How planning a wedding is a lot like moving
Maybe I’m not giving us enough credit, but I’m not sure if we would be able to handle the logistics of setting up this move in such a short time frame if it hadn’t been for all of the wedding planning. Trying to orchestrate this move has made me realize how much moving and wedding planning have in common…
This Mario Brothers “mystery cube” ring will level-up your wedding day
You know we love custom-made nerdy rings. See: the D20 engagement ring, and the Golden Snitch ring. So we’re jumping up and down with excitement over this mystery cube wedding band!
WTF is an STD: Offbeat Bride’s glossary to wedding acronyms and phrases
If you’re new to the wedding planning, there may be some terms you don’t know. Or are you wondering why your engaged friend keeps talking about their STDs? It’s not even the acronyms that can be confusing — the wedding planning lexicon is a strange beast. Here’s a list of stuff that gets mentioned a lot in the wedding industry.
This year’s hottest wedding trend: fighting back against “Pinterest-perfection”
Once a week or so, I’ll get an interview request from a journalist — and inevitably one of the questions they want to ask is “What are your trend predictions for next year?” I usually hedge these questions with a positive spin like, “Hopefully, a reduction in fear-based marketing” or “Less body-shaming directed at brides under the guise of beauty,” but this year I have a bigger prediction:
That couples are going to start pushing back against the idea of “Pinterest-perfect” weddings.