At a certain point when I was planning my wedding, it hit me: the wedding magazines are not talking to me. As I fleshed out this thought, I realized that there were two visions competing for my wedding day. And, dear bride, these two visions are competing for yours as well. On the one hand,… Read More »
{pretty, happy, real weddings}: Timeline of the Indispensable Bridesmaid
For the previous post in this series, click here. I don’t claim to be an expert bridesmaid myself. I have only been one a few times, and I’m sure I made my blunders along the way. But I have witnessed my fair share of bridesmaid-ing, have been a bride myself, and have heard from brides… Read More »
{pretty, happy, real weddings}: Your marriage is your gift to others; a Guide to Registering
To see the previous post in this series, click here. At LMLD, we want to encourage brides and brides-to-be to focus on the vocation of marriage rather than what can become the utter insanity of wedding planning and veritable flood of material things. However, the vocation of marriage does involve material things. It doesn’t make… Read More »
Google Docs Bride: The Virtual Guest List
This post is for those of you who are interested in some of the nitty-gritty of wedding planning organization. Google Docs/Google Drive was so insanely helpful for me that it would seem withholding not to share a bit about how I made use of it. Here’s a glimpse at my Google Drive Folder: “Deirdre &… Read More »
{pretty, happy, real weddings}: the Wholesome, Good-Times Reception
If you missed Part 1 of this series, click here. Last time I touched upon the fact that, sometimes, the wedding reception takes on a life of its own and doesn’t reflect the bride and her whole context. There are many factors that can come into play to make it difficult for a bride to… Read More »