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Friday, April 23, 2010
Happy Weekend!
As I write this I'm sitting here with my honey watching the NFL Draft, and I have to say, I don't really get it. I mean, I get it, but I don't get why people want to watch it. Am I missing something? Now the Oreos I'm eating as I watch it? Those I get. Mmmmm...
Some fun links for you to kick off your weekend:
{via We Heart It}
Cheerful yellow and a cute short-haired bride.
Gorgeous monogram font.
Don't you want to buy your undies here?
The bad-ass inside me loves this. The bride in me loves this.
Won't you invite me to your mad tea party? via mint.
The music room.
Nawlins.
I'm thinking this bag would like to come to the beach with me.
Backpacking kitty.
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.
Bumper stickers for your shoes and modern in miniature, both via A Cup of Jo.
Love story, 1980.
Wooden churches in northern Russia, via banquet.
After two years teaching kindergarten there, the Mississippi Delta holds a special place in my heart, via wishfulfillment who taught there, too.
Have a wonderful weekend, lovelies!
Some fun links for you to kick off your weekend:
{via We Heart It}
Cheerful yellow and a cute short-haired bride.
Gorgeous monogram font.
Don't you want to buy your undies here?
The bad-ass inside me loves this. The bride in me loves this.
Won't you invite me to your mad tea party? via mint.
The music room.
Nawlins.
I'm thinking this bag would like to come to the beach with me.
Backpacking kitty.
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.
Bumper stickers for your shoes and modern in miniature, both via A Cup of Jo.
Love story, 1980.
Wooden churches in northern Russia, via banquet.
After two years teaching kindergarten there, the Mississippi Delta holds a special place in my heart, via wishfulfillment who taught there, too.
Have a wonderful weekend, lovelies!
Discounts, Giveaways, Etc.
Discounts
Shop Tabula Tua's warehouse sale this weekend and get 30-70% off. See details here.
Ban.do is offering Snippet & Ink readers 30% off their entire bridal line today until 4/26. Coupon code: snippet
In honor of Earth Day, save 22% on your MagnetStreet Weddings* purchase this week, until 4/25. Coupon code: WAPRIL22
To celebrate Earth Day, Customized Wedding Creations is offering $50 off any custom EcoRunners purchase until 4/25. Coupon code: EARTHDAY2010
Get 1 free shirt for the groom when you purchase 3 or more shirts for your wedding party from 9tailors, until 6/30. Contact weddings@9tailors.com and mention Snippet & Ink to redeem this promotion.
The Wedding Salon is giving Snippet & Ink readers 2 free tickets (a $50 value) to their 5/3 event at The London West Hollywood. Coupon code: SNLAC
But 2 get 1 free, on vintage paper packs from Blue Green Arts.
Get a FREE necklace with your ring purchase from Brilliant Earth* from now until 4/24. See details here.
Giveaways
Enter Project Wedding's* DIY Wedding Challenge 2010, and you could win a gift card worth up to $500. See details here.
Leigh Metzler is giving away a full wedding photo package for $300 to one winner. See details here.
Ian Londin Photography is giving away a free wedding photo package. See details here.
Brenda's Wedding Blog is giving away 60 "Duets" double filled chocolate truffles from The Madelaine Chocolate Company. See details here.
Souris Mariage is giving away a necklace from Brilliant Earth.* See details here.
Etc.
Check out the gorgeous new Nelly Frames font by Tart Workshop - perfect for the DIY bride.
Haute Boudoir is offering Boudoir Sessions on 5/17 at the luxurious Gramercy Hotel. $500 for 90 minutes, 5 fully retouched downloable files and a $50 Print/Album Credit. Sessions are limited. Email xoxo@hauteboudoirphotography.com for more information and to reserve your session.
If you're as bummed as I am not to have been at bridal week, get a taste of the action with this exclusive look at Reem Acra's Spring 2011 collection, from PopSugar.
If you're in either the NYC or LA area, stop by one of the Temperley London bridal trunk shows being held. NYC: 5/1 and 5/2 at 453 Broome Street, RSVP 212-219-2929. LA: 4/30 and 5/1 at 8542 Melrose Place, RSVP 323-782-8000.
Check out the Brides.com Newlywed Nest, an eco-luxury dream apartment. See details here.
Shop Tabula Tua's warehouse sale this weekend and get 30-70% off. See details here.
Ban.do is offering Snippet & Ink readers 30% off their entire bridal line today until 4/26. Coupon code: snippet
In honor of Earth Day, save 22% on your MagnetStreet Weddings* purchase this week, until 4/25. Coupon code: WAPRIL22
To celebrate Earth Day, Customized Wedding Creations is offering $50 off any custom EcoRunners purchase until 4/25. Coupon code: EARTHDAY2010
Get 1 free shirt for the groom when you purchase 3 or more shirts for your wedding party from 9tailors, until 6/30. Contact weddings@9tailors.com and mention Snippet & Ink to redeem this promotion.
The Wedding Salon is giving Snippet & Ink readers 2 free tickets (a $50 value) to their 5/3 event at The London West Hollywood. Coupon code: SNLAC
But 2 get 1 free, on vintage paper packs from Blue Green Arts.
Get a FREE necklace with your ring purchase from Brilliant Earth* from now until 4/24. See details here.
Giveaways
Enter Project Wedding's* DIY Wedding Challenge 2010, and you could win a gift card worth up to $500. See details here.
Leigh Metzler is giving away a full wedding photo package for $300 to one winner. See details here.
Ian Londin Photography is giving away a free wedding photo package. See details here.
Brenda's Wedding Blog is giving away 60 "Duets" double filled chocolate truffles from The Madelaine Chocolate Company. See details here.
Souris Mariage is giving away a necklace from Brilliant Earth.* See details here.
Etc.
Check out the gorgeous new Nelly Frames font by Tart Workshop - perfect for the DIY bride.
Haute Boudoir is offering Boudoir Sessions on 5/17 at the luxurious Gramercy Hotel. $500 for 90 minutes, 5 fully retouched downloable files and a $50 Print/Album Credit. Sessions are limited. Email xoxo@hauteboudoirphotography.
If you're as bummed as I am not to have been at bridal week, get a taste of the action with this exclusive look at Reem Acra's Spring 2011 collection, from PopSugar.
If you're in either the NYC or LA area, stop by one of the Temperley London bridal trunk shows being held. NYC: 5/1 and 5/2 at 453 Broome Street, RSVP 212-219-2929. LA: 4/30 and 5/1 at 8542 Melrose Place, RSVP 323-782-8000.
Check out the Brides.com Newlywed Nest, an eco-luxury dream apartment. See details here.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Real Wedding: Michelle & Joe
I'm really excited about today's wedding, not just because it's epitomizes my idea of simple beauty, but also because Cappy Hotchkiss was the photographer, and I've been dying to get her work up on Snippet & Ink forever. Here is what the beautiful bride, Michelle, said about her September wedding:
Our wedding was a challenge to balance the groom's conventional style with the bride's more un-traditional flair. We wanted to celebrate Jewish customs, while instilling a sense of us as individuals. We were married by groom's family rabbi, but marched down the aisle to Queen's "You're My Best Friend." We said the seven blessing to commemorate a Jewish marriage while guests munched on popcorn and drank lemonade. The groom wore an awesome retro fedora for our "couple's photos" but donned a yarmulke for the ceremony. The bride covered her tattoos under the chuppah with a tallis (prayer shawl) that our mothers wrapped around both of us. We had a kosher caterer that served a vegetarian meal at the reception. We thought of our wedding as the first opportunity in a marriage to compromise and make everyone happy.
During wedding ceremonies I've attended as a guest, I get hungry and can't stop wondering when things will wrap up so I can eat. With that in mind, our caterer provided fresh popcorn and lemonade for guests to enjoy during the nuptials. I made labels that read: "Popcorn, Good for Noshing and for Tossing. Eat what you want and THROW the rest at Michelle and Joseph as they make their way down the aisle after exchanging vows." The popcorn doubled as snacks and an eco-friendly alternative to rice. The popcorn labels doubled as escort cards. If you're gonna do it yourself, make things easier, not harder. Efficiency is key.
At first I was intimidated by having a larger sized wedding, but Joe wanted to celebrate with all his friends and family. We were able to create the feeling of intimacy. Our wedding party consisted of our parents and siblings. We took our couples photos together at a gorgeous park with only the photographer present. We shared an intimate post-ceremony drink in the bridal suite and read each other love letters. And, it turns out, the more the merrier! We had so much fun with everyone there, even I admit that I wouldn't have wanted anything smaller.
Venue: Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, New York
Bride's dress: Nicole Miller
Groom's suit / tie: Hugo Boss / Theory
Flowers: House of Flowers
Wedding programs: DIY printed at Staples
Ketubah: The Aesthetic Sense
Catering: Foremost Caterers
Thank you so much to Michelle and Joe for sharing your wedding day with us - it's such a beautiful day, and the details you shared make it that much more inspiring. Wishing you all the best for a lifetime of happiness! Thank you, too, to Cappy Hotchkiss, who takes some of the prettiest wedding photos out there.
Our wedding was a challenge to balance the groom's conventional style with the bride's more un-traditional flair. We wanted to celebrate Jewish customs, while instilling a sense of us as individuals. We were married by groom's family rabbi, but marched down the aisle to Queen's "You're My Best Friend." We said the seven blessing to commemorate a Jewish marriage while guests munched on popcorn and drank lemonade. The groom wore an awesome retro fedora for our "couple's photos" but donned a yarmulke for the ceremony. The bride covered her tattoos under the chuppah with a tallis (prayer shawl) that our mothers wrapped around both of us. We had a kosher caterer that served a vegetarian meal at the reception. We thought of our wedding as the first opportunity in a marriage to compromise and make everyone happy.
During wedding ceremonies I've attended as a guest, I get hungry and can't stop wondering when things will wrap up so I can eat. With that in mind, our caterer provided fresh popcorn and lemonade for guests to enjoy during the nuptials. I made labels that read: "Popcorn, Good for Noshing and for Tossing. Eat what you want and THROW the rest at Michelle and Joseph as they make their way down the aisle after exchanging vows." The popcorn doubled as snacks and an eco-friendly alternative to rice. The popcorn labels doubled as escort cards. If you're gonna do it yourself, make things easier, not harder. Efficiency is key.
After the ceremony we went to Yichud, which is a custom where the bride and groom seclude themselves and enjoy their first moments as husband-and-wife together. We didn't exchange our own vows during the ceremony, but wrote each other love letters that we read to one another in the bridal suite. It was so intimate and lovely. We plan to read each other these love letters on every anniversary. Jewish or not, it is worthwhile to take time to reflect and absorb everything that happened. If nothing else, a wedding keeps you busy. You won't get much privacy during the reception, so why not set aside ten or fifteen minutes to be alone together?
At first I was intimidated by having a larger sized wedding, but Joe wanted to celebrate with all his friends and family. We were able to create the feeling of intimacy. Our wedding party consisted of our parents and siblings. We took our couples photos together at a gorgeous park with only the photographer present. We shared an intimate post-ceremony drink in the bridal suite and read each other love letters. And, it turns out, the more the merrier! We had so much fun with everyone there, even I admit that I wouldn't have wanted anything smaller.
Venue: Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, New York
Bride's dress: Nicole Miller
Groom's suit / tie: Hugo Boss / Theory
Flowers: House of Flowers
Wedding programs: DIY printed at Staples
Ketubah: The Aesthetic Sense
Catering: Foremost Caterers
Thank you so much to Michelle and Joe for sharing your wedding day with us - it's such a beautiful day, and the details you shared make it that much more inspiring. Wishing you all the best for a lifetime of happiness! Thank you, too, to Cappy Hotchkiss, who takes some of the prettiest wedding photos out there.
Alli and Tim's Gorgeous Sweetwater Wedding!
Alli and Tim's wedding was so pretty and so fun! We had such a blast planning their wedding, there were so many surprises, and so much love! It was a perfect day!
Many thanks to:
Verve Studios
MasterPiece Weddings (that's us... tooting our own horn)
Plant Shoppe
Gosia and Ali
Sweetwater Branch Inn
Video by Dani (can't wait to show you a sneak peek!!!)
Many thanks to:
Verve Studios
MasterPiece Weddings (that's us... tooting our own horn)
Plant Shoppe
Gosia and Ali
Sweetwater Branch Inn
Video by Dani (can't wait to show you a sneak peek!!!)
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