How about a dose of sunshine and a splash of lemonade at your wedding? These pretty hues are sure to brighten the day, no matter what the weather is. I’m loving the cheery yet subdued yellows of these bridesmaids. Not too bright, they’ve got just the right amount of lemon to make your wedding cool and sweet!

{patterned yellow bridesmaids from …

I’m a fan of aqua and I’m absolutely loving all the aqua posts here on EAD! When I was planning my wedding, I knew I wanted to use it for my bridesmaids dresses, but there were just so many variations on the color depending where I went and it was hard to pick which one was the right one for …

I am LOVING this new trend of mismatching bridesmaid shoes. It looks fun and fresh. These floral print shoes from David’s Bridal are fantastic.

{Image courtesy of Christina Florada Photography}

And I love this shot of Manola Blahnik shoes found via Manolobrides.com (an AWESOME resource).

{Image courtesy of d.o.tt Photography}

And how gorgeous are these mismatched yellow shoes?

{Image courtesy of Todd Pellowe}

Did you pick matching …

I’m 25, and yet somehow, in my whole entire life, I’ve never been a bridesmaid. It seems like a scientific impossibility, considering my age demographic… but it’s true. Just because of this doesn’t mean I’m not empathetic. I understand the bridesmaid’s plight. They’re roped into this wedding gig, and expected to just go along with whatever the bride tells them …

Your bridesmaids are the girls that keep you sane.  Wait. It’s not just keeping you sane, but keeping you happy and keeping you focused on you.  They help you remember that your wedding is about you and your love and your life – not ultimately about the welcome baskets or the cake plates or the weather …

Last Sunday it really hit me. Not so much the “wow, we’re getting married” part…it was more a realization of how many people are going to be a part of the day. Sometimes I still get so wrapped up in the planning that I forget how cool this whole wedding thing is.

My mom, two of my bridesmaids, and I went …

Now that I’ve chosen my bridesmaids (finally!), this weekend I went with one of them to start looking for dresses. I wanted to go the retail route rather than the bridal store route…thought I’d find dresses that we liked better for the price. Not to mention I can’t wait 6 months for dresses to come in.

I wanted to get different …

Out of my 11 bridesmaids, 6 are married and 3 have already given birth to one child.  Another one is currently pregnant with her first due in February, and I just found out today, that another is pregnant with her 2nd due……the week of my wedding.

What to do?  What to do?  Naturally, given the demographics of my bridesmaids, I understood …

No wedding photography package is complete without a few posed portraits with the most important people in your lives.

Thank you, Mom and Dad, for crafting and constructing and helping to bring all of our wedding day dreams to life.

Thank you, ladies! For being beverage coordinators, for arranging our flowers, for remembering an emergency kit, for bringing extra bobby pins and …

Does anyone ever really wear a bridesmaid dress again? {Crickets chirp}

I thought so. Please feel free to prove me wrong in the comments. :)

I hope that even if my sisters don’t wear their dresses again, that their photos don’t end up in a book like You Can Wear It Again by Meg Mateo Ilasco. (Despite how loud these dresses are, …

I know, I know…cart, horse, whichever isn’t supposed to come first, whatever. I just couldn’t help but post about the dresses that I’ve been looking at so far as contenders. Really, it’s more the look of these dresses and the colors that stick out to me.

I like the multi-colored look, but do you think it’ll have the same effect with …

Last you heard, I was making the tough decision of deciding how many bridesmaids I should have, 2 or 11.  Well, we (my fiance and I) decided on all 11, and we’re sticking to it and very happy with our decision.

I wanted to ask my bridesmaids in a special way, and found so much inspiration on wedding blogs  it was hard to …