How planning your wedding could help your career
So while “I planned my wedding, now I’ll plan yours!” does happen, what I’m talking about here is the ways that planning a wedding help you develop skills that can be applied to non-wedding jobs. You’re building skills that could help you move up a career ladder in whatever industry you work in … or WISH you worked in.
How to make your own sparkly crystal bouquets
Hello all! This post is going to teach you how to make your own crystal bouquets. It’s pretty simple once you get the hang of it, but it IS time consuming (so don’t be like me and wait until the last couple of months before your wedding to make them!). However, because we didn’t want […]
Mysi & Craig’s antiquarian librarian meets Tom Collins wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Mysi, Fledgling Photographer (and OBT member “mysi anne“) Her Offbeat Partner: Craig, Photographer, Journalist, Historian, Constant Student Location & date of wedding: Lake Summerset Lodge, on Lake Summerset in Davis, Illinois. My parents have a summer house there and we wanted to honor their favorite place. — 7.11.09 What made our wedding […]
Skip the tablecloths – wacky wedding placemats for the win!
The idea of spending money on tablecloths that are guaranteed to be stained with bbq sauce (to the tune of 120 bucks) made me angry and frustrated. How would I wash them? How could I throw them away? I didn’t personally feel good about plastic ones in part because the way the plastic sounds — when it rubs against itself it’s like fingernails on the chalkboard to me (heebiejeebies).
So, after a festive jaunt to a local fast-food place, I had an epiphany.