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Bridal Portrait Planning

One of the Texas wedding blogs did a nice little write up on bridal portraits as part of the wedding planning process. “Bridal portraits are an opportunity to capture a bride at her best without the pressure guests waiting on a wedding reception.” Source: TexasWeddings.com. This is a fabulous way to visually articulate the style [...]

Mineral Makeup

One of my favorite photographers to watch, Lynn Michelle, has a great article on makeup that contains titanium dioxide and how it photographs. Check out the post on Lynn Michelle’s amazing blog!

Wired Jars as Candle Votives

Hanging candles for an outdoor wedding creates a beautiful ambiance. I can share a few tricks to take this simple idea and make it spectacular. Use 3-4 times as many jars/candles as you think you need. You can never have too many candles for an effect like this, especially if it’s your dinner/dancing area for [...]

First Dance Songs by Real Simple

Real Simple Weddings is a great resource for any bride-to-be or wedding vendor. Today, their blog lists unusual songs for your first dance as a couple.

Marriage Jokes

Thanks to Twitter, I stumbled across this Jokes blog which has an entry on Marriage. Don’t let the Best Man and Maid of Honor see these…unless you are willing for them to use them at your reception! Actually, most of them are harmlessly cute.

Bridal Portrait Bouquet

Consider this: ask your florist to do your portrait bouquet in silk. Then, it can be your toss bouquet at the wedding! It will save you just a little money and will give you “perfect” flowers for all your portraits, even if it’s windy or hot.

Special First Dance

. . If you want something a little different for your first dance, you might find inspiration from this video: . glumbert – Best wedding first dance ever. . complements of glumbert.com . . . . . .