Rebel Brides

How About a Red Wedding Dress?

How About a Red Wedding Dress?

In the United States, many brides feel like they need to have a white wedding dress, even if they don’t really want to. I say wear what you’d like to wear – whatever color you want! Wedding dresses don’t have to be white!

In China and India, for example, the traditional wedding dress is red. Yes, red. A red dress is considered to bring good luck in both the Indian and Chinese traditions. Check out this awesome site, Red Hot Brides. They have a ton of red wedding dress options that will blow your mind! 

Be bold, Rebel Brides. Have fun! Try on dresses that aren’t white – see how you feel in them. You may be pleasantly surprised!

More to come on this topic with awesome examples soon! 

Awesome Return Address Stamps for the DIY Bride

Calling all DIY Brides! Check out these awesome stamp return addresses from Paperwink! You can customize them and use them for your wedding invitations. They will definitely bring a sweet, personalized touch to your invites! 

Found My Wedding Shoes!

Ahh, I’m so excited! I found my wedding shoes on Etsy and they are awesome! They are so fun – I had to share! Check out the Etsy Shop I got them from!

 

 

Ps. I could very well be addicted to Etsy

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

 

First Ask Yourself WHY?

When I started planning my wedding back in July, I did what I expect most engaged women do… make a list of everything that I needed to do in the coming months. I used the wedding checklists of the knot and checked out pictures from general wedding sites and then I got to thinking…

Why?

Why do I have to have a receiving line, why do I have to pick $200 bridesmaid dresses, why do I have to get married in a church, why do I have to register for stuff when I already have enough stuff, why do we need to have programs, awkward first dances, expensive white china, a huge white poofy dress, chicken or fish, a traditional ceremony if neither of us are religious, and the list goes on and on… Why?

The reason is because our society has created an insane wedding industry that pushes tradition and $25K+ weddings.

So my wonderful fiancé and I decided to break the mold and have a wedding that reflected US. We are having a 60s & 70s theme DIY wedding with classic rock & fake mustaches. It’s going to be a big party and a ton of fun. It’s going to be affordable and memorable. It’s going to have fake mustaches and tattoos as table gifts and Diana Ross wigs for after the ceremony. It might even have karaoke.

My tip: Don’t be afraid to have the wedding YOU want. If you’re doing traditional stuff just because it is what is deemed ‘normal.’ STOP. Do yourself a favor, ask yourself ‘WHY’, cut out the weird stuff, and plan a wedding about YOU.

YAY! Go for it!