Category Archives: Friday Roundups

Next week I’ll be in NYC for the Brooklyn Beta conference! I’m so excited and I wanted to see whether I could run a meetup but I’m not sure I have time. Though if you want to grab coffee or lunch, ping me!

News roundup for the week!

• For Portland-area couples, Committed PDX (an awesome alternative bridal fair) is back!
• Invites by Jen has 10% off vintage stamp deal for WeddingLovely Blog readers.
• Beautiful DIY wedding on A Practical Wed.
• Check out e.m. paper’s Pin it to Win it contest!
• Enter to win a free DIY invitation suite or $150 towards a print suite by Citrus Press this month.
• Love Pinterest? Check out WeddingLovely’s page.
• Fun first dance infographic! Are you a 6th-grade-sway, rumba-er, or something else?
• Don’t make these classic bridesmaid blunders.
• Our featured invitation this week was this beautiful classic navy design.
• Check out our videographer interview with Mark Wikkerink!
• Think twice about leaving that negative vendor review…
• Our design roundup this week featured LA-based stationers!
• Want a destination wedding? Here’s some tips on finding the location of your dreams.
• Love love love these hand lettered sketches.
• Check out this beautiful unique/alternative real wedding.
• Our stationer interview this week was with Amie Lee!
• How to personalize your paper!
• Our wedding photographer interview was with OMG Photography.

Have a lovely weekend!

Dog rescue complete! I drove up to Oregon (11 hour drive) to rescue my grandparent’s dog, who was adopted and then de-adopted and taken to the shelter instead. Quite an interesting few days — I started driving at 4:45am, got Molly, camped that night on the Oregon/California border, drove through the redwoods the next morning, and then I left my wallet at a farmstand and didn’t realize until 87 miles later. Not to mention, I only realized it when I was pulling over for gas. Quite… annoying.

But wallet was still there, I didn’t run out of gas driving back up (all panicky, making plans to barter the beer in my trunk for gas money if I needed), and I got home safely in the end.

So that was my week — how was yours? :P

News and articles from the week!

• We’re running a short-term advertising special on the blog this week — get a sidebar ad for as little as $5/month!
• We’re running a giveaway! Win $100 worth of stickers from Sticker Mule for your next DIY project.
• Our wedding planner interview this week was with Oh So Chic Wedding & Event Planning.
• Check out this lovely tour of Akimbo’s studio!
• Love this aubergine color study.
• Our featured invitation this week was this beautiful red and blue design.
• Ways to give your wedding a pop of personality!
• Questions you should ask during planning (even if you don’t want to.)
• Don’t forget to gift your important wedding guests!
• Our wedding invitation design roundup featured our NYC stationers!
• The beautiful real wedding this week was this classic affair set in Florida.
• Love this spooky/lovely tablescape.
• How to choose an eco-friendly engagement ring!
• Our stationer interview this week was with Yellow Paper Bouquet.
• Every Last Detail rounded up the costs of having a wedding (holy cow.)
• Check out these tips for having an overseas wedding.
• Pretty ombre cakes!
• Our wedding photographer interview this week was with S.C. Photography.

I’ve had an interesting week — my grandparent’s are moving into assisted living across the country, and a neighbor adopted their dog… and then promptly decided they couldn’t keep her and abandoned her at a shelter instead. So next week I’ll be driving up 11 hours to go get her.

So, guess as of next week, I’ll have a dog to go along with my kitty!

This week’s news and links:

• We launched two new features for WeddingLovely.com, our online wedding planning application — RSVP and colorpicking!
• Our planner interview was with So Eventful.
• *Loving* Buffer — it’s a great way to make sure your Twitter account continues to look active.
• Our featured invitation this week was this beautiful autumn rustic design!
• We LOVE string lights at weddings.
• Ways to trim your wedding budget!
• Check out these reviews of wedding planning applications!
• Our wedding invitation design roundup featured designs by San Francisco designers.
• Beautiful spring DIY inspiration for our Australian readers!
• Going to propose and have issues getting his or her ring size? Check out this infographic!
• Our Facebook fan page reached 1,200 fans — thank you!
• Our featured video is this fun wedding using pumpkins.
• Help your wedding guests save money using these 5 tips!
• Jessica Hische helped someone propose — what a wonderful piece of artwork!
• Loving this color palette.
• Our stationer interview was with Manhattan-based Blacker and Kooby.
• Oh Lovely Day has a lovely Steals & Deals page — like her page to see!
• Check out of our real wedding this week, a beautiful garden wedding with letterpress invites.
• Our wedding photography interview was with r3mg :: creative boutique!
• Lovely DIY boutonniere tutorial.

Goodness, is anyone else as tired as I am? It’s been a crazy week! My birthday was on Monday (woohoo!) and then just all sorts of random things happened (so I might be getting a dog soon…)

Yay for weekends!

This week’s news and article roundup:

• For some “moving pretty”, we love this wedding video by Danger Media.
• Our wedding planner interview was with Danielle Pasternak Wedding Coordination!
• Gorgeous Lebanon wedding.
• Check out our new interview series — our first blogger interview with Burnett’s Boards!
• We were featured on GetMarried.com!
• Check out this sneak peek of Snippet & Ink’s new website design.
• Our featured wedding invitation design was this classic paisley design by Invites by Jen.
• Juniper Spring Photography is running a winter wedding promotion!
• Our photos from the Kid Icarus studio tour and the announcement of their new location.
• Check out this lovely letterpress video!
• Love this messy artwork.
• Our stationer interview was with Odd Duck Press.
• Love this laser-cut calligraphy.
• Want to hire a wedding band? Read this article for tips!
• Only a few days left to support the Creative Mornings Kickstarter!
• Our wedding photographer interview was with McFadden Studios.
• Quit your day job — fun interview on Etsy.

Photo by _Space Frog_ on Flickr

Such a late day today after a week of being late — Julia and I were in Washington D.C. for DjangoCon, a programming conference! Big thanks to PyLadies for sponsoring us and sending us out — women programmers are a rarity and we were so proud to help represent. Not to mention that Julia gave a talk of her own about the challenges she faced when joining WeddingLovely, see her slides here!

The news and links from the week:

• We’re 6 away from 1,200 likes on Facebook!
• Looking for invites? PostScript Brooklyn is running a special for September, free return address printing with an order! http://psbrooklyn.com/
• Our wedding invitation design roundup for inspiration featured these beautiful yellow and gray invitations.
• Wedding food trucks: YES.
• Do you use Twitter for your business? Hello Cupcake wrote some really great tips on why you should start.
• Love Hawaii, and I love these offbeat venues for Hawaiian weddings!
• Everything you ever needed to know about rehearsal dinners.
• What a great 1st anniversary gift — a bouquet made of paper!
• We’re loving the infographics lately — check out this one by Lasso’d Moon about wedding invitation options and wording.
• Our interview with calligrapher, Wendy Fung Calligraphy!
• The new wedding rules and updates to etiquette. Let’s get these adopted!
• Great ideas on how to spice up a garden wedding.
• Our featured wedding invitation was this gorgeous tropical chevron design!
• Love this guest post — six typical groomsmen gifts and their pros and cons.
• Gorgeous Ontario real wedding.
• Great DIY tutorial by Ruffled — paper crepe anemones.
• Our interview with Julia’s engagement photographer, Josh Gruetzmacher!
• Pretty gift for the photographer friend or bridal party member — besequined camera strap.
• Another fun infographic by Simply Bridal on how to choose your wedding jewelry.