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Rhonda

It’s time once again to have the top-5 wedding blog posts of the week!  Since we didn’t  have a top-5 last week I included posts from over the past two weeks.

1.        I’m going to start off with a great post from the Hostess With the Mostess.  This is a sneak peek into some holiday themes that she will be posting.  Unfortunately she will not be posting the actual themes until Dec 23^rd.  But maybe you can get some ideas from these pictures to help you plan your holiday party.  Checkout HWTM Holiday Sneak Peak!

2.       Liene over at Blue Orchid had some great Honeymoon Planning Tips she got from an interview with Shannon Rice from Riso Studio.  So if you want to know what the latest honeymoon trends are and ideas to make your honeymoon different than the standard, check out Honeymoon Planning Tips!

3.       This is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart, Wedding Websites.  I think there will be a day in the future when paper invitations may not be a necessity.  Here’s a story from Ethical Weddings about a couple who did the whole invitation / RSVP thing on the internet.  They saved a lot of paper and money and it seemed to work out well.  Checkout Internet Invites.  Let me know what you think?  Do you like this idea?  Is the world ready for this concept?

4.       Here’s one from my buddy Preston Bailey!  I had a blog about how paper lanterns can transform a tent.  Well, now it’s time to see how Preston Bailey transforms a tent.  But, it might cause a little more than hanging some paper lanterns!  Check out Tent Transition!

5.       And finally, Sandra at planning forever had another great post about wedding traditions.  Namely, what wedding traditions are now out!  So check out “what wedding traditions are OUT!”Hope you enjoyed them!  Let me know if there are any blogs out there that I missed.

Have a great weekend!

Rhonda

It’s that time again.  Don’t bother getting dressed yet, stay in your robe, grab a cup of coffee and relax.   Kick back and enjoy the Top 5 Wedding Blog Posts of the Week!

We are going to start off this week with a couple of posts about holiday cards.  It’s time to start getting in the spirit and spread cheer to others. 

1.        First off, DIY Bride passed on some important information about how to pass holiday cheer on to our wounded soldiers who will be stuck in military hospitals over the holidays.  Please check out “PSA: Cards to any Soldier at Walter Reed.”

2.       Here’s a fun idea!  The Brooklyn Bride is running a Bridal Blog Holiday Card Swap.  Want to interact with the wedding blog community outside of this box you wind up staring at for hours everyday?  Then sign up for the holiday card swap!   Check out Bridal Blog Holiday Card Swap.

3.       I love letterpress invitations!  So, I was glad to see Matrimony Inc had a post explaining what goes on behind the scenes to produce those beautiful invitations.  Check out Letterpress 101!

4.       Speaking of invitations are any of you including an accommodations card with your invitations for your out of town guests?  Do you know what an accommodations card is?  Well checkout “Q&A: Verbiage for the Accommodation Card” at Event Ethos!

5.       And finally, Saundra over at Planning…Forever left a comment on last week’s Top-5 so I checked out her site and loved it.  She really has a great blog with a lot of good info.  This week her post about “On Site Wedding Coordinators vs. Wedding Planners” had a lot of great info.  Check it out!

Okay, now you can get on with your day refreshed by all that great information  packed into one blog post!

Check in next week for more wedding ideas.

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Rhonda

It’s that wonderful time of the week again when we get to enjoy the top-5 wedding blog posts of the week!  Got a great lineup this week!

1.        I’m going to start off this week with some help for those of you who are having troubles cutting off your guest list.  Are you already over budget but still want to invite more people?  Checkout this post called Making the Cut from the Earth Friendly Wedding Blog!

2.       Here’s a beautiful post about the use of glass in your wedding reception.  Checkout Clearly Lit over at perfect bound for some inspiration!

3.       Here’s another one you can get some inspiration from.  This is from a new blog that Style Me Pretty introduced me too.   Checkout Bouquet Monday over at the Brides Café!

4.       The Wedding Planners Blog posted a unique and entertaining wedding spin-off of Bill Maher’s “New Rules”   Make sure you checkout “New Rule Friday.”

5.       And finally, Masterpiece Weddings had another outstanding post (not that I’m  biased!)  this week about what happens after the honeymoon.  After all, planning your wedding is just the beginning, isn’t planning for the rest of your life a little more important?  Checkout “What Happens After the Honeymoon?”

Anybody know of any great blogs I haven’t mentioned yet?  Let me know, I’m always in the market for some  new material.

Have a great 3-day weekend!!

Rhonda

It is that wonderful day once again when you can sit back and enjoy the top-5 wedding blog posts of the week!  Grab that cup of coffee and enjoy what I thought were the best of the best this week!

1.        How sure are you about your photographer?  Do you think he might get “tanked” during your wedding reception and lose his camera and your pictures?  I’m sure the people mentioned in this post didn’t think so either!  Here’s how you can better your chances of this not happening to you.  Checkout “Top Tips for Safegaurding your Wedding Photos”

2.       Here’s a few other things that can go wrong, courtesy of your guests!  I found this great article via a post on Weddingbee.  The article not only lists out the 10 biggest mistakes guests make it also gives you tips to help keep them from affecting your wedding!  Checkout  “10 Biggest Mistakes Wedding Guests Make.”

3.       This one isn’t really a single post rather a series coming to you via Weddingzilla!  She’s going to be your personal wedding coach and “lead you through the maze of wedding planning.”  Weddingzilla is run by an experienced wedding planner so check it out and get some free advice!  Checkout Weddingzilla!

4.       Here’s an interesting one from Brideorama.  Why do wives get such a bum rap!  Is the average wife as big a nag as is stereotypically portrayed?  Checkout “MY WIFE IS A NAG! And other stereotypes about marriage”

5.       And finally, are you trying to decide on a style for your wedding cake?  Why don’t you have it fashioned after your wedding dress?  Checkout this post from the wonderful Pink Cake Box in New Jersey!

Have a great weekend!

It’s time once again for the Top-5 Wedding Blog Posts of the Week!   Found a bunch of good posts this week so get comfortable and enjoy the top-5!

1.        Although the wedding day is all about you and your new husband, you also have a bunch of guests you want to keep happy too!  Here’s some help from an article I found on this week’s Weddingbee Weekly Roundup.  Check out Make Guests Feel Special on your Big Day!

2.       I loved reading this one from Style Me Pretty!  Abby ran a contest where readers wrote in about how the internet, especially blogs, have changed the way you approach you’re wedding.  Read the winning entry, it was very well said!

3.       The New York Daily News ran an article about how fall is the new June for weddings.  Great article especially since it also has tips from my favorite party planner Preston Bailey!  I found this article through a great blog called WEDDEX.  Check it out!

4.       Here’s a unique idea from Lynn at The Handcrafted Wedding!   Here’s a way you can dress up your reception hall without ruining the place.  Checkout Tagging Your Wedding!

5.       And finally, as soon as your wedding is done guess what everyone is going to ask you.  So, when are you having kids?  Well don’t wait to prepare yourself with an answer to that question.  Checkout When to Have Kids at another great blog called BrauchTalk!

So that’s it for this week!  Let me know if you have any comments on the Top-5 or if you found some other posts you want to share. 

Finally if you watched Oprah on Monday you saw the inspiring story of Kris Carr’s battle against cancer and her amazing attitude throughout.  We can all learn something from her.  Here you can see a clip of her DVD scheduled to come out in December 07.

 Have a great weekend!

Martha hasn’t started to promote this publically yet, I don’t think.  But luckily I follow Martha’s mySpace page!  

Well you may already know that Darcy Miller, Martha Stewart’s Weddings Editorial Director, has her own blog.

Some of you may also know that Martha has a myspace blog which she personally updates regularly.

And finally Martha just started her own real blog on Marthastewart.com!  You can now follow the behind the scenes action going on in Martha’s life from photo shoots to details of her hip replacement!  And, you can leave comments too!

Check it out!

Rhonda

Well it’s Friday!  That means you get to kick back, relax with a cup of coffee and read the Top-5 Wedding Blog Posts of the Week!!

1.       There are a lot of you out there who are getting married for at least the second time.  That means there are a lot of you who have the additional challenge of blending two families.   Things usually work out like the Brady Bunch so you might want to check out this article on AisleDash, take a look at Eight Tips of Blending Families!

2.       Here’s another relationship type post that I found interesting.  Anybody out there have a strange dynamic in your relationship where it seems like you are taking the mother role with your fiancé?  You might want to check out this post on Bridalwave called Smug Married: Mother Issues.  I’m curious to hear how widespread this issue is, don’t be shy let us know!

3.       Still trying to figure out what your wedding colors are for your spring wedding?  Well why not recruit the help of the world renown color authority…Pantone?  Pantone came out with their Spring 2008 Color Fashion Report!   Find out all about it on Matrimony, Inc.  Checkout Pantone Spring 2008 Color Fashion Report!

4.       You probably have seen a lot of Green Wedding posts this week since Monday was Blog Action Day.  Anyway, if you want to see a great post that gives a great example of how Nelle Johnston, a Green Wedding Planner and owner of Zahzoom Weddings and Parties puts together a Green Wedding from end-to-end.  Then checkout An Example of a Green Wedding!

5.       And finally, I wanted to recognize Thryn over at Wedlog!  She posted some of her wedding photos and they are wonderful!  She looks so cute!  Anyway, Thryn is one of my first blogger friends from back when we first started this blog back in March.  I had the pleasure to follow her through the last 6 months of her planning process on her blog.  She also put together a fabulous Green Wedding from end-to-end.  You can go through the archives of her  blog to see the amazing process and time she put into doing it right!  In the mean time checkout her wedding photos at her recent post Official Wedding Photos!

Have a great weekend!  And if you see any great wedding blogs you want to mention go for it!

Rhonda

Found some great online resources I’d like to share today.  Best part is they are all free so enjoy!

- Want to dazzle your guests at your next dinner party with some uniquely folded napkins?

                Checkout this site!

- Are you baffled when it comes time to pick that perfect wine to go with that perfect meal?

                Checkout this site!

- Looking for a haunted house or some other Halloween event going on in your neighborhood?  This is a cool site with a cute name!

                Checkout this site!

- Finally put a smile on someone’s face with this one!  It’s free too!

                Checkout this site!

Have a great day!  See you tomorrow!

Okay everyone it’s time once again for the top-5 wedding blog posts of the week!  This week there was an emphasis on bridesmaids in the wedding blogosphere.  So, I chose a few of my favorites posts concerning bridesmaids.

1.        Courtesy of Weddingbee’s Weekly Roundup, I found this article on the responsibilities of a bridesmaid and the estimated cost.  Ladies, be nice to your bridesmaids cause it ain’t cheap!

2.       And, that was a good segue into Twistie’s post  over at Manolobrides.  She had a great post about how to properly take care of your bridesmaids.  Checkout “The Proper Care and Feeding of Bridal Attendants”

3.       Christy at Junebug Weddings had an idea for gifts for the bridesmaid.  Checkout “Bridesmaid Gifts – Custom Stationary from Pink Loves Brown”

4.       If your bridesmaids are coming from out of town or if you have anyone coming from out of town, Terrica from The Wedding Planner’s Blog let us in on a little known deal from American Airlines.  Checkout “Groupies!”

5.       Finally, something to ponder over the weekend from Blue Orchid Designs.  What kind-of plans and goals do you have for yourself?  This is something you definitely want to talk to your fiancé about!  Checkout “Your Plan is Puny”

That’s it for this week!  Have a great weekend!