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Bride Blogger Update: Paper

Categories: Bride Bloggers, Invitations May 7, 2013 / Danielle Freedman

I love, love, loveeee paper! So, therefore, I LOVE today’s post by Bride Blogger Milagros – and hope that you enjoy it just as much!

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Paper.

I am now just under two months from our wedding date!

And with time flying by, in what is feeling like the fastest year ever, now seems like the perfect time to talk about paper.

On July 6th, 2014 my husband and I will exchange some form of paper for our one-year anniversary, but for right now we are focused on invitations, programs, thank you notes and all the other fun and whimsical things associated with a wedding.

I had a lot of fun picking out our Save the Dates.  My good friend and bridal planner tracked down the company Alexander & Company to come up with our custom vintage inspired invites.  I had so much fun looking through all of their poster options – and even imagining the custom posters for kids as a great baby shower gift! But before I jump too far ahead with babies and such, back to the wedding.

There are so many options out there when it comes to great invitations, we ultimately decided to keep it simple and go for a classic style (which we found at Hitched – I swear, that place is amazing!).  And while I never thought I would be a DIY bride, Paper Source has been a great resource to personalize our wedding paper with sweet little touches.

Really, you could get lost in all of the paper options out there, but the best advice I would have for other brides, is to stay true to you and not to the trends – and of course, have fun!

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Bride Blogger Update: The Shower

Categories: Bridal Showers, Bride Bloggers April 23, 2013 / Danielle Freedman

Hi Friends – I am sorry that I am late on posting today – but this is such a fun read by bride blogger Milagros - and I feel her pain with life being a little chaotic these days! Whew! Maybe some retail therapy would help?!

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The Shower.

I am not sure how this happened, but life feels a bit chaotic these days.

When my fiancé and I decided to get married, we actually did have a plan for our wedding. I was working in politics at the time, and facing a Presidential election year. So, instead of planning a wedding during a busy time for me professionally, we decided to extend our engagement, and get married after things slowed down a bit.

In the process, I decided to change my career, start a new business, and turn our lives upside down.

With just a few short months left until we get married, and the pressures of starting a new business and planning a new life with my future hubby keeping me up late at night, I am really looking forward to taking a break from it all, and just having some fun at the bridal shower.

And the fun starts with figuring out what to wear. It turns out we are not the only ones getting married this year, some of our closest friends are also tying the knot – so there are a number of bridal events that I am scheduled to attend in 2013. In my attempt to be fashionable and frugal, I will probably turn to Rent the Runway for some of my needs.

So the question is, do I want to be sophisticated or sweet? Modern or classic? Tailored or bohemian? Here are some of my favorites, but I will be sure to share my final decision and some pictures of the event in the coming weeks.

Dresses by: Tibi, Opening Ceremony

Dresses by: Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent, Kate Spade

 

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Bride Blogger Update: Videography

Categories: Bride Bloggers, Planning & Ideas, Videography April 16, 2013 / Danielle Freedman

One of the things that I love about the wedding industry is that it is ever-evolving, so I am always finding new trends and meeting new people. Last week, Milagros introduced me to Little Borrowed Dress, which I am now using in a wedding that I am in this October. This week, she shares her videography finds, all new to me, but amazingly talented vendors – happy Tuesday!

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Lights. Camera. Action.

I am so excited about our wedding.  It is going to be amazing.  Mainly because I get to marry the number one guy I know.  I am kind of a huge fan of my fiancé, so I may have to refrain myself from running down the aisle to get hitched.

I will also be excited for our wedding day to finally get here because it will mean the end of wedding planning (!).

And in the planning process, we have made all sorts of decisions.  Who should marry us, where should we get married, and is it too late to go to the justice of the peace?  I kid – Kind of.

Anyways, one decision that we made was about the videographer.  With all of the fun I have had picking out pricey pretty things, a videographer is one of those things that neither one of us felt passionately about, so we are nixing that from our list and saving a few dollars in the process.

Shark Pig Wedding Reel 2012 from Shark Pig on Vimeo.

But, I literally had so much joy stalking videographers around the country, that I wanted to share a few of my favorites.

1.     Shark Pig.  They are an artist collective that is California based, but their work is just plain amazing.  Their videos make you want to go to film school to be like them.

2.     Ink Spot Crow Films.  They are a North Carolina based film crew that will travel, and do a great job capturing weddings in a fresh way.

3.     I would be remiss if I didn’t mention our Save the Date videographers – Caravan Films.  These guys trekked up from North Carolina to put together a sweet little Save the Date video that we used on our wedding website –

Molly & JB | Washington, DC – Save the Date from Caravan on Vimeo.

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Bride Blogger Update: Bridesmaid Dresses

Categories: Bride Bloggers, Bridesmaids, Planning & Ideas April 9, 2013 / Danielle Freedman

After Milagros, our bride blogger, found her dress, she had to find something for her ‘maids, too — read on for her great ideas! 

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A Dress for Me, A Dress for You, Picking your perfect bridesmaids dress.

Okay friends, I am going to just be honest here.  I have 12 bridesmaids.

That does not include a wonderful junior bridesmaid, flower girls, and the like.  So, I would venture to say we have a large bridal party, but I am sure there are some of you out there who could top my number – and for those girls, I will pray for you!

But before you start looking at etiquette books and calculating how large our wedding must be, I confess that we have thrown etiquette to the curb, and are having a moderately sized wedding with a large bridal party.  We are venturing into a brave new world here.

That being said, it works for us.  Our friends are fun and very easy going, so it has made for a stress free, happy experience.  And personally, I am excited for the wedding day to have so much bubbly positive energy around when the girls and I all get ready together.

 

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Bride Blogger Update: Photography

Categories: Bride Bloggers, Photography April 2, 2013 / Danielle Freedman

If you have missed bride blogger Milagros as much as I have, then today is your lucky day! She is back with new updates about photography – so fun! 

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So you say you need a photographer

It is kind of hard to believe that our wedding is just three months away.  My fiancé proposed in December 2011 and at the time it felt like we had all the time in the world to plan a wedding and prepare for this next step in our lives.  But the closer the wedding gets, the more I am starting to feel like I really could use another year or two!

Fortunately, this is not an option.  I get to marry my best friend in July, and experience the most over-the-top months of my life this Spring.

 

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