Oh So Beautiful Paper

Have you guys all seen the newly redesigned Once Wed?  It just launched yesterday, and it's chock full of new graphics and tons of new features!

The new Once Wed includes everything from DIY projects to inspiration galleries – I'm a bit partial to the paper goods gallery myself – to vendor guides and truly gorgeous real weddings. 

And speaking of real weddings, Emily was kind enough to include my wedding on her new site!

Congrats to Emily on the gorgeous new site – and thanks so much for including us on the new Once Wed!

 

East Side asked me for photos of my polaroid wedding guest book – and when East Side asks, I oblige!

We set up our guest book with a stack of polaroid film and two cameras near the front lawn, where our ceremony took place.  The sign in the bottom photo provided brief instructions to our guests, including a note letting them know they could use the fabric backdrop that we'd hung up nearby or find a pretty spot anywhere around the grounds.

We used a lilac + lavender letterpress coptic-stitch guest book from Brooklyn Bookbinder, and words cannot describe how much I adore our guest book.  Here are a couple of detail shots of the front cover and stitching:

After the wedding, we added all the rsvps and wedding cards that we'd received from our guests.  It now has a permanent home on my nightstand, just so I can pull it out any time I feel like it.

{top two photos by Punam Bean, bottom two photos by Brooklyn Bookbinder}

A while back, Meg from A Practical Wedding asked me if I would share some insights from my wedding planning process for her Wedding Graduates series.  The post went up today, which you can find here.  I've loved the entire Wedding Graduates series, so would encourage everyone to read through the past contributions as well.  Thanks Meg, for inviting me to be a part of the series!

{photograph by Punam Bean}

The lovely Abby of Style Me Pretty listed our wedding as one of her favorites from 2008!  I know everyone reads SMP, but just in case – check out her incredibly sweet post right here.  Thanks Abby!