Favorite Blog: Wedding Bee

My first real venture into reading a blog consistently was WeddingBee. I started reading before the idea of marriage even was a topic of conversation. I found WeddingBee through my co-worker who was chosen as a bee last spring. She is now Mrs. Tomato. Since then I started casually reading the blog and then it became a routine in the morning. With so many different voices of all the bees, there were so many ideas and points of view. It was great!

However, the entire time that I was "secretly" reading WeddingBee, part of me felt like I shouldn't be. I wasn't a bride to be. I wasn't helping plan a wedding. I didn't have anything to do with the wedding world. But I enjoyed reading the blog, especially since I would in the future...someday.

After the engagement, I felt like I had a legitimate reason to be reading WeddingBee. I didn't feel embarrassed to be reading bridal things because now I had a reason. Now I use WeddingBee for all sorts of inspiration. The other bees have had so many great ideas and a lot of it was DIY. I'm looking to do as much (within reason) DIY. I'm going for a personalized look that is entirely us. Thanks WeddingBee for being such an inspiration!

Favorite Blog: Southern Weddings

One of my new favorite blogs is Southern Weddings. With my husband-to-be growing up in the South as well as my maternal grandfather's family hailing from Georgia, I know that I definitely want to honor and celebrate the rich traditions of the South. I first discovered Southern Weddings via another favorite blog, Elizabeth Anne Designs. Then there were another handful of times that other bloggers blogged about them, so I just had to add them to my Google Reader list. I love when they feature Real Weddings and anything infused with Southern spirit. Congrats to them for their new name Southern Weddings!

Check it out!

Favorite Blog: Style Me Pretty

I love all the beautiful things that are blogged about on Style Me Pretty. I had discovered Style Me Pretty a while ago through a coworker, but at the time I wasn't engaged and was less interested. Now, Style Me Pretty is a DAILY read. I love the Real Weddings that Abby features as well as her focus on all this beautiful. Whether it's paper, flowers, decor, fashion or food, it's all so lovely and provides daily inspiration.

Check out Style Me Pretty now!

Favorite Blog: Elizabeth Anne Designs

I think I found out about Elizabeth Anne Designs as a recommended RSS feed from Google Reader and as a link from another wedding blog. I'm sure glad I found their site! One of my most favorite parts of wedding planning so far has been the discovery of all these amazing, creative, helpful, and super awesome wedding blog.

The main "voices" of the site are Elizabeth and Anne, with guest bloggers from other blogs such as Liene from Blue Orchid Designs (her blog is fantastic as well!). They feature lovely real weddings, post ideas for inspiration boards, and all kinds of other fabulous wedding stuff. They are a multiple-times daily read for me. And they added me to their link love! How awesome is that? You should definitely check out Elizabeth Anne Designs!

Favorite Blogs: Snippet & Ink

What can I say about Snippet & Ink? It's another one of my daily inspirations. I don't know how Kathryn does it, but I'm so glad she does. She is so talented in assembling gorgeous combinations of flowers, dresses, venues, and details. Her daily inspiration boards generate ideas in my head for my own wedding. One day, while in between meetings, I clicked through every single board created. There's such a huge range and so many beautiful colors, it would be hard NOT to find your colors!

If you haven't been to Snippet & Ink, you are missing out! I found Kathryn's blog while reading another blog. Since that day, I added it to my Google Reader, and drool daily over all the beautiful and lovely ideas. It's inspired me to come up with my own board, which is still in progress.

On a whim, several weeks ago, I e-mailed Kathryn about inspiration boards in my colors. While she no longer comes up with boards for free, she generously sent me the links to two boards that she had created that would fit in my color scheme. Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

Board #88: Jess's Garden Wedding


Board #79: Landra's Jamaican Wedding


Be sure to check out Snippet & Ink!!

Favorite Blogs: The Bride's Cafe

Since becoming a "Bride-to-Be" a couple of months ago, I've been scouring the Net for ideas. My good friend Google Reader suggested The Brides Cafe, a blog by Janie Medley of JM Flora Design. She features wonderful floral and reception decoration ideas, as well as beautiful Real Weddings. I find Real Weddings especially inspiring because, as the name indicates, it's real. Someone made those dreams and ideas come true.

I've been really excited about creating the "look" of my wedding. I've been considering chocolate and a blue/turquoise/aqua color. I like the look of low centerpieces. I like the look of candles. I'm really looking for a lovely, cohesive look.

Janie has featured so many lovely ideas. I put together some of the reception ideas that I found while browsing The Bride's Cafe. Thanks Janie for posting such great inspiration!



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