Beautiful Cinderella Party Ideas inspired by the New Cinderella Movie I have always loved Cinderella. When I was almost 2, we moved from St. Louis to the Chicago area in January. I got the Cinderella VHS for Christmas, making it the only movie not packed. I watched it on repeat! My love for this story...

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Wedding Registry Tips to Help Choose Items that Won’t Just Sit in the Bottom of your Cabinet! Creating a wedding registry is this strange combination of awesome fun and overwhelming stress. On one hand, you get to pick out all these amazing gifts that people want to buy you, things that will usher you into this...

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I am so excited to be sharing this Love Sign with Ombre Rose Heart with all of you! First, it’s been a really long time since I shared some craft projects with you. The last two months have gotten away from me with finishing Christmas orders for the Etsy shop, visiting family for two weeks,...

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Celebrate the Big Day with this Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornament! This past week, my husband was gone on a service trip with students in Colorado and he wasn’t allowed to use his cell phone. Zero communication!! I’ll be honest with all of you: in this day of cell phones and constant communication, it was very...

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I’ve been thinking about weddings a lot as I work to launch The Love Nerds Event Boutique, especially my own wedding. I know I have shared many pictures of our wedding with all of you and you may even be sick of them, but I wanted to take a moment to thank two woman who...

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If you follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter – etc – then you probably know that I worked my first official wedding this past weekend. The bride is a sweetheart that I knew from college. This wedding was a complete at home, backyard wedding at the couple’s newly bought home which required a lot of work from the...

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I have shared on the blog before the Pinwheel Lunch Reception I planned for a dear friend of mine and her husband. They were married in a private ceremony at the courthouse a few months before but wanted to take a moment to still celebrate with their family and friends. I have never personally seen...

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When we got married, it was really important to the both of us to say our own vows. We were so lucky that Bryan’s cousin was officiating because we have known people in the past struggle to deviate at all from traditional church ceremonies. Bryan’s cousin though was willing to have us to both the...

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Registering for our wedding was one of the few things I found immensely stressful. Everyone says how fun it should be, but I just felt so overwhelmed. First, deciding what we need, don’t need, have space for, etc. Second, choosing the “best” option from all the possibilities out there; how am I supposed to know...

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With winter (hopefully) coming to an end soon, we will be quickly heading into the season of bridal showers! Unlike the last few years, I only have one on the horizon so far this year. So even though I am not currently in the planning stages for a shower, I thought this might be a...

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I have slowly been downloading new fonts to play with, so I wanted to take the opportunity to share some with all of you. Here are 10 of my new favorite swirly scripts; all of these would be great for a wedding or invitation. You can find and download the fonts at the links below....

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It is easy for a wedding to represent the bride’s style. Years of dreaming plus having the majority of control when it comes to the planning makes it easy for the bride to run the whole show. I wanted to make sure this didn’t happen. The book theme was already in place after the save...

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In the 8th grade, we had to complete a career report. We took a few of the career assessment and interest tools and were then supposed to choose one from the list to research. The research even included interviewing someone in the field and completing a detailed report. My career of choice: wedding planner. I...

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