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5 Reasons To Have A Small Wedding
5 Why You Should Have A Small Wedding You’re Less Likely To Get Wedding Day Amnesia You Can Be Totally Vulnerable You Can Focus On What The Day Means To You You Can Have Your Pick Of Venues, Even The Unusual Ones Your Wedding Guests Will Feel Like Participants, Not...
Wedding Style Quiz
How To Enjoy Your Engagement
Congratulations on your engagement! There’s nothing like the feeling of introducing your soon-to-be-spouse as your fiancé. It just rolls off the tongue effortlessly, doesn’t it? When people find out you’re engaged, their eyes seem to light up...
Fall and Winter Wedding Ideas
As you consider what time of year to have your wedding, don’t discount late fall and early winter. Fall and winter weddings are gorgeous! There are all sorts of ways to make rich fall browns and bright winter whites beautiful and unique options for your...
Rain On Your Wedding Day
Rain On Your Wedding Day This week our guest blogger, Lillie Read, gives you a step by step guide on how to stay graceful in the event of rain on your wedding day. As a child of the 90s I can’t think about rain and weddings without simultaneously hearing “Ironic” by...
How to Cancel Your Wedding and Elope Instead
How To Cancel Your Wedding And Elope Instead This blog was guest written by Lillie Read The renegade tradition of elopement has, in all likelihood, been around nearly as long as the storied institution of marriage. For much of our history, and in some places...
Have Your Grandmother’s Wedding
How To Have Your Grandmothers Wedding Pop-up weddings have always existed, even if they were not named as such. For some people this approach will always result in the perfect wedding – simple, intimate, and fun. It’s easy to focus on the best part of your...
Gift Guilt: Part Two
Gift Guilt: Part Two In this second installment of Gift Guilt I will give you the steps on how to gracefully offer friends and family an easy opportunity to give a wedding gift to the couple who chooses to elope or have a tiny wedding. In the first installment,...
Gift Guilt: Am I selfish for wanting wedding gifts?
Gift Guilt: Am I selfish for wanting wedding gifts? This blog is a two-part series on the taboo topic of how to deal with the etiquette of wedding announcements and gift registration for elopements and tiny weddings. So, you’ve decided to elope or have a...
Why we chose our surname!
This blog is about why Anna and I chose our last name instead of defaulting to a family surname. Anna and I have never felt the need to follow tradition and have often created our own. Up until the our engagement my name was Justin Smith. And now, i'm proud to...