Did you think this would be a pervy post? Shame on you!
We sent out our Save the Dates (STDs) last week, which meant finally finalizing the wedding website. That thing was sort of the thorn in my side. I enjoyed doing parts of it (like our story) but for the life of me I couldn't get B to write up his parts about the groomsmen. I ended up doing it, but I feel like know the stories are much less personal than the ones I wrote about my bridesmaids. You win some, you lose some.
Anywho, I'm not totally comfortable putting our wedding website out there for strangers to see because what if a crazy stalker booked a room at our hotel to murder us showed up at the ceremony? But here's a screen grab of the site:
I found lots of those wedding site services to be sort of crappy (no offense, the Knot!). None of them really spoke to me and the feel I'm hoping to get with this wedding. And I do not have the time or the know-how to build a website up from scratch. Big props to you ladies out there that do! Way impressed over here!
The template I ended up using was from WeddingWire and for a small fee I could buy our own domain name. Plus, it is set up to play music. Sold and sold!
BIG NEWS!
This coming Saturday I am having a trial run for hair and makeup! I'm pretty excited and I've been pinning inspiration like crazy. I will definitely be updating on instagram, so feel free to follow me (@cregan85). Hopefully I will get a full post up about it next week for Wedding Wednesday!
Lastly, since we're on the topic of weddings...
3 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Married
This article is well timed for all those brides to be out there. In a day and age where divorce is all too common, it certainly can't hurt to keep things in perspective when it comes to the "happily ever after" idea of marriage. The story doesn't end at the wedding... it is just beginning.
Note: I'm not hating on divorcees out there. My parents split a long time ago. Both remarried and my stepparents are a wonderful blessing to me! But my concern is people who get married and then divorced 6 months later - maybe it wasn't that thought out?
Nordstrom Bridal Style Video
I've watched this video a few hundred times and I love it. The basis is a gorgeous simple wedding dress that has been styled in multiple ways. It's under 2 minutes and reinspired me for making my wedding "my own" without feeling the overwhelming pressure to "out-pinterest" other brides. Ya catch my drift?
Taaarrrrrget Giiiiiiveaaawaaaaaaay! (Oprah voice)
My buddy Sam over at Sam Ispa Loquitur has just survived the bar exam and in celebration SHE is giving YOU (or me, cause I'm going to win that bish) a $25 Target giftcard. Head on over and enter. Plus, there aren't ninety-thousand ways to enter, which I greatly appreciate!
Contest ends Friday night, yo!
Go check out the Wedding Wednesday link up!
xoxo,
Cait
Taaarrrrrget Giiiiiiveaaawaaaaaaay! (Oprah voice)
My buddy Sam over at Sam Ispa Loquitur has just survived the bar exam and in celebration SHE is giving YOU (or me, cause I'm going to win that bish) a $25 Target giftcard. Head on over and enter. Plus, there aren't ninety-thousand ways to enter, which I greatly appreciate!
Contest ends Friday night, yo!
Go check out the Wedding Wednesday link up!
xoxo,
Cait
Your website is so cute! And I agree that the templates sucked. We created our own through Blogger with the help of an Etsy designer to do it for us. It was so much easier and looks how we want it to look, which I love.
ReplyDeleteWe are also about to send out our Save the Dates. How scary is that? EEK!
Thanks so much for linking up!
I love the site! It looks amazing! I'm making ours on Blogger with a little help from my co-workers. And AHHH we need to send our save the dates, too! So much to do!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up, lady! :)
I used the knot or wedding wire or something stupid and you're right - I hated it! Yours is super cute!
ReplyDeleteWe used weddingwire with our own domain name too! TiffandTate.com :-) I loved the options that were available.
ReplyDeleteI love your wedsite!!! I feel like it's a thorn in my side too, but I love the idea of it. I think it's because my fiance just keeps telling me it's my domain since I'm the writer.
ReplyDeleteI actually just used blogger to create our website. After all I knew how to use basic blogger functions with my blogs, so it wasn't that much harder than what I'd already been doing.
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