Best Wedding Planning Apps for 2013

With everyone using their phones to do all sorts of things, One Fab Day has a great article titled 9 Essential Wedding Apps – The Most Useful Digital Tools to Plan Your Wedding.

They review some of the most useful phone apps for planning your wedding. Though you may not use all of them, there are a wide variety that do different things. From pinboard inspiration, guest photo sites, to a handy table planner, there's sure to be one that you haven't used.

Take a peek and feel free to try out one or all of them. If there are any apps that you recommend that aren't listed, please let us know.

Happy wedding planning!

Cutting Down the Wedding Guest List

@huffpostwedding Have fun with it! Put guests on the bubble in 2 groups. Roll dice, beer pong, thumb wrestle. Winner picks from their pile!
— Philly Wedding DJ (@MastersGroupDJ) June 13, 2013

Wedding Etiquette: Guests Sharing of Wedding Photos

With everyone nowadays having cell phones with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, etc. on there, it's almost too easy to take a pic or post a comment. Which brings us to the topic of wedding etiquette and social media sharing at weddings.

The "Today Show" has an informative video interviewing wedding etiquette expert Amber Harrison of Wedding Paper Divas. As a Wedding DJ, I have seen many guests staring at their phones instead of enjoying the action.

Check out the video and let us know your thoughts on social media sharing at weddings.

Top 50 Bride and Father Dance Songs

Top 50 Bride and Father Dance Songsgoo.gl/woLsc #WeddingDances #BrideFather #WeddingMusic #MustPlay #SongSamples Click to listen
— Philly Wedding DJ (@MastersGroupDJ) May 13, 2013

15 Eco-friendly Wedding Ideas

With Earth Day and Earth Week here, many people are reminded of environmental awareness. It is great to be "green" and what better way to celebrate being friendly to the environment then at your wedding.

Green Wedding Favors... image @ OneWed

Environment911.org has some great tips for your wedding that are kinder to the environment.

A few of the tips are:

1. Eco-Invites
2. Alternative Transportation
3. Fabulous Favors
4. Organic Hors d’oeuvres

If you are doing anything environmentally friendly for your wedding or recently had a green wedding, what earth friendly tips do you have to share?

50 Ways to Slash Your Wedding Budget

Wedding Budget Savings Slideshow (Brides.com)

Brides.com asked 50 brides for their best cost cutting tip for planning their wedding. For the most part, the suggestions are straight forward with some being extremely creative in shaving those dollars down.

Some of the tips include:

1. Buy, don't rent
2. Creative wedding venues
3. Shop at home
4. Try the barter system

This great slideshow should be a must read for any bride looking to save on their wedding!

Wedding Etiquette: You're NOT invited

You're Not Invited to our Wedding

The Look on Today.com writes about a new trend going around in Weddings with couples informing people that they aren't invited to their wedding. Some couples are doing it themselves by e-mail, sending out "Don't Save the Date" cards, or having their wedding planner inform people.

I don't know about you, but if I received one of these messages, I would be kind of puzzled. It's really not that big of a deal to let somebody know that you have a limited guest list or strictly family at your wedding if the situation arises. I could also see acquaintances or friends feeling hurt that you had to let them know in advance.

Another suggestion made by a wedding planner in the article mentioned sending them out a day after the wedding. This seems like a more graceful way and if worded properly, could be a nice touch.



What do you think Philly brides? Would you send out "Don't Save the Date" cards?

Read the entire article and the reactions by wedding industry professionals here.

Wedding Style: Mustache Mania

Mustache Mania - Wedding Trends 

Weddingwindow.com has a great blog post about one of the latest trends in wedding style - mustaches. Yes, you heard right... I said mustaches.

Credit: Steven Michael Photography

Mustaches are all the rage in fashion and now some hip brides and grooms are incorporating mustaches into their own weddings. A lot of the mustache design are DIY and can be some fun projects for the bride and groom, wedding party, or family to do together.

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For example, PoptasticBride.com has this FREE guest escort card set of lips and mustaches available on their website. Just print them out, trim, fold, and Voila! Your perfect guest escort cards.