Monthly Archives: October 2011

A Handmade Farm Wedding – Holly and Wes

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Holly and Wes created a Kaptur of their lovely farm wedding through our Kaptur Your Wedding with Beyoncé site. Holly shared the story of Wes’s proposal, their wedding photos and her wedding experience with us.

I am so excited to have been asked to tell you all about my wedding story here on Kaptur! I guess I’ll start my story about a year ago, when Wes proposed to me. It was just before Christmas, and my friends had been driving me crazy asking if I thought I would be getting a ring this year. We had been dating for about three years, and I suppose it was assumed that we would get engaged soon. The night he chose to pop the question was completely unexpected though.

I had just come home from a long shift at work and was in a terrible mood. Working at the mall during the last few days before Christmas can be so exhausting, and I told him I just wanted to go to bed immediately. I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and was facing the kitchen sink, when he came up behind me and put his arms around me. I thought he was just being his usual sweet self, until the things he was saying started getting more and more serious, and his voice started shaking a little. I turned around, he dropped to one knee, and said the magical words, “Will you marry me?” We jumped around the kitchen, cried, said “WE’RE ENGAGED!” about a million times, and called our parents (who were asleep – sorry mom).

I didn’t get any sleep that night because I was so excited, but little did I know that would not be the only sleepless night before the wedding! Over the next nine months, I read more blogs, saved more pictures, and bookmarked more web pages then any healthy person ever should. Wes and I had a very specific feeling that we wanted our wedding to have. We wanted it to be very laid-back and fun, and definitely not stuffy or formal. We knew we wanted to have it on my parents’ farm, so it would feel country but not too country. With help from our family, we made almost everything ourselves from the decorations to the invitations, which not only saved a lot of money, but also gave everything the handmade feel we wanted.

More than the decorations, food, music, or any other detail, what I was genuinely most excited about was the fact that the man I am so in love with wanted to stand in front of our family and friends and vow to love me forever. I know everyone says that, but nothing else really mattered. Even if a million things had gone wrong, it still would have been the best day of my life. Since meeting Wes, I have had more fun than I have ever had. He makes me laugh every day, and I am so excited to keep laughing and having fun adventures together.

If you would like to know more about the decorations and DIY projects involved in my wedding, check out my blog at hollywouldblvd.blogspot.com

Real Wedding Proposal, Susie and Richie

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The future Mr. and Mrs. Smith tell us how their wedding proposal went down:

We met each other in the dorms our first year at Old Dominion University. Move-in day was about a week before classes began, so everyone took this time as an opportunity to get to know each other. Richie was always shy and didn’t really say too much to anyone; I was the complete opposite.

One day a group of people, including Richie and me, were watching a movie together. I decided that I wanted to get a laugh or some type of reaction out of him, so I slipped a bottle of soda under his butt as he was about to sit down. We’ve been best friends ever since.

Almost four years later, we were planning a trip to the beach with a group of friends for the Fourth of July.  Every single one of my friends ended up bailing on us the day before we were supposed to leave, but I had already booked our room on my credit card. Surprisingly, I was still in a good mood and when we got to the beach, everything was PERFECT. The weather was amazing, and it was pretty late so Richie and I basically had the beach to ourselves. I started playing around and got down on one knee and said “there’s only one thing that could make tonight any more perfect” and fake proposed. He pulled me up with a huge smile and we continued down the beach laughing. About ten paces later he got down on one knee and said “seriously, there IS only one thing that could make this night more perfect.” I thought he was joking and started to pull him up off the ground…until he pulled out a ring and asked me the question every girl dreams of hearing: “Will you marry me?”

Wedding Videos Don’t Get More Personal Than With Wedit

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Sarah Brithinee and the team at WedIt tell Kaptur about the wonderful service they provide to couples who want to add an extra special element to the filming of their wedding:

Do you think wedding videos are outdated? Too expensive? Too intrusive? That’s because you haven’t heard about Wedit yet. Wedit is the new, fun, and easy way to capture, edit, and share all of the memories of your wedding on video. Wedit allows you to see your special day through the eyes of your closest friends and family, create and edit your wedding video and share it with all of your guests.

Wondering how we do it? We send you 5 HD cameras in the mail at least three days before your wedding. You pass the cameras out to guests who film warm, candid, and fun footage at your wedding. You send the cameras back in a prepaid box. We upload ALL of the footage and work with you to edit an awesome wedding video. You love it and share it with your friends and family. It’s that easy!

The beauty of this is that you have the cameras the entire weekend and are able to capture moments that a typical videographer wouldn’t be present for. Some of these include the rehearsal dinner, getting ready in the morning, rides in the limo, and the day after brunch or gift opening.

The main goal of Wedit is to provide brides with awesome wedding videos at amazing prices, and we are living up to that every day! For more information check out wedit.com or call 877-699-3348 to speak with one of our wedding experts.

Inspired Bridesmaids Fall Trends

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With the recent release of the Bridesmaids DVD, we have been inspired to share some of the latest bridesmaid trends. The beautiful, colorful season of fall is here, and we are excited to see the color choices for bridesmaid dresses.

See all of the bridesmaid trends in this slideshow:

Pumpkin spiced latte and espresso are not just delicious drinks served up by your local barista. They are popular color choices this fall for bridesmaids. You can see some of the beautiful, bright and rich colored dresses in our slideshow. Another great color choice is gray. Because gray isn’t a very lively or exotic color choice, it is frequently used for a more formal wedding. If you are planning to go for a more formal atmosphere, you may also consider a long, flowy dress for your bridesmaids as opposed to a shorter one. The flowy dresses are not only form-flattering but also fantastically elegant.

You need to choose a dress for your bridesmaids that flatters all of them, which can be a challenge when you have a diverse set of friends. A highly recommended style would be the A-Line cut. It has a slimmer top and a flared hem, which is complementary to a variety of body shapes.

Check out the slideshow above to see all of the pretty variations of bridesmaids dresses for Fall.

Wedding Photos from Twilight’s Breaking Dawn

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Picture this: You are a guest at a wedding, on the edge of your seat and anxious for the wedding march to start because you’ve been waiting for months, actually years if you’re willing to admit it, for fantasy to become reality. The wait is over. Take a look at the Kaptur of the event you’ve been waiting for:

Finally we have the first glimpses of Isabella Marie Swan and Edward Anthony Masen Cullen’s wedding from Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1. The magical wedding takes place near the Cullen estate in an intimate cove of trees and features white flowers everywhere including white rose petals scattered down the aisle. The resulting scene is breathtaking.

Bella’s dress, designed by Carolina Herrera, is an “interesting mix” with “vintage feel, but at the same time, there’s an edge to it” said Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series. Edward, who is waiting by the altar in a white tie and tails, looks debonair and pleasantly pallid. Don’t worry; he won’t faint – he’s always that pale! Although according to co-star Elizabeth Reaser, who plays Esme Cullen, Rob Pattinson was truly a “bag of nerves” shooting the wedding scenes with Kristen Stewart, his on and off-screen girlfriend.

Bella is walking down the aisle to Iron and Wine’s “Flightless Bird, American Mouth,” which the couple danced to at prom. Cue aww’s and pangs of romantic nostalgia from Twi-hards.