By Megan Peters
If I were a bride I would be excited (oh wait that is me!).
If I were skinny I would wonder how that happened?
If I were shoe shopping I would be wondering why they always run out of my size.
If I were a month I’d be November.

If I were a day I’d be Friday.
If [...]

I’m sure many of you can identify with the fact that I feel I have purchased my weight in bridal magazines. There’s something about flicking through the glossy pages with some scissors or a highlighter that just makes me giddy – more so than clicking through the internet. Several times, I’ve come away from the [...]

By Elizabeth Zachry
How many of you have been out shopping for a bridesmaid dress?  I had the chance to experience the selection process first-hand, and it is not pretty.  I went to two shops, Bella Bridesmaid in Los Gatos, and Flair Bridesmaids in San Francisco.  The two stores are upscale and are light and [...]

Marry Me Live Guest Post
In today’s world, it is not uncommon for your bridesmaids to be spread across the country, or even the world and that makes bridesmaid dress shopping incredibly difficult! Shiny Orb recognized this pain point. The Berkeley founders, Elizabeth Yin and Jennifer Hsieh launched Shiny Orb this month and have answered my [...]

For brides looking to book a venue for a wedding in the months of July or August, have I got the place for you! I just attended a party at a terrific hidden gem—The Green Room at the S.F. War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, located on the second floor of the Veterans Building. It [...]

By Megan Peters
Yes everyone, I am so excited to announce I found my wedding dress! It finally happened where I had that special moment everyone talks about. I got really overwhelmed by how beautiful it was and started to cry because I was that happy.
It all started last weekend when my fiancé and I went [...]

I recently discovered Engaged and Inspired when they featured our engagement photos on their site!
Besides feeling super cool and flattered that they used our photos as an example of a cool, casual engagement photo shoot, I also loved reading their other wedding ideas. Some examples:
*creating a “wish” tree at your engagement party or wedding and [...]

{Photo from Brett Allison Photography}

I recently coordinated my first wedding of the 2010 season (see photos by photographer Nancy Rothstein here) and the wedding party put together a fun newlywed game involving the couple’s shoes. The bridesmaids set out two chairs back-to-back and seated the bride and groom facing away [...]

By Elizabeth Zachry
I was planning to make the bridal shower invitations for my friend’s wedding, but as the date neared I realized that I was going to have trouble making them and sending them out in time.  As an alternative, my sister found a great site called Zazzle.  On the site there are hundreds of [...]

Marry Me Live Guest Post
Wish Upon A Wedding, founded by local San Jose based wedding planner, Liz Guthrie is the first wedding specific non-profit dedicated to wedding wish granting. Because of Marry Me Live’s participation in Wish Upon A Wedding, I had a chance to sit down with Liz and discuss her organization. I was [...]