From My Wedding to Yours

First, I'd like to send a great big thank you to Wedding Paper Divas for donating a $50 gift certificate for this contest! They are super generous and awesome!!! The winner of the totally awesome gift certificate is . . . Joni Gardine! Congratulations! Please email me with your snail mail address and be on the look-out for your fabulous prize!!!

It all began with a monogram . As I researched for my post on a Monogram themed wedding, I discovered Wedding Paper Divas . I loved their colors and wedding invitation styles, so much I used them as exampled in another post about wedding zing . Lucky for me, Wedding Paper Divas knows how to use their Google Analytics and discovered I was linking up with them. Lucky for my readers, we struck up a conversation and came up with a totally fun spotlight and contest! Read on, my friends - read on! Like I said before, I love the modern/contemporary style of the invitations at WPD. I was able to choose some of my favorite invites, and WPD sent them to me to check out. Their colors are splendid and just as vibrant as they appear on the website. I really liked the thickness and texture of the paper, as well. Some things I love about their website: You can search for invitations by style or by color. I love that! If you want to bring your wedding colors into your invitations, it can be such a pa...

Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday. My hubby had an accident on Saturday, and we spent yesterday going around to various doctor appointments. Today's contest winner is announced on this video! Congrats, Laura! Please send me your mailing address and I'll get the Blanca bracelet, along with catalogs and 20% off gift certificate. Enjoy!!!

As part of the "Your Temple Wedding" give-away, I asked you to leave comments about what you loved and hated about wedding receptions. While you gave me lots of reasons you hate receptions, there was one common theme of why you love weddings . . . You all said you love to seeing and visiting with friends and family. I totally agree. It's so much fun to be surrounded in one room by tons of people you haven't seen in a while. It's so much fun to bop from table to table visiting with friends and family, laughing and enjoying the reception. I love it when friends are so excited to see me, they grab me (interrupting whatever conversation I was in) and start a hug fest! Some of my favorite parts of the reception is seeing the wedding cake and pictures of the bride and groom. I just love all the different wedding cakes and think it's so much fun to see what the couple picks out. I also appreciate it when the bride and groom put up pictures and other fun things for th...

Make your wedding beautiful, simple, and sacred. Learn how to make the temple and it's sacred ordinances the focus of your special day. Jeri-Lynn Johnson and Amy Jones are here to help. They will guide you through all the details and help you create just what you have dreamed of - without the added stress. Today, I have the honor of reviewing the book, Your Temple Wedding , by Jeri-Lynn Johnson & Amy Jones . I really enjoyed reading Your Temple Wedding . It's a great book that gives simple answers to questions many brides have - from the ring to the honeymoon. There are also sections for difficult questions such as; What if one parent isn't able to attend the temple? Or if the one side of the bridal couple's family are non-members, how do you explain a temple marriage? Jeri-Lynn and Amy give kind, loving answers to help brides in these situations. My favorite part of Your Temple Wedding is all the gorgeous photography! Let me tell you, I was surprised at what th...

I'm so excited to announce that on Friday, From My Wedding to Yours is hosting it's very first give-away! It's something that every future bride, future mother-of-the-bride, or anyone who loves planning weddings will absolutely LOVE! See you all Friday!!!