real wedding: Seth and Dionna

It almost breaks my heart how beautiful this wedding featured on Once Wed is. Dionna's dress ruined me for all other wedding gowns for weeks after I set eyes on these pictures.



Check out more at Once Wed and Braedon Photography.

Real Wedding: Nancy & Adam

How adorable is this couple? Nancy and Adam, featured over at The Bride's Cafe, have had the epitome of an intimate, loving wedding.

I am loving Nancy's natural hair!

To see more photos of this gorgeous wedding, check out The Bride's Cafe, or Bloom photography.

Save the date!

Invite - Front
Originally uploaded by digitaleffie

Okay... I must show you where the inspiration for our save the dates came from! DigitalEffie's national park invitations are. too. cool.

With this ring???

Men's wedding rings are somewhat of a new phenomenon. Most likely your fathers don't wear wedding rings but your friends do. In the United States it was very rare for a groom to receive a ring before World War II. But during the war, rings became symbols of wives left at home, and their popularity soared. Certainly you are not required to have a ring, but it will be a comfort when your love is far away, a reminder when temptation is high, and a symbol of pride to the world that you are a married man.-- Nina Calloway: weddings.about.com

I'm not much of a jewelry person. By no means do Josh and I need to have matching rings, but I have been having difficulty finding rings I like. It took months for us to choose my engagement rings.

With the clock a-tickin' I have found a few good prospects, however:

Millinocket. Turtle Love Committee.

Diamond Dewdrops Ring. Sundance Catalog.

Path of life ring. Sundance Catalog.

Unravel ring. Sundance catalog.

Antonyms attract. Sundance catalog.

Real Wedding: Amanda and Matt

Real Wedding! I found Amanda and Matt's wedding featured at Snippet & Ink. Amanda also has the same dress as I do, which she bought online.




They have an amazing photo booth set up.

They kept their entire budget under $15,000 for about 75 people, while keeping the entire event personal and fun! You can check out more details on Snippet and Ink's website here or photograper Jessica Johnston's website here.