Wedding Ideas: Things We Need to Stop Doing
High wedding season is in its last month, which means I’m processing all the trends I’ve seen thus far this summer. Some things – like desert bars, less-formal portraiture, and non-strapless gowns – look like they have some real staying-power and could be new wedding staples. At the same time, there are some elements that are due for some updates [...]
Read More →(Mostly) Flowerless Centerpieces
Here at WLA, while we do love weddings and always will…even we sometimes become afflicted with ennui. While it is my mission to give voice to all the creative wedding ideas that bloom in my mind (and are squirreled away during my late-night internet binges), even I sometimes experience a burn-out. I feel like a bride six months into her [...]
Read More →The case for plant genitalia, or, everything you need to know about bouquets
History of the bridal bouquet When you think about it, carrying arrangements of plant genitalia seems rather odd and maybe a little lewd. But believe it or not, there is actually a history and purpose to the use of flowers and bouquets for weddings. It actually dates back thousands of years, in which times women wore certain combinations of aromatic [...]
Read More →The Revolution Begins Here
All right, I’m about to go out on a limb. I promised you this was not an ordinary wedding blog. We do not rehash the same tired ideas and advice. I’m about to rock your world. Get ready. Make sure you’re seated securely, lest the power and shock value of what you read next blows more than your back. You [...]
Read More →Centerpieces: Everything you need to know
Keys to a great, modern centerpiece I’m pretty mercurial when it comes to floral arrangement. Especially centerpieces. I can love something I see in a magazine one day, mark the page, go back to look at it so often that my fingerprints mar the gloss…and then days later just feel absolutely “meh” about it. But there is one thing I [...]
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