I went to a wedding a couple weeks ago where there was something, I must admit, I had never seen before! They had not one, but TWO silhouette artists there. And while I was skeptical at first, it was absolutely fantastic! What’s a silhouette… Read more

A friend recently told me that she wasn’t sure how to start planning her budget. She didn’t really want to start by saying she had X thousand dollars to spend & then figure out how to spend it; she wanted to work her way up and figure out what… Read more

After doing the poll the other day about whether you will exchange gifts, I decided to look into the tradition myself. Do we have to exchange gifts? It turns out, gift exchange on the day of your wedding is not a required tradition; it’s… Read more

Some people have shared with me that they are going to be giving their future husband or wife an amazing gift on their wedding day. Others seem to think that it’s unnecessary and that gift giving should be saved for anniversaries…. Read more

That’s right, it’s been a full year that I’ve been bestowing all my wedding wisdom on you! I can’t believe it either. In honor of my one year anniversary, we’re giving out free albums! Of course, it’s not quite THAT easy. Here’s the deal, email me… Read more

Here’s our monthly guest post from Wishpot! Its no secret that every girl dreams of being the Belle of the Ball on her wedding day, and we couldn’t  be more supportive. In fact, we’ve turned to our Wishpot Experts for their go-to beauty secrets to… Read more

Many couples take dance lessons to perfect the first dance…. others don’t. What will you do? Happy… Read more

Save the Dates are more casual than the formal invitation — and this, my friends, is always true. STDs (as they’re known) are not traditional, so there’s no formal etiquette for how to go about saving said date. The idea is just that you want to… Read more

I know a lot of you have online photo albums & you want your wedding guests to upload their photos into that album. The only question – how?! If you already have an album, you can go to the “Share” tab and you have several options – both web… Read more

Want to share YOUR engagement story? Email me! Natasha@theweddinglens.com! Here’s Andrea & Aaron’s story — which happened on July 4, 2008 in Hayward, WI on Lake Lac Courte Oreilles… and after 7 years of dating! “The overall weekend… Read more