The Big Purge

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

After 7 years of doing this amazing little blog thing, I’ve decided to change how DIYBride.com operates. As part of the restructuring, I’ve removed a buttload of content – as some of you have noticed.

Most of the purged posts were links to resources that no longer exist. Some of the other posts were outdated; they may have contained information that was several years old or info that simply is not relevant to today’s bride. Personal things, notices of site downtime or old site news, and other irrelevant posts were deleted as well. All-in-all nearly 1/2 of the content here was removed because it simply was sucking up space and wasn’t really helpful or meaningful.

If there’s something here that you’ve bookmarked and can no longer find it, it’s likely gone for good. However, there are some things that’ve changed URLs so please do a quick site search before you email me. If there’s  something missing you’d love to have back, shoot me an email and I’ll certainly take it into consideration.

Fab Finds Friday: Getting Organized

Posted by Khris in Fab Finds Friday, Wedding Planning

Fab Finds Friday is a weekly roundup of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. Products and resources showcased in FFF are chosen based on their merit and are never paid endorsements. xoxo.

Heads up, DIYers! This week’s FFF brings some terrific goodies to help you have the best wedding ever. Today’s theme revolves around tools that’ll help you get (and stay) organized.

	Planning weddings online has never been more accessible – or easier – for couples. While there are now a large number of spots to help you get your wedding life together, WeddingWire.com is our top choice for all of your planning needs. Vendor reviews, checklists, wedding sites, and galleries are all part of their top-notch offerings for your meta-planning experience. We think their planning tools make them stand out as go-to spot for organizational Nirvana.
	For the Google tools obsessed, Style Me Pretty has teamed up with GoogleDocs to provide some useful tools for keeping you organized and sane. They’re easy to use and include helpful tips and information from top vendors.
	If you’re old school and prefer to put it all on paper, Anne Chertoff (from Aisle Dash) has collaborated with one of my favorite spots for office supplies, Russell + Hazel, to create a most perfect wedding binder system. The binder retails for $75.00 but the planning templates are downloadable for free.
	Hopelessly addicted to your iPhone? Yeah, there’s an app (several, in fact) for wedding planning. Among the several we tested, we liked the most expensive of the bunch ($9.99), iWedding Deluxe, for it’s reliability and features.

Don’t forget that DIY Bride has over 200 free user-submitted worksheets, templates, and other tools in our downloads area.

Fab Finds Friday: Contests, Calls + Luxury in Atlanta

Posted by Khris in Fab Finds Friday

Fab Finds Friday is a weekly roundup of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. Products and resources showcased in FFF are chosen based on their merit and are never paid endorsements. xoxo.

Heads up, DIYers! This week’s FFF brings some terrific goodies to help you have the best wedding ever.

Oriental Trading is giving away a $500 gift card each week through September 1. Brides can register at http://www.orientaltrading.com/bride10_contest_home.html.

Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? is casting for Season 11. Deadline is the end of this month.

Are you or someone you know planning your wedding day, but the never-ending tasks keep getting in the way? Are you and your fiancé fun and fabulous, but drowning in details? Then let us hook you up with a top-notch wedding planner, to help organize the wedding of your dreams and take you down the aisle in style. And even better—WE WILL HELP PAY FOR THE WEDDING COSTS! The Style Network is looking for couples with or without a planner, who want to share their wedding-preparation adventures with the hit prime-time wedding series! We are especially interested in 2 types of wedding stories – Brides and grooms who have extremely DIFFERENT IDEAS of what their dream wedding should be OR Two couples who are interested in having a joint wedding. If you are interested, please email Jenkins@trueentertainment.net

DexKnows Weddings is giving away four $10,000 wedding prizes.

Couples can enter to win on Dexknowsweddings.com or on the DexKnows Weddings Facebook fan page, by sharing what recessionista inspiring alternatives they plan to use at their wedding. A recessionista is stylish, yet frugal and ideas should be as creative as the recessionistas themselves. DexKnows Weddings celebrity wedding planner, Yifat Oren will pick the most creative finalists and winners will be chosen based on online public voting. Four winners with the highest number of votes will win. Couples must be planning to get married after June 1, 2010 and before June 1, 2012

Atlanta Couples, you’re in for a treat!

Tara Guérard (of Tara Guérard Soirée) will be a presenting speaker at “The Wedding Experience” on May 2 at The Ritz Carlton Buckhead. The event will feature premier vendors, planning resources and industry experts. Please visit http://studiowedexperience.com/ for all of the luscious details.

Fab Finds Friday

Posted by Khris in Events + Soirees

Fab Finds Friday is a weekly roundup of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. Products and resources showcased in FFF are chosen based on their merit and are never paid endorsements. xoxo.

Newly engaged and want to win a platinum + diamond pendant or a trip to Santorini, Greece? My friends at OneWed are having a contest. Enter your proposal story for your chance to win!

You lucky engageds in the Brooklyn area are in for a very special treat. Brooklyn Bride is hosting The Urban Wed event on March 23 & 24.  Urban Wed  a smaller, more intimate bridal event.

This is your chance to meeet with 10 amazing vendors who were chosen by Brooklyn Bride. You know it’s going to rock. Tickets will be available through Eventbrite, and you can check the Urban Wed blog for more info.

The Wedding Salon is hosting The Wedding Bootcamp on 22 February at Dylan’s Candy Bar in NYC.  Details below…