Eunice & Daniel

I love how cheeky they are. More images.

They worked with textile artist, Joel Dewberry, to design a set of playing cards for guests. Adorable.

Blankets for guests when temperatures dipped down for the outdoor wedding.

Wedding Jojo

C's family is from the west coast, I'm from the east, and we want to have our wedding smack dab in the middle. Keeping all of our friends and family in the loop about our future wedding seems a little daunting. It's such a good idea to have a wedding website as a one-stop shop for all things C&R wedding related. I really like Adam & Halli's website that has directions, photos, links to registries, and a guide on what to wear.

But if a wedding website wasn't figured into the budget then just scoot right over to Wedding Jojo; they do it all for free! They have a couple templates that you can personalize for your own wedding, so while it might not reflect the wedding to the T, it'll still help guests to stay current on all the festivities.

Wedding Jojo.

Google's Wedding Planner

It seems like more and more people are planning their own weddings these days, or at least doing a whole lot of the work themselves, in order to cut costs and make the whole affair much more personalized. The overall look of the wedding, the dress, and the cake are the most fun to dream about. It's the small details like how to phrase a wedding invitation, who pays for what, or what exactly a maid of honor is responsible for that can be confusing at first.

Thank heavens for Google Docs! Along with Style Me Pretty, they have created a master template to help the DIY bride. I scoped it out myself and it looks pretty darn helpful.

Google Docs Wedding Template

Photo from Mike & Jess's Wedding

Elopement and $2,000

A lady came into the store the other day, she saw all my wedding magazines and books laid on the counter and we began talking about her wedding that had happened 15 years prior. She said that honestly, if she could do it again she would elope. She would save all her money, run away somewhere quiet with her immediate family to get hitched, and save all that money to help her and her husband to get established in their new life.

At this point in my young life, that just seems so uneventful. Neither of us are very religious so the ceremony itself is not terribly important in that regard. What is important for us is to have all of our friends and family in one place to celebrate and to all meet each other since many of our friends live all over the country. Maybe that's what people who elope do as well, go have a ceremony somewhere else and then throw a big party at home. But I figure we can do it all in one fell swoop.

I wonder if it's possible to throw a wedding for $2,000? From the venue, food, photographs, invitations, and dresses for two grand? Seems like a lot of money to me right now, but from the bit of research I've done, in a traditional wedding I don't think it would go that far. That's why we're not planning on throwing a traditional wedding.
Jessica Johnston Photography on Style Me Pretty

Jill Thomas Photography & Saving Money

So precious!

Couple, Natalie and Jared's wedding was small, just with their closest friends and family, and they did most of it themselves; her mom made her wedding dress and she made her bouquet and necklace. They didn't have a lot of money but wanted really nice photos so they only hired photographer Jill Thomas for a couple hours during the ceremony and for some informal shots right after the wedding. During the party they took care of the photography themselves. I think that's a great idea to cut costs: nice photographs during and then have a photo booth for when everyone's relaxing and having a good time.
More photos of the wedding
Jill Thomas Photography

The Center

I broke down and told C that I wanted to get married last night. It took me a minute to get it out but then he said he had already thought about it; that he was planning on asking after our year-long trip, assuming we still liked each other after spending that much time together, sleeping in the back of a car. If we wanted to get married here in town, why didn't we do it at the architectural center? This is awesome because I thought it would be a great place too!

There's a whole complex that involves a main house, a meeting space with a long table, an airhanger, fire pits, and lots of space. It's run by architect and teacher Pliny Fisk, and all the buildings are made out of recycled building materials. Buildings incorporate brick from a townhouse, wood from an old barn, metal from a car, etc. It would be perfect...
Center For Maximum Potential Building Systems

The Red House

I grew up on the east coast, C grew up on the west, and we met in the middle. So where to have the wedding? The concenus right now is to have it where we currently live since most of our friends are here and it's a good meeting point for both families.

Which is why I was excited to find this vacation cottage to rent for our families when they come to town. A remodeled 1926 bungalow called The Red House it's not terribly expensive and it's right near downtown!