• 2009-12-03T06:00:00Z Bridal Bubbly

    I recently had the distinct pleasure of hearing Bernadette Smith of 14 Stories, the country's most successful gay wedding planning company, speak about gay weddings coming to D.C. You may not know that earlier today the DC City Council voted in favor of allowing legal marriage. This isn't the final vote but it is a good sign.Bernadette spoke on the positive impact that gay marriage had on Massachusetts (her state) and how it would bring tons of new revenue and jobs to the city (hooray!). Plus, who doesn't love thousands of additional weddings each year?We are an open and affirming wedding pl...

  • 2010-11-17T08:38:19Z So You Are Engayged

    A friend of mine just became recently engaged. Having just planned a wedding of my own, she asked me what it was like and more specifically what my biggest “stressers” were (She hoped that by speaking to me she might bypass many of them by being more aware). I told her the usual things like the accents and dresses for the bridesmaids, losing a member of your wedding party, finding a replacement officiant, the collection of RSVPs, the cake, etc. But I also thought of something else, something that didn’t really apply to her being a hetersosexual woman. Something that was always in the ba...

  • 2012-03-29T06:23:40Z Wedding Ideas & Wedding Planning Tips from Wedding Professionals

    In 1995, my partner and I had begun to talk more seriously about having a commitment ceremony. We didn’t yet know what that would look like or how we would ever pull it off, but we had begun to embrace the idea that we would exchange vows in front of our friends & family. And, in those days, a decision like this wasn’t as commonplace or widely embraced as it is today. We certainly had the support of our friends and most of our family members, but we had no idea where to begin. For starters, the Internet was in its infancy. Google had not yet been launched (it was “brought...

  • 2012-03-30T06:00:55Z Wedding Ideas & Wedding Planning Tips from Wedding Professionals

    Meet Tess & Paul Listen in on my chat with the authors of The Essential Guide to Gay and Lesbian Weddings, Tess Ayers and Paul Brown: The gay wedding landscape has changed dramatically since you published the first edition of The Essential Guide for Gay & Lesbian Weddings in 1994 – the very first wedding planning guide of its kind, I might add! Are you surprised that gay marriage is now legal is so many states (and the District of Columbia)? Paul: Honestly? I never thought I would see such an unfazed attitude towards gay folk. I grew up believing that gay culture had its own sens...

  • 2010-10-05T12:27:25Z So You Are Engayged

    I want to use gay symbols in my wedding. Afterall, I am very proud to be gay and marrying a man. But, at the same time, I don’t want it to look like a wedding for Rainbow Brite or a gay pride parade. So my question early on in the process was, how can I tastefully incorporate some sort of gay symbol in my wedding?When thinking up solutions to wedding woes you’ll look everywhere you can. Tom and I decided to attend a NYC LGBT Expo last March hoping to score some ideas for our wedding and hoping to meet other couples planning weddings of their own. In all actuality, we felt like the only cou...

  • 2011-01-17T14:06:42Z The Wedding Ring Blog

    Wedding planning can be a long and arduous process. And these days, there are less bridal magazines on the shelf at book stores and supermarkets, so future brides and grooms have to turn to the Internet for their wedding planning help. But where to start? Here’s a list of over 100 leading bridal blogs online today. Happy wedding planning! Wedding Blogs 100 Layer CakeA Mountain BrideA Practical WeddingAdventures In Wedding PlanningAfrican-American BridesAisle SayAlways A BlogsmaidAmour AmourAnti-BrideAustin Wedding BlogBeau-Coup Wedding BlogBellissima Vita BlogBig Fat CakeBig Mouth BrideBlo...

  • 2011-08-29T03:00:06Z English Wedding Blog

    Brides, grooms, born organisers and those of you who are ‘winging it’ – I can now offer you a set of interactive wedding planning tools to help you plan your wedding. Professional wedding planning tools I have been looking for … Continue reading → ...

  • 2011-06-27T15:00:02Z Always A Blogsmaid

    We are so thrilled to be New Yorkers as we celebrate the landmark legislation that passed Legalizing Gay Marriage in our state… Hopefully this will start a domino effect of many states passing similar legislation, Or, better yet, motivate us as a country to make this legal Federally. It seems almost silly that a marriage that is legal in one state would be null and void should you travel or move to another. But, technically speaking, that’s currently the case. Still, let’s not harp on what ISN’T and instead we at Always a Bridesmaid want to celebrate what IS and prai...

  • 2009-08-12T03:00:00Z Earth Friendly Weddings

    Loving this. It's the Pride Ring by the ethical and fair trade jewelry brand, Cred....

  • 2009-08-12T03:00:00Z Earth Friendly Weddings

    Loving this. It's the Pride Ring by the ethical and fair trade jewelry brand, Cred....