Inspiring Blogs and Saying “I Do” to Free Books

When I got married a couple of years ago, I did a lot of my research on the Internet. It never once occurred to me, though, to specifically look for wedding blogs. Boy, am I sorry I missed out. I have since become much more familiar with the world of blogs, and I’m constantly impressed and awed by all the good information that turns up. So I decided to highlight a few wedding blogs that have recently come to my attention.

Snippet & Ink

Bear in mind that this collection only scratches the surface of the wedding blogs that are out there. You can pretty much find a wedding blog for any type of wedding you’re planning. Working with a budget of less than $2000? There’s a blog for you. Not interested in the traditional white or ivory and going for a specific theme like goth or all pink? There’s a blog for you, too. As time goes on and we find other interesting wedding blogs, I’ll give them a shout out here.

First is Snippet & Ink, a blog of daily wedding inspiration that’s been around for at least a year. Had I seen this blog with its beautiful inspiration boards and Real Wedding Saturday posts when I was planning my wedding, I probably never would have made it down the aisle. I would have been too conflicted about deciding which gorgeous idea I wanted to pursue. The little birds used in Deanna & Jesse’s wedding are just killing me. I want to have a whole flock.

Brenda’s Wedding Blog

Then there’s Brenda’s Wedding Blog, which is run by the owner of BestWeddingSites, a compendium of wedding-related resources. As on Snippet & Ink, Brenda features photos and details from some real weddings, and she has some fantastic suggestions about planning events. I love her recent series of posts about planning wedding-related events around a cupcake theme. She even has a directory of where to find cupcakeries. It makes me jealous that I wasn’t more imaginative when I was doing my own planning.

The last blog for today is Lucky in Love: Tips from the Wedding Gurus. This is a regional blog for residents of western Washington State (it’s part of banquetevent.com), but it has lots of information that’s not geographically specific. For example, the post from September 19 called “Great Read: Confessions of a Bad Wedding Guest” made me think that perhaps I need to be a little more conscientious about my etiquette when I’m invited to a wedding.

If you follow a particular wedding blog that you’d like to share with others, email ckughen at inkubook dot com to let me know about it.

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