Links
These blogs and websites are either great resources or good laughs. It depends on what you need most.
Resources
A $10,000 Wedding :: A meaningful, wonderful day…with a strict budget in tow.
DIY Bride :: A fun, fabulous community of do-it-yourself brides and grooms.
Etsy :: An online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade.
Etsy Wedding :: Great wedding finds on Etsy.
Handcrafted :: The cure for the common wedding.
Indiebride :: A site for the independant-minded bride.
Junebug Weddings :: Photographers who share a passion for everything to do with photography, beauty and most of all, weddings. (Local!)
Offbeat Bride :: Taffeta-free alternatives for independant brides. (Local!)
Project Wedding :: Share ideas, advice, and most importantly vendor recommendations.
Snippet and Ink :: Daily wedding inspiration.
Style Me Pretty :: For the style obsessed bride.
The Bride’s Cafe :: Edgy. Sophisticated. Romantic. The Bride’s Cafe is a blog about all things wedding and all things inspirational created by floral designer, Janie Medley.
The Bride’s Guide :: A blog updated with posts and photos each day by Darcy Miller, Editorial Director of Martha Stewart Weddings.
Wedding Blog Awards :: Celebrating excellent wedding blogs online.
Weddingbee :: A wedding blog updated by 20 or so real brides across the world.
Wedding Podcast Network :: A comprehensive collection of original wedding talk radio programming for couples planning their wedding. Conversations with newlyweds and wedding professionals sharing their firsthand experiences.
For Fun
Etiquette Hell :: An archive of over 6,000 etiquette faux pas and disaster stories submitted by everyday people and their events.
Stupid Wedding Crap :: Stories from wedding party members, pictures of truly horrific wedding-themed tchochkes, and figuring out how the heck to plan a nuptial celebration.
True Bride Confessions :: A place for women planning or reminiscing about their joyful wedding days who need to vent but don’t want to ripple the wedding waters.
World’s Ugliest Wedding Cakes :: Bringing you the ugliest and funniest wedding cakes ever made.
Guys
Sites for the guys…because good information doesn’t have to be frilly.
Groom Power :: No nonsense wedding advice for men. (UK)
Groombug :: Seattle’s ultimate source for all things groom. (Local!)
Groom 411 :: We make you look good. Or at least not dumb. Weddings and wedding planning for grooms.
Grooms Club :: Finally a wedding blog for the groom.
Groom Groove :: Groom and best man wedding information.
The Groom Guide :: The essential guide for the modern groom.
The Groom’s Planner :: A comprehensive list of things that you may need to know as an upcoming groom-to-be.
The Groom’s Truth :: They’re all crazy…the truth about weddings and the girl you’re marrying.
Man With a Wedding Plan :: a blog series written by a guy whose fiancée is living overseas. He has to plan his Toronto-area wedding in five months, and of course, with a limited budget.
The Plunge :: Unconventional Wisdom for Men Getting Engaged or Married.
Link Love
Here are a few cool folks whom I’ve “met” and apparently like me enough to put me on their blogs. Awww…you guys rock.
LimoncelloStyle :: A refreshingly-cool, tangy dessert-drink/ an event preparation company offering custom invitation suites, custom cards and DIY rescue for social events.
Etsy Wedding :: Great wedding finds on Etsy.
White Aisle :: Custom made wedding favors, bridal costume jewelry, and elegant wedding invitations.
That Bride :: That Girl is getting married! (Local!)
Trip to the Altar :: Picture obsessed, DIY drama queen, graphic designing, movie watching, book reading, possibly a tad bit obsessed with Harry Potter, organized in that “chaos theory” way, music loving, control freak bride to be!
May Magnolia Wedding :: Living in Maryland and planning a 2008 Mississippi wedding. It’s only 1,000 miles away…but who’s counting.
My Style-ish Destination Wedding :: My adventure in planning a Jamaican wedding from the west coast. (Local!)
Green
It’s not easy being green (sorry, I couldn’t resist). Well that used to be the way it was, but now we have handy, dandy websites to make being green a whole lot easier. (And the great news is that you don’t have to feel pressured to do everything.)
Blue Planet Wedding :: A special focus on wedding businesses featuring environmentally-friendly and ethical products, services and business practices.
Eco-Chic Weddings :: Plan an environmentally friendly, socially responsible, affordable, and stylish celebration.
Green Elegance Weddings :: Comprehensive and up-to-date resource for planning environmentally and socially responsible weddings. (Local!)
Portovert :: The gateway to greener weddings.
Vendor Blogs
Whose brain to do you pick when you need free event advice? Why the people who probably attend more weddings than most folks will in a life time. Here’s a list of some of my favorite blogs that belong to coordinators.
Blue Orchid Designs :: I am passionate about people. Quite simply, people are my life’s calling. Branching out from social events, the Blue Orchid Designs blog features stylish lifestyle design for the sophisticated couple.
cHill Weddings :: For the budget concious bride.
Decidedly Uncomplicated :: The diary of an uncomplicated wedding and event planner.
Fabuluxe Events :: Cocktails and details…the essentials of a fabuluxe party.
Planning Forever Events :: For the love and laughter of weddings.
Soiree Special Events :: A blog from Washington, DC based wedding planners.
Weddings By Socialites :: Weddings and parties. I just can’t get enough of them. What’s better than celebrating?
Industry Giants
So there’s only a few, but I’m convinced they own pretty much anything with the word wedding in it.
Magazines
Just how many wedding magazines are out there? You’d be surprised. Don’t feel like you have to get them all. Find a favorite or two or try to find the same articles on line. Not only will you save your sanity, but you’ll save money too.
Better Homes and Gardens Weddings :: National
Brides :: National
Bride and Bloom :: National | Since 2006
Bridal Guide :: National
Elegant Bride :: National
The Knot :: National and Local
Martha Stewart Weddings :: National
Modern Bride :: National
NW Bride & Newlywed Magazine :: Local
Real Simple Weddings :: National | Since 2008
Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom :: Local
Seattle Bride :: Local
South Sound Weddings & Events :: Local
Town & Country Weddings :: National
Weddings In Style :: National