Week-End Wedding Resources: July 31st, 2020

What’s been happenin’, ladies? Did you miss us? Well, we thought you just blinked your eyes and here we are, just like your very own Genie! And from our genie-lamp, we have got you some interesting reads for this week that’ll help you plan your wedding during this pandemic and later too. If you are double-minded about whether ‘to be or not to be’ a bride right now, you’ve gotta take a look at a video we’ve included that will inspire you like none other! From your wedding style perfectly in sync with your groom to some interesting marriage secrets shared by celebrities, it’s all in here! So, let’s get on with it.

We know how important you feel on your wedding day. It’s entirely your day - from the twilight that marks the dawn to the starry night that witnesses your after-party! However, amidst colossal research regarding your wedding gown, bridal accessories, wedding bouquet, and your entire wedding look, let’s not forget about the groom’s dressing style on your big day. Your wedding day holds magic for both of you and will be etched on your minds and lives forever, therefore, having a well-coordinated wedding attire goes a long way in not just having you as the man and woman of the moment but for a lifetime. It’s like how your life partner completes you. How he adds those perfect little shenanigans of his wedding look to the prettiest nuances of your bridal look to make it ‘whole’. How his dark wedding suit complements your boho-chic bridal look. Or how his pastel-hued wedding style adds subtle magic to your lacey wedding dress for a whimsical wedding. It’s already giving us #couplegoals. And how can we forget about its impact on your wedding photography! 

Matching Groom Attire With Your Gown and Wedding Style

Via Ruffled

Has the C-virus led you to ship your wedding favors to your ‘could-have-been-realtime-guests’ instead of directly handing them over? Are you looking for ways to give your wedding favors a magnificent twist that’s personal to you and adds an element of appreciation and effort? Well, you certainly can add an element of surprise too by adding to them your own shipping labels that are super simple to create and sure to lend a new look to your favors! All you need is a pair of scissors, a paper punch, a shipping tape, and parchment paper. Grab yourself some artworks that you wish to paste to the favors and you’re all set! Check out this brilliant way to make your own (DIY) gorgeous wedding favor labels using the good’ ole shipping tape. It’s also a great way to uniquely decorate your wedding favors in case you’re planning for a proper wedding celebration in the coming times. Give it a look and see for yourself!

The Prettiest DIY Labels Using Shipping Tape

Via Ruffled

We totally love the idea of romance and love. But being in love isn’t always about the highs and butterflies. It has also got to do with all those petty little arguments and the desperation to patch up after those! It’s about creating a perfect balance between building moments of love and accepting your spouse’s flaws. It’s about telling them everything about yourself because the world might judge you but your life partner would never. And it's about making a promise to never judge the other too. And, here we are, quoting ‘The Notebook’ once again! As one of our favorite novelists, Nicholas Sparks says in one of his bestsellers ‘The Notebook’, ‘So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, every day. You and me... every day.’ Marriage is made of tiny little things that make big things happen. Celebrities, which are under constant public scrutiny, have it tougher than the usual couples. What makes their marriages successful is a secret, like any other couple. We bring to you this brilliant compilation of relationship secrets shared by some prominent celebrities by Martha Stewart Weddings. From Hugh Jackman and Deborah Lee Furness to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, celebrity couples talk about their Dos and Don’ts of a marital relationship. After all, the road to marital bliss is a rollercoaster ride! 

39 Relationship Secrets from Married Celebrities

Via Martha Stewart Weddings

We hear you. This pandemic has been unforeseen and indefinitely impactful. No one can predict its end and things might go on like this for a couple more years. While it has led technology to rescue the world in terms of work, shopping, and basic survival, the most important milestone in a person’s life, the wedding, has taken a severe hit. Weddings are an occasion of being together, celebrating and partying over singledom’s transition into coupledom. However, COVID-19 has forced most weddings to be either postponed to a safer future or to happen in a more private and subdued manner. If you are still in the planning stage or if your wedding has been postponed, chances are, you’ll be stressing over it off and on. But did you know that constant and prolonged stress over your wedding can cause a lot of mental harm to you? Yep, if you have constant negative thoughts like ‘my wedding is doomed’ or ‘I am not going to get married’ or ‘I shouldn’t be looking for a bridal dress anymore’, it means you are on your way to having a wedding planning burnout. Shocked? Well, many couples are going through that and this blog by The Knot helps you get familiar with its symptoms and the course of action. It’s definitely worth a read ladies. All we can say is, try and be positive, your wedding day might be far but will come for sure. Channelize your thoughts into making it happen in the most amazing way possible! 

Wedding Planning Burnout Is Real—Here's How to Deal

Via The Knot

Our lovely brides, if you can’t wait to get married and want to do it right away, you gotta understand that actually, nothing’s really stopping you. The pandemic is only hampering the ‘Hows’ of it and not the wedding itself. Your wedding can still happen, maybe just a bit more intimately. And that fact’s set right by Alexa and John, who decided to get married amidst the fluidity of the pandemic in Cali. Here they are, sharing their wedding experiences and inspiring all the brides-to-be, to make things happen. Well, you don’t have to wait for a perfect moment. You need to make the moment perfect. The video got us teary-eyed as well as it made us witness the power of love.  

Getting married during a pandemic

Via YouTube

Online shopping has taken the world by a storm post March of 2020. Who would’ve ever imagined that one day people from all over the world would be staying inside their houses, protecting themselves from an apocalypse! And we thought it only happens in Sci-Fi movies! And as people are forced to stay inside their homes, the technology is proving to be a magic wand of sorts! But can technology help you in choosing the wedding venue that you have always dreamt of? The answer is yes. Led by the current situation, most of the wedding venues are holding virtual tours of their site for prospective clients. If you keep in mind some important factors while attending these virtual tours, you can achieve the nirvana of finalizing your dream wedding location without even looking at it in person! Here are the things that you need to consider before you enter a virtual wedding venue tour. Take a look before you book! 

How To Choose A Wedding Venue—When You Can't See It In Person!

Via Here Comes the Guide

We hope we’ve provided you with valuable inputs for your wedding dilemmas and taken away some of the stress. Considering the current circumstances, you should try to celebrate your love in whichever way you can and hold on to the fragile rope of love. Make your wedding your own. Do not look at other weddings and wish you had it all. Work to shape your wedding in a way that it’s satisfying for both of you. That, our lovely brides, would give you the true joy of a happy wedding! Have a great weekend ladies, your genie would be back next week with more ideas and wedding resources! Ciao!