Karen Smallbone

What could be more fun than rolling around in the sand in your wedding gown? Or taking a swim with it on? If you are not planning on saving your dress for future generations and want to get some great photos, maybe a Trash the Dress session is for you. My wedding dress has been hanging in my closet for almost 12 years now. I’m getting a bit sick of it taking up space, so I’m thinking maybe I will do a Trash the Dress. I just need a photographer. Any volunteers? Emma? He he. I’m thinking this would be so much fun.

Here are some great photos I found of some brides who were brave enough to Trash the Dress. I found these pictures on a lovely site dedicated to trashing the dress, www.trashthedress.com. Be sure to check it out.

Photo by Perez Photography

In these tough economic times, you might be re-thinking your wedding budget. One way to keep your expenses in line and still have the things you’ve always dreamed of is to limit your guest list. An intimate wedding will allow you to splurge on that designer dress or any other element that is important to you. IntimateWeddings.com offers tons of great ideas for an intimate wedding. There are lots of articles and real weddings to inspire you. Christina Friedrichsen, owner of Intimate Weddings and author of Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget and Style had a small wedding herself and wants to offer her expertise to other brides considering this option.

At IntimateWeddings.com, couples can find unique wedding venues available only to those with smaller guest lists. Quaint bed and breakfasts and inns, cozy restaurants and galleries and many other unique locations throughout North America can be found on the site.

Aside from a wedding venue finder which lists more than 1,300 wedding venues, the site also offers help with everything from creating a meaningful intimate ceremony, to how to tell guests they are not invited. It also offers moral support.

If you’ve decided to have an intimate wedding we would love to hear your plans! Good luck!

I thought I would share this fun site with you called Someecards. Their motto is “When you care enough to hit send” and the cards range from merely funny to hilariously inappropriate. Many of the cards include language and topics that are not safe for work/children, but if you want to surprise someone with a card that’s out-of-the-ordinary, you’ll definitely find something here.

One of my favorite blogs for wedding inspirataion is Once Wed. It has a clean modern design which I love and it’s full of very inspiring weddings, diy ideas and just neat stuff. 

I thought I would share a few photos of Amber & Jeff’s wedding , a very cool wedding that is featured on Once Wed. Be sure to check the site out for yourself. I’m sure it it will become one of your favourite sites too!

What a great idea for Save the Dates! 

Fun invitations.

Place cards.