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WeddingWire.com - Fun With Reviews!

Planning a wedding isn’t an easy task, even as an “industry insider”.  Even though I had the luxury of personal experience with lots of different vendors, and knew who I had grown to trust most over the years, I still found myself online (more than once) staring blindly at a google search page, and wondering where to search for the remaining vendors and details that would make our wedding day the fun, relaxing, and memorable one we had imagined.

One of the sites that I found very helpful while doing my own wedding planning was www.weddingwire.com, because they collect reviews from past brides and grooms.

Already married?  Now it’s your turn to assist those lost bridal souls and give a little shout out to all of your own wedding angels.  Review a vendor or two who you can’t help but suggest to a friend!

Getting married?  Browse some local favorites if you find yourself stumped!

Fun With Stamps

Sometime I love the US Postal Service!  The King and Queen of Hearts stamps made me jump up and down when I saw them!  Perfect for slightly weighty wedding invites!


New Recycled Paper Cards

Had to take a minute to show off my new Recycled Paper Custom Cards!  Like everyone it seems, I’m looking for newer and better ways to save the planet, but there is absolutely NO tradeoff on quality in these cards!!!  No more expensive than the watercolor paper, and no less stunning!  These cards have an incredible feel in your hand, and a new matte recycled paper cardstock.  Great for Thank You Cards, Holiday Cards, Save-The-Date’s, Shower Invitations, and More!  This photo is of my personal Thank You Cards (the photo is Dave and I after sunset on the shore of Lake Michigan - thank god for tripods and sweet people walking by willing to hit the shutter release). Want some of your very own?  Give me a call or email to talk about all the different options available!

Love on the Farm!

I got the chance to go out to Ohio this summer for Ashley and Ben’s wedding on the Jones Family Farm.  Ashley used to be one of my photography assistants, and I was SOOO excited to be involved in her wedding.  Special thanks to Cory Lonsert, Ben’s twin and florist extraordinaire, responsible for all the incredible flowers!!!  Love and family were definitely in abundance!  And check out those dirty “farm feet”!  Love you Ashley!

Planning for your Thank You Cards

Every once in a while a prop can definitely be called for!  Christina and Pat, married at the incredible Knowlton Mansion in October of 2007, brought a Thank You sign that they had made before the wedding, and the effect is beautiful!  Want to do something like it?  Plan to bring a sign with you, write on the sidewalk with chalk, write in the sand, or anything else you can think of.