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I've been thinking about Monday's post , which I think conveyed my feeling about the parts of wedding planning that are crazymaking and emotionally exhausting. But honestly, a lot of it has been wonderful and even fun. So in addition to some fun weekend links, I thought I'd share some of the things that are helping me to stay sane and/or smiling, in no particular order: - Ignoring anyone who tells me being a bride is all about the little details. - Making decisions for ourselves and our families and not for some perceived audience. - Jim and Pam's wedding (this clip is missing the part where Jim cuts his tie, but I love that). - Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding . - Letting our wedding venue and season be a style guide. - A Practical Wedding . - Remembering what weddings are not . - La-la-la-love songs. {via We Heart It } If I was cool I'd wear a scarf like this . Girl crush at Design Crush. Classified calendar . The Jazz Singer - go...

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When I opened the email from Amy & Stuart and saw their incredible photos of Kate and Jesse's garden wedding, I couldn't wait to share them with you. And then when Kate told me that she'd found inspiration on Snippet & Ink when she was planning her beautiful wedding, that just made my day. Dear readers - I love seeing your gorgeous weddings! It was really tough for me to narrow down the photos, so this post is a little longer than usual, but I didn't think you'd mind. Kate was sweet enough to share some details of the day with us: Jesse proposed to me on my birthday - Christmas Eve - in the garden of my family’s Ojai, California home. Within hours of the proposal, we decided we would be returning to that garden to be married. To us, the property has always been reminiscent of places like Tuscany and Provence. From the roses and lavender to the citrus groves and ancient oak trees, we felt as though we were able to capture what we love about those pl...

As much as I love all of the pretty little details that go into a wedding ( love them), few things inspire me more than wedding photos and movies where you can really see how much the couple loves one another - where you can get a sense of the joy in the day. That's why Neda and Sati's incredible wedding film is what's inspiring me today. It is utterly joyful. Now what if I tell you this is the first wedding film by Rob, Jesse and Nick, the team at Cherish Films ? No really - this is their first wedding film. Rob's story is inspiring in its own right - he left a successful job in the advertising industry to follow his heart, to tell beautiful love stories. What could be better than that? Congratulations, Neda and Sati! Thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding with us, and thank you so much to Cherish Films for sending over this incredible film - I can't wait to see what you've got in store.

Happy Monday morning! I apologize that I don't have an inspiration board to share with you today - I haven't been feeling super inspired by pretty pictures for the past couple of weeks, so I keep starting inspiration boards and then getting bored with them. Inspiration boreds. (Sorry, sorry!) {Not that it has anything to do with this post, but who doesn't love kisses and puppies? via We Heart It } Part of it might be that my honey and I are in the midst of our own wedding planning (Yes! We've set a date and picked a place and everything! Well, not everything, but you know - we're on our way.), so that's sort of dominating the wedding part of my brain, which is interesting when I sit down to create a blog post, because it's not all pretty details and inspired ideas. It's the budget and guest list and vendor decisions and what I guess you could call the bones of a wedding. It's trying to hear 8 million opinions graciously and without heading straight t...

by Will Keeler

Stephany at EyeSpy Photography shared this DIY summer wedding with me, and the couple, Janet and Ben, shared some of the details of the day... "We began the day with a picnic barbecue, lawn games and garden strolls on the grounds. We then gathered in the gardens for a sunset ceremony, beautifully officiated by our friend, followed by a champagne toast, strawberry shortcake dessert and dancing under the stars." We had picnic blankets and baskets of snacks for everyone to enjoy during the day as well as seating and dining in the LuLu Belle’s Roost building, a tent for extra space and a huge deck for dancing. All of our family and friends brought yard games: ladder golf, bocce ball, washers, Kubb and croquet. In addition to wonderful wedding craft ideas, our dear friend JoEllen designed our save-the-dates, invitations and gave us elements from the graphics to create stamps and programs. The programs contained the day's events and a map of the gardens...