Online Wedding Planning Resources
This is such a wonderful time to be getting married because the Internet literally puts wedding planning at your fingertips and allows for the ultimate organization.
Sites like Flickr allow brides to capture photos from across the Internet and archive them into categories for inspiration and to share with friends and family. And, of course, your very own computer can store bookmarks of the places you simply must buy from or may want to visit again later. Many of the larger bridal shops offer virtual fitting rooms and show gown prices online for comparison shopping. Pretty much anything you might need for your wedding can be found online - invitations, favors, bridal consultants, photographers...
Here is a list of some of the most popular sites and blogs to help you get organized, stay organized, and inspire your dream wedding. If you have a favorite site you've been using to organize your wedding, or that is simply inspirational, please post in the comments to share with others:
Wedding Blogs and Web Sites:
Wedding Bee
Style Me Pretty
The Bride's Guide - Darcy Miller's Blog
From I Will to I Do - iVillage
The Knot
Brides
Martha Stewart Weddings
Ways to Organize:
Flickr
Thumbnail Cafe
Organize Yourself
Bridal Track
Bridal Insider
Simply Inspirational - Style guides for everyday life and planning goodies:
Hostess Blog
Decor8
Design*Sponge
Cool ideas for bridal party gifts:
Indie Collective
Artist Claudine Hellmuth
Modish
One Good Bumblebee
And, because I'm partial to paper, I had to sneak in some of my favorite online indie stationery companies. Personalized stationery makes the perfect gift for everyone at the wedding...moms, dads, bridal party, guests - you really can't go wrong with a personal monogram :-)
Pen and Parchment
Shades of Violet
Tobi Wood Design
Posh Peacock
Pink Loves Brown
Anna Bella Stationery
Rock Scissor Paper
A great online option for a bridal brunch or engagement party is Create My Event
On demand digital printing has opened up so many wonderful possibilities for photo albums and gifts, too:
Shutterfly
Snapfish
Picaboo
Cafe Press
Photo Stamps
Happy Planning - don't forget to add your favorite links to the list!
Photo Credit: Martha Stewart Weddings
Don't forget WeddingWire as a planning site also.
http://www.weddingwire.com
Posted by: Brian | October 22, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Fantastic list of resources!
It's so weird in 2007 that so much wedding planning stuff is available online.
Did you list www.evite.com for managing invitation lists? I didn't see it in the list.
I'm partial to paper too but there are some people that just do everything online these days.
Posted by: Vivevtvivas | November 15, 2007 at 07:17 AM