Wedding planning is hard. Really hard. Luckily, it’s 2014 and technology is crazy-awesome. There are some super helpful apps & websites out there that want to take the stress out of planning your wedding! Here are some of our personal favorites (in no particular order 🙂 ):
The Knot’s Wedding Dress Look Book App
One of the most exciting things about getting married (besides spending the rest of your life with the man of your dreams, yadda yadda…) is THE DRESS! So obviously you want to find the perfect one. The Knot’s Wedding Dress Look Book makes this easy for you! It’s an app that allows you to search over 5,000 wedding dresses by designer, price range, style, etc. The coolest thing about the Wedding Dress Look Book is that when you see a dress you just absolutely have to have, the app shows you the nearest bridal salon carrying that dress so that you don’t have to track it down separately! You can even book wedding dress fittings through the app. Another cool thing about it? It’s free! 🙂 Text “Dress” to 67076 to download it now!
Postable
This is how it usually goes: You’re scrolling through Facebook & notice that one of your friends got engaged. Fast-forward to sometime within the weeks/months after said engagement when you receive a text or Facebook message from this friend saying, “Hey girl! Could you send me your address?” Your friend is likely texting/emailing/messaging most all of her potential wedding guests to receive this information. Your poor, sweet friend could have saved a TON of time by using Postable. Using this site, brides are able to send out just one email to their friends and family sharing a link to an address book. Friends & relatives then fill out a form and suddenly everyone’s contact information is organized in one place! It’s also free :). But even if it wasn’t, we’d for sure buy it…
TopTablePlanner
Ugh– seating charts. Some brides decide against implementing a seating chart at their reception purely because they want to avoid the process of making one at all costs. Well, good news! TopTablePlanner takes the nightmare out of arranging your reception seating plan. You can access your plan from your tablet, iPhone, Mac, and PC. So if you’re on the go and suddenly have a brilliant-beyond-brilliant idea about where to seat someone, you can access your seating plan right then & there! Buy 6 months of access for $20 with unlimited edits & changes and free email support. Sounds like a bargain when you think about how many headaches you’ll avoid by using TopTablePlanner!
Wedding Wire
Wedding Wire does it all! Explore their website or the many apps that they offer & you’ll be inspired beyond belief! Get ideas for first dance songs, hair-styles, dresses, utilize their planning tools, read through their wedding forums… the list goes on & on!
Ah, Pinterest. Really, what would wedding planning be without it? (Answer: Brides-to-be would probably get more sleep and spend less time getting lost exploring pin after pin after pin…). But seriously, Pinterest is wonderful. Create a board for dress ideas, jewelry ideas, wedding hairstyles, wedding color ideas, etc. You can create a board for whatever your sweet little heart desires! If you haven’t checked out Pinterest by now, what are you waiting for?! Access it from your computer or your smart phone. Having the Pinterest App on your phone is handy when you’re out & about and all of a sudden become inspired. Prepare to be overwhelmed with incredible ideas!
So, there you have it!! ^God bless the creators of all of the above. Now you have more time to enjoy your engagement & the exciting process of planning your wedding! It should be fun, not stressful :). Happy planning!! Love & Light to you! <3
