Wedding Quickie! - Unique Wedding Gifts for Your Bride or Groom

In this Wedding Quickie I will show you some wedding gift alternatives for your bride or groom that will help capture the memories of your wedding day and be a lasting reminder of the love you share everyday. It is quite common for the bride and groom to exchange gifts on the day of their wedding which tend to include a piece of jewelry, a watch, or even special cufflinks. If you are looking for something more sentimental or something you will enjoy over an over again check out some of the ideas below.

Portrait Painting

Portrait Painting can create any handmade oil painting you chose from an old family wedding photo, a pet, or even an image from you wedding day. You can have a portrait created for the wedding day or purchase a gift certificate for a portrait painting of your partner's choice after the wedding.

Want to know more about Portrait Paintings... check out their Guarentee, Pricing, and Testimonials

"It is exactly what I wanted the artist to do and he definitely did the same. The colors are so vibrant and they really captured the true beauty of my girlfriend. The branches of tree and the sun make the painting look like a romantic scene. I am also very happy that the artist captured every detail of her dress i.e. embroidering, the rose petals and even the shadows of the trees." Satisfied Customer of this Custom Painting

Get an amazing portrait of your own by contacting Portrait Painting Here!

Wedding Ring Quilts

This is the first time I have come across these quilts and they would be a sweet addition to a newlywed couple's home so I thought, how perfect as a gift for your bride or groom for those cool nights to cuddle together under. They are called wedding ring quilts... how perfect is that!!

The Country Porch is a U.S based shop but they also ship to Canada! You could make it even more memorable by having a custom embroidery made with your names and wedding date to attach to one corner. 

Any of these gifts would also make great Anniversary gifts so if you already have a special gift in mind bookmark these sites for future Anniversary gift ideas!!

Best of luck in finding that perfect gift ;)
 

Two Wed - Your Wedding Source for a Multilingual Wedding

We are part of a digital world and the process of planning a wedding has changed because of it. The possibilities are endless when it comes to visualizing what you want your wedding to be like from using google searches, viewing wedding blogs, and even creating your own pinboard of ideas on Pinterest. The same is true for getting you wedding information out to guests; many brides and grooms-to-be are opting for digital and web-based options to show their creativity and style with personalized wedding websites, wedding invitations, and wedding organization tools to stay on top of their wedding plans.

There are a number of websites that can offer you the ability to create your own wedding website or you may even have the skills to purchase and create your own from scratch. There are also places you can go to create online invitations. When I was getting married I created a wedding website and included the web-link on my Save the Date Postcards for guests to navigate prior to the invitations being sent out. My method of tracking guest responses was use of an Excel spreadsheet and compiling responses via email, phone, and mail replies. After coming across Two Wed and seeing how simple their process is I would be more inclined today to use their website, organization tools, and templates.

Two Wed is a Canadian brand that blends the latest web innovations with contemporary wedding planning. On Two Wed, brides and grooms-to-be planning a wedding can use their services to make email invitations, create their own wedding website with photos, share with friends on Facebook and a unique feature not found on all other site offering similar services is if the couple that is getting married speaks different languages and have guests who speak a language other than English they can send invitations to family members and friends in the language of their choice so everyone is happy and not confused!

Two Wed has a variety of personalized wedding website templates to help you create a website that expresses your love as a couple and displays your journey, all the more building excitement for the big day!

With Facebook and Twitter your Two Wed site is fully integrated with your world. Your friends can follow your posts through their own news feeds, and reply either directly on your site or on their own profile if you choose to link your Two Wed wedding profile with other social media profiles.

Two Wed has online invitations, RSVPs, and online guest reply tracking. These online invitations can simplify the daunting task of remembering to update your list as the replies come in as Two Wed's real time tracking does the work for you.

With budget friendly weddings on the rise as we become more economically conscious Two Wed's unlimited service won't break the bank at $29.95. If you want to check it out before purchasing you can sign up for a 30 day trial HERE!

HAPPY PLANNING!

WEDDING TREND ALERT! Paper Wedding

Weddings have become such a creative process from the days of having a traditional cookie cutter wedding with the same decorations and vows as your cousin Suzie. I absolutely love seeing new ideas and creative ways of stepping outside of the traditional wedding box filled with dos and don'ts. One do this wedding season is using coloured paper as a main decorative feature whether it be recycled and Eco-friendly or fancy and full of patterns and sparkle.

In this new series WEDDING TREND ALERT! I will be featuring what's hot, up and coming, or unique to start your own wedding trend. Nowadays with the internet almost anything is at your finger tips and even if you live in a small town with one grocery store and a Wal-Mart over 80 kilometers away you can still plan a fabulous wedding full of creative ideas.

This wedding trend alert is all about paper, you can create the looks above on a big budget and have everything pre-made with only set up required or you can DIY and put it all together from scratch!

One thing that is changing the way brides-to-be plan their weddings is paper flowers. Yep, paper flowers... once popular in the 1970s at weddings, they have now come back around and are more detailed than ever! Pauline at FAV Creations is a Canadian crafter who hand-makes and sells paper flowers for wedding bouquets, centerpieces, decors, and gifts. They are exquisitely crafted and amazingly priced. I swear of all of the different wedding visions I have imagined since getting married in 2010, a paper wedding with a paper floral wedding bouquet would be top of the list.

You can also find FAV Creations on Etsy where you will find more of her bridal bouquets, bouquet wraps, and centerpieces and decor.

Thinking of going with paper pom-poms for your wedding decor, here's some step by step how-tos for  making beautiful paper wedding details.

Looking for more paper wedding decor ideas? Check these out by clicking on the images:

 

Make your wedding amazing, make your wedding creative... make it with paper! Happy Crafting :)

Cheese!! Photo Booth Snapshots at Your Wedding Reception

Photo booths are one of the hottest reception additions for weddings lately and guests love them! My sister-in-law was at a wedding recently and had so much fun with her friends and family dressing up for an epic photo booth shot.

Wedding photo booths are popping up everywhere so here are a few I would like to feature to get your reception planning started!

United Kingdom

If you are in the Lincolnshire, England area (servicing the Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Louth, Scunthorpe, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire areas) check out Photo Booth Studio. They are a professional photo studio which they hire out for weddings and events much like the trending photo booths. Unlike some photo booths they provide a full studio with photographer included, and all the guests get to pick a background they want to be on.  Photo Booth Studio also includes 6x4 photos instead of the photo booth strip because they strive for quality. They also have prop boxes to assist you in creating an epic photo and the bride and groom receive all the photo's from the evening on a memory stick to keep with their wedding keepsakes. Click on the images for additional information!

Photo Booth Studio provides diversity, creativity, and style that is visible in each and every one of their photographs. You and your guests will have fun creating memories and Photo Booth Studio will help create a wedding reception your guests will not forget.

Photo Booth Studio
Kids Adventure World
Spanish City
Mablethorpe
Lincolnshire
LN12 1AL

Tel: 01143 601 552
07456290016

E-mail: thephotoboothstudio@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thephotoboothstudio

Canada

Flashpoint Photobooth

Red Eye Photo Booths

Party Booths

Youbooth

Captures from the Heart Photography

Snapshot Photobooth

United States

Excellence Photo Booths

Fun Flash Photo Booths

Party On Photo Booths

Photo Booth

Party Pop

Photo booths are also great because you can use the photos and photo-strips as wedding favours for your guests instead of spending more money on something your guests will eat before dinner or toss in the garbage when they get home. Any guest would be proud to slap one of these photos front and center on their refrigerator!!

Capture Your Amazing Okanagan Wedding with Redfern Photography

Kelowna, British Columbia and the Okanagan Valley is a Canadian wedding destination hotspot; with it's vineyards, lakes, and orchards you have an instant breathtaking wedding backdrop to set the stage for your wedding day. Lots of people travel from Calgary, Vancouver, and even across Canada and the United States to be married in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. All you need is a bride and groom paired with the gorgeous backdrop of the Okanagan Valley and you will have amazing wedding photos if you hire Redfern Photography for your wedding day!

Wedding photographer Lisa Redfern is the owner and lead photographer of Redfern Photography in Kelowna, BC, Canada. She is an an accredited member of the Professional Photographers of Canada and Redfern Photography has been in business photographing weddings since 2008. Lisa has a background in graphic design, which influences the images she takes, and her photos speak for themselves!

 
Redfern Photography has amazing portfolios including, Weddings, Engagements, Families, and Professionals. For your wedding day Lisa will capture the moments while the bride is getting ready, the wedding ceremony and reception, all the little details that went into planning your special day, and portrait and bridal party photos to capture the memories and special relationships that all added to one of the best days you will ever have in your life!

If you are planning a wedding in the Okanagan Valley or Kelowna, BC area and would love to have Redfern Photography capture your wedding day you can contact Lisa HERE! If you have fallen in love with Redfern Photography and want to see more check out the Redfern Photography Blog :)