Category: Weddings

  • No money, moโ€™ problems: Strike a pose

    Noted Fashion Photographer Nigel Barker thinks you need to Smize. Also, don’t stick out your chest so much, it makes you look porny. And, please, please, please try not to look like you’re sitting on the toilet. Photography & Video โ€” 10%: photography, videography, additional prints/albums and misc. This is an area that’s definitely worth…

  • No money, moโ€™ problems: Letโ€™s dance

    Is this your wedding singer? No? Then you should probably have a deejay. Music โ€” 10%: ceremony musicians, cocktail-hour musicians, reception band/deejay or entertainment, sound/dance floor rental and misc. Everyone is really so happy to see you get married. And, yeah, it’s nice to have dinner and cake. But really, your friends are there to…

  • No money, moโ€™ problems: Your precious flower(s)

    Bad news. The topic of today’s post doesn’t make me feel very snarky. Flowers are pretty! Every time I leave a flower shop, I talk about how much I would like to work in one. I’m sorry if my tone is disappointing. If it helps, your hair is looking kind of fucked up today. No…

  • No money, moโ€™ problems: Make it work edition

    He told you to use the Piperlime accessory wall thoughtfully, but you didn’t listen. Now, he’s not sure about those shoes. He’s just concerned. Frankly, I am too. That tiara is super fug. Walking down the aisle is probably the closest you’ll ever get to stomping it to the death down a runway. You really…

  • No money, mo’ problems: The Receptioning

    On our first round of wedding vendor meetings, someone tried to sell us a custom monogrammed spotlight. For f’ing serious? That’s some tacky shit right there. Yeah, I’ll shine that spotlight on my horse-drawn carriage and call it happily ever after. Vendors are going to try to sell you a million dumb, bridezilla-y things. Things…