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!

A Wedding Proposal Caught on Film!

alamster — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:15:14 -0500

How adorable is this bird's eye view of a marriage proposal? Someone managed to catch all of the steps of this happy couple getting engaged --- from the surprised look on her face, to her jumping into his arms, and one final and loving embrace.

Our heart is melting all over our keyboards....

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?

HD Wedding Videos Make Every Day Better

alamster — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:50 -0400

Suzanna & Kegan Part 2! from Michael Antonia on Vimeo.

We've mentioned before how enamored we are of adorable wedding videos, and in particular those found on The Flashdance Blog (which is a fantastic compilation between Max Wanger, the Our Labor of Love photographers, and dj The Human Jukebox).

The video above is of Suzanna and Kegan's wedding filmed by Brian, and we may or may not have watched it at least 15 times on repeat. And as a side note, we think the idea of sparklers at a wedding are a superb summer wedding idea. Think of the photo/video opps!

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!

"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!

Find Your Philly Wedding DJ

OWD — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:04:56 -0400

We just posted a new article about how to find your wedding DJ in Philadelphia! It's the latest addition to our Philadelphia Wedding Guide.

Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love, and when it comes to music, it’s a celebration for everyone. The city has classical venues galore, but it’s also jam-packed with blues and rock clubs, and is one of the trendiest wedding DJ spots on the map. When you aspire to find the perfect music for your Philadelphia wedding, get the record spinning by checking out the full article here!

And check out our other regularly-updated local wedding guides as well: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the San Francisco Bay Area, Miami, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Houston.

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.

One of Our Favorite Bloggers Got Married!

alamster — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:39 -0400

Wedding bells rang for one of our favorite bloggers, Joanna Goddard, a couple of weeks ago as she married her now-husband, and The New York Times writer, Alex.

Joanna is behind two of our favorite blogs, which include her own personal blog A Cup of Jo and her work for Glamour's Smitten blog.

Both blogs host some posts we've shared with you here on the OurWeddingDay.com blog... including great wedding inspiration, adorable photos, and engagement stories.

Congrats Joanna and Alex!