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A Charity Wedding and Hindsight Advice

I am so honored to publish Alicia’s wedding from The Charity Wedding blog. This is a lesson in humility and a response to a higher calling. Do you yearn to escape the narcissistic vanity fair of the Wedding Industrial Complex? Then read on…

…and, after the intro, be sure to scroll all the way down for Alicia’s Hindsight Advice…

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How to Plan a Successful DIY Extravaganza

What an amazing wedding! It’s in downtown Asheville in an off-beat venue, it’s a DIY extravaganza, and the bride has tons of amazing advice in this Hindsight interview–everything from researching on the internet, to managing, like, a million DIY projects, to finding details that fit your style and that honor your guests.

I know you’ll enjoy this one as much as I do! MWAH! (more…)

I have a big week of real weddings for you this week and I couldn’t be more excited. In addition to this amazing wedding with an amazing story and amazing advice (yes, I said “amazing” three times, but it’s true) I’m honored to have two real weddings from a couple of blogger friends of mine: Natalie of Sour Cherry and Alicia from The Charity Wedding.

But today we’ll kick off with and Off Piste wedding shot by the amazing Carolyn Scott (yep, there it is again.) One thing I like about Carolyn Scott is her attention to emotional details: the ceremony, the reception, and the guests. You’ll not only find beautiful detail shots and bridal portraits, but also meaningful ceremony and fun reception shots.

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Images Emily Johnston Anderson from via Ruffled

I had a recent chat about weddings with my mother-in-law. We rarely get this opportunity. She’s never been much into weddings, even her own (she eloped.) But her best girlfriend’s son is getting married (or rather got married last weekend) and my mother-in-law was telling me about all of the fantastic and creative details, including:

1. She was astounded by the idea of having mix-and-match bridesmaids dresses.
2. She thought the fact that they would be  tea-length was pretty cool and different.
3. She was excited and impressed that the parents of the groom had custom 12-foot long picnic tables made for the backyard wedding, (OK, that IS impressive.)
4. She thought it interesting that they would serve “bar food”–hamburger and pork sliders — during cocktail hour.
5. She thought I would like the fact that theyset their for votive candles and flowers on top of cut wooden rounds. “Remember how you did that?” she asked.
6. And she thought it wonderful that they used potted plants as centerpieces.

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