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50 Wedding Dress Blogs

bubblybride — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:45:11 +0000

Sharon with Interior Design Degree let me know about about a great new post she put together for her blog hi lighting 50 of the great wedding dress blogs out there. For all of you brides who are looking to still make a decision on your dress make sure to check out a few (or all!) of these great reads.

Whether you are a DIY bride or have a large budget devoted to your dress I guarantee that you will be able to find your dress inspiration…and with little stress!… with all of these great bridal bloggers. Send me a message if you are searching for anything specific or have questions/problems you are facing. I love hearing from you and helping you walk down the aisle looking beautiful.

You will find bubbly on there also with a specific link to a post about wearing your mothers wedding dress. If you are sticking to a tighter budget check out the Ultimate Guide to buying a Gently Used Bridal Gown. If you have lavish dreams about non traditional stylish finds read Bride Chic and they will help steer you in the right direction!

You have a lot of choices when you are choosing your dress, along with many outside opinions from friends and family. Always remember this is your moment to feel beautiful and don’t let anyone take that away from you.

OneWed :: How Much is Too Much?

bubblybride — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:18:23 +0000

How many bridal showers, bachelorette parties, personal showers, couples’ showers and bachelor outings are enough? It is very easy when you have a large group of friends and family to experience numerous wedding events leading up to your big day. While it is exciting for you, it can become a financial and time burden for your friends. Everyone is offering to host a different event, and who are you to turn down great food and gifts in honor of you?

But the question is how much is too much?

Visit and read my guest post OneWed and let them know what you think!

Blogs We Love :: Project Wedding

bubblybride — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:51:19 +0000

I love the variety of specialized bars that couples come up with for their wedding. Bars provide for your guests any type of food or drink you can host at your wedding. I love these bars because it takes a simple concept and allows your friends and family to customize to their own tastes. No one enjoys a hamburger the same way, or will choose the same fixings on their mashed potatoes.

I came across a great idea at Project Wedding and could not pass it by! For your next breakfast or brunch wedding reception, I think a crepe and/or waffle bar would be a definite crowd pleaser. With your most basic breakfast munchie, a Belgian waffle, or add some french flair with a crepe and pile on the toppings. Anything from sweet to salty will do, get creative and maybe even host a contest for the best decorated waffle!

Source: Project Wedding

Capture The Happy :: Serendipity Portraits

bubblybride — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:42:02 +0000

I believe weddings should be centered around positivity, laughter and excitement. You can only imagine my reaction when I came across Serendipity Portraits at CapturetheHappy.com! I think one great trait that makes a photographer stand out in the industry is the ability to put those he is photographing at ease. I have seen endless amount of photos of tense people who get that ‘photo stare’ whenever they see a camera.

While looking through Serendipity’s photos whether it was a wedding or a newborn baby, everyone in the photos seemed to truly be having fun and enjoying life! His pictures are vibrant with color and movement – telling anyone who is looking at the photos that this was an event to remember!

Keep up the great work of not only capturing the milestones but bringing them to life in the photos. How do your photos read from your wedding – what did you want to remember years after your wedding is over? What did your story say?

Source: Capture the Happy

Saturday Morning Reading :: Iced Vanilla Coffee

bubblybride — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:42:01 +0000

Catching up on my Google Reader is unfortunately an every month or so process! I love reading all the different blogs and hearing what the experts have to say and seeing so much inspiration. As usual, I spent my Saturday morning with a coffee treat and some excellent reading. Check out a few of the stand-out posts I read:

Audrey Snow

Wedding by Socialites outlines all of the different types of sessions you can have with your photography to help tell your entire wedding story from beginning to end. It starts with the engagement pictures and ends with a trash the dress session—and don’t forget about the sexy boudoir photos for your future husband!

If you are a do-it-yourself type of bride check out DIY Bride for creative ideas to personalize your wedding and hopefully save money in the process! She also has an I Love Letterpress blog that features great ideas in making your wedding papers unique! Start designing your Thank You cards now!

Be Inspired by Elizabeth Anne Designs and The Nichols Blog with this colorful and out of this world wedding!

Don’t miss out on Eventology 2010 announced! I missed the 2009 show and am planning ahead for this year. It is a great time to focus on your business and network with great professionals in the industry.

Not only can you learn How to Choose a Wedding MC…but disgustingly enough you can also see 25 things made of meat on The Man Registry Blog. Warning…the items pictured are not edible! Those guys are always full of jokes and never cease to surprise you!

Finally check out Savvy Scoop from It’s A Jamie Thing on lighting up your wedding with lanterns. A Great DIY idea that will leave your guests glowing!

Until next Saturday and more great posts—I hope you get out and enjoy the rest of the summer while it is still here!!

With This Favor :: Giveaway

bubblybride — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:41:30 +0000

I mentioned these purse valets back in April when I found them at Cherished Gifts and Favors. Now With This Favor is having a purse valet giveaway!

What woman wants to put her purse on the dirty floor? Or those inconvenient situations where you have nowhere to put your purse so you end up practically sitting on it in the chair with you?

I love these purse hooks that you can carry around with you and always have somewhere to hang your purse off the table!

If you are from the U.S and have your eye on this purse valet, all you have to do is sign up for the With This Favor newsletter before August 26th! They have 50 of these valets to give away so your chances are pretty good!

Source: With This Favor

One Wed :: Launches Wedding Pre-Party

bubblybride — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:24:32 +0000

OneWed received a fabulous new makeover not only to its appearance, but a great new addition: Wedding Pre-Party. I have only begun to explore all that the new Wedding Pre-Party has to offer! Current and future brides have so much to look forward to in way of photo inspiration, tips and ideas shared amongst their wedding party.

This is such a great way to involve your friends and family and build excitement for your big day!

Get Started Today: Wedding Pre-Party

Official Press Release below:

ONEWED LAUNCHES WEDDINGPREPARTY.COM: THE MARRIAGE OF WEDDING PLANNING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

Wedding Planning Website Introduces Social Networking Platform and Implements Facebook® Connect to Make Wedding Planning More Social

Chicago, IL (July 28, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — OneWed.com, the wedding planning website with the largest online directory of local wedding vendors, brings the fun and convenience of social networking to the wedding planning process with the newly launched Wedding Pre-Party. This social wedding planning site enables the wedding party and guests to socialize, share information, post photos and help the engaged couple plan their wedding in a private online forum created by the bride and groom. It’s a virtual way to start the celebration early and keep in contact, while building excitement before the big day.

As an added convenience, with Facebook Connect, Facebook users can quickly and easily authenticate into WeddingPreParty.com using their already established Facebook account. When Facebook users log in to WeddingPreParty.com, they are able to publish their actions back on Facebook, which enables them to share more information with their friends if they so choose.

“WeddingPreParty.com provides the perfect opportunity for brides, grooms and guests to stay connected from the engagement to the wedding and beyond. Weddings are a celebratory, social event – our philosophy is that the planning process should be just as fun and social as the event itself,” says Jennifer Napier, VP of Marketing for OneWed.com. “By utilizing an interactive wedding site, everyone involved in the wedding can communicate, share ideas and engage with each other online.”

The unique features of WeddingPreParty.com for the bride and groom include:

Invite-only access to the bride and groom’s private, personalized wedding planning site. Privacy controls prevent the general public from viewing the content.
Niche wedding planning social network where the wedding party and wedding guests chat with the bride and groom and offer wedding planning tips, advice, ideas, inspiration, styles of wedding dresses, photos and more, conveniently compiled and easily accessible in one virtual space.
His & Hers status updates to share first-person feedback on the wedding planning process and playfully interact with participating guests. This blog-like platform essentially serves as an interactive online diary of wedding planning updated in real time.
A personalized, interactive wedding checklist to help the bride and groom manage details with the option to add, subtract and edit tasks. Couples can also delegate items to other guests active on the site, who may be notified via email and Facebook updates.
Access to the largest online directory of local and national wedding vendors, ratings and reviews directly from your personalized wedding planning social network.
Photo albums of wedding pre-parties such as engagement showers, bachelor and bachelorette parties to which couples and guests can upload photos.
Tools to build the bride and groom’s public wedding website, including customized pages to welcome guests, share photos, tell the engagement story, post event details, update travel information, link to the registry and include honeymoon notes.

The benefits of WeddingPreParty.com for the guests are:

Ability to view photos and profiles of the other wedding guests in advance, creating a valuable opportunity to meet and mingle well before the ceremony and arrive at the wedding at ease, having virtually met other guests before the big day.
Opportunity to send the bride and groom customized conversational messages through sharing of “tips,” “toasts” and “truths.”
Facilitate simple group discussion, whether contributing bachelor/bachelorette party ideas or determining best options for wedding travel plans. Instead of creating long email chains, the wedding guests can use the bride and groom’s main page to communicate in a convenient shared forum.

Source: OneWed

Fabulous Twitter Find :: Sunflower Favors

bubblybride — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:59:59 +0000

Brides spend hours planning and brainstorming ideas to give their guest as a favor or thank you for celebrating their special day with them. You look for a favor that represents you as a couple, but you also want one that will go along with the theme of your wedding. You may want a monogram or initial on it, or you might insist that it is practical and your guests will actually use it. Their are price constraints and color choices, but in the end every bride usually finds a favor that makes all the cuts and ends up to be the perfect representation of you and a memory of your wedding celebration! Everyone has different likes and dislikes which is one of the reasons Sunflower Favors has such a large variety of wedding favors—you can’t not find something in her selection that catches your eye!

I picked out a few of my favorite favors on her list, the first one being the “Olive You” – Tuscan Oil Bottle, perfect for an Italian countryside wedding. If possible, fill it with a local oil that is famous in your region, or one that you and your fiance have tried together.

Olive You – Tuscan Oil Bottle

I am picturing this Diamond Ring Paperweight shown below as the perfect bridal shower favor. I think this is such a fun gift for your bridesmaids.

Diamond Ring Paperweight

I think this candle would be fun if you hosted a martini-themed bridal shower or wedding. Create a signature martini or host a martini bar for your guests and pass stuffed olives for appetizers.

Martini Glass Candle

Visit them at Sunflower Favor Blog.

Julianne Smith :: Featured on the Today Show

bubblybride — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:35:58 +0000

Congratulations goes out to Julianne Smith for her stylish garters making it on the Today Show recently. On the annual NBC “Today Show Throws a Wedding,” Nick & Leigh were married and these personalized garters were featured! Check out the Show Clip on their blog:

Follow The Garter Girl Blog to get the most updated news on Julianne’s newest items!

Check out the Today Show Clip on their website!

One Wed :: Launches Engagement and Wedding Ring Gallery

bubblybride — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:07:54 +0000

You wear your wedding ring 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and I can not imagine not loving the piece of jewelery on your finger! To help you find that perfect ring One Wed has launched a new Engagement and Wedding Ring Gallery. Search between white gold and platinum, princess cut and square diamonds until every detail of your ring is personalized to you!

The trend has started now it is up to all of you confident women to carry it on, more and more women are proposing to their men now-a-days than ever before. One Wed wants to help support this turnabout with an exciting contest they have going on until July 15th. The instructions to enter are as follows:

Tell One Wed in 200 words or less how you would (or will) POP your Platinum Proposal, and you could win his and hers platinum wedding bands from jewelry designer Kirk Kara. Send your platinum proposal story to savvyscoop@onewed.com before midnight on July 15th. And don’t forget, you must register on One Wed.com first, and provide your One Wed username along with your Platinum Proposal story!

Once you get a chance to look over these rings, let me know which style fits you the best!

Source: One Wed