We braved the heat and dodged the trains. Worth it? Yes Yes. This beautiful family was so fun to photograph.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wedding Websites: You Need One!
Howdy Bride Friends!
Let me just lay it out for you. YOU NEED A WEDDING WEBSITE! I'm serious. They will save you a TON of time and heartache. Not only can you use this website to give out directions, registry info and notifications, but guests can RSVP on your site. Let me just repeat that in case you missed the excitement there: Guests can RSVP on the website! Dinner selection and all! Sure the old-fashioned way is "classy" and "sophisticated." I mean if you want to field 200 phone calls or pay an extra $100+ for the little inserts and postage on your RSVP invites. Personally, I am a forward thinker and a technophile.
Let me just show you how awesome it is. Click here to see my website and follow along.
There are a bunch of free sites that offer wedding websites that anyone can set up. I found google weddings annoying and hard to customize. And of course there is The Knot.com but they are too spamy.
My favorite so far is The Wedding Wire. I actually found a template with my color that wasn't totally hideous and its easy and quick. You can upload custom songs (yay, no bad rights free music!) and add a ton of helpful apps like hotel finders, blog links, car rentals, flights, guest books, photo albums, etc.
This site took maybe an hour of messing around and playing with the functions before I loved it. Now, you do have to manually add your whole guest list. (Boo! It took several hours). But, there are a bunch of different export options, so once all my guests have RSVPed, I just export, print and I'm ready to go!
Then you get to play with the super seating arrangement tool!
Ok, now go to the RSVP link and search for lets say 'Mike.' The guests are separated by households and then by individual guest. Click on one of the responses. Fancy right? Mike doesn't have to search for every member of his family, they all just pop up. Then they just RSVP and pick their meals! They get an email confirmation and can say a quick congrats. Now once I'm ready to give my caterer the numbers for the meals, I just look under my guest list and it's automatically tallied for me.
I am also excited about the registry link! How easy is it for your guests to shop for you now!? No printing out that colored paper list from target and trying to find the stupid item. Just click and ship!
Don't forget to check out the Map section. This saves everyone the trouble of googling the addresses on their invite. Can you see why I'm gushing over this site? Seriously, Sit down with a glass of red wine, mess around for a few hours and save yourself some stress! This website has so many wonderful tools, I can't stop using it!
The Wedding Wire
Let me just lay it out for you. YOU NEED A WEDDING WEBSITE! I'm serious. They will save you a TON of time and heartache. Not only can you use this website to give out directions, registry info and notifications, but guests can RSVP on your site. Let me just repeat that in case you missed the excitement there: Guests can RSVP on the website! Dinner selection and all! Sure the old-fashioned way is "classy" and "sophisticated." I mean if you want to field 200 phone calls or pay an extra $100+ for the little inserts and postage on your RSVP invites. Personally, I am a forward thinker and a technophile.
Let me just show you how awesome it is. Click here to see my website and follow along.
My favorite so far is The Wedding Wire. I actually found a template with my color that wasn't totally hideous and its easy and quick. You can upload custom songs (yay, no bad rights free music!) and add a ton of helpful apps like hotel finders, blog links, car rentals, flights, guest books, photo albums, etc.
This site took maybe an hour of messing around and playing with the functions before I loved it. Now, you do have to manually add your whole guest list. (Boo! It took several hours). But, there are a bunch of different export options, so once all my guests have RSVPed, I just export, print and I'm ready to go!
Then you get to play with the super seating arrangement tool!
I am also excited about the registry link! How easy is it for your guests to shop for you now!? No printing out that colored paper list from target and trying to find the stupid item. Just click and ship!
Don't forget to check out the Map section. This saves everyone the trouble of googling the addresses on their invite. Can you see why I'm gushing over this site? Seriously, Sit down with a glass of red wine, mess around for a few hours and save yourself some stress! This website has so many wonderful tools, I can't stop using it!
The Wedding Wire
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Food Found!
Let me just preface this blog with a note about how AMAZING my fiance is. I put him in charge of the catering for our wedding and he managed to find something delicious, clever and AWESOME!
Let me now also tell you how much I LOVE the Beastie Boys. I have met them several times, seen every show they've put on in the southwest, and gotten Ad-rocks autograph! (which is NOT easy to do).
Yes. Nerd.
So imagine my surprise when my fiance pulls this out from his sleeve:
What!? It's a Beastie Boy themed GOURMET food truck! Hehehee. I love it. Check out their current yummy menu:
Da Bomb - $6
Vietnamese style sandwich with Marinated Chicken or Tofu, cilantro, cucumber, pickled carrots, avocado, roasted jalapenos served on a French baguette
Sabotage - $7
Roasted Pork au jus with local braised greens, sharp provolone cheese served on a French baguette
Frank the Pretzel - $6
Homemade Chicken poblano sausage, chardonnay mustard, on a soft pretzel bun
Pork Snuggies (2) - $6
Fluffy, steamed buns stuffed with Pork belly, green onions, cucumber, hoisin
Eggman Sandwich - $5
Homemade Maple-smoked Bacon or Chicken poblano sausage, local eggs over easy, cheddar cheese, sauteed veggies served on a Challah (Holla!) roll
You must go see them and try them out! Check their website first, these gentlemen are high plains drifters: http://eatsieboys.com/
Let me now also tell you how much I LOVE the Beastie Boys. I have met them several times, seen every show they've put on in the southwest, and gotten Ad-rocks autograph! (which is NOT easy to do).
Yes. Nerd.
So imagine my surprise when my fiance pulls this out from his sleeve:
What!? It's a Beastie Boy themed GOURMET food truck! Hehehee. I love it. Check out their current yummy menu:
Da Bomb - $6
Vietnamese style sandwich with Marinated Chicken or Tofu, cilantro, cucumber, pickled carrots, avocado, roasted jalapenos served on a French baguette
Sabotage - $7
Roasted Pork au jus with local braised greens, sharp provolone cheese served on a French baguette
Frank the Pretzel - $6
Homemade Chicken poblano sausage, chardonnay mustard, on a soft pretzel bun
Pork Snuggies (2) - $6
Fluffy, steamed buns stuffed with Pork belly, green onions, cucumber, hoisin
Eggman Sandwich - $5
Homemade Maple-smoked Bacon or Chicken poblano sausage, local eggs over easy, cheddar cheese, sauteed veggies served on a Challah (Holla!) roll
You must go see them and try them out! Check their website first, these gentlemen are high plains drifters: http://eatsieboys.com/
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