These teapot and teacup centerpieces from Rachel Ray are lovely – a little vintage, a little romantic, a lot chic!

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When we first started dreaming about and planning our wedding, sticking to a budget that would allow us to have a fantastic event without draining our savings and that of my parents who are graciously contributing 2/3 of the budget was a priority. With that priority in mind, I put my MBA to the test and started hashing out a …

Hi Everyone!  I am so, so happy to be back blogging here at EAD – and I just want to start off with a huge “thank you!” to Ami and Rebekah for inviting me to join them as a weekly columnist for the EAD Wedding Blog.

Every Thursday, I’ll be sharing with you some of my favorite wedding invitations, stationery trends, …

Maddy from The Inspired Bride created these adorable silhouette favor boxes and shared them with us on the EAD Message Boards.

Silhouettes are all the rage lately and this favor box is perfectly sweet without being too trendy.  This concept would also be lovely as place settings for a shower – create a silhouette of each guest and handwrite or print their …

All in, I probably put more thought and time into the cocktail hour than I did any other aspect of our event.  While the ballroom downstairs was being flipped from ceremony to reception we moved into the main level of the Atlanta Woman’s Club, which is just stunning and fit perfectly into our vintage slightly-French theme.

First up, decor.  There are …

A quick post for you all with the inside scoop about picking your wedding date.

[Decided to feature one of my floral arrangements this week for your viewing pleasure. Just a few pictures below of this cutie patootie!! All images taken by YOURS TRULY!!]

So, if you’ve followed my advice thus far, you’ve fallen in love with a man, and now fallen …

**Scene: It is a dreary, rainy, cool day in February. Briana is curled up with big fuzzy socks and wrapped in a knit blanket, snuggled on couch. Dr. Dave is studying next to her. Cut to Briana’s computer screen: she is looking at photos of wedding dresses.**
Dr. Dave: “What are you doing, honey?”
Briana: (laughs nervously) “Well, I’m writing my blog …

Our wedding ceremonies are quite long so I thought I would share a hand-full of my favorite moments with all of you.

Probably my favorite picture from the portrait session in the morning before the wedding.

Family Portraits:

Hey all!  We love connecting with all of you and we love even more featuring your beautiful and unique weddings and their amazing details.  Or your most perfect DIY project.  Or the invitations you drool over.  Or… well you get the point.  :)

Would you like to submit YOUR content for feature on EAD Weddings?  Well, now we have an easy …

My fiance and I were literally across the world from one another the first month of our engagement.  He proposed while visiting me in Africa last January, where I was working on a short-term contract.  I thought I could wait a couple of months, until I got home to Chicago, to begin planning the wedding.  However just days after the …