Creating Cultural Wedding Invitations - Guest Post on Wed Loft

Good day de Lovelies! As you may know, in addition to this here lovely blog, I am also a guest blogger over at Wed Loft, the blog for Wedding Window. They help you create awesome websites for your upcoming wedding; check them out, seriously!

Anywhoo, I wanted to share with you my article that was posted today because it covers an important topic in wedding planning: The Invitation...AND more important: Creating Cultural Wedding Invitations. Invitations are your guests' very first look into your wedding, so make a statement and make it count!  My four best tips, use Color, Pattern/Texture, Language, Imagery and you've got a personal, meaningful wedding invitation. And at the end of the day, all weddings should be just that!

My four best tips, use Color, Pattern/Texture, Language, Imagery and you've got a personal, meaningful wedding invitation. And at the end of the day, all weddings should be just that!
Hope you enjoy this wedding invitation article and I look forward to your comments. Head over to FACEBOOK and let me know what you think. Oh yeah and EVERYONE is talking about us on TWITTER, come join the convo!

Happy Designing,

5 Wedding Planning Tasks for Your Groom

The Groom, a wedding duo's often overlook other half, plays an important role as a support system, planning partner, sounding board, an ear for venting, a picker upper of pieces for his bride-to-be. He may be content to officially "pitch-in" when asked or perhaps just manage non-wedding life, the house, the bills, the car. My husband put in a new kitchen floor during our wedding planning process.

via Ashley's Bride Guide

However, you might be surprised when he steps up and knocks your wedding planning socks off! (You never know, he could be all over the wedding color palette scene, a star Pinterest pinner (follow dLA HERE), or top wedding blog contributor. Hey, it could happen!)  Either way, planning a wedding is a trial run for how you will work together, handle big problems and tough conversations, and celebrate triumphs as a married couple. Make it count.

Here are five helpful tasks for your groom to tackle:

 

Plan the budget - One of the most important and probably most unpleasant wedding planning tasks to tackle. Shang Chen, creator of the Wedding MBA series, penned a great article on real wedding budgets, online budgeting tools, and logical thinking behind each line item....the things you don't what to think about but should. Her best advice for cutting down wedding costs: invite fewer people.

 

 via Elite Bridal Concierge

 
Choose groomsmen's attire - Encourage your sweetie to be as creative and personal as he wants! If bow ties and argyle socks are his thing, go for it. Chucks and anything but a tux, right on. However, if you are insistent on a particular color palette, make sure he has swatches to match before he sets his heart on that seriously off tone tie.

 

via A Day to Remember  

 

Plan the rehearsal dinner - The rehearsal dinner is a small but important wedding event and a great place to let your groom cut his planning teeth. Less attention to detail, fewer decisions, more fun. And considering the parents of the groom usually pay for this event, he will always have his mother for back up help! Check out my article on planning rehearsal dinners over on Wedding Window where I am a guest blogger.  

 

 via Wed Loft

 

Arrange wedding day transportation - Limo, fancy car, trolley or train, transportation and logistics are all about getting you to and from the church on time.  Remember to negotiate and search for the best deal but still check out the company's rep for being on time and safety. They've got precious cargo!

via PR Party Lines

Plan the honeymoon - Is it true what they say - brides care about the wedding while the grooms care about honeymoon? Whether you are surprising your bride with specifics or not, remember to discuss general honeymoon wishes (beach, no beach, Europe, South America) BEFORE you book! You might consider signing up for a honeymoon registry, like Honeymoon Wishes*, to help with the expenses...it is a great idea if you already have a house FULL of kitchen appliances you hardly use. If you do opt for a relaxing beach honeymoon, here are our Top 10 Warm Weather Escapes.

via The Frisky

 

Remember: A wedding is a massive undertaking, definitely not a one-woman show. Even if your fiance is aesthetically challenged when choosing centerpieces or favors, he can be involved in so many other ways. So, give him a chance to show you he can handle anything you throw at him, be it alter flowers or a kitchen floor.


What other tasks do you think would be perfect for your groom or any groom? Please let us know by commenting below. We will be compiling responses and posting the best on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.

Happy Planning, Enjoy the Process, Have a deLicious Day!

* I was a Honeymoon Wishes bride and have recently been signed on as an affiliate.

Our Cultural Wedding Article Featured on Wedding Window Blog

I'm writing from the road; the hubs and I are still on our honeymoon. Yes, I know it seems like it has been forever...but we planned a nine month trip and we are currently in San Francisco, CA, gearing up for the second phase, which also includes another wedding in Brazil for my husband's family. Go HERE for a few more details of our plans.

The real point of this post is to share my article, A Little Culture Goes a Long Way, that was posted today on Wed Loft, the blog for Wedding Window. As the premiere wedding website service, Wedding Window helps couples plan, manage, and execute their wedding with ease. Hooray! I am super stoked to be featured as a Guest Expert on their wedding blog....Wed Loft offers expert advice on everything wedding, follows real life couples on their way to the altar, and has amazing wedding giveaways and freebies. They have amazing wedding planning tools that are not to be missed.

The great thing about writing and blogging is that it can be done anywhere. I think I finished this article when I was in Pokomoke City, MD.  Here is a quick look-see at the feature....for the whole article, head over to Wed Loft and make sure you leave a comment and let is know what you liked best about the post.