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How Did You Announce Your Engagement??

alamster — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:14:44 -0500

Phone calls? E-mails? Newspaper?

Well check out this adorable idea Heather and James had: They went to a photo booth and reenacted getting engaged and then put the photos up on Facebook. It seems perfect to us! Utilize your enormous (and free!) social network via Facebook and then post the photos to spread the joy!

Drawing Out Your Marriage Proposal, Literally!

alamster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:15:04 -0500

This story absolutely takes the cake for effort, talent, and dedication! Illustrator Guy Shield drew up a regular old comic strip for his girlfriend Liz. Then, once all the pieces were drawn out, he asked her to fold up the comic a certain way and... voilà! A unique and utterly adorable marriage proposal.

The pieces below match up with the proposal above, check it out!

(Via A Cup of Jo)

The Typography of Save the Dates

alamster — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:53:02 -0500

Look... we're a sucker for a lot of things -- wedding videos, vintage photography (in fact, pretty much vintage anything), brizedillas -- but one thing we go ga-ga over is good typography. We know, we know, we sound ridiculous! But the cleverness behind some good type faces can make all the difference!

Check out these fantastic save the date cards we found! These cards are so visually appealing it's hard to look away from their fun fonts, colorful maps, and fun envelopes. Check out more photos of the cards here!

Wedding Invitations for the Book Lover in You

alamster — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:51:42 -0500

Are you one of those cute, bookish couples? Do you enjoy being curled up on the couch with your fiancé with a good book and a big mug of coffee (or hot chocolate, we certainly wouldn't want to isolate our audience!)?

Check out these newly released, and extremely adorable, Penguin Publishers themed wedding invitations from Greenwich Letterpress. And check out the bottom of the invite -- "Unabridged Celebration". Because who would want the party to end? Definitely not us! Unabridged wedding celebrations are what the OurWeddingDay team lives for.

And no, we're not kidding. This kind of stuff gets us every time!

Going to City Hall.. and We're Gonna Get Married!

alamster — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:05:32 -0500

Want to save a little money on your wedding? Consider a city hall marriage! Now, we know there may be some stigma, and stereotypes about weddings in a non-traditional reception/ceremony site but consider the following photos as proof. We now present the adorable wedding of Kelly and Peter, who married last summer in the San Francisco City Hall.

The bride and groom are dressed adorably -- seriously, we could have an entirely separate discussion on the bride's yellow dress in itself!

Have you ever considered a city hall wedding? Skip some the drama and have it be just about the two of you, and your lucky witnesses?

The 8-Bit Wedding Invitations

alamster — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:49 -0500

This is our official "adorable of the day." Check out this wedding invitation a designer made to reflect the 8-bit video games from the 1980's. We're a little bit in love.

Check out more photos of the invitation here. This could have only been cuter if it were Mario and the Princess. Not that we played video games or anything....

Oh yeah...

Is the Engagement Chicken Myth True?

alamster — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:21:09 -0400

According to Glamour Magazine, there is a specific roasted chicken recipe that, well, helps you get engaged! It all started when an editor at the magazine gave the recipe to an assistant who made the delicious dish for her boyfriend. Within a month, she was engaged! As the recipe was passed around from assistant to assistant, the weddings had been sparked!

Could it be too good to be true? The magazine claims that over 26 engagements (that they know about) relate back to a certain chicken dish that was made in the not-so-distant past. And just this very month a Glamour writer for the popular blog "Smitten" got engaged post-chicken roasting.

So while all of our OurWeddingDay.com brides may already be engaged (congratulations by the way!) surely there are friends out there in relationships who also want to get engaged. And who enjoy roast chicken.

You can find the Engagement Chicken recipe here. Pass it around... and let us test it for ourselves to see if the myth is true. I think I'll be making this dish myself in the next coming weeks!

Donuts Over Wedding Cakes?

alamster — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:17:05 -0400

Okay, let's get one confession out of the way.... the OurWeddingDay.com team loves donuts. Give us a dozen donuts and we'll be happy campers. So you can only imagine the sheer glee we felt when we saw the adorable wedding photos of Robin and Donna. The newly married couple chose to have delicious Dee's MIni Organic Donuts rather than a traditional wedding cake.

What do you think of this move? Are you for switching things up and trying something new for your reception or are you more of a traditionalist?

While you ponder that... we'll take a chocolate glazed donut.

How to Get the Pixie Look for Your Wedding

alamster — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:46:01 -0400

For a little late Thursday afternoon wedding inspiration, check out the adorable Cassie with her pulled back hair and chic yet understated pixie dress. We love how the dress hangs perfectly on her and accentuates her thin frame and blonde hair.

Check out more photos of Cassie and her wedding to Paul here!

Have you ever thought about going the less traditional dress route? The results could be great!

Super 8 Wedding Videos for that Classic 70s Vibe

alamster — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:41:56 -0400

We urge you -- no, no, we insist -- that you check out this Super 8 wedding film with a classic 1970's feel. The couple set out several 8mm video cameras for friends to shoot with and their friend converted the video to digital format to edit the pieces together. The video is warm, loving, and set to a great song.

Check it out here!