Amelia the Omnivore

Everything will run a little late. Factor this in and don't stress! Make the schedule for the ceremony onward. Now make a second schedule with everything running half an hour late. Now do it again with everything running an hour late. Somewhere in between these three schedules will be your reality. Be ok with it.

The Pros and Cons of Wedding Photography

Don't Recreate Trending Photos - Capture Your Moments

Magazine, Pinterest, social media, the internet...as a bride or groom to be it's to get sucked in. It's easy to find trending wedding photos and add them to you "shot list" or your "wedding photography" board. It's easy to expect your wedding photos to tur...

I researched, read and pinned a lot of stuff about wedding planning. What percentage you should spend on what. Who should pay for what. To be quite honest, non of it was remotely helpful. Why would I spend 8% of my budget on flowers? 3% on transportation? Who makes this stuff up?

I talk about prioritzing a lot (link to new years, link to dream...

I'll never forget when a good friend realized, "So wait, your life is actually like the movie four christmases?!"

Yes, yes it is.

Not only did we plan an "inter-faith" Jewish/Atheist Wedding we also planned a wedding for 4 branches of family. My mom and step-dad, my dad, his mom, his dad and step-mom.

That's two moms, a step mom, two dads...

Or, How to Plan a Jew"ish"/Atheist Wedding

I never thought I would describe my wedding as "inter-faith" because, well, neither my Husband or I have a faith. I was raised agnostic/atheist by parents who celebrated Christmas (think Santa) and Easter (think the Bunny). My Husband grew up in the Jewish community, attending Hebrew school classes and bei...

 Brooch Bouquet Tutorial

Brooch bouquets are trendy. (Or they were when I was planning my wedding in 2014). They add colour, sparkle and glam to your wedding look. But more than that they can be very meaningful! Flowers wilt and die, a brooch bouquet can last forever (and maybe even for generations). If you invite loved ones to contribute to your b...

or, The Wedding We Ended up Having was Not the Wedding We First Imagined.

Ah, the Dream Wedding. What a hefty title. For some it's a picture that's existed since childhood. For others, it only comes after obsessively pinning ideas to a secret wedding board (hands up for those who've done that!) Anyone who's planned a wedding will tell you that the...

or, My Engagement Ring Story

or, Communication is Never a Con

Trying on Rings

The first time I ever tried on an engagement ring was well before I was engaged. I was visiting my mom and she suggested we go over to her jewler to "try some on for fun". This was very nerve-wracking and exciting. Like a lot of young women I had thought about what kind of...

or, Why We Looked at Wedding Venues Before we got Engaged

or, How Not to Be a Crazy Person

My wedding story began before the proposal - long before. Just as weddings aren't planned in a day, marriages aren't built in an engagement. They begin the day you decide that this is it, this is your person. And that day is certainly not the same day I said...