DIY Wedding

Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love.



Hello Hello!!!
It's wedding bell time
I know this is a large one, but there's so much good out there.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Troy Grover









We had the opportunity to ask this pretty lady about her experience with engagement photos and here's what she had to say...
 "For our engagement shoot Brian and I had our brother-in-law TroyGrover.com do our engagement photos. We knew him well, we liked his work… and we felt really comfortable with him. We chose him because we knew we would be able to improvise, pose ourselves, and bring fun elements into the photographs to make them unique to us. I would say most people like to be told where to look, what to do, etc. And it really helps when a photographer does that and gives direction… especially if you don't feel very comfortable in front of a camera.  We did have a vision for our engagement photographs… we wanted them to be fun, colorful, urban, and artistic yet natural. We had a fun time picking out outfits, thinking about silly props, incorporating my dads old mustang, and practicing facial expressions. haha. The shoot lasted for a little over an hour."  

Funny enough, the bride-to-be is also a photographer...the next section (3photos) is her work.

Promise Tangeman









Chris Craymer






I really want Chris's book "Romance." It's $50 and beautiful. 
mailto:onznur@chriscraymer.com


Julie Cope















I couldn't pick just three favorites when it came to Julie's photography. This last one is just so darn cute! 
I love the moments she decides to frame.


LETTERPRESS

Lark Letterpress
Also check out their etsy page





About 95.9% of the time I want to vomit when I see a wedding invitations. They are always too smothered in goop and frills and blah. I hope to God that one day I get a client who says they want a non-traditional wedding invitation and actually mean it. I would do it post card style (oversized) and on one side design an image of the city where the wedding is or some illustration that describes the couple perfectly and on the back (with very clean beautiful type) have all the necessary information.  I think it'll be fun...It looks great in my head.

Advice: Don't just look at stuff catagorized under "wedding" when going through photographers, accessories and invitations. Sometimes (not always) that stuff is stuffy and ugly. 

Also check out their etsy page


ACCESSORIES

I heart these two Ban.do wedding headbands.


Yellow Goat
The other day I fell in love with Yellow Goat!
This is her site
This is her blog
This is her etsy




I love all of her Jewelry! I bet if you found a designer, contacted her with enough time and had the money you could get Jewelry Designer to custom design your accessories and maybe even design your wedding bands! How awesome would that be?

I can not stress how great etsy is. 


good luck Bridezillas

Does this post help anyone out? I really hope it does :)
If there is anything you would like to see more or less of please let us bueno ladies know!

besos,
k.

The series has just begun so no worries...more is on the way!

"have you the wing??"

Well kids, it's about that time that people go wedding crazy and satan jumps out of brides to be. To ease stress we put this this together...I know kristi hank & liz jordan will enjoy this.
Hopefully, something here will inspire you and get you to try something a little different for a wedding or even just a regular party.

Wedding Photography 

I love her photos and I especially LOVE this particular summer wedding she shot. Kristen is always exploring her options in photography (click here to visit her blog)


is a popular blog for creative wedding ideas

 for both fun photography and craftiness

This is a GREAT source for ANYTHING. I've seen so many cute ideas on this blog

This is a really fun garland idea that you can find at My DIY Wedding Day.
Check out this site...even if you aren't the marriage kind, it's still a fun place to look around and grad inspiration for any type of party.
(the actual tutorial is at 100 layer cake)



For invitation ideas
I recommend searching Flickr
I found some cute ideas HERE just by searching "letterpress invitations"




Seasame Letterpress is responsible for the work above.



...or contact a graphic designer with strong illustration abilities 
at the moment, I have a bit of a crush on Kelli Murray's illustration skills





Check out her blog to see a lot of fun stuff
Here are a few of my faves (non-wedding related)





Both her blog and site are flooded with great work

Things an illustrator can be helpful with other than invitations:
-Prints as wedding party gifts
-name tags
-name plates for the reception tables
-wedding portraits (instead of/along with a wedding photo)
-coasters

come on, be creative.

Once a week (sometimes twice) Brandi and I are going to continue doing a wedding blog and we will throw in some traditional wedding stuff, but for the most part it'll be DIY and other creative solutions.
If you want us to include something specific in the next wedding blog, let us know.
We are going to try to hit everything.

All you bridezillas play nice



Besos,
k