A trendy way to announce your wedding

You may have read the NY Times recent story regarding the new trend that couples are using to announce their engagements, receive wedding rsvp's using QR codes on their invitations and save the date cards.
According the the wedding couple interviewed in that news story they wanted people to go,‘Oh, that’s cool."  When the code is scanned it took her guests to a website that had details about her wedding weekend events. “We didn’t want a traditional verbose information card, so using the code meant the card could be really clean,” she said.

Are there other ways you can use QR codes for your wedding?  Of course.  Here are a few ideas from http://qreateandtrack.com/ who made the save the date card to your right as well as the ones below:

• Use them on your RSVP cards.  Placing a QR Code could allow people to respond to your invite directly from their smartphone. The QR Code could point to a mobile-optimized landing page.

• Last but not least, another use for QR Codes on Wedding stationery could be on table number cards. You could place a QR Code on each of the cards that could possibly point to a video of the couple thanking their guests or perhaps a photo gallery of the couple.

 

I thought these were fantastic ideas.  What do you think?  How would you use a QR code at your wedding?

Interview with Brian E. Powers of Hawaiian Images Photography & Video

"We're always searching for great Hawaii wedding photographers and found one for you.  Hawaiian Images Photography & Video is amazing.  Their wedding photos will knock your socks off.  Read the interview below:

• Tell me what you specialize in?  Hawaiian Images Photography & Video has been providing professional wedding and event photography in Hawaii for over twenty years.
  
  
• Why should a bride buy from you over your competition? Our experience over the years assures our brides that their photos will be perfect...no surprises.  Our knowledge of Hawaii's uniqueness gives us the ability to shoot the best photos...and our long list of very happy brides proves that.
  
  
• What areas do you service weddings in? We shoot wedding photos and videos throughout all the Hawaiian islands.
  
  
• What is the most important thing you’d like brides to know about your company? We're stress removers.  Brides don't have to worry about their photos turning out or not. 
  
  
• Do you have favorite local spots you would like to recommend to destination couples while they stay on the island?  We have on our website an aerial photography page with ten thousand aerial photos showing every inch of the Hawaiian Islands shoreline from 500 feet above.  It's a great tool if brides want to get a birds eye view of what their wedding site might look like.

For more information and to check out the work that Hawaiian Images Photography & Video produces, visit his Facebook page at ww.facebook.com/hawaiianimages."

How to register for a honeymoon instead of a toaster

Have you been registering for gifts and wish that your guests would just give you money to use towards your honeymoon?  Well guess what?  In a way you can get them to give you money for your honeymoon by registering for it at www.thehoneymoon.com .

By creating a honeymoon registry, engaged couples have a place to direct wedding guests who ask "What kind of gift would you like?" A honeymoon registry allows you the chance to select when and where you want to honeymoon and enables your wedding guests to buy a travel experience as a gift rather than a toaster or dish set.

Many couples getting married now a days are older, well established and already merging two apartments or homes.  The last thing you need is yet another toaster. Signing up for a honeymoon registry could ensure you get what you really want.

A honeymoon registry generally works by allowing a couple to select elements of their honeymoon (airfare, hotel nights, meals, tours, sports, spa treatments, admissions, spending cash) that friends and family may buy for you in increments as wedding gifts.

Many travel agencies also provide travel registry services.
As with anything else, you need to be a smart consumer when choosing a honeymoon bridal registry. The last thing that you want is to have the value of your gifts eroded by a high "service fee" that can reduce your take by as much as 15 percent. That means before your honeymoon, you typically receive a check for the total gift cash contributions minus the company's percentage, which could represent a considerable loss to you.

Here are some questions to ask when choosing a honeymoon bridal registry:

• What does it cost to register?
• Are there other fees involved?
• Is your business a travel agency?
• Do you help customers announce their registry?
• In what form do we receive our registry gifts and when?
• Can they be redeemed for cash?
• Do you notify us every time a gift is purchased?
• Can the registry be integrated onto our wedding Web site? 

So if registering for a honeymoon sounds like a fab idea to you then go to www.thehoneymoon.com and register for the honeymoon of your dreams....and tell us your experience with it below please.

Wedding-opoly anyone?

Have you ever thought, "Hey, I wish that I had a game of Monopoly that portrayed my life...instead of Boardwalk and railways.  Well, guess what?  Monopoly has done it again!!!

"I created one for my friends as a wedding present and used the names of local stations, bars and gigs as properties as well as familiar situations that would demand cash. They LOVED it." Ruth Gillan

This version of Monopoly is completely custom made in the factory. You send in your specifications, wait 6 weeks, and receive your game! You could have it be a surprise, and order it for the couple, or you could simply purchase them a gift certificate/voucher, and let them design their own.

You can name the 22 property squares, you can choose and name the icons, you can name the game. This game is made in the real Monopoly factory, and will come in a lovely metal presentation box. Even the rules and the title deed cards are personalized. This is a 100% original wedding gift, perfect for your favorite newlyweds!!

What do you think?

This is a WEDDING CAKE! What do you think?

This stunning wedding dress cake is truly food as art.  It is so intricately decorated that it almost appears wearable.  The bodice is designed simply with a few details while the skirt is covered in swirls, ridges, and calla lilies.  This wedding dress cake almost looks good enough to wear.

 

If you want a wedding cake this beautiful for your Hawaii wedding then make sure you choose the right wedding cake bakery.   Not everyone can pull this off!  We're working on finding a Hawaii bakery that can and we'll post it here.  So check back soon!

Do you have a wedding planning story using your bridal workbook?

We want to hear what you think of the Bridal Workbook.  Send us a photo of you using your workbook along with a short story as to how it's kept you on track...(like the one below) and we'll send you to Hawaii..no kidding!  You'll get a hotel certificate for 7 nights in your choice of hotel.

 

"When I begin interviews with vendors that I need to make my wedding perfect, I begin to stress and I forget half my questions.  Fortunately, the wedding workbook that Jon and I chose has all the questions written down and all I have to do is write the answers in the spaces given on the worksheet.  I won’t have to find my note pad(s) later and try to remember where I scribbled all my notes.  It’s truly brilliant!" - Sarah and Jon

Want a great Hawaii wedding photographer? Check these pics out!

OK!  I absolutely LOOOVEEE these Hawaii wedding photos from "A Wedding in Hawaii"



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