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Tech Tuesday: The Modern Online Registry

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Do you remember when you went to the brick and mortar store to find your place settings that you always wanted, scan them, and then move onto the next coveted item. You could do this at 2, maybe 3 stores max, but if you chose items from too many stores, you would overwhelm your family and friends.

I still get a certain pleasure out of entering stores and going through their inventory, feeling the texture, and looking at the shine, but you no longer need to feel limited to specific store fronts or even household items for your wedding registry.

There are many creative registries that fit the needs of today’s bride…honeymoon registries for travel lovers, and online wedding registries that allow you to add any item from any online store. For example, take myregistry.com or WishpotWedding, both of which provide you with a toolbar widget that you push when you come across an item online that you want to add to your registry.

Wishpot takes it a step further with a search function that enables you to search for a specific item across their product database. This is great if you are not sure exactly what you want.

But, for all of you who are not interested in furnishing your home, or outdoor gardening, there is the Honeymoon registry. Personally, I’m a huge fan of Honeymoon Registries. It is your special time…why not indulge a little after all the stress from the wedding! Some Honeymoon registries include Traveler’s Joy and HoneyMoon Wishes.

Whatever your final decision on wedding registries, just know that there are many options out there. And, it means you get to go SHOPPING!

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Earth Day Wedding Live

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Happy Earth Day Everyone!!! Welcome to Kevin and Virdina's Wedding Ceremony. Be a part of their special day!

Start Time is 4:30PM EST - Watch Them Live!

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Tune in tomorrow for the DC Earth Day Green Wedding!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Tomorrow is the big day for the 2nd annual DC Green Wedding Consortium $50,000 Earth Day Wedding Giveaway. Green Wedding Winners Kevin and Virdina will tie the knot at the Stephen Decatur House in Washington, DC. Their closest family and friends will be in attendance to celebrate their love on this special day that celebrates our love for planet earth. In line with the US Green Wedding Consortium's mission, the wedding will utilize eco-friendly practices from start to finish including an intimate wedding.

Marry Me Live is thrilled to take part in the wedding, enabling you and all of Kevin and Virdina's friendly and family to view the wedding webcast. We are collaborating with Jessica Pi Productions to bring you this live wedding stream. So come back, tune in and watch wherever you may be!

References:

The US Green Wedding Consortium (USGWC) was founded by Katie L. Martin from the event design firm Elegance & Simplicity Wedding & Event Designers, Inc.. The Audubon Naturalist Society named her one of the best eco-friendly wedding planners.The intention of the USGWC is to help engaged couples in USA find the best possible green wedding vendors in the country. //

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Tech Tuesday: Snapknot Wedding Photo Start-up

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Marry Me Live Post via Bay Area Bride Guide


1) What was your inspiration for starting Snapknot?

SnapKnot was started by me (Reid Warner) and my co-founder, Mike Rheaume. Mike and I were freshman year roommates from our days at Dartmouth College. Although SnapKnot is technically based in Massachusetts, Mike lives in Boston and I live in Orange County, so in reality we have a coast-to-coast operation.

I'm recently married and a casualty of the challenging wedding planning process (well, not really a casualty, but you know what I mean :) ). In particular my wife Eunice and I learned that finding a photographer was very difficult, stressful, and time-consuming. We were fortunate to end up with Jim Kennedy, a very talented and well-known photographer in Orange County. We consider ourselves lucky.

Mike was looking for his next career move and I was looking to get involved in something new as well, so after a series of brainstorming sessions we came up with the idea for SnapKnot, inspired in large part by my negative experience. We thought there was a better way for couples to find wedding photographers.

2) What differentiates you from other wedding websites?

We focus solely on the photographers and their work. Wedding photography is the one thing you will keep from your wedding day years later, so it is very important to get a photographer whose work you are happy with. It's easy, fast, fun, and free for brides to find photographers to contact without wandering through a bloated site filled with all manner of vendors, advertisements, and unrelated information that distracts from the sole purpose of the site - connecting you with the perfect wedding photographer.

3) What do you hope to accomplish with Snapknot?

The site launched just two months ago on February 15th of this year and has already experienced tremendous growth: We currently have over 500 wedding photographers listed. We hope to have over 1000 by the summer, which we certainly believe is an achievable goal. Based on the positive feedback we've heard from photographers and brides so far, we feel we can be successful.

We simply hope to keep growing and hearing more success stories of couples connecting with wedding photographers through SnapKnot!

4) You site is very easy to navigate. Can you tell me more about the benefits to brides?

You hit on the main thing - SnapKnot is very easy to use.

In addition:
A) It saves time - brides only visit photographers' websites after they know that a) they like their style, b) they are within their budget, and c) they cater to their location. No more endless Google searches.

B) It is free to contact and book photographers brides are interested in (SnapKnot does not receive any form of booking commission)

C) We also think it's pretty fun to use! It's always a pleasure to look through the many high-quality portfolios up on SnapKnot.

Because of the reasons above, we believe that SnapKnot helps make an otherwise stressful process much more pleasant for brides.

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