While doing research a while back, I stumbled upon this innovative site called Polyvore that lets you incorporate images from the web (mostly apparel) into a sort of collage that links back to the original source.
There was this dress I REALLY liked and just had to have... so it was as simple as clicking on the image of the dress to figure out that it retails for $5,699 and no I wouldn't be getting it after all. Haha. Well, it's great for retailers because people go on there and design outfits (for free) and then suddenly that dress or those earrings are being bought up like hotcakes.
One of the things a good wedding planner will help you with is coming up with Wedding Inspiration Board(s). You can call them whatever you wish but basically it gives a visual representation of what your wedding may look/feel like. Where it is, what you wear, what the colors are, what details you will be including, etc. If you're not sure what type of wedding you want, it will help you decide when you see all the choices. We do something similar in my Photo Biz Boot Camp and Brand Camp DVD for our own businesses... the Brand Board.
Now on to the fun part... we've finally booked a location and set a date... but are waiting for written confirmation before announcing it. I made a handful of Wedding Inspiration Boards for some of our different options. There's even a joke-board in there (it should be pretty obvious!!) I had to create JUST for Mikey!!
If you already know where we're having the wedding, you cannot participate... but if you do not know, go ahead and vote in the comments section for which wedding you think we'll be having!!!
Sunny Blue Beachy Wedding in Destin, FL
Mike and I both lived in Florida (him growing up, me for college at FSU) and have spent time down in Destin together before.
Exclusive, Exotic Wedding in Greece
This time last summer we spent 1/2 a month in Greece (our friend Susan came too..to shoot a wedding)... what a better place to get married than the place we both claim as one of the most beautiful places in the world?
Red Hot and Lime Wedding in Baja Mexico
We also have been to Mexico together with my family this past January and one of our favorite dates is going out for cheap, yummy mexican food. It would be a big fiesta!
Vintage Glam Wedding in Beverly Hills
Neither of us have spent time together in Cali but Mike went to high school in the OC and I speak at conventions out there about once a year. We're big movie-lovers so it would be natural to get hitched where they're made!
Romantic, Casual Wedding in the Countryside
Neither of us spend a lot of time together out in the "country" either but our favorite place is my back deck where we are surrounded by nature. I grew up out "in the country" (well, behind corn-fields) in Ohio so it would be fun incorporating this into our wedding.
and last but NOT least...
Hello Kitty Pretty-Princess Wedding in Talladega
Mike LOVES race-cars and Liana LOVES kitty-cats so having a Hello-Kitty wedding at the racetrack would be puuuuurfect!!
Okay... now that you've seen them all... let's see who knows us best... VOTE for which one you believe is our REAL wedding below :)
Disclaimer: None of the wedding dresses pictured in these are actually the one I will be ordering (for Mikey's sake so he'll be surprised).
13 comments:
Oh, and are you SICK of people asking you "who's your wedding photographer" with a wink and a nudge yet??? ;-) July 30, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Regardless you will be one gorgeous bride August 5, 2008 at 2:19 AM