Sponsored Post: Project Wedding

Besides all of the incredible wedding ideas, one of my favorite features on Project Wedding is their huge gallery of real weddings. There's inspiration for just about any style of wedding you can imagine. Here's a little sneak peek of one of my favorites, shot by Robert Sukrachand...









See more of this wedding right here, and click on over to find beauty, photography, DIY wedding projects and tons of other planning resources on Project Wedding!

Sponsored Post: PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com

If you're on the lookout for beautiful used wedding dresses, you'll definitely want to check out PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com - with thousands of designer dresses at a fraction of the cost of retail, why wouldn't you?


{L: Amsale R: Christos}


{L: Vera Wang R: Oscar de la Renta}

If you sign up for a free account on PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com, there are all kinds of benefits to make your dress search easier. Save a list of your favorite dresses, and share that list with friends (or mom). Sign up for notifications, like when a dress you've saved drops in price, or when a specific dress you're looking for is added to the site. Even get coupons and discounts on things like a wedding dress cleaning. Of course, you don't need an account to search through the thousands of dresses listed, so hop over and see what you find.

Sponsored Post: Brilliant Earth

Brilliant Earth offers "luxury with a conscience," with Canadian, conflict-free diamond jewelry made with recycled gold and platinum. They offer engagement rings and wedding sets in a range of styles, from modern to romantic, and even have a collection of stunning antique rings.


And if you don't find just what you're looking for, you can work with Brilliant Earth to create the perfect custom design.



Brilliant Earth also donates 5% of their profits to communities impacted by the diamond trade. Learn more about their mission here, and spend some time looking through the beautiful pieces in their online store. Even if you already have your engagement ring and wedding band, it's a great place to find classic diamond earrings, or maybe a Tahitian pearl pendant, to wear on your wedding day.

Sponsored Post: Betsywhite

Betsywhite strives to offer stylish wedding invitations that are actually affordable. All of their designs are under $500 (for 100 invitation + response sets), and designs from the Simple Solutions collection are only $250 (for 100 invitation + response sets). And as you'll see, they're stylish, too!















Betsywhite also has a line of customizable wedding logos, which are perfect for personalizing every last detail of your wedding, from favors to cocktail napkins. You can purchase wedding logo stickers, napkins, and other stationery from Betsywhite, or you can download the logo to use however you like on your DIY projects. (Check out this Vermont wedding I featured awhile back - they used a Betsywhite logo for just about every element in their wedding!)







See lots more over at the Betsywhite website, and check their lovely blog, Flights of Fancy, for wedding ideas as well as store updates (I subscribe to the blog, and it's always full of beautiful inspiration).

Sponsored Post: Wedding Paper Divas

If you're looking for easy wedding invitations and save-the-dates, check out Wedding Paper Divas. They have thousands of exclusive designs, with a variety of print and paper options, and they're all totally customizable. And what makes them easy? You can instantly preview your personalized design online, and once you place your order, it takes less than a week to process your invitations.







For more invite inspiration, check out Wedding Paper Divas' blog. Also, check out the My Style Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $1700 Wedding Style package, with gift certificates to Wedding Paper Divas, Beau-Coup and The Dessy Group - there's a new winner every month!

Sponsored Post: Cynthia Rowley Bridesmaids

The Dessy Group has teamed up with top American designer, Cynthia Rowley, to launch a brand new line of pretty and sophisticated bridesmaid dresses. (Check out the launch party here - don't you love that short pink tulle number?!)



With a range of styles, from tea length tulle to floor length satin, the new line of Cynthia Rowley bridesmaid dresses has something for weddings both simple and grand, informal and black tie.







And since it's The Dessy Group, the dresses come in just about any color you could want, perfect for coordinating with the rest of your wedding palette. So, which one's your favorite?

Sponsored Post: Minted

A couple of weeks ago I got a package in the mail with no fewer than 15 invitation samples from Minted, and every single one of them was a treat to open. Minted has just launched 145 new wedding invitations, and each one comes with the option of adding coordinating details, like slide-in envelope liners, wrap-around envelope labels, and (my favorite) patterning on the back of the invites (appropriately called "backers"). Even better? The new suites are competitively priced, starting at $147 for 50 invitations.


{cocktail hour}


{sloane}


{charming go lightly}


{modern tweed}

One of the coolest things about Minted is their design community and design challenges - I was actually a guest judge for their very first wedding invitation design challenge! Independent designers from all over the world compete to have their designs carried by Minted - it's such a great way to keep their assortment of styles fresh and unique. Whether you're having a destination beach wedding or an urban black-tie affair or something in between, you're bound to find a design that suits your wedding style.


left {pear nouveau}
middle {whirly dot}
right {bloom}


left {block print waves}
right {destination}


left {willow tree}
right {you & me}


left {julia}
right {oak tree}

To celebrate the launch of these stylish new designs, they're offering free backers for the entire assortment of wedding invitations, as well as three free samples for those of you still in the earlier stages of planning. If you haven't already, this is the perfect time to check out all the excited new things going on at Minted!

Sponsored Post: Project Wedding

Project Wedding is chock full of inspiration and ideas for just about any type of wedding you can imagine. Browse through hundreds of real weddings, as well as plenty of DIY projects, and find just what you're looking for...


A farm wedding in New York, shot by Jen Huang.


Mexican and Indian cultures come together in this beautiful wedding, shot by Elizabeth Messina.


Some of my favorite bloggers are regular contributors to Project Wedding's growing catalog of DIY projects. Wheatgrass centerpieces and a lilac bouquet are just the tip of the iceberg. Hop over to Project Wedding and see what inspires you!

Sponsored Post: Cake & Pictures

Not sure where to begin the search for a wedding photographer? Check out Cake & Pictures, an exclusive directory of the very best wedding photographers from around the world. Their highly selective list of photographers is organized by city, but all of their photographers are accustomed to traveling for weddings (so don't fret if your wedding is in Oregon and you fall in love with a photographer based in Miami!).





















Cake & Pictures makes it easy to quickly browse through their collection of nothing but the best photographers, and when you find one that strikes your fancy, you can contact him or her directly for pricing and availability.

Sponsored Post: Doie Designs

One of the wedding details that I've been thinking about lately is gift ideas for my bridesmaids. I want to give them something beautiful and useful. Something I'd be happy to receive. How about comfortable and eco-friendly, too. Enter Doie Designs. Their robes meet every one of those criteria, and I know because I own one and I love it (mine is white with silver bonsai trim and it's lovely and comfy and I feel a little glamorous when I wear it).



Made of bamboo jersey, they feel like the softest, comfiest pajamas you've ever worn, and the 100% silk trim adds a luxurious pop of color. And I have to tell you, one of my favorite things about these robes is one of their most practical attributes: in addition to the outer silk tie, they have an interior tie so they won't come off when you're least expecting it. Brilliant. It gets even better: Doie Designs is giving Snippet & Ink readers 20% off your purchase of any of their eco-chic robes. Just enter Brides20 at checkout. I'm telling you, your bridesmaids will love getting one of these robes as a gift, and if they're anything like me they won't want to take them off - just make them promise to change into their bridesmaid dresses for the wedding.

Sponsored Post: Wedding Jojo

It's not easy to find wedding websites that have a modern and sophisticated look, something that will actually complement the rest of your carefully thought-out wedding plans. Thankfully, Wedding Jojo offers easy-to-use wedding websites with attractive designs, customizable templates, and features like password protection and online RSVP and meal selection for your guests.





Check out Wedding Jojo to see more of their fun designs and for more information on how to set up your own wedding website!