Spring approaches, and, with it, one of my favorite times of the year: Wedding Season. For all of you brides, mothers of brides, brides-to-be, and someday-brides — and any grooms reading along — I thought I would return to that beloved theme of wedding planning. And, just like that, we’re off on a new series!… Read More »
{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature at Like Mother, Like Daughter! Here are some of the pictures from our trip to visit Nick and Natasha and Francis in Charlottesville a few weeks ago. Quality nephew time! Isn’t he just a little story book child? It was a good move to wear a… Read More »
10 Practical Tips for a Calm Wedding Morning
{Apology to our readers: When this post was first published, many of you chimed in with great feedback and suggestions of your own, and we had an awesome discussion in the comments. However, when we switched our blog platform over a number of months ago, the comments on several posts were lost irrevocably. If you… Read More »
How To: Cut Back on the 5 Big Costs of Weddings
This post is the first in the {pretty, happy, real weddings} series. See the bottom of the post for the links to the rest of the series. Photo by Ryan Scott Johnson Photography Mainstream sources will give you all kinds of information about how to cut down on marginal costs or DIY it — by… Read More »
Cloth napkins and friends who help you DIY it.
Erin and I were emailing about the napkin questions in the previous post. Erin will set you straight. She and a few others, friends with whom I get together on a regular basis for crafting, iced tea, and chitchat, kept me from going too insane with wedding planning – or else, they just helped me.… Read More »