Between birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, weddings and other gifting occasions it might feel like you are always looking for a gift for the special women in your life. Trying to find a thoughtful gift each time can be time-consuming. You could spend hours surfing the web or walking the isles of the […]
Gone are the days when we think of weddings as a grandiose, expensive celebration of love, where the dresses are flowing and the ceremony feels more exhausting. Today, modern couples are embracing the idea of elopement and its promise of cost efficiency, intimacy, and a faster road to forever. But it’s not just these attractive […]
Weddings are always a special occasion—maybe not for us, but for the people who are getting married. Sometimes, picking the right gift for the bride and groom can be difficult especially when we are overwhelmed by so many possible gifts out there. So how do you decide for the perfect wedding gift? Here are 7 […]
We still have seven months until our wedding, but I can’t help but wonder about our guests: how they’ll act, what their reactions will be, how they’ll get along. I’ve been to enough weddings to know that there are bound to be certain people who emerge in some pretty standard guest roles, especially when you have […]
I can’t say I have any strong feelings one way or another toward babies. I’m literally obsessed with my nephew, a recent baby (current toddler), but he’s my nephew and he’s obviously the cutest one-year-old in the world, so of course I feel that way. He has a couple pretty awesome girlfriends who I’ve grown fond […]
You might remember back in December when I was home for the holidays my mom passed down my great-grandmother’s engagement ring and I debated whether to use it for my own engagement. At the time, my boyfriend, Drew, and I were talking marriage pretty seriously and I knew I needed to make a decision about the […]
According to a survey published in the Daily Mail, women are spending an awful lot of time planning their weddings…before they even have a groom lined up. Out of 600 single women polled, 60 percent admit that they already have their wedding planned — sometimes down to the details of the dress, the vows, the […]
Megin and I first met as mid-level slaves to the fashion industry eight years ago. I recognized a kindred spirit the minute I caught her screaming harsh obscenities at her computer. We’ve been through boyfriend breakups, apartment break-ins, and career changes. So when she asked me to be a bridesmaid, I jumped at the chance […]
When I got married, one of my oldest friends wrote on her card, “I am so glad you married someone so cool!” When she got married a year later, luckily I felt the same way. I know we’ll be friends for a long time, because I think she married someone that brings out the best […]
