UPDATE: Congratulations to our winner Amanda, who won the $50 gift card by random.org draw. And I have amazing news! One Tail at a Time won the online voting!! Kriser’s is now counting up any mail-in votes, and will officially announce a winner on July 28th – paws crossed for them and THANK YOU for helping such …

My heart breaks for the people of Japan after the devastation of the past week and I know we are all searching for some way, any way, that we can lend a hand.  Tomorrow, Friday March 18th, EAD will be participating in a bloggers day of silence in honor of Japan, organized by Ever Ours and Utterly Engaged.  Those amazing …

I’ve mentioned this before, lovely readers, but I take a lot of science courses.  Boatloads, in fact.  In my Anatomy & Physiology course, we’ve recently been learning about the inner workings of the heart (I know, I know, but please bear with me for a moment) and this afternoon in lab, we were measuring heart rates with an electrocardiogram.

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It’s time for round 2 of the Inspired Creations Contest!  If you’ve been around EAD for a while, you might remember all of the fabulousness of our last Inspired Creations Contest.  If you’re new, well, hold onto your hats because it’s a special kind of awesome.

Along with The Sweetest Occasion, Elizabeth Anne Designs is proud to host the Inspired Creations …

Last year I had the chance to attend the first Indie Wed event here in Chicago and I have literally been waiting for this year’s event ever since. Wondering what Indie Wed is all about and why you shouldn’t miss it? It’s a nontraditional wedding show meets handmade market, designed with stylish couples in mind. If you love handmade and …

I hope you guys have a fabulous weekend!  I’m spending the weekend in NYC after being lucky enough to attend a fabulous party for The B-List bloggers hosted by the one and only Colin Cowie.

Left to right: Jackie Weppner of Merci New York, Janie Medley of The Bride’s Café, Vané Broussard of Brooklyn Bride, Courtney Spencer of Merriment Events, Colin …

I’m so excited to announce a new feature on EAD Weddings, The Love List!  The Love List is a place where we can all share wedding ideas and bookmark our favorite images!  Each Love List link will link straight back to the site it came from, so you can easily browse around, and ya’ll can now add images from …

Whew – it’s been a busy week around here ya’ll! I’m getting ready to unveil a fun new feature on EAD soon, I can’t wait to show you and I think you are going to LOVE it.

A quick reminder before I get into the weekly roundup: MONDAY is the postmark deadline for the holiday swap and DIY gift contest!

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Hi everyone and happy Friday! I hope you had a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend! Lots going on around here lately, I’m looking forward to having some time to rest and decompress, and to make my gift for the Inspired Creations holiday swap!

A few notes on the swap. Cyd and I have been …

Congrats to Virginia for winning the 3rd Inspired Creations newsletter prize, a custom calligraphy address stamp from The Left Handed Calligrapher!

We have one more amazing prize coming your way for one lucky Inspired Creations newsletter subscriber, gorgeous earrings from The Beautiful Garden Boutique! For your chance to win, just subscribe to the upcoming Inspired Creations newsletter – you can …

Congratulations to Danielle, who has won a set of beautiful letterpress thank you cards from Smock in this week of prizes that’s part of the Inspired Creations newsletter launch! Who doesn’t love prizes?

Tomorrow we have an awesome prize for one lucky subscriber, a custom calligraphy address stamp from The Left Handed Calligrapher.  You know you want a chance to …

Congrats to Jenna, who is our first winner this week!  Jenna signed up for the new Inspired Creations newsletter (have you signed up yet? The form is in the sidebar!) and has won a gorgeous garter from The Garter Girl.

Throughout this week Cyd and I are going to be randomly selecting newsletter subscribers to receive some great prizes. All …