I have had the pleasure in the past few months to register for wedding gifts. Now, the idea of having things you’ve been coveting without having to pay for them is amazing. However, you might find that it is not as easy as it sounds! You need patience, a strong sense of what you like, [...]

To conclude our National Stationery Show coverage for the week, I thought I’d bring you the four lines I thought were the freshest, shiniest and newest wedding collections at NSS this year. For the brides out there, here’s a little primer:  NSS isn’t just a showcase for new trends in paper, it’s also a marketplace [...]

The Q: My family predominantly speaks Spanish, but my fiance’s family doesn’t.  I don’t want to send out invitations that half the guests can’t understand, but I’m not sure how to best incorporate two languages into the invitation. Any ideas? The A: It’s so fantastic how the world of stationery has responded to the increasing [...]

I was so flattered when the fabulous Heather Waraska called to ask if I would work on designing an “Inspiration to Reality” shoot for Style Me Pretty earlier this spring.  Always a Bridesmaid has been fortunate enough to work with Heather a lot over the last couple of years and the idea of collaborating on [...]

When we received the invitation to come down to the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island something unusual happened- two jaded wedding planners who thought that they’d seen it all were blown away by this stunning invitation.  It was not just lovely, it was completely perfect for the occassion: a hot pink raw silk invitation with lovely gold [...]