Blog Love: Highlighted on Style Me Pretty

So exciting! I made it on to the front page of Style Me Pretty yesterday with my inspiration board French Country Romance... See the full post right here.

From Style Me Pretty: "Annie used the same little birdie picture from above to come up with an equally gorgeous inspiration board! Delicious, absolutely delicious. To read Annie’s blog that actually has some of the cutest stuff you’ve ever seen, click right here!"

Wow - thanks so much for the huge compliment!

Blog Love: Style Me Pretty's Style Circle

One of my favorite websites, Style Me Pretty, has launched a new social networking component to their site: Style Circle. Brides (or wedding enthusiasts) can create a free profile for the site. According to Abby, creator of Style Me Pretty and Style Circle: "Brides are blogging, creating inspiration boards and generally going wedding crazy (which makes me really, really happy)…proving once and for all that a style-savvy wedding community is a definite must-have." I got to try it out a little early, and It's a pretty fabulous place I recommend you check out for yourself!

Oh and P.S. - One of my inspiration boards is on the front page right now!

Daily Favorites

Today was just one of those days where I couldn't throw together a post because I was a.) exhausted from finals that I'm still not done with b.) my old ibook laptop, whom I've nicknamed Lazaraus, is on its last legs and I can't use it with out it crashing and I need to save it's life until my new MacBook Pro gets here tomorrow! Finally and most importantly c.) I was too distracted by all the amazing weddings featured on some of my favorite blogs today to come up with my own stuff, so I thought I would share all of the inspirational gorgeousness with you!

A tea party wedding by Mindy Weiss featured on Kiss the Groom

Custom handwriting stamps for your invitations on Peach and Pearl


North Carolina Wedding At Lake Lure Inn by Kristin Vining Photography on Style Me Pretty

Real Wedding Inspiration: Alicia and Joel on Wedding Cabaret

Kaleigh and Jason's Wedding on Vintage Glam Weddings

Thank you Vintage Glam Weddings!

Another link to be thankful for, this time from the fab Vintage Glam Weddings. They are a great resource for anyone looking for vintage ideas and details. Merci!
"Merci" card on Etsy by TurtlePapers

Blog Love: Thank you Wedding Cabaret!

Another link to Marry You Me! Check out this blog by the talented Mara over at Wedding Cabaret. Thank you for the link!!
Photo on Project Wedding

Blog Love: Thank you Elizabeth Anne Designs!

Marry You Me is now featured on the "Link Love" page on Elizabeth Anne Designs under the Floral & Event Design Inspiration category! Yea! (I'm such a nerd, but this is the first link that I know of to my blog, so I have to celebrate it a little)
Photo from Pearls Events Blog

Blog Love: DIY favor projects on Style Me Pretty

I am loving all of the great DIY favor projects being featured on Style Me Pretty today. Making your own favors can be cheaper (if done right), more meaningful (who doesn't love something handmade with lots of love?) and can fit in with your theme better than store bought favors. Here's two of my favorites - the tea tin favors and the chocolate covered pretzels!



I really love the tea tin favor. I am a big tea lover (have been since 5th grade!), so I had really wanted to do something like this using Harney & Sons' Wedding Tea - a delicious white tea with hints of lemon and vanilla and with little pink rosebuds in it. But, alas, we had several non-tea or caffeine drinkers at our wedding, and it would have been odd to do another set of favors for the non-tea drinkers. Harney & Sons has their tea come in lovely vintage silver tins of 20 silk tea sachets, but also have "tagalong" tins with 6 sachets that can be personalized with your names and wedding date. So perfect!

Blog Love: Intimate Weddings

I recently discovered this great website - Intimate Weddings. The site is all about yep, you guessed it - small, intimate weddings. It features a venue locator, articles, real weddings and a blog. I was a small wedding bride (only 54 guests) and can attest to the intimate feeling they impart, as well as the money saving benefits.
Here's a great article by Christina Friedrichsen of Intimate Weddings
Ten Reasons to have a Small Wedding

1. You get to celebrate one of the biggest days of your life surrounded by people who love you. Of the nearly 100 couples I interviewed for Intimate Weddings, almost everyone said this was one of the best things about having a small wedding.

2. You can feel more relaxed on your wedding day. Because you’ll be surrounded by friends and family, you’ll feel more at home with your guests.

3. You can save money. You can save thousands of dollars by having an intimate wedding, which means you won't have to go over your wedding budget.

4. You can splurge. Some couples choose a small guest list not necessarily because their budgets are small, but because they can pull out all the stops and have a truly lavish wedding.

5. You have more options when choosing a venue. Since you won’t need a large space to accommodate your guests, many small wedding venues will be open to you.

6. Have more freedom to customize your wedding to your own tastes. A small wedding gives you the opportunity to get your creative juices flowing and make your unique wedding a reflection of the two of you.

7. You get to spend time with your guests. How many weddings have made you feel like a stranger fulfilling a social obligation? Small weddings aren’t like that. When the guest list is small, the bride and groom can spend time with each of their guests, making them feel welcome.

8. You can make your guests feel at home. Because you will be able to spend at least some time with your guests, they will feel more at home at your wedding. Also, when the guest list is small, guests will have a better opportunity to mingle with most of the others. Chances are that many of your guests will know one another.

9. You can get your guests involved. A small wedding will give you the opportunity to get your loved ones involved in your special day.

10. You can have a wedding that people will remember. Because your wedding won’t be typical - the kind your guests have been to over and over again – your wedding is more likely to be remembered.
All photos by Leah McCormick via Snippet&Ink