The OurWeddingDay Blog

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!

Wax Wanger Makes us Swoon, Yet Again

alamster — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:47:56 -0500

We've talked about our love for Max Wanger's photography in the past, and perhaps we sound a bit like a broken record, but we can't get enough of his lighting and use of color.

These photos are from his latest engagement shoot, featuring Mina and Alex. To check out more gorgeous photographs from the session, check out Max's blog.

Swoon and double swoon!

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...

"You May Now Bite Your Bride"

alamster — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Well, this vampire craze has certainly gone about as far as we ever thought it could! Twilight is huge (we see dozens of people reading it on the subways every day), Robert Pattinson is pretty dreamy, and now it's even spread to the wedding world.

A couple in Ohio recently held a Vampire-themed wedding. The groom arrived in a coffin driven by a hearse, both were made up with pale faces, and rather than kissing after the exchange of vows, the groom bit his bride on her neck!

Check out the whole story!

We hope he didn't draw blood. Ah l'amour!

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.

Art Gallery Surprise Proposal

alamster — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:22:03 -0400

What an adorable engagement story! Linda's friends insisted on going to a local art gallery to check out a Polaroid exhibit. After perusing the photos, Linda spotted a photo of her boyfriend holding up a sign that read "Turn Around." Confused, Linda slowly turned around to see her boyfriend in the window of the gallery holding another sign.... only this one asked "Will You Marry Me?"

Oh, and she said yes.

This story is absolutely adorable. For more photos of the surprise and of the happy couple check out Linda's friend Rubyellen's blog here.