Real Brides

Mismatched Maids?

Okay, let’s all admit it, you’ve attend at least one wedding where you were sitting in the ceremony and quietly admitted to yourself that the bridesmaid dresses were heinous not very flattering. Even worse than that, you’ve attended a wedding where you noticed that one bridesmaid looked absolutely smashing in her dress, but one or two of the others were far from flattered by that…

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Feathers Everywhere!

PeacockWebsite.jpgI am very thankful that neither my fiancé nor myself seem to
be allergic to feathers, because our apartment is beginning to fill up with
them . . . our wedding color is peacocks.
I realize that peacock is, in fact, a shade of…

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Mission #1: Getting the Groom to MN (and Booking a Venue)

As we all know, the planning process can be daunting. Where do you begin?! You open up a wedding planner and it neatly breaks down all of the months and activities with these cute little checkboxes. Looks easy right?! While it feels GREAT to check that little box, it is a little overwhelming if you see a bunch of boxes that you…

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Playing Catch-Up with the Checklist

We got engaged in August and it took us only a couple of weeks to pick a venue and a date: June 4th, 2011. We had barely nine months until The Big Day, but nine months didn’t seem like a short engagement until I opened a bridal magazine and read my first dreaded Wedding Checklist.

The average wedding checklist starts at 12…

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The Proposal, The Ring . . . and So It Begins!

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“It’s the day every girl dreams about from the time she is five years old.” True, however, when you are five, all you can think about is how awesome it is to get to wear a beautiful princess dress and tiara, kiss a cute boy, have a party with all of your friends, AND get all the…

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